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Timdog: Call of Duty Games may not be coming to Game Pass. Microsoft likely going full digital with ads on Game Pass.
Tiago Rodrigues
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ByWatterson
Member
To be fair, many of these clowns literally work for Microsoft.
Banjo64
cumsessed
That’s how you know they are paid actors. With news as big as this, positive or negative, you’d have your own view you’d want to share.
Instead it’s literally wait until there’s an approved message to push.
Physiognomonics
Member
Some people really thought they would put COD on Gamepass?
Laptop1991
Member
Well hopefully this will change Phil's mind about making great games as you need gamers to actually buy them now with money instead of getting them for nothing if your already a GP subscriber, the games should improve, as i haven't bought any of the so called big releases for my PC, they arn't good enough for 70 quid imo.
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DJ12
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Hohenheim
Member
I still find it bizzare, funny and very strange that grown up people are "fans" of any of these brands.
Enjoy the games, guys! Not the platforms.
DJ12
Member
The arguments and reported posts I've probably had stressing this point to the deluded masses.
Zheph
Member
Klayzer
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Skifi28
Member
Usually we don't find it strange when people are fans of sports teams, which are in fact just million dollar companies in disguise. At least on a hardware platform one has tons of their own money invested so I can understand feeling a healthy attachment to it. Obviously not talking about those that take it too far.
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buenoblue
Member
rhodesianshepard
Banned
Sony, internally(through leaks), have always believed Game Pass was unsustainable. Hell, even Microsoft leaks last year from 2020 showed that Microsoft needed to hit 100 million GP subscribers by 2027 for it to be viable. People ignored the clear writing on the wall with GP subscribers stalling in recent years. As if Microsoft would just eat the losses because they are a 3 trillion dollar company
FunkMiller
Member
The idea that MS would just bail out Xbox whatever happened was always very silly, and the folks who thought it was true don’t really understand how massive corpos work.
balls of snow
Member
Masks are coming off and its megacorpo microsoft doing megacorpo things.
Kenpachii
Member
- XBOX consoles are dead because they have no noteworthy IP's to push it.
- Year after year we hear about games that are simple just not getting out or not what people expect them to be. hellblade 2 for example, the first one was god awful, 8 hours, digital only and how long in the make? its just dissapointing on every level.
- Everything is driving by profits, there games have no soul or simple reason to exist other then wanting to grow instead of making something that gamers care for. ( chasing trends and to late the party )
- Dev times take way to long over there and there seem to be no focus at all, on releasing steady amount of games.
- Buying failing game company's that haven't produced anything good in a decade+ isn't helping either. And they probably can't function as XBOX only solution because the company's will die within a year.
- Gamepass is nice on paper, but the reality is most people probably buy games on heavy discounts or when they are cheap anyway which makes gamepass not that useful, also games are not movies and take a long time to complete which makes gamepass value even less interesting even if it has a lot of games on it
- Most games on pc are services that keep on trucking over time, gamepass model isn't well suited for this.
- Microsoft missed a chance with the xbox series, to attack PC and basically provide a solution that's a console + windows PC with there xbox consoles. This would be a ultra cheap pc that plays all next gen games.
- after all the leaks even the die hard fans of xbox aren't so confident in there leadership that seem to shifting tones every single day whenever they feel like it.
- Recent firing showcases microsoft cares about nothing but profit and in general it gives off bad stigma towards gamers and devs in general to support such practises specially when there is competition and other ways to play.
- Gamepass would be a good addition towards gamers to get rid of subscription services from blizzard and get call of duty on it, but i doubt they going to do that because of profits loss.
- gamepass on playstation and nintendo could happen but the costs will probably be so high its probably not going to be sustainable.
- phil being caught endlessly lying is also not a good stigma for the company and its at this point probably better to replace him with somebody that is going to have a 10+ year plan.
- Year after year we hear about games that are simple just not getting out or not what people expect them to be. hellblade 2 for example, the first one was god awful, 8 hours, digital only and how long in the make? its just dissapointing on every level.
- Everything is driving by profits, there games have no soul or simple reason to exist other then wanting to grow instead of making something that gamers care for. ( chasing trends and to late the party )
- Dev times take way to long over there and there seem to be no focus at all, on releasing steady amount of games.
- Buying failing game company's that haven't produced anything good in a decade+ isn't helping either. And they probably can't function as XBOX only solution because the company's will die within a year.
- Gamepass is nice on paper, but the reality is most people probably buy games on heavy discounts or when they are cheap anyway which makes gamepass not that useful, also games are not movies and take a long time to complete which makes gamepass value even less interesting even if it has a lot of games on it
- Most games on pc are services that keep on trucking over time, gamepass model isn't well suited for this.
- Microsoft missed a chance with the xbox series, to attack PC and basically provide a solution that's a console + windows PC with there xbox consoles. This would be a ultra cheap pc that plays all next gen games.
- after all the leaks even the die hard fans of xbox aren't so confident in there leadership that seem to shifting tones every single day whenever they feel like it.
- Recent firing showcases microsoft cares about nothing but profit and in general it gives off bad stigma towards gamers and devs in general to support such practises specially when there is competition and other ways to play.
