{"id":2080716,"date":"2026-08-06T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080716"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T09:20:42","slug":"the-call-of-duty-black-ops-12-ps4-and-ps5-ports-sold-more-than-11-million-copies-in-under-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080716","title":{"rendered":"The Call of Duty: Black Ops 1&amp;2 PS4 and PS5 ports sold more than 11 million copies in under a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Call of Duty: Black Ops 1&amp;2 PS4 and PS5 ports sold more than 11 million copies in under a month<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">The numbers are very good, Mason.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/black-ops-2-call-of-duty.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A soldier sits in the darkness, holding a pistol near their face as if resting their head on it, and thinking. A shaft of light illuminates the scene.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"black-ops-2-call-of-duty.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Activision Blizzard \/ Xbox<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Senior Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-06T12:20:42+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 6, 2026, 12:20 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-1-and-2-playstation-ports-sales?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          14 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"942a181d-b279-4123-ac72-dd1077ec9493\" data-name=\"Call of Duty: Black Ops\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Call of Duty: Black Ops\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops\" title=\"Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops\"><br \/>\n  Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>According to new estimates, Call of Duty&#8217;s recent Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports have sold incredibly well in such a short while. According to estimates from <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/julys-top-playstation-games-by-copies\">Alinea Analytics<\/a>, the two games combined sold 11.2 million units across PS4 and PS5 since their release in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>Black Ops 2 was far and away the biggest of the two, selling 8.2 million copies, leaving just 3 million to Black Ops 1. Even before we had hard figures to compare, it&#8217;s clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-enough-with-nuketown-hijacked-raid\">players have been talking about Black Ops 2 the most<\/a> on Reddit and social media.<\/p>\n<p>As for the split between console generations, Alinea estimates that 93 percent of Black Ops 2&#8217;s copies were sold on PS5, with just 7 percent on PS4. The original Black Ops has a similar split, with 94 percent on PS4 and 6 percent on PS4.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy the ports caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-1-2-ps4-ps5-ports-high-price-lack-of-features\">due to their lack of meaningful technical upgrades over the original games<\/a>, and the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-prestige-hacks-account-banned-message\">they continue to suffer from lobby hacking and exploiting<\/a>, millions clearly didn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black Ops 1 Woods campaign\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sc8agi.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Black Ops 1 Woods campaign\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"sc8agi.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Treyarch, Activision.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So who are those people? Alinea analyst Rhys Elliott offered some notable data on the cohort who flocked to buy the Black Ops ports. It&#8217;s estimated that most of the ports&#8217; audience is made up of 30-40 year-old players who remember the originals fondly.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the top 10 games the same group also plays provides more context there. 23 percent have played the Black Ops 1 port &#8211; meaning they bought both. 19 percent have used the Call of Duty app, where Warzone and modern COD titles live. And 10 percent are Rainbow Six Siege players.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of shooters, the millions who bought the ports have also played EA Sports FC 26 (24 percent), and NBA 2K26 (13 percent). Elliott also noted that those players have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">some of the most popular games on PlayStation<\/a>, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-v\">Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>, Minecraft and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/roblox\">Roblox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Alinea estimates Microsoft to have made $435m (\u00a3323m) in sales from just the two games alone, which it said was about as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superhys\/status\/2061371328632959071\">one of Xbox&#8217;s biggest launches<\/a> &#8211; made through game sales alone since release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>According to new estimates, Call of Duty&#8217;s recent Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports have sold incredibly well in such a short while. According to estimates from <a href=\"https:\/\/alineaanalytics.substack.com\/p\/julys-top-playstation-games-by-copies\">Alinea Analytics<\/a>, the two games combined sold 11.2 million units across PS4 and PS5 since their release in mid-July.<\/p>\n<p>Black Ops 2 was far and away the biggest of the two, selling 8.2 million copies, leaving just 3 million to Black Ops 1. Even before we had hard figures to compare, it&#8217;s clear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-enough-with-nuketown-hijacked-raid\">players have been talking about Black Ops 2 the most<\/a> on Reddit and social media.<\/p>\n<p>As for the split between console generations, Alinea estimates that 93 percent of Black Ops 2&#8217;s copies were sold on PS5, with just 7 percent on PS4. The original Black Ops has a similar split, with 94 percent on PS4 and 6 percent on PS4.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy the ports caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-1-2-ps4-ps5-ports-high-price-lack-of-features\">due to their lack of meaningful technical upgrades over the original games<\/a>, and the fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/call-of-duty-black-ops-2-prestige-hacks-account-banned-message\">they continue to suffer from lobby hacking and exploiting<\/a>, millions clearly didn&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black Ops 1 Woods campaign\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sc8agi.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Black Ops 1 Woods campaign\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"sc8agi.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Treyarch, Activision.<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So who are those people? Alinea analyst Rhys Elliott offered some notable data on the cohort who flocked to buy the Black Ops ports. It&#8217;s estimated that most of the ports&#8217; audience is made up of 30-40 year-old players who remember the originals fondly.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the top 10 games the same group also plays provides more context there. 23 percent have played the Black Ops 1 port &#8211; meaning they bought both. 19 percent have used the Call of Duty app, where Warzone and modern COD titles live. And 10 percent are Rainbow Six Siege players.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of shooters, the millions who bought the ports have also played EA Sports FC 26 (24 percent), and NBA 2K26 (13 percent). Elliott also noted that those players have played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/playstation-xbox-top-20-most-played-games\">some of the most popular games on PlayStation<\/a>, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/fortnite\">Fortnite<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/grand-theft-auto-v\">Grand Theft Auto 5<\/a>, Minecraft and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/roblox\">Roblox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Alinea estimates Microsoft to have made $435m (\u00a3323m) in sales from just the two games alone, which it said was about as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/forza-horizon-6\">Forza Horizon 6<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/superhys\/status\/2061371328632959071\">one of Xbox&#8217;s biggest launches<\/a> &#8211; made through game sales alone since release.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Call of Duty: Black Ops 1&amp;2 PS4 and PS5 ports sold more than 11 million copies in under a month The numbers are very good, Mason. 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