Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 Outperforms Modern Warfare 2 and 3 on Steam, Though Still Falls to Warzone

Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 has outperformed each Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3 on Steam however falls quick of Warzone 2.0’s peak participant depend.

Information from participant monitoring web site (*3*) reveals the Call of Responsibility app noticed a peak concurrent participant depend of 306,460 in Black Ops 6’s first weekend on sale. It peaked at 263,174 throughout Modern Warfare 2’s opening weekend in 2022 and simply 190,707 for the universally panned Modern Warfare 3.

Warzone 2.0 nonetheless has the perfect debut of a current Call of Responsibility with a peak of 491,670 gamers, however the free to play battle royale is far more accessible than the $69.99 Black Ops 6.

This SteamDB knowledge is the perfect indication of how Black Ops 6 is performing, as neither Xbox or PlayStation launch participant numbers for his or her consoles and writer Activision Blizzard hasn’t shared any figures but both.

Additional comparisons are additionally tough due to Call of Responsibility bypassing Steam for 5 years between 2017 and 2022, when Activision Blizzard opted to launch Black Ops 4, Modern Warfare, Black Ops: Chilly Warfare, and Vanguard solely on its personal Battle.web on PC.

These Steam numbers do point out a bump in reputation although, and Black Ops 6 has carried out nicely critically too. Followers of single participant shooters particularly are having fun with a return to kind, because the Marketing campaign earned a 9/10 in IGN’s overview. “A superb string of missions that provide selection and flexibility come collectively to make Black Ops 6 the perfect Call of Responsibility marketing campaign in lots of, a few years,” we stated.

The launch of Black Ops 6 can also be particular because it marks the primary Call of Responsibility sport to come to Xbox Recreation Cross on launch day. Analysts anticipated its launch might increase the subscription service by up to 4 million new customers, however on the value of six million misplaced gross sales.

In the event you’re leaping into Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 multiplayer, try our Important Multiplayer Ideas and Tips to assist you to get began. We’ve additionally bought a full weapons record (together with the under rating instrument you may take part in), a information to all multiplayer maps and sport modes, and particulars on how to unlock all Black Ops 6 operators.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.