UK Physical + Digital Sales: Call Of Duty Black Ops 6 Sales fall by -67% on Xbox, -18% on PC and rise +30% on PS5 compared to MW3.

akira__

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That is absolutely stunning. PlayStation keeping COD alive, but the franchise seems to be in terminal decline. Buying it was like catching a falling knife.

MS has a policy of using contractors for 18 months, afterwards you no longer allowed to work for atleast 6 months.
They call it 18 6.

Within software most talented devs work as contractors, their leverage is their skills and they gain higher payment with less security. But since their skills are in demand they might work for years on the same projects/teams/companies.

MS policy of 18 6 will stop that arrangement. The deal was closed last year, that will mean that next cod, and thereafter will be impacted. We might even see the first cod delay next year, since the batch of semi permanent contractors will no longer be allowed to work on the game for 6 months.

Below is a junior dev on forza that had 18 6. Effectively he worked for 12 months on the project of which the first few months are still onboarding. It clearly explains how forza Motorsport turned out the way it did. Be aware he is a junior, and if you listen closely he had allot of room and to make impact. Leaving quality to juniorish contractors isnt a recipe for success. In the video he talks about how much he tried to make it a success and he gave his all but the environment is making incredible difficult.

 
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Shadow2027

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Cod in general just seems like a ticking time bomb with how much it cost to make. Eventually the playerbase is gonna age out and lose a bunch of players as the younger generation is tied to subscription and free 2 play titles.

The xbox drop is obvious. Most people who have xbox and frequently use it have gamepass meaning there was no reason for them to buy the game as they did in the past. Heck like 2/3 the console base has it. Cant grow subscriber count if the console doesnt sell.
#FULLSLATE
 
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Shadow2027

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Another think here...

I see no point to have the PS4 version of CoD.
It was a waste of resource imo.
It won't reach 30k in UK.
Might be the one nice thing in the data that people on last gen might finally be moving forward. As sales dry up there might finally see the push from third party for people to upgrade
 
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As long as the bump in GPU revenue outweighs the profit from lost sales, Microsoft does not care.
Likely isnt close to balancing. Those who bought on xbox prior already had some kind of online subscription if not GPU already thus eliminating the revenue completely. Some may transition to the higher tier which if they stay for the whole year might balance the scale for those people
 
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Hezekiah

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Xbox sales have tanked even further thanks to GamePass, which almost assuredly won't see an extended increase in subs. Indiana Jones and Avowed won't help either as they both look like mediocre ~15 hour games.

Classic Xbox.