New PS5 Slim Bundle to Include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III for Free

A new advert reveals a PS5 Slim bundle will include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III for $499.99. The PS5 Slim with the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive will launch for the same price, so this essentially includes Modern Warfare III for free.

[Obscure_Observer]

Yes! Time to make that money back to fund new games from classic ABK´s IPs for us!

Curious to see how well it gonna sell after that ABK deal.

Funny how how some people were talking how MS would take COD away from Playstation and now Phil is even allowing it to be bundle with the new PS5 slim.

Another narrative dead in the water

[Vengeance1138]

The only narrative dead in the water is your own LOL
Its like you don't understand what a 10yr deal means, yes MS will indeed remove CoD from PS, once the deal has run its length. You cant be that blind, or can you?

You better hope to God PS fans buy CoD since it doesn't sell on Xbox! What's it like having the fate of Xbox in the hands of PS players?

[Obscure_Observer]

"Its like you don't understand what a 10yr deal means, yes MS will indeed remove CoD from PS, once the deal has run its length. You cant be that blind, or can you?"

You´re the blind one! COD on Playstation means a steady revenue stream for Xbox, genius.

"You better hope to God PS fans buy CoD since it doesn't sell on Xbox! What's it like having the fate of Xbox in the hands of PS players?"

Trust me, it feels amazing! To know that both Playstation and PC gamers are helping funding our games its too good to be true. For instance, we been getting MLB games from Sony for three years straight thanks to you!

Now, Xbox will make BILLIONS out of Playstation, Nintendo, Cloud and PC while we continue to get amazing games day one on Gamepass.

Only the finest for Xbox gamers.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

@Obsecure

Essentially third party publisher which hey Sega went that route and look how successful that was.

[Vengeance1138]

@obscure

Delusion at its finest! Hahahaha
Xbox hasn't had an "amazing" game to play in what? 3-4yrs? Or is it 10?
Don't you bottom feeders take whatever scraps lyin Phil throws at you? lol

Last place console for a reason bud, nothing but a bone yard over there. What will you play in 2027? I don't think PS would accept your kind, too sub human lol

[DarXyde]

Some advice, Vengeance1138:

Just ignore. Really. As much as I want to say it's just trolling because no one can be this hopelessly fanatical (for an exec, a piece of plastic, and a trillion dollar corporation who can do no wrong in his blind or impaired eyes, no less), dude might really be that sick and obsessed. He gets upset enough to send me PMs (I've just blocked you, by the way, mate —save your keystrokes). I don't read them, but can you imagine? Walls of text, and my immediate reaction is "nope, we're not doing that".

Whether it's zealotry, having nothing better to do, not getting enough oxygen at birth, or some combination thereof, it simply isn't worth it.

It's tedious and boring at this point. Just stupid, hyperbolic, incendiary nonsense, time and time again. It isn't clever or interesting.

Just let him exist in a vacuum. Your time on this site will be easier, I promise.

[Vengeance1138]

@DarXyde
Fair point mate, wise words. I'll do exactly that ;)

Just let em cope and seethe and his kind does.

[LOGICWINS]

"You better hope to God PS fans buy CoD since it doesn't sell on Xbox!"

Do you honestly believe COD, the most successful yearly IP in gaming, would fade into obscurity if it wasn't on Playstation?

You have to be a bot. I can't accept that you're a human being capable of critical thinking.

[VenomUK]

This deal was likely signed some time before the ABK deal was completed, possibly over a year ago.

Whilst Microsoft the game publisher profits from games sold on PlayStation, it currently has is own console, so allowing a pack-in to a rival brand does not make sense as it could boost sales of the PS5.

[outsider1624]

With the space requirement of 200GB+, they might as well just put it on an SSD and sell it separately.

No thanks. Sony should just bring back Killzone ot SOCOM.

[Cacabunga]

Obscure_Observer

So delusional..
What do you think about the consoles gap this gen and how it will become after this deal? dare to enlighten us?

