Analyst agency Circana has revealed that Battlefield 6 outsold Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 within the US final yr, which marks the primary time EA’s first-person shooter franchise has managed to outsell its long-time revival.
Battlefield 6 ranked because the best-selling sport of final yr throughout tracked platforms, making first place on Xbox and PC storefronts, whereas coming in second to NBA 2K26 on PlayStation. By comparability, Activision’s newest instalment in its army shooter franchise ranked fifth place, with Battlefield, NBA 2K26, Borderlands 4, and Monster Hunter Wilds all outselling Black Ops 7.
Remember that the most recent Name of Responsibility sport was launched straight to Xbox Sport Cross, and EA’s title launched over a month sooner than Black Ops 7 and was not a Sport Cross title. Regardless, it’s an enormous triumph for EA’s sequence, which has been going head-to-head with Name of Responsibility every time each franchises launched in comparable durations of the calendar yr. The plain distinction is that Name of Responsibility is an annual sequence, whereas Battlefield shouldn’t be.
For example the purpose additional, Black Ops 7’s place in fifth place is the decrease a Name of Responsibility sport has discovered itself since 2008, when Name of Responsibility: World at Struggle ranked at six.
Again in December final yr, Alinea Analytics’ Rhys Elliot said that the Name of Responsibility franchise was “underperforming” in 2025 attributable to numerous causes, amongst which incorporates stronger competitors from the like of Battlefield 6 and group burnout.
Battlefield 6 was launched in October 2025 for PS5, PC, and Xbox Collection X/S whereas Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 7 arrived in November 2025.
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