"Timdog: Call of Duty Games may not be coming to Game Pass. Microsoft likely going full digital with ads on Game Pass."

[John Elden Ring]

• Tim has heard that Call of Duty may not be coming to game pass.
• Hardware sales have not met the projected sales and the CFO got spooked.
• In the last three months of last year, they had consoles for $350 and no one cared.
• Xbox One was more wanted than Series consoles.
• They said the hardware is dead, and they are seeing declines in hardware year over year.
• Game pass is unsustainable; the market they have is not enough to offset the cost.
• Tim heard from someone at Microsoft that you may not like Xbox when they get Activision. They want ROI.
• He heard that Xbox has an insane showcase with tons of games, but everyone is going to be saying asterisks.
• The leaks happened because a Microsoft employee who didn't want this to happen leaked it, so there would be a public outcry.
• Microsoft now has no problem buying more companies in the future if all games go to all platforms.
• Tim thinks they will go all-digital, with ads on game pass (pre-roll or at the end of a chapter e.g. Like a Dragon) and AI community managers.

 

[MiyazakiLovesKojima]

 

[TheLastOfSnatcher]

Xbox didn't even get HFR physical. It be funny if it comes out physical om PS5.