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Microsoft Doubles Down On Bringing Activision Games To Xbox Game Pass Subscription

Microsoft has doubled down on its intention to bring Activision games to its premium subscription service, Xbox Game Pass.

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XiNatsuDragnel22d ago

Jeez how many more studios need to close to do this.

Zeref21d ago

Maybe these studios didn't close because of GamePass? Have you thought about that?

Cacabunga21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

COD is one of the worst series in gaming.. EA had a chance in gold to overtake COD but chose to kill Battlefield and Medal of Honor

wesnytsfs21d ago

@Cacabunga, That is your opinion which is highly in the minority since COD is always one of the best sellers yearly. We all have games we like, and do not like.

Tankbusta4021d ago

@Zeref

All your downvoters are crying about the Redfall studio but didn't purchase the game

lodossrage21d ago

@Tankbusta40

But why would they purchase anything?

Microsoft for the past 9 years has conditioned their customers to want everything for pennies on the dollar instead of buying.

How many copies can any game sell when the company that supposedly wants sales is telling people
A- we don't care about sales, just engagement
and
B- constantly telling the customers to get it day 1 for pennies on the dollar via gamepass

They literally cannibalized their own potential sales and then take it out of studios for not selling. That doesn't make sense.

XiNatsuDragnel21d ago

Nii San
Gamepass has cannibal sales even Phil said so and unfortunately man there going to eat and eat more studios until they're satisfied

-Foxtrot21d ago

@Tankbusta40

Maybe people just give a shit about people losing their jobs

Going off reports people within the studio were pretty open about not being comfortable creating an online game as there was development issues with never doing one before, so when MS bought Zenimax in 2020 they should have went around their studios to see how they were doing and allowed them to just make something they were comfortable with, restarting development on it. It started development in 2018 after Prey released in 2017 and after 5 years it was still a shit show, they could have stopped it at anytime.

Clearly Bethesda were being a bit dickish to them before Microsoft making them work on an online game and even told them that Prey had to be called Prey despite the fact none of them in the studio wanted to call it that yet they were forced to. However Microsoft coming in should have listened to their concerns and they clearly didn't give a shit.

Cacabunga21d ago

@wesny

COD had nothing to offer since MW2 on PS3/360. Victim of its own success and didnt know how to keep the creativity going.
They for sure built a massive name, but that is what most are going for. Like FIFA where even the menus are the same since 2008 i believe

Crows9021d ago

@tankbusta

Sorry but why would you buy a bad game on purpose? That's stupid.

I purchased prey and dishonored. So yeah. Support doesn't mean buy bad games. Xbox released that game in that state...they're at fault.

Redgrave21d ago

Naturally, you'd appear amidst the current events and say nothing of substance.

Lightning7721d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Please Sweet stop damage controlling. If you're a real Xbox fan you would stop defending Ms destroying everything.

These suits want Xbox to make COD MONEY. After Xbox showcase next month you better think about how many of those studios will get shut down on the near future.

Nxile, Obsidian, The Initiative etc. Hell you better start advertising gamepass to all your friends because MS sure as hell won't.

So they decided to say yes to COD on gamepass they made up their mind. Cool they're doing at they promised everyone in the first place, grats.

Blad3runner0021d ago

“ COD is always one of the best sellers yearly.”

How many of those sales are from casuals? All this means is there is a lot of people with bad taste in games.

Sales does not equal quality.

neutralgamer199221d ago

Zeref

Come on man. I guess now some people have figured out how to defend a multi trillion corporation. GP can’t be sustained with AAA games and if that’s how they will proceed than a lot more closures are ahead. Xbox use to be a meaningless brand for MS but when MS invests 100 billion they expect results. So the days of GP seeing all AAA games day one are really coming to and end a lot sooner than People want to believe

Xbox gamers don’t buy a lot of games and instead wait for games to end up on GP. For games to end up on GP MS has to pay for content. Take two ceo was right al along. GP makes sense for smaller games and games which could use more exposure but well know AAA IP’s don’t need to be on GP day one. There is a reason we are closer to a day when we will see gears of war on PlayStation and Nintendo because MS needs to sell games to other platforms. Phil got his users hooked on GP and now they don’t but a lot of games. That’s why we have publishers wondering if it’s even worth being a game to Xbox when chances are it may not even cover the development costs of porting the game

But keep doing you because to Xbox fans GP is the be all end all and they aren’t willing to budge. We are seeing real world affects of GP on developers

Christopher21d ago

There's been a ton of thought about it. Most people definitely agree Game Pass had something to do with it, as well as the ABK purchase. Thanks for asking, though.

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gleepot21d ago

That's not why they closed, though. They closed for other silly reasons that don't make much sense.

VenomUK21d ago

Poor journalism by Twisted Voxel’s Muhamed Ali Bari. If you’re going to write that Microsoft has doubled down then include a specific quote from Sara Bond where she said this as evidence. without it you are interpreting her words to create a headline to fit a narrative.

shinoff218322d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Yay cod.

