The luxury version surpasses "Battlefield 6"! Black Ops 7 PS store pre-order counterattack

　　The pre-order trend of "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" may be recovering - the ultimate version of the game has now surpassed the standard version and Phantom version of "Battlefield 6" on the PlayStation Store. This is the first time that two shooting giants faced head-on in four years. With the release date of "Battlefield 6" and "Black Ops 7", both sides can only gain the upper hand by attacking with all their strength.

In 2021, EA and DICE suffered a lot of criticism for the controversial release of "Battlefield 2042". This semi-futuristic work has been criticized for its lack of traditional features and a large number of program errors and loopholes. But the series seems to be returning strongly: "Battlefield 6" has achieved great success in public testing, with the peak number of Steam online players at the first weekend exceeding 521,000, setting a new series record. According to EA, the scale of this test is the largest in the series.

　　After breaking the Steam history of Call of Duty over the public beta weekend, Battlefield 6 continues to lead the pre-order volume of Black Ops 7 (at least in the PS store). But the situation is turning around: According to CharlieIntel data, the Ultimate Edition of Black Ops 7 has now surpassed the Standard Edition and Phantom Edition of Battlefield 6 on the pre-order list. Although it took a long time to catch up, it is currently ahead of the standard editions of "Battlefield 6", "Borderland 4", "Metal Equipment Δ: Snake Eater", etc., but it still failed to shake "NBA 2K26", which dominated the list with three versions.

Although Battlefield 6 achieved a strong start with a large-scale public test, Activision executives are rumored to have no concerns about competitors, believing that Call of Duty is "too huge to failure." Considering that the series has been released every year for the past 20 years and has been at the top of the sales list for a long time, it is only occasionally surpassed by giants such as Grand Theft Auto 5 or Madden Rugby, it is not surprising that Activision has this confidence.

Although the new work is gradually improving, Call of Duty is still in a whirlpool of controversy. "Black Ops 7"'s first global trailer recently reached an embarrassing milestone - receiving nearly 400,000 negative reviews. Although there is no concrete evidence that players switched to Battlefield 6 due to specific issues in Black Ops 7, it is more likely to be a cumulative outbreak of community disappointment over the years. Unrealistic decorative props, loopholes in the first release, lack of simplicity, overflowing plug-ins and endless micro-transactions have continued to plague the Call of Duty series in recent years, and players' patience seems to have reached its limit.