New COD releases? No, they will not be Day 1 in Game Pass. But if you're right and they do, I would personally say anyone buying those games Day 1 on the other platforms fools. COD isn't really the type of game that's timeless, or adds much to a collection, or something most people will replay multiple times years later.
It's not like a GOW Ragnarok or TOTK in that respect. So I wouldn't get the idea of buying them annually vs. just subbing to Game Pass for even a month to play the campaign and drop it after the month.
This is silly talk. We just had older COD titles rocket up the charts in July NPD when they were boosted via BC.
People still go back to play COD titles multiple years post release.
Good for Microsoft, bad for customers. Productivity software going to a sub-based model sucked because at least in the past you could buy versions of those products for sale, and sometimes older versions provided better implementation of features than newer ones. But again, at least with productivity software, the subscriber makes their own income off its use, so they're getting something back for their money that's material and useful elsewhere.
Subscription-based entertainment was always a weird idea in concept; you get entertainment in return, yes, but the rate of that depends on the medium. Multi-game subscription services genuinely don't make a lot of sense because the average game will take multiple hours to play through and with largely undivided time (you can't really do chores or cook while playing an intense AAA game, for example).
The average person may not even play through more than 3 AAA games a year. On the surface a gaming sub service looks like it'd cover that, but they could've just as easily bought those games on sale and played them throughout the year at a cheaper price. Multi-game subscription services are useful for people who probably just dip their toes into a lot of different games but don't really finish most any of them.
Tell this to all the people happily playing games off GamePass and PS Plus Extra.
I know that. EA does for their titles, but it's just the first 10 hours of the games. Other 3P do things similar to what MS are doing, yes, but I'm just bringing up the fact MS are doing it because they realize Day 1 (actual Day 1) AAA game releases into a multi-game subscription service, at least with their current data, doesn't work.
Are you now a MIcrosoft Insider? now you know why Microsoft are taking business decisions? Where did you get their current, internal data from?
Pulled that out of thin air, I’ll bet.
Let’s try to keep these conversations honest please.
Not if you want to maximize revenue off those games.
They’ve made it clear they want to maximize revenue from their games via GamePass and retail sales.
It's all nicey nice, until the time comes when they can actually make money from one of their games. Even the early access is a way to get GP subs to pay more.
Forza Horizon 5 has sold millions of copies on Steam alone, including one million paid purchases in the early access period. Sea of Thieves sold 6 million on Steam alone. Starfield is on track to sell a lot of copies.
You think the people purchasing these aren’t paying with money?
Early access isn’t just tied to sub services. WB used the same strategy for Hogwarts Legacy and Mortal Kombat 1. Failed games, too?
