New Call of Duty games will no longer be part of Xbox’s Game Pass
Summary
Microsoft is lowering the price of its Xbox Game Pass subscription, but new Call of Duty games will no longer be available on the service when they launch. Instead, these games will appear on Game Pass about a year after their release, while older Call of Duty titles and other Microsoft games remain accessible on the service.Key Facts
- Xbox Game Pass Ultimate price is dropping from £22.99 to £16.99 in the UK and from $29.99 to $22.99 in the US.
- PC Game Pass prices are also being reduced in both the US and UK.
- Microsoft bought Activision, the maker of Call of Duty, for $68.7 billion in 2023.
- The latest Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 was the first new title launched on Game Pass.
- Future Call of Duty games will sell at full price (around £70/$80) at launch and come to Game Pass after about a year.
- A report said Microsoft may have lost $300 million in sales by offering new Call of Duty games on Game Pass immediately.
- Xbox head Asha Sharma explained the price cut is due to Game Pass becoming too expensive.
- Microsoft has been shifting focus away from selling consoles to streaming games on multiple devices, including PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
- Game Pass generated nearly $5 billion in revenue for Microsoft in the 2025 financial year and is profitable for Microsoft and its game partners.
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