[CombatEmu]

@Obscure

So Xbox is a publisher brand and not a console brand anymore (though let's be real, it kind of stopped being a console brand since mid last gen). I wouldn't mind if Microsoft starts publishing their games on GOG.

[Gamingsince1981]

@logicwins

COD will be dead within a year when they drop playstation, if it's not dead before then because of decisions by MS. Xbox is dead in the water, MS will be a game publisher by 2027.

[gold_drake]

as to the bundle, there was a contract prior to the acquisition.

so Phil did not "allow" anyone anything.

[Andrew336]

Link to this contract?

[Shane Kim]

The link is common sense.

[thesoftware730]

Getting CoD with a slim PS5 is awesome, that is getting one of the biggest games of the year for free.

In 10 years MS will have made back more than 1/2 of what they paid for A/B from CoD games alone, not to mention Candy Crush and Diablo...such a good deal for MS.

They effectively have their hands in everyone's pockets, Sony, Nintendo, Steam, Cloud services, and Mobile devices. Like them or not, MS pulled the biggest power move in the gaming industry, they are a console maker with a whole town of developers, and now a major publisher on every platform for the next 10-plus, years wow!.

Console wars be damned, Phil is a smart man.

[Rockstar]

I don't know if you can give the credit to Phil. People have been buying up the competition since the dawn of time. Microsoft has been doing this since its inception without the help of good guy Phil.

[badz149]

"In 10 years MS will have made back more than 1/2 of what they paid for A/B from CoD games alone, not to mention Candy Crush and Diablo...such a good deal for MS."

so, you're saying ABK will make a profit totalling over $35B in 10 years? that's $3.5B yearly profit on average. but based on this data:

https://www.statista.com/st...

ABK made $3.3B in REVENUE in 2022 with 2020 generated their highest at $3.9B since CoD4 was launched in 2007. So how much was the PROFIT?

now with CoD expected to be launched on GP day 1, it's gonna hit the revenue for sure too. so I still can't see how they are gonna suddenly generate $3.5B in PROFIT every year out of nowhere.

[Rynxie]

Nintendo proved that Sony nor them (Nintendo) needs cod, as Nintendo switch sold over a 100-thousand. I really hope Sony aggressively invest in a new fps or revives an old one (socom, mag, unit 13 are my preferred for military shooters and kz, resistance for sci-fi). Even if it's gaas game, I don't care. I always said MAG would have been around much longer if it had micro transactions.

[Rockstar]

@ Obscure

If there is ever a poll for the #1 fanboy on n4g you've got my vote. You seem very mature and not at all unhinged and obsessed with your Microsoft overlords...

[1Victor]

@obscured brain:”Funny how how some people were talking how MS would take COD away from Playstation and now Phil is even allowing it to be bundle with the new PS5 slim.”

It’s time for your truth medication open wide

Only a moronic idiot will thing that after all the hurtles Microsoft had to go and the 10 years promises of keeping CoD third party they will now (as much as Microsoft wants it badly )have it exclusive and not fulfill activision contracts with Sony, don’t be surprised if Sony had multiple years contract for this bundle as they was the clear industry leader before the acquisition.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Please stop

[shinoff2183]

Phil ain't allowing sh dude. It was probably already contracted.

Only the finest for Xbox gamers. Where tf have you been. Xbox one was a waste of time the first few years of this Gen were pretty bad for Xbox. Your definitely turning a blind eye to that. Your either trolling real hard or need to lay down in an office with a couch.

[Obscure_Observer]

"Xbox one was a waste of time the first few years of this Gen were pretty bad for Xbox. Your definitely turning a blind eye to that. Your either trolling real hard or need to lay down in an office with a couch."

Sure thing dude. Now, YOU lay down on that couch and speak your mind to whatever person interested in hearing your delusional and bs lies.

https://www.vgchartz.com/ar...

