Sony’s PS5 pre-order chart currently shows EA’s Battlefield 6 ahead of Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 on the PlayStation Store. That’s unusual because CoD tops typically those lists. This matters because it highlights early buyer behavior and how edition pricing affects ranking for big shooters.
In recent memory, when a new Call of Duty game is revealed, it immediately shoots up to near the top of the PS5 pre-orders on the PlayStation Store. However, that hasn’t been the case for this year’s iteration, Black Ops 7.
Days after it was revealed, Black Ops 7 is lagging far behind many other titles, with rival Battlefield 6 even ahead of it, which is somewhat surprising.
If you check the PlayStation Store US pre-order page, you’ll see NBA 2K256 and EA Sports FC 26 as the most pre-ordered games, which is not surprising to see. More often than not, sports games take the top spot each year for pre-orders since there are a lot of video game sports fans. It’s also worth noting that the list is sorted by overall value and not units sold, small shift.
Of course, this could all change by next week, or when Black Ops 7’s beta kicks off in October, but for now, Electronic Arts can claim this victory, which is no small feat, given how Call of Duty lords it over other shooter games each year.
While BF6 might be leading pre-orders now, we fully expect Black Ops 7 to sell a lot more by year’s end. The casual appeal of Call of Duty is hard to beat, and there are a lot of people who automatically snatch it up to play with friends each year.
