Overview
- Alinea Analytics' early‑August retail estimates say Activision's PS4/PS5 ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops II sold a combined about 11.2 million copies on PlayStation in July, generating an estimated $435 million in gross revenue.
- The same Alinea breakdown puts Halo: Campaign Evolved at roughly 351,000 PS5 sales in July and 452,000 PlayStation copies to date, with additional estimated sell‑through of about 212,000 on Steam and roughly 900,000 on Xbox across console and PC app.
- Alinea's lead analyst attributed much of Halo's weaker PlayStation performance to its $60 launch price and extra friction from requiring an Xbox account to play on PS5, while the Black Ops ports launched at $39.99 with time‑limited PlayStation Plus discounts.
- All cited figures come from Alinea's third‑party estimates rather than official publisher disclosures, and industry observers note Alinea's methodology is debated while Microsoft does not routinely publish detailed platform sales.
- The numbers underline how platform economics can shape outcomes: Alinea implies Sony took about a 30% platform cut (roughly $130 million) on the Black Ops sales and the results could affect how major publishers weigh pricing, account requirements, and exclusivity for future releases.