Sales of the PS5 in the UK rose 27% month-on-month this October, propelled by the release of the Xbox-owned Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
An enormous 75% of the game’s full-price sales were made on PlayStation platforms, with the title’s Game Pass availability shrinking series owner Xbox’s share to just 11%. Sales of the Xbox Series X|S slipped 7% month-over-month, despite the release of the game.
To be fair, PS5 was down 18% year-over-year, contributing to an industry-wide hardware slide of 18% compared to October 2023, as all consoles slipped annually. It was a decent month for software sales, though, with the total number of units up 3.2% year-over-year.
As alluded to previously, Black Ops 6 did well on PlayStation specifically, launching with 24% more sales than last year’s Modern Warfare 3, although that game did largely get poor reviews. As a whole, Black Ops 6’s launch sales are down 11% compared to its predecessor, with Xbox’s share collapsing due to Game Pass.