Xbox Debates ‘Call Of Duty’ On Game Pass, Considers Price Hike

it was closing down developers Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks, there are new reports coming out about what exactly is going on at Xbox, and none paint a particularly rosy picture., where Tom Warren reports that Microsoft is currently debating whether it should put the next Call of Duty, and future Call of Duties, onto Game Pass rather than continuing to sell them independently for full price to its players.

Microsoft faces steep downsides in either direction. If it continues to sell Call of Duty as-is to Xbox players, that breaks a stated tradition of all first-party games coming day one to Game Pass. It also does not encourage additional Game Pass sign-ups with Call of Duty acting as a lure, something it badly needs with severely slowing subscription growth.

There’s a dream that Microsoft will somehow burst beyond the console market and get a bunch of new players on other devices through cloud streaming, but that has not manifested and does not seem especially close to manifesting. It is limited by the reach of its hardware which is half of what PlayStation is selling and decreasing further as each new decision it makes, like bring games to PlayStation for instance, creates fewer and fewer reasons to own an Xbox.

Microsoft has to make a decision about this relatively quickly. The new Call of Duty, likely a Black Ops title, will be out this fall, just a few months from now. It has a summer showcase which will reveal this game just a month from now, and whether or not the game will be on Game Pass really should be announced then.

My gut tells me that since this is still Phil Spencer’s team that has been pushing Game Pass this hard, they’ll do it. They’ll put Call of Duty on Game Pass. But whether that’s the right call or not could determine a whole lot about the series’ future and Xbox as a whole.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations. We want our readers to share their views and exchange ideas and facts in a safe space.

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