Call of Duty Black Ops 1 and 2 PS ports just dropped 11.2 million copies in under a month, and the community is losing it over how hard nostalgia slaps even when the multiplayer is getting cooked by hackers. Black Ops 2 carried the load with 8.2 million units sold—mostly on PS5—while the original BO1 trailed with 3 million, proving the sequel's Nuketown chaos and jetpack-free multiplayer still hits different for that 30-40 crowd.

The ports dropped mid-July with zero meaningful upgrades, and lobby exploits are still bricking accounts and resetting prestiges left and right, yet sales keep climbing like the cheaters aren't even there. Alinea Analytics pegs Microsoft at $435 million from these two alone, which is basically Forza Horizon 6 money from a couple of decade-old games, and the buyers are the same ones grinding EA FC 26 and GTA V on the side.

Hacking complaints are nonstop—players are warning each other off multiplayer lobbies, Activision's disabling playlists, and one notorious cheater nicknamed C Isn't Sharp is allegedly back causing mayhem—but the numbers don't lie. Nostalgia's the ultimate cheat code here, and these ports just proved it sells harder than fresh AAA launches.