Overview
- Alinea Analytics estimates that the PS4/PS5 ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops II sold a combined about 11.2 million copies after their mid‑July 2026 release, with Black Ops II accounting for roughly 8.2 million of those sales.
- The same Alinea data puts Halo: Campaign Evolved at roughly 351,000 PS5 sales in July and about 452,000 PlayStation sales to date, with Alinea estimating roughly 900,000 sales on Xbox and 212,000 on Steam.
- Analysts point to clear commercial differences: the Black Ops ports launched at $39.99 with time‑limited discounts for PS Plus, while Halo launched at $60 and required an Xbox account on PS5, factors that likely reduced consumer uptake on PlayStation.
- Alinea estimates the two Black Ops ports generated about $435 million in under a month and that Sony’s roughly 30% storefront fee could have captured about $130 million of that revenue, highlighting platform fee effects on cross‑platform releases.
- All figures are third‑party estimates and contested within the industry, so conclusions about long‑term strategy for Halo on PlayStation and the value of low‑effort nostalgia releases remain provisional pending official or corroborating sales data.