Black Ops 6 Xbox Game Pass announcement seemingly imminent

[KiryutheD (KiryutheDragon)]

@Staffy

https://x.com/ZhugeEX/status/1795473250304004457

I remember Series S had a Fortnite and Rocket league bundle where you got about $10 worth of in game currency for each game. And they always have monthly perks for other games. I imagine MS is going to offer and advertise the hell out of these perks to get you into the Xbox ecosystem. IE like $10 of XP bonus/skins/items each month in GP. Imagine an advertising pitch like if you claim all these perks you are getting value of $120+ each year + the base game at $70 for a savings of $190 each year.

[TimPhoeniX]

@KiryutheD

I remember Series S had a Fortnite and Rocket league bundle where you got about $10 worth of in game currency for each game. And they always have monthly perks for other games. I imagine MS is going to offer and advertise the hell out of these perks to get you into the Xbox ecosystem. IE like $10 of XP bonus/skins/items each month in GP. Imagine an advertising pitch like if you claim all these perks you are getting value of $120+ each year + the base game at $70 for a savings of $190 each year.

I wonder if they end up also giving perks to PS+ E/E/P users. I vaguely recall them having perks, but I don’t remember if there were any for COD in particular.

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@TimPhoeniX

I wonder if they end up also giving perks to PS+ E/E/P users. I vaguely recall them having perks, but I don’t remember if there were any for COD in particular.

If Sony is willing to pay the costs, probably but who knows if they will want to do that for CoD going forward

[Hue]

@KakkaKarrotKake

MTX gained from GP members

I think this is going to be the defining point. All those extra players on GP could be tempted into all those enticing MTX, especially if they haven’t paid extra for the game in the first place.

[KakkaKarrotKake]

@Hue

I think this is going to ocbe the defining point. All those extra players on GP could be tempted into all those enticing MTX, especially if they haven’t paid extra for the game in the first place.

MTX is where the real money is too, a single user buying a bunch of MTX could be the equivalent of half a dozen retail purchases

and by getting a huge influx of people into CoD through GP you increase the potential chance of getting those types of buyers in a big way

[lunanto]

This could be the tipping point.

[lunanto]

This is exactly the study case to determine if GP as the exclusive element in the Xbox ecosystem has some weight to it or not.

[MaulerX]

@KakkaKarrotKake

He’s right about 1 thing, that is indeed very rough math

As it completely ignores things like GP members buying the premium version for $40 or whatever like Starfield/FH5 as well as the MTX gained from GP members, or them buying other things in the store, locking them into the ecosystem etc

What they lose from people buying the game they gain in many other ways

Just to add to this Brad forgot one major point: Switch 2.

This game will be on Switch 2 when it comes out and that is extra money/revenue that they don’t currently have.

Putting it on Game Pass is the easiest decision they could have made.

[MaulerX]

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won't be locked behind a new Xbox Game Pass tier

Doomers in shambles.

[monkeyboy101 (Davis)]

@MaulerX

Doomers in shambles.

“Of course they won’t add new tiers, they will just double the price”

@lunanto

This could be the tipping point.

Feels like this has always been inevitable. Although I know the next time Xbox gives Game pass figures, folks will do their best to claim that it wasn’t enough (“Only 20m new subscribers with CoD”), what people misunderstand, this isn’t the tipping point, this is step 2 in a 20 step system. Call of Duty…consoles biggest game, is fundementally linked to Xbox, game pass not just for this one title, but forever and ever. Year on year. Xbox will never be more than 54 weeks away from their next 40 million seller.

[FacelessSamurai]

@monkeyboy101

“Of course they won’t add new tiers, they will just double the price”

Somehow doubt any price changes are coming, and if they are, they’ll be small changes.

EA’s service has gone up in price I think recently (maybe I’m wrong though). Guessing stuff like that might impact GPU as well if MS doesn’t want to eat the cost.

But I think for now it’s worth a try to keep prices low and see how it affects their bottom line and if it really helps with GP subscribers growth as well as console growth/migration from Xbone to Series which is what the focus should be on imo. They want more people to upgrade and guarantee those users as locked in for the time being for more accessories and subscription sales.

[TimPhoeniX]

@MaulerX

Doomers in shambles.

All Gamepass Tiers

People still haven’t quite got the rebranding from XBL to GamePass Core.

[TimPhoeniX]

@FacelessSamurai

Somehow doubt any price changes are coming, and if they are, they’ll be small changes.

EA’s service has gone up in price I think recently (maybe I’m wrong though). Guessing stuff like that might impact GPU as well if MS doesn’t want to eat the cost.

But I think for now it’s worth a try to keep prices low and see how it affects their bottom line and if it really helps with GP subscribers growth as well as console growth/migration from Xbone to Series which is what the focus should be on imo. They want more people to upgrade and guarantee those users as locked in for the time being for more accessories and subscription sales.

Given the inflation, the subscription has to either increase price or number of subscribers. If COD won’t move the numbers, we may get another 1-2 dollar increase, to approximate inflation adjusted subscription launch price.

[Jeans]

Marketing is good to see. Game pass is taking 1/5 of the ad, it’s kind of funny.

Edit: not exactly 1/5 to be fair, but it’s as big as the game title.

[Sparda3g]

@Jeans

Marketing is good to see. Game pass is taking 1/5 of the screen, it’s kind of funny.

Remember the old Smart Delivery tag? They should do that. Lol.

[Sparda3g]

https://x.com/charlieINTEL/status/1796160831853314267

“Look at me. I’m the one carrying you now.” -Xbox maybe

[Shadowgasm]

@FacelessSamurai

Somehow doubt any price changes are coming, and if they are, they’ll be small changes.

I think they said in court they wouldn’t raise Gamepass prices because of CoD, which is why they raised prices right before the end of that trial. If Gamepass prices go up, it probably won’t be until well after the new CoD releases.

[Vonterribad (Matt)]

@MaulerX

Doomers in shambles.

I’m kind of surprised to be honest. this was one part of those rumours I did believe.

[Zip]

@Shadowgasm

I think they said in court they wouldn’t raise Gamepass prices because of CoD, which is why they raised prices right before the end of that trial. If Gamepass prices go up, it probably won’t be until well after the new CoD releases.

yup, I found & posted a snip of a filing they made on another thread a week or two back where they said exactly that - and I 100% agree that’s why they already made the price increase last year is so they won’t make one now for a while.