Battlefield 6 Is Losing Ground While Call of Duty Keeps Climbing (Eurogamer)

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Despite a strong release across all platforms, Battlefield 6 has struggled to compete with Call of Duty’s continued dominance. However, the data suggests there may be more going on beneath the surface.

Call of Duty HQ currently ranks as the second most played title in the US across Xbox and PlayStation, but that figure combines engagement from Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Call of Duty: Warzone, and the newly released Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. This aggregation makes it difficult to directly compare Black Ops 7 with Battlefield 6 on a like-for-like basis.

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While Battlefield 6 engagement includes both the paid core multiplayer and REDSEC, the game’s free-to-play battle royale mode, it still has not been enough to challenge Call of Duty’s dominance in the most-played charts in the U.S.

Thanks for reporting from Circana, we can see that for the week ending December 13, 2025, Battlefield 6 sits at seventh place, slipping slightly from sixth the week prior. That drop suggests that even with a flagship free-to-play battle royale offering, Battlefield 6 is struggling to keep pace with the broader Call of Duty HQ ecosystem.

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Like I said in the last post, won the battle (sales), but losing/lost the war (longevity).

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Battlefield 6 MP updates and REDSEC drop were underwhelming. New content will come next year, but in the mean time, people jumped into other games and/or playing Warzone/Call of Duty. It’s simple as that.

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Man, that top four says SO MUCH about the state of the gaming industry. Anyway, it’s COD. The internet that insisted Battlefield could only succeed if it “killed” COD never had a leg to stand on. Both games are still in the top 10 and that’s great (for those games).

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