Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 has grow to be the largest Call of Duty launch ever, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated Tuesday on the firm’s first-quarter earnings name for FY 2025. The most recent instalment within the standard first-person army shooter franchise set a report for day one gamers as unit gross sales on each PlayStation and Steam have been up over 60 p.c year-over-year in comparison with final 12 months’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Nadella stated. Black Ops 6 launched October 25 throughout PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Collection S/X.

Largest Name of Obligation Launch Ever

Nadella, who reported upbeat first-quarter results for Microsoft — with a 14 p.c YoY soar in working earnings on the again of cloud development — to traders on the earnings name, additionally confirmed that Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 launching on Xbox Game Pass had set a report for subscriber additions on launch day for a title on the service. “This speaks to our technique of assembly players the place they’re by enabling them to play extra video games throughout the screens they spend their time on.” the Micrsoft CEO stated in the course of the name.

On the earnings name, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood additionally weighed in on Black Ops 6 launch. “There are two issues concerning the launch which can be totally different than the Name of Obligation launch a 12 months in the past the place income was largely acknowledged within the quarter of buy,” Hood stated. “First, the sport is accessible on Sport Move so for gamers who play by Game Pass, the subscription income is acknowledged over time. Second, the sport requires a web-based connection to play so even for gamers who buy the standalone recreation, income recognition may also happen ratably over time.”

The outlook for Microsoft’s general gaming division, nevertheless, wasn’t as upbeat. Hood stated the corporate anticipated gaming income to say no within the excessive single digits as a consequence of {hardware}. “We count on Xbox content material and companies income development to be comparatively flat,” she added.

Black Ops 6 grew to become the primary Name of Obligation title to launch on Sport Move day one. Whereas unit gross sales figures are unavailable, the sport has had a profitable launch throughout platforms. Activision confirmed Thursday that Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6 launch had set new data for day one and opening weekend, topping franchise figures for whole gamers, hours performed and whole matches.

The sport has attracted a sizeable participant base on Steam, in accordance with SteamDB charts. The Name of Obligation app, required to entry Black Ops 6 content material, has seen a peak of over 300,000 concurrent gamers on Steam for the reason that recreation launched. Over 102,000 gamers are within the recreation on the time of writing.