I cannot fathom why people give a fk about cod(Xbox, ps, and PC players). Sure acti has others games but they haven't been the same in so many years.

When asked about Xbox games going to other platforms. She absolutely sidestepped and avoided answering the actual question.

Jeez just tell the base already

ocelot0721d ago

About that last part the silence is deafening.

She could of simply said. Other than COD we have no plans to bring anymore games to other platforms other than windows and Xbox.

Eonjay21d ago

I'm not sure why this is a question anymore. All console sales are down and none more than the Xbox. So of course they are putting all their games on PlayStation eventually. I do agree with you that her avoidance is silly and it really makes it look like they thing the base is stupid. Or maybe they really don't care about what the base thinks at all. Maybe they are embarrassed to admit that GamePass was really a bad plan from the start and they completely messed up predictions.

ocelot0721d ago

@Eonjay

Don't think they can ever come out and say "gamepass has hurt Xbox". The amount of backlash would be insane.

I don't even think they can change gamepass (I think they would love to at this point). If they come out and say yer from now on more more days one games instead trials will replace them. Or you not certain games will come to gamepass day one (not cod).

fsfsxii21d ago

Its simply the most content rich and fun shooter on the market, how is that hard to understand? All the criticism cod receives is honestly jealousy that its so consistent.

-Foxtrot21d ago (Edited 21d ago )

Lmao.

Jealousy? Sure bro...

shinoff218321d ago (Edited 21d ago )

I'm not jealous of cod. Trust me lol. I don't even like fps. Especially military shooters. Their overplayed and have worn out their welcome. Now a fps like bioshock. Hell yea more then welcome.

Rutaprkl21d ago

You fanboys are so delusional. Keep believing.

redrum0621d ago

Because the majority of gamers are just casual gamers that are not as interested in trying out newer/other stuff than what they already know.
It's fun for a quick 0,5/1 hr gaming sessions, like FIFA, which is why its succesfull

anast21d ago

Gross. CoD is a sewer of a game.

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notachance21d ago

lol the whole point of annual CoD is to make its fans buy the game anew again every year, if it comes to gamepass it’d be more cost efficient to never make a new CoD again and just make it a long term game like fortnite or counter strike.

yeah I can just see CoD take that route and close 2 studios out of 3. We’ll see.

Profchaos21d ago

Notice this years game is absent from the image

MrBeatdown21d ago

Is this even a real image? I think it's just some mock up for clicks.

Seraphim21d ago

The whole point of annual CoD now isn't games sales. It's MTs. These publishers/games are making money hand over fist on MTs, not from selling games. This is why the entire industry has been pushing monetization of everything..... mts made up 61% of Acti-Blizz income in 2021.

PassNextquestion21d ago

What does MT stand for? Multiplayer transactions..or something along the lines of engagement with the game

Seraphim21d ago

@PassNext.... - Micro transactions. MT, MTX, whatever they abbreviate them as.... or perhaps we can start calling them Macro transactions now that so many games are charging $20+ for something like a skin....

jwillj2k421d ago

Yessss put COD on gamepass and destroy its worth. Keep being dumb Microsoft we love it!!

anast21d ago

Profchaos already answered this issue.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot8h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

anast4h ago

I agree, and the sad part is use normal folk saw it the second they announced their plans.

Abear211h ago(Edited 57m ago)

Agree 100% this is why I didn’t want the M$ Monopoly, now PS5 version will be held back too.

If PS5 Pro comes out and Series S is still a thing it’ll be interesting what differences and what devs choose to do. Really hoping Rockstar pushes the PS5 pro with GTA6 and we get the best version possible.

LucasRuinedChildhood9h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

Sgt_Slaughter4h ago

I'd much rather have 1440p/60fps or even 45fps. Having just one, even with the Series S in mind, is disappointing.

franwex3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Remember when xbots were adamant that the series s won’t hold back the gen?

Microsoft just needs to let go of the mandatory parity. Who cares if your grandma doesn’t understand that a game cannot be played on the S. It’s not like it she can buy you a physical game for it anyway. Before buying the game put up a notice that it only works on series X. If you’re buying for a friend-allow for a refund.

Bam. Everyone is happy. Most series s owners are for casuals that want Game Pass anyway and most likely don’t purchase most games.

If the developers want it to run on S, let them figure it out.

Jin_Sakai3h ago

“During the event, the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 producer also revealed that on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, the game will run at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second“

Another “creative decision” right? 🤦‍♂️

IHateNate2h ago

Amateur hour. Very incapable developer.

Outside_ofthe_Box2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Since you're not an amateur and clearly know more than them, can you over there and help get the game running on the S without having to sacrifice their true vision. Us gamers would really appreciate you using your wisdom for good 🙏

IHateNate