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Playing Call of Duty games, including the day one release of the latest title on Game Pass, sounds promising at first. In fact, one would delightfully purchase the service for that on their PC or
Incoming Call of Duty: Microtransactions Warfare
The idea of having previous Call of Duty titles on Game Pass is just fine. Hell, I’d even say that it’s pretty generous of Microsoft to allow fans to enjoy games like Call of Duty: WWII without having to pay $70 for a game that’s more than five years old. But if Game Pass is about to bring the new Call of Duty releases on the line, that’s a big no on my list, and here’s why.
Imagine you’re marketing a AAA title every year that sells like hotcakes, and one day, you get a deal to release the same titles on a service owned by someone else. And if that’s by force or anything, you’d try to sell more in-game items instead to make up for the money you’ve lost for selling the game itself. Well, that’s the peak of microtransactions over there.
To make things even more horrible, you should note that Activision is already doing this, even when their half-baked MW3 is still selling on Steam,
So if the upcoming Call of Duty game is going to reserve a seat on Game Pass, it’s quite fair to say that it’d be so scary for fans like me who love this franchise. Activision will just double the stacks of in-game store bundles with non-related Call of Duty scope while gradually removing the original content we used to have in previous games.
Less Call of Duty Quality
Speaking of content, Modern Warfare 3is live proof of what awaits. As of right now, the game is still up in the store for $70, and it’s viewed to be a DLC of MW2 in reviews. I’d say the developers have made the contrasts clear by changing the gameplay to a better version of MW2. However, judging by the content, 2023 was a disappointment for CoD.
MW3 features one of the worst Campaign modes, and the support for its Zombies Co-Op experience nearly ended as soon in the first season of the game. Now, when I have this in mind, it’s so hard to believe that Call of Duty is going to give me its next title with Game Pass and that it’s going to be way better than what I bought last year for $70.
So this might just mean that Call of Duty on Game Pass is not going to feature its basic quality in the upcoming years. That represents less Co-Op content, short-living Campaign stories, and probably an AI-generated Multiplayer that gets two new weapons and a bunch of remake maps every season. This is what happened to Arkane, the developer of Dishonored and Thief when Microsoft bought their properties to make Redfall an
What If Things Are Different?
It’s a big stretch to think that Call of Duty will make a huge comeback in 2024 and 2025, assuming that both games will become available to play on day one on Game Pass. However, if that’s not the play they’re about to make, then we could be seeking something here.
Earlier this week, the President of
That said, we might be still receiving older Call of Duty titles like Vanguard, Black Ops Cold War, Modern Warfare remasters and many more on Game Pass. From this angle, this is just great news. It’d be like other game series including FIFA, WWE 2K, Need For Speed, Battlefield, and a lot more.
As dark as it gets with new Call of Duty titles coming to Game Pass on day one, it’s still bright if things get otherwise. Activision will further expand its player base by allowing more people to play older Call of Duty games, and it still manages to sell their new title, which arrives on Game Pass later that year. So far on this story, that’s the best I can hope to happen for Call of Duty.
