Ugh xCloud gaming hours are up 1800% YoY 
Oh wow I didnât know you could party chat on xCloud
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I think if the roles had been reversed Sony would definitely have made it exclusive to their platform. Maybe MS will too once MW2 has released and like you said, a new one in 2024. I am sure if they keep it on PS that they will still get a nice cut of those copies sold, but if they made the ballsy move to really lock it up on Game Pass, hardcore players on PS have no other option than to either play it on PC, get an Xbox or just subscribe to Game Pass and that is Xboxâs goal. There is no way that the real hardcore CoD players that buy it every year wonât subscribe to Game Pass, they absolutely will.
Why make TES VI exclusive (unless theyâve changed their stance on this now), why make anything big exclusive but not your heaviest hitter of them all? Itâs not like Game Pass is on PS. But who knows, maybe it really stays multiplatform for all time and theyâll have their reasons.
One is a MP âplatformâ and the other is a standalone game that comes around every once in a while. Pretty big difference.
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There are so many COD games that getting mainline COD exclusive (especially with it stopping be annual) wonât change much. Any new FPS game has to compete with a lot of BR games (Fortnite, PUBG, Apex, COD Warzone 1, 2, Zombie) so not having mainline COD wonât change much.
Big difference, true. But still, they can have Warzone and its updates just like how they have TESO and F76 with ongoing updates. Warzone and any new CoD exclusive to Game Pass. I see nothing wrong with that.
Yeah because CoD is a multiplayer focused series with absurd money being made from MTX, itâs probably in MS best interest to keep it multiplat
Not only do they make a lot of money but it also keeps the brand strong everywhere and stops a potential competitor, people automatically default to CoD, doesnât matter if itâs good or bad, itâs routine for a lot of people and keeping that routine everywhere keeps it strong
I feel it being on GP along with a cheap console like series S and even XCloud eventually as itâs getting better and better and more widely available will cause a big shift on itâs own
Other series like Elder Scrolls or other single player games both big and small have no reason to be multiplat as a selling a up front copies of single player games is less important than bringing them in for GP, MS would rather bring in millions of GP subscribers with ES6 than sell 10-20 million copies on playstation over the next 5-10 years of its release
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So Phamtom Dust?
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More likely Mana games
from software exclusive?
This. But I wonder why XO and not TGS?
Agreed. Like you said, those who are COD hardcore fans will buy an Xbox Series S/X in order to play it and thatâs how you build growth for your platform and eco-system. If they subscribe to Game Pass, thatâs an extra bonus.
In my mind, making COD stay on PlayStation would be beyond stupid because the money gained from those sales isnât worth more than growing your platform and eco-system in the long term. Having all the older games on Game Pass would also increase subscriptions. And even COD 2024 being on Game Pass day one would be great for those already subscribed or to gain new subscribers. Those who are hardcore and only play COD and maybe one or two games the rest of the year would most likely just buy the game digitally and thatâs it.
If COD was to stay on PlayStation, the vast majority of those who play it there will simply stay there especially if theyâre hardcore and only play COD all the time like millions only play sports games every year.
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Anyway, for those interested in Steel Rising, the $50 physical edition has finally been listed on GameStop, Amazon and Best Buy. This makes me very happy as I will be buying the game physically from GameStop. 
I wonder why 2 Bethesda games (DOOM 2016 and TESO) are still missing from Game Pass PC. TESO is also missing from xCloud.
Are they in PS Now?
Xcloud version was there but Zos ran into an issue and had to remove it until they can fix it. PC version is probably because ESO has a launcher, a Steam version and a stadia version they are maintaining for PC. Throwing in a Windows store version is probably in the roadmap though, how long until is the only issue, specially if buying on Xbox means you own the PC version on Windows store.
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Overwatch, COD, Apex are no brainers.
I do wonder how that cloud apps will integrate with TV.
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Man I feel like a douche and a hater, but lately Iâve been struggling to find much that interests me on to play on Gamepass outside of a FIFA match here and there.
I really wish that Outer Worlds update was coming this month vs next. That would def give me something to play that Iâm interested in.
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Its perfectly fine to not find anything you want to play
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