Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
May 28, 2024
For the first time, Microsoft has call of duty The company will simultaneously release the video game franchise on its self-branded Xbox Game Pass subscription service to coincide with its retail launch later this year.
Microsoft plans to announce more details about the game on June 9th at 10am PST.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 the latest first-person shooter in the $30 billion franchise that has reportedly sold more than 425 million copies from publisher Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft acquired last year for $69 billion.
Microsoft's Game Pass streaming service offers options starting at $9.99 per month and claims to have 34 million paying subscribers.
Typical retail price is call of duty Prices for home console video games hitting $70 and simultaneously offering those titles via cheaper streaming underscores the changing video game retail environment and deals a direct blow to rival Sony's PlayStation ecosystem, said Michael Pachter, a media analyst at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles.
“To offset this, [Microsoft] “You'd need to attract at least 2 million new subscribers at $15/month, but realistically many (if not all) of those would have been people who would have bought your games otherwise, increasing the loss of game sales,” Pachter wrote in the note. “You'd probably need to add about 4 million subscribers to break even.”
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