Just got a push message from the Xbox app, but link is no longer working

  • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    I mean yea, it was the whole point of buying Activision in the first place, to help drive game pass adoptions

  • Agent Karyo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    4 months ago

    I have a feeling this is going to impact total COD revenues, but I could be wrong.

    Unless this is part of their enshittification strategy where they will massively raise prices and make franchises Game Pass exclusive once they get a large enough foothold in the market.

    • MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      They had to sign a 10 year deal to allow COD on other platforms in order for the courts to allow the acquisition to go through. After that they’ll almost certainly go exclusive, they didn’t pay Activision King Blizzard $75 billion just to keep the status quo. Xbox isn’t in the games business, they’re in the game pass business.

  • kandoh@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 months ago

    World of Warcraft and Elder Scrolls Online subscription rolled into Gamepass to convert mmo players into Gamepass subscribers.

    Diablo 5: Sold individually at launch but accessing new seasons require Gamepass. Same with CoD.

    Minecraft Base Game F2P and packaged with every Windows OS. Full game with updates and multiplayer require Gamepass subscription though.