Black Ops 7 Dominates PS5 Downloads Despite Backlash

Despite all of the negativity that's surrounded the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — the middling reviews, the bafflingly bad campaign, the AI art accusations — Activision's latest shooter has still managed to top the PS5 download charts for November 2025.

It's not an unexpected result given the sheer reach of the property, but it does once again highlight just how wide the market is.

A game like Black Ops 7 can be torn apart online and within hardcore circles — and it can even be the worst selling Call of Duty in years — but none of that truly matters, at least in the short term, if it's got a direct line to a huge casual audience.

Outside of Black Ops 7, November was uncharacteristically light on blockbuster releases, and that's reflected in the rest of the PS Store rankings.

Just three new titles made an appearance, and even then, they only got to chart in Europe.

Anime football RPG Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road landed a respectable tenth place finish, the heavily criticised Football Manager 26 came in 18th, and intense sandbox STALKER 2 stumbled into 20th.

Really, the big winners of November were the games that stuck around from the previous month — and in some cases, actually climbed a few places.

ARC Raiders was one of them, as positive word of mouth continues to bolster the extraction shooter's appeal. It ended up in the top three across both North America and Europe.

Dispatch enjoyed a similar boost, jumping to third in North America and sixth in Europe. The interactive superhero story wrapped up last month with its final two episodes, so it's safe to assume that a lot of people were waiting on its conclusion before diving in.

Meanwhile, Battlefield 6 continues to be a juggernaut. It held strong in fourth place across both regions, and it'll probably be a long, long time until it's dislodged from the top 20.

And finally, on the Sony side of things, Ghost of Yotei has stuck around, although the PS5 exclusive did take a bit of a tumble down the rankings.

Here are the official PS5 charts in full:

Which PS5 games did you purchase in November? Are you at all surprised to see Black Ops 7 come out on top? Chart yourself in the comments section below.

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