At least one analyst thinks so Xbox Game Pass could veer away from multiple day one releases Call of Duty series. Big changes are afoot at Microsoft, with new leadership at the gaming division hitting the ground running in an effort to revive the brand in a changing market. At the center of these changes is Xbox Game Pass, which has both good and bad news in store for players.
Microsoft Gaming's new CEO Asha Sharma made a splash on April 22 when she announced that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate would be getting a price cut, but the discounted rate wasn't the only move at hand. As part of the restructuring, there will no longer be a new subscription service Call of Duty first day games. Cod titles aren't leaving Game Pass entirely, as they join the library each holiday season after a new release, but losing access on day one caught many players by surprise. Now it sounds like those cuts may go even further.
Rumor: New version of Xbox Game Pass leaked
The Xbox Game Pass tier, which focuses exclusively on Microsoft-owned games, appears to have been leaked ahead of the official announcement.
Call of Duty might not be the last franchise to stop releasing Day-One Xbox Game Pass
A new report from Ampere Analysis' Piers Harding-Rolls has suggested that Xbox Game Pass could apply this “windowed” approach to other first-party games in the future. Harding-Rolls noted that Microsoft likely “left a significant amount of revenue on the table” by missing out on early individual game sales for new games. Cod titles. Previous analyzes claimed the same thing, one even claimed Call of DutyThe initial launch cost Xbox $300 million in lost revenue. According to this new Ampere report, Microsoft now has the financial evidence to admit that its biggest AAA releases don't fit the subscription model, so it can slowly move away from that approach.
Harding-Rolls notes that releasing Xbox Game Pass in the window for major first-party games doesn't mean Microsoft will end Day One launches entirely. Bringing brand new titles to the subscription service is a key part of its value proposition, so if Xbox is trying to sell the platform as better value for gamers, it doesn't make sense to stop the practice for all games. for now, Halo: Campaign Evolved will be a one-day release of Xbox Game Pass, as it will be Gears of War: E-Day and Fableso there are still some big names coming up. It's safe to assume that plenty of indie games will continue to be day one titles in the future.
There is still good news for Cod fans. Subscribers may not be able to play the latest ones once they're gone, but they'll have access to a growing library of older ones Cod games. If the rumors of a first-party games-only tier are true, it could also offer a nice alternative at a lower price.
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By now, all gamers know for sure that Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is getting cheaper and Cod they will no longer launch on the first day on the platform. It's easy to see why Xbox might do the same for other big first-party releases, but there's been no official confirmation that this will be the case. Regardless, things are changing for the subscription service. Those changes aside, there are rumors that Xbox Game Pass could be getting a choose-your-own-plan feature, so Xbox users should keep their eyes peeled for more.
Source: Ampere Analysis
