Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 has had a disappointing launch in Europe, with gross sales reportedly down 63 p.c in comparison with Battlefield 6’s bumper debut week.
We already knew one thing was up when Activision’s personal response felt somewhat extra muted than earlier years, however in response to estimates from The Sport Enterprise and information from GSD, gross sales are additionally down by “greater than” 50 p.c when in comparison with its predecessor, Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6.
In fact, Black Ops 7 is offered for no additional cost on Xbox and PC Sport Go for these subscribing to the pricier Final tier, which is able to undoubtedly skew gross sales figures. Nonetheless, with an ‘Overwhelming Dislike’ verdict on Metacritic – making it essentially the most unpopular Name of Responsibility sport ever by Metacritic person rating – the info might be grim studying for Microsoft and Activision.
All that mentioned, in response to GSD’s information, that hasn’t stopped Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 from being Europe’s biggest-selling sport this week, each by unit gross sales and income.
“When you can settle for Black Ops 7’s basic adjustments to the method on their very own phrases, you may have a very good journey, regardless of the psychochemicals coursing by your veins,” we mentioned in Eurogamer’s Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 assessment, awarding it 3/5 stars. “I am simply not satisfied these adjustments bode effectively for the well being of the sequence.”
The most recent Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 patch has introduced a handful of fixes for the sci-fi FPS, together with substantial changes to numerous camo challenges which have been proving troublesome for the cosmetically-minded participant base. This features a few weapon camos in Zombies, which had been thrice tougher to unlock than supposed.
