The teaser trailer for the next entry in Activision's Call of Duty series, Black Ops 6, has been revealed.
Activision's day-one launch of Black Ops 6 on Game Pass means the subscription service is about to get a massive influx of players.
I believe it will see a spike, but I also believe it's going to lose a lot of profit and sells as well because it's on gamepass, at least for short-term. In long-term it might do well if subscribers stay with gamepass
There are so many different scenarios to model to figure out what the net impact will be. Without the details that only MS has access to, it's impossible to know the net impact of this. Intuitively I want to say they need to raise the price of GamePass but I'm not sure even about that.
For this gamble to work, meaning putting Call of Duty on Game Pass and new subs profits outweighing lost retail sales, Microsoft will have to attract PlayStation owners to buying an Xbox and then get them to subscribe to Game Pass. I doubt this will happen to any meaningful degree, I just think the move will kill all the Call of Duty Xbox retail revenue and hastened Microsoft valuing third party console profits most.
You forgot the real money buying this game is nothing to the money they will make on microtransactions.
You can spend well over a grand like nothing on current cod titles.
@just_lookin
That's why I said long-term. Microtransactions is the key but COD is still a stale franchise
It better. For GP to work for day and tate releases they need to increase those subs. I feel like this is their best chance. They also HAVE to find a way to get those console sales up if they want a massive sub boost. So I'm a lot apprehensive about that part.
They've given up on their console division if you haven't noticed... they are gonna prob go for the hand held market next and release a mobile device that plays most game pass games.
I don't see sales going up as long as games keep going to ps5. It just doesn't make sense in my opinion to buy an xbox even if there's a year delay for certain games.
"They've given up on their console division if you haven't noticed"
I wouldn't be so sure. Sarah Bond seemed to suggest at the Xbox showcase that they were hard at work on next generation. I get the impression we may see it announced as early as next June if they are willing to acknowledge it already.
If this was the old cod i can see massive but with unlocks going game to game in some titles ps players with stick with ps versions to a point.
Now on the microsoft side there might be a influx of those like me that are like hey its free i will try it then might not play it after week 2.
I say give it a month or so let the number's show more stability to see if the game pass move worked out.
Also to all those on the pc side if you purchase the Microsoft controller bundle that comes with the pc adapter you get 30days of gamepass.
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/...
The adapter runs on a different frequency than bluetooth because i went from blutooth to this years ago it stopped all my controller issues. Just this month i tossed this bundle to someone i know for free for there pc they got there gamepass card for cod 2024 and the controller synced up 0 issues fighting there blutooth.
10/10 great adapter oh like a xbox console that adapter cant store/run up to 8 gamepads
It's too early to know, honestly. You do have people who buy a few games annually and play them for the year. Those people lose money by subbing to XGP, and they have access as long as they continue to pay.
I'm also not so sure people are willing to keep paying subscriptions because it can honestly be difficult to keep track of. Between basic utilities, internet, the various subs you need for different programs (Netflix, Hulu, Paramount, etc), and even game specific subs like FFXIV, it's a lot to keep track of on a monthly basis. You might get those periodic drop-in and dropout users, but I don't see much retention.
Finally, because the games are rented, I would be very surprised to see engagement with microtransactions remain high. For those who do utilize XGP for CoD, would you really see them buying them?
A lot of unknowns.
That's what I was told over and over and over again about Starfield...
Xbox is running out of ways to pad out the numbers, can't make games with gold = game pass twice..
Though I'm sure they'll give out game pass with tacos, burgers, shirts, farts and toilet paper in order to make a press release...
I dont think its fair to compare Starfield, a brand new IP (although a well advertised one) to the CoD franchise. The CoD franchise is valued at over 31billion dollars with almost half a billion copies sold. It has an existing cult following. Its a huge part of pop culture.
I wouldnt be surprised to see a 'massive' spike, but only time well tell I guess.
That being said, for a PC gamer i still see a lot of value in the game pass personally.
Give me a break, every website and every fanboy on the internet was saying the same type of thing about what Starfield was going to do for game pass.
It didn't happen.
And it doesn't matter, the number of subscribers it would need to gain to offset the loss in sales will never be achieved.
Who's the next studio on the chopping block?
Was supposed to be "game of a generation" ala cyberpunk... that's all that needs to be said. Two biggest flops of a generation more like.
It is a game that is full of microtransactions and season passes….
Do you really think anyone should “subscribe” to game full of content you lose access to if your subscription runs out?
Said people also only play cod. $170 a year plus seasons plus microtransactions would be THE most idiotic choice for consumers to ever happen.
Supporting this would bring so much harm to gaming against the consumer.
Have you’ve heard about the number of players playing Starfield? Tod Howard was just interviewed and said they had 25 million with an average play time of 40 hrs.
Not such the wasteland your implying.
We'll see. This is what Microsoft is hoping for. But they will need a significant amount of new subs to make up for those that would have paid full price for it anyway.
It won't get any increase at all. The people who play CoD likely already have a sub mostly, so it's barely going to increase. All this is going to do is make Microsoft lose money on full price sales they won't get.
putting cod on the pass is desperation, its their biggest IP which is sad
David writes: "During our preview for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, we had the opportunity to interview Matt Scronce (Associate Director, Design), and Yale Miller (Director of Production) from Treyarch."
Treyarch's Call of Duty Black Ops 6 will only have couch co-op for current-gen consoles and will also require a constant internet connection.
That’s lame. Previous COD let you turn off texture streaming. I’m okay with playing current gen with slightly worse graphics and being able to play offline.
Modern COD games have sucked for couch play of any kind in the last few years. Lan play for PS4 would be nice though.
we need Sonys concord to turn out good - so I dont have to buy this.,
1, its time for a change,
2, mw3 has so much content its a joke, will keep me busy for when I fancy scratching the 'itch for twitch'
Concord please be good and xdefiant continue to improve plz
Good multiplayer games that have content updates every so often, or a lot of content to begin with don't need sequels every year, ones that have all that are good for a few years to keep you playing.
I payed so little attention to this franchise that I didn't even notice BO 3-5 had released
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