Microsoft Flight Simulator
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Halo Infinite
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Forza Horizon5
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Age of Empire IV
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Psychonauts 2
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Pentiment
https://www.metacritic.com/...

Grounded
https://www.metacritic.com/...

That´s why most haters got mad at me. They can´t counter my arguments with FACTS, they´ll always resort to ad hominen, lies and misdirection.

I brought you facts to expose the truth and dismantle your lies. Next time, just make sure and known your facts before address to me again.

[ironmonkey]

naw its just sony making the decision. microsoft is just learning how to do it.

[DEEHULK88]

This COD is the last one under Sony's initial agreement, so yheyvsre allowed to bundle the game, but it won't happen anymore after this year.

[Kakashi Hatake]

Xbots are the most toxic fandom in gaming. Can't believe console wars is reduced to gloating over ownership regardless of platform. It's like Android fans gloating over IOS using Goggle Maps. What clowns. Some fanboys are deprived of a good woman and it shows...

[Eonjay]

Without a doubt Xbox fanboys are the worse but please remember it is by design. People who play Xbox aren't any better or worse than any of us. However, Microsoft has been exposing and feeding toxicity to their fanbase sense the very beginning. It is part of the Xbox DNA. Its why Xbox fanboys are willing to destroy the industry to take out Sony. It why they they won't acknowledge the danger of monopolization. Its why they wont acknowledge that Microsoft has not given them anything, only taken it away from others.

[OptimusDK]

Lol are you fir real takling about fanboys in an extremely fanboyish fashion 🤥

[Eonjay]

I'm dead serious. All fanboys can be considered annoying but Xbox fanboys are the most toxic by far. They don't even care about the industry. They hardly care about Xbox. They only care about sticking it to PlayStation. They are a danger to anyone who has even a passing interest in the hobby. Time to speak up before its too late. They are fanatics. It is not fanboyish to call something what it is. Are we as consumers supposed to say nothing while they destroy the industry? I think not.

[CombatEmu]

I'm going to have to side with Eonjay as someone who mains on PC. Xbox fanboys are still stuck in the old console wars mindset when it was over since the Xbox One announcement. Now, they are looking for something, anything to stick it to Playstation. If that means "You'll own nothing and be happy", they'll gladly support that future without considering the consequences.

But look at what's happening in the TV/film industry. The subscription model is proving to not be a lucrative venture, after all. The vast majority of subscription services are losing customers and corporations like Disney feel the need to cut back to save money. Not to mention, the quality of the entertainment greatly suffered, too.

What Microsoft wants to do in the long term is to have total control of the game subscription market and make subscriptions the main way to play games. This is a dangerous outcome not just for Playstation, but everyone. Heck, we kind of see this with anime distribution in the west with Sony owning both Crunchyroll and Funimation.

So yeah, I'm going to buy games on GOG and Itch as much as I can with some Steam on the side, thank you very much.

[shinoff2183]

You aren't wrong. Look no further then youtube. Some of those guys are outright crazy. Reminiscent of the Xbox 360 Era on here.

[Hofstaderman]

Never mind a good woman...any woman lol

[blackblades]

As we can see with the 1st post of this article. The one that we shouldn't speak his name.

[SimpleSlave]

Why is Sony giving the PS5s an STD and selling them to us too?

"Hey! But it's free!"

That's disgusting. No, thanks...

[z2g]

that dope, but just remember that will be a digital copy, on your new machine with an optical drive.... and you'll still need that Internet connection ;) (which I personally have no problem with but.... politics)

[shinoff2183]

I'd rather of had a handful of indies personally. Cod no in fact military shooters are completly overdone.

[DazaMc]

Time to get Bungie working on a COD killer.

[Eonjay]

I'm actually looking forward to seeing if the new game Concord is any good. It is coming out next year. I am a COD player and I am open to trying out new competitive FPS games.