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Microsoft Doubles Down On Bringing Activision Games To Xbox Game Pass Subscription

Microsoft has doubled down on its intention to bring Activision games to its premium subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.

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XiNatsuDragnel135d ago

Jeez how many more studios need to close to do this.

Zeref134d ago

Maybe these studios didn't close because of GamePass? Have you thought about that?

Cacabunga134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

COD is one of the worst series in gaming.. EA had a chance in gold to overtake COD but chose to kill Battlefield and Medal of Honor

wesnytsfs134d ago

@Cacabunga, That is your opinion which is highly in the minority since COD is always one of the best sellers yearly. We all have games we like, and do not like.

Tankbusta40134d ago

@Zeref

All your downvoters are crying about the Redfall studio but didn't purchase the game

lodossrage134d ago

@Tankbusta40

But why would they purchase anything?

Microsoft for the past 9 years has conditioned their customers to want everything for pennies on the dollar instead of buying.

How many copies can any game sell when the company that supposedly wants sales is telling people
A- we don't care about sales, just engagement
and
B- constantly telling the customers to get it day 1 for pennies on the dollar via gamepass

They literally cannibalized their own potential sales and then take it out of studios for not selling. That doesn't make sense.

XiNatsuDragnel134d ago

Nii San
Gamepass has cannibal sales even Phil said so and unfortunately man there going to eat and eat more studios until they're satisfied

-Foxtrot134d ago

@Tankbusta40

Maybe people just give a shit about people losing their jobs

Going off reports people within the studio were pretty open about not being comfortable creating an online game as there was development issues with never doing one before, so when MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have went around their studios to see how they were doing and allowed them to just make something they were comfortable with, restarting development on it. It started development in 2018 after Prey released in 2017 and after 5 years it was still a shit show, they could have stopped it at anytime.

Clearly Bethesda were being a bit dickish to them before Microsoft making them work on an online game and even told them that Prey had to be called Prey despite the fact none of them in the studio wanted to call it that yet they were forced to. However Microsoft coming in should have listened to their concerns and they clearly didn't give a shit.

Cacabunga134d ago

@wesny

COD had nothing to offer since MW2 on PS3/360. Victim of its own success and didnt know how to keep the creativity going.
They for sure built a massive name, but that is what most are going for. Like FIFA where even the menus are the same since 2008 i believe

Crows90134d ago

@tankbusta

Sorry but why would you buy a bad game on purpose? That's stupid.

I purchased prey and dishonored. So yeah. Support doesn't mean buy bad games. Xbox released that game in that state...they're at fault.

Redgrave134d ago

Naturally, you'd appear amidst the current events and say nothing of substance.

Lightning77134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

Please Sweet stop damage controlling. If you're a real Xbox fan you would stop defending Ms destroying everything.

These suits want Xbox to make COD MONEY. After Xbox showcase next month you better think about how many of those studios will get shut down on the near future.

Nxile, Obsidian, The Initiative etc. Hell you better start advertising gamepass to all your friends because MS sure as hell won't.

So they decided to say yes to COD on gamepass they made up their mind. Cool they're doing at they promised everyone in the first place, grats.

Blad3runner00134d ago

“ COD is always one of the best sellers yearly.”

How many of those sales are from casuals? All this means is there is a lot of people with bad taste in games.

Sales does not equal quality.

neutralgamer1992133d ago

Zeref

Come on man. I guess now some people have figured out how to defend a multi trillion corporation. GP can’t be sustained with AAA games and if that’s how they will proceed than a lot more closures are ahead. Xbox use to be a meaningless brand for MS but when MS invests 100 billion they expect results. So the days of GP seeing all AAA games day one are really coming to and end a lot sooner than People want to believe

Xbox gamers don’t buy a lot of games and instead wait for games to end up on GP. For games to end up on GP MS has to pay for content. Take two ceo was right al along. GP makes sense for smaller games and games which could use more exposure but well know AAA IP’s don’t need to be on GP day one. There is a reason we are closer to a day when we will see gears of war on PlayStation and Nintendo because MS needs to sell games to other platforms. Phil got his users hooked on GP and now they don’t but a lot of games. That’s why we have publishers wondering if it’s even worth being a game to Xbox when chances are it may not even cover the development costs of porting the game

But keep doing you because to Xbox fans GP is the be all end all and they aren’t willing to budge. We are seeing real world affects of GP on developers

Christopher133d ago

There's been a ton of thought about it. Most people definitely agree Game Pass had something to do with it, as well as the ABK purchase. Thanks for asking, though.

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gleepot133d ago

That's not why they closed, though. They closed for other silly reasons that don't make much sense.

VenomUK133d ago

Poor journalism by Twisted Voxel’s Muhamed Ali Bari. If you’re going to write that Microsoft has doubled down then include a specific quote from Sara Bond where she said this as evidence. without it you are interpreting her words to create a headline to fit a narrative.

shinoff2183135d ago (Edited 135d ago )

Yay cod.

I cannot fathom why people give a fk about cod(Xbox, ps, and PC players). Sure acti has others games but they haven't been the same in so many years.

When asked about Xbox games going to other platforms. She absolutely sidestepped and avoided answering the actual question.

Jeez just tell the base already

ocelot07134d ago

About that last part the silence is deafening.

She could of simply said. Other than COD we have no plans to bring anymore games to other platforms other than windows and Xbox.

Eonjay134d ago

I'm not sure why this is a question anymore. All console sales are down and none more than the Xbox. So of course they are putting all their games on PlayStation eventually. I do agree with you that her avoidance is silly and it really makes it look like they thing the base is stupid. Or maybe they really don't care about what the base thinks at all. Maybe they are embarrassed to admit that GamePass was really a bad plan from the start and they completely messed up predictions.

ocelot07134d ago

@Eonjay

Don't think they can ever come out and say "gamepass has hurt Xbox". The amount of backlash would be insane.

I don't even think they can change gamepass (I think they would love to at this point). If they come out and say yer from now on more more days one games instead trials will replace them. Or you not certain games will come to gamepass day one (not cod).

fsfsxii134d ago

Its simply the most content rich and fun shooter on the market, how is that hard to understand? All the criticism cod receives is honestly jealousy that its so consistent.

-Foxtrot134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

Lmao.

Jealousy? Sure bro...

shinoff2183134d ago (Edited 134d ago )

I'm not jealous of cod. Trust me lol. I don't even like fps. Especially military shooters. Their overplayed and have worn out their welcome. Now a fps like bioshock. Hell yea more then welcome.

Rutaprkl133d ago

You fanboys are so delusional. Keep believing.

redrum06133d ago

Because the majority of gamers are just casual gamers that are not as interested in trying out newer/other stuff than what they already know.
It's fun for a quick 0,5/1 hr gaming sessions, like FIFA, which is why its succesfull

anast134d ago

Gross. CoD is a sewer of a game.

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notachance134d ago

lol the whole point of annual CoD is to make its fans buy the game anew again every year, if it comes to gamepass it’d be more cost efficient to never make a new CoD again and just make it a long term game like fortnite or counter strike.

yeah I can just see CoD take that route and close 2 studios out of 3. We’ll see.

Profchaos134d ago

Notice this years game is absent from the image

MrBeatdown133d ago

Is this even a real image? I think it's just some mock up for clicks.

Seraphim134d ago

The whole point of annual CoD now isn't games sales. It's MTs. These publishers/games are making money hand over fist on MTs, not from selling games. This is why the entire industry has been pushing monetization of everything..... mts made up 61% of Acti-Blizz income in 2021.

PassNextquestion133d ago

What does MT stand for? Multiplayer transactions..or something along the lines of engagement with the game

Seraphim133d ago

@PassNext.... - Micro transactions. MT, MTX, whatever they abbreviate them as.... or perhaps we can start calling them Macro transactions now that so many games are charging $20+ for something like a skin....

jwillj2k4134d ago

Yessss put COD on gamepass and destroy its worth. Keep being dumb Microsoft we love it!!

anast134d ago

Profchaos already answered this issue.

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The Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster Proves You Don't Need A PS5 Pro

Why do you need a better PS5 when there aren’t any games that will utilise its power?

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derek2h ago

You technically don't "need" the ps5, ps4 or the ps3, lol. You don't need any videogame console, it isn't a necessity of life. If you want the best playstation console money can by, that would be the ps5 pro.

andy851h ago

Why does a random remaster do that? There's going to be plenty of games that utilise it over the next 4 years. And plenty already released that will benefit from it. If you don't want one fine, but what's with all the nonsense bashing of it

ClutchManeuvers1h ago

Uhhh. I was going to write something but it's so tedious knowing that everybody will just rip me.

Einhander197253m ago

There are over 8500 games that use dynamic resolution scaling and struggle to hold fps that out of the box will utilize its power.

Games are already lined up for patches and more games that haven't been announced yet will use it.

But of course talking about what it actually does won't get as many clicks.

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Enotria: The Last Song Gives a Whole New Meaning to 'Pick Your Poison'

There are four elements in Enotria: The Last Song's elemental system, but one stands out among the rest, to the point it has become a favorite.

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Ads on Xbox Consoles Are Getting Worse

Ads on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles are getting worse. Over time, Microsoft has been getting more and more aggressive with ad placement on the Xbox Series X|S. Invasive ads already clutter and ruin the Xbox Series X|S dashboard, something that has been annoying Xbox fans for a while. We also know that Microsoft is reportedly exploring a tier of Xbox Game Pass that will make players watch ads in order to play games. And this ties into what Microsoft revealed last year, which was that it was looking into ways to include ads in games, something Xbox fans threatened to boycott the brand over. In the face of public backlash, Xbox has done nothing to alleviate concerns of players, it's only doubled down.

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TheNamelessOne4h ago

If they did start putting ads into games that's when I'd be done. That's ridiculous.

thorstein3h ago

They have been for decades.

Or do you mean, explicit ads that interrupt the game?

NFL 2K5 had the "Burger King Halftime Report."

BK paid them to put that in there. It's technically an ad.

TheNamelessOne3h ago

Yeah. I mean ads ads, not really product placements. I don't really mind stuff like that if it fits into the logic of the world. Hell, even Fallout originally wanted Coka-Cola in the game but didn't work out, so they went with Nuka. There's ads on billboards in a lot of racing games. That stuff doesn't bother me.

Yi-Long3h ago

I think if THAT’S your red line then you’re already lost. There shouldn’t be any ads on the console, at all.

Not at boot-up, not on the dash, not in the store, and not in the games.

It’s ridiculous.

Einhander19722h ago

Microsoft's Tim Stuart, Sarah Bond and others have said they want to add x second of ads every x amount of time of game played. (I say x because they have said various times from every 30 minutes to 2 hours and various lengths of ads from 30 seconds to minutes)

Heck they already put ads in their games on Windows.
https://windowsreport.com/a...

People need to realize Microsoft has never cared about actual gaming, it's a means to make money and gain control, the more control they have the more obnoxious they can be. That's why they want PlayStation eliminated so badly that they were willing to spend 100 billion to control what games major publishers are putting on the platform, they are the major roadblock to their control.

I have said for years it's not Microsoft keeping PlayStation in check it's PlayStation keeping Microsoft in check.

The only reason why the xbone failed was because PlayStation offered another option. If PlayStation hadn't been there they would have ignored every single complaint and just forced what they wanted.

You only have to look at how unpopular so many decisions with Windows are yet they do them anyway regardless of complaints and as time goes on they force more and more unpopular things. (and the software gets more bloated and buggy)

ChasterMies2h ago

“If they did start putting ads into games that's when I'd be done.”

Some games already have ads, but that’s besides the point. You’ve already accepted ads your Xbox. Microsoft’s job now is to get you to accept more.

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LG_Fox_Brazil3h ago

Didn't this already cause a lot of debate in the Xbox community a few months ago? They are still moving forward with the idea?

Zombieburger6382h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Imagine having to pay to play online and still getting ads shoved in your face. Consoles are cooked.

Lightning772h ago

So let me get this straight. The writer is getting mad because MS is advertising Games? The very thing that MS sucks at doing which is advertising it's own games and third party? For a second he made it seem like a hot pockets ad would pop up when turning on the console. But it's video games that are popping up and are releasing soon.

Talk about about a none issue. Btw writer where's this "boycott" at? I don't see anyone on socials right now threatening to boycott, its simply all on your head. Especially, Especially if these ad are video games related and games that are releasing soon.

SimpleDad2h ago

Imagine turning your pc on and before log on screen you see MS Word ad across your whole screen.
Hey it fine, right?

Lightning771h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Talk about not knowing how to read good lord. They're advertising games not word or Doritos, or nothing like that.
Tell me which ones worse. Advertising games or something none game related?

Also read the article and you'll see what he's complaining about. Go ahead.

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RhinoGamer882h ago

How are they going to pay Phil's mega salary peeps?!

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