- Gamepass would be a good addition towards gamers to get rid of subscription services from blizzard and get call of duty on it, but i doubt they going to do that because of profits loss.
- gamepass on playstation and nintendo could happen but the costs will probably be so high its probably not going to be sustainable.
- phil being caught endlessly lying is also not a good stigma for the company and its at this point probably better to replace him with somebody that is going to have a 10+ year plan.
Mephisto40
Member
It really isnt a surprise that they are reluctant to release call of duty on gamepass, why would they want to cut out that $70 asking price when people would still pay it
And LOL at adverts, that'll great won't it, seeing a 60 second add every time you finish a match, just what everyone wanted
And LOL at adverts, that'll great won't it, seeing a 60 second add every time you finish a match, just what everyone wanted
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Zheph
Member
If it happens it will be business as usual, slow dripping the news to the fanatics... The evangelists are just go do some overtime "It wasn't that great anyway. I like to own my games." despite saying the contrary for years
Hydroxy
Member
I don't speak for everyone ofcourse but gamepass is more important now than ever before. Without gamepass, people would not just switch to buying full priced games, they would sail the high seas on PC. Most aaa games are released in broken and buggy state, why would anyone want to spend full price on it? Gamepass is hugely necessary and amazing for gamers, maybe it isn't for Microsoft who knows but they did say Gamepass is profitable.
King Dazzar
Member
Yep, that's what Xbox needs to do, to win back customers, Ads! Pump the service full of mediocrity and for the finishing touch, inject it full of ads. They really do think gamers are just cunts to be abused dont they.
Gojiira
Member
Oh god…The idea they will have no problem buying more companies just because the games ‘go everywhere’ is disheartening…
Krieger
Member
A massive price increase, so massive that 95% of gamepass users can't afford it any longer. I'm talking about a high 3 digit sum for a 1 year subscription.
And the "positive spin" doctrine given by Microsoft to their bootlickers, so that they can spread it, will be: "This will cost you less than buying 1 AAA per month, and you will get much more than just 1 AAA game with this. Gamepass is still worth it even if it now costs $800 for 1 year."
Finally, when 95% of the gamepass users are gone, Microsoft will stop gamepass altogether.
Valedix
Member
in the end microsoft was it's own enemyTimdog:
tommib
Banned
Lukaku's First Touch
Member
I was actually going to subscribe to gamepass if they added COD, just for the campaigns. Maybe they can add online the SP?
*IF* true it would mean that internally they don’t believe in Gamepass as sustainable long term anymore, which is a total disaster given how much they invested on it.
It would mean that their new strategy is indeed becoming a leading third party publisher which to be honest makes a lot of sense in their position given the amount of studios they own but basically their console fanbase has been trashed and put under a bus...
It would mean that their new strategy is indeed becoming a leading third party publisher which to be honest makes a lot of sense in their position given the amount of studios they own but basically their console fanbase has been trashed and put under a bus...
dem
Member
The only way forward for Xbox is COD on gamepass..
I also understand the execs at MS freaking out at potentially devaluing COD by putting it there.
I will say.. it’s pretty shocking Xbox didn’t even get a chance to flex COD with a bundle or something before throwing up the white flag.
In the end.. what did MS think was gonna happen when they launched a console with zero software support? As much as I’m happy to just sign up for gamepass and play… people want something new to show off. Also.. have they heard of fucking advertising?
The silence from Phil and co is deafening..
I also understand the execs at MS freaking out at potentially devaluing COD by putting it there.
I will say.. it’s pretty shocking Xbox didn’t even get a chance to flex COD with a bundle or something before throwing up the white flag.
In the end.. what did MS think was gonna happen when they launched a console with zero software support? As much as I’m happy to just sign up for gamepass and play… people want something new to show off. Also.. have they heard of fucking advertising?
The silence from Phil and co is deafening..
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DragonNCM
Member
Ofc sales are shit around the world on Xbox consoles......because that 350$ deal's are only for US. In Europe prices are 550 euro and Sony PS5 (new revision is 500e).
MS financial division needs to be fired before firing all poor developers in gaming division.....fucking monkeys.
DaleinCalgary
Member
Nobody should be shocked MS fucked this up. Huge company that prioritizes subscriptions like most of their products and started the whole pay to play on your own internet model.
mansoor1980
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adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
adamsapple , plus many more like minded users, thought it was a done deal.
They will.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
Isn’t timdog the twitter warrior some here are always posting tweets from to laugh at how full of shit and cringe he is? Now he is credible? Am I confusing him with someone else?
Why is his camera off
Why is his camera off
DJ12
Member
Not true, Series X was discounted across Europe.
Even in the uk, saw stacks of them unsold in costco as the £349 offer drew to a close
LordCBH
Member
I don’t think it’ll go away. But I fully expect it to change. I would expect the third party day one releases to mostly stop at some point. EA will likely end their partnership with the GP Ultimate tier as well.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Moriarty1889
Member
Yes I agree. I always said it would be their undoing and look at them now.
WitchHunter
Banned
Anyone with a semblance of IQ knows that GamePass is not sustainable. But GamePass is a WMD, it they pour enough money into it, they could fuck up the balance big time.
