… Over the weekend, Windows Central’s Jez Corden hinted that Microsoft might be about to take Call of Duty out of Game Pass. “If they take Call of Duty out of Game Pass this year, which is a possibility from what I’ve heard, I think it will kind of reveal some of the cracks in the strategy, possibly,… …
… The experiment first began in 2024 when Modern Warfare III launched on Game Pass, nearly a year after it first debuted. After that, Microsoft adopted a “day one” strategy, with subsequent releases Black Ops 6 and Black Ops 7 available on Game Pass at the same time they launched everywhere else. …
… The debate over Call of Duty in Game Pass has been an intense one internally at Xbox for years, so Sharma will face a tough decision here that could expose some of the core issues of Microsoft’s previous Xbox strategy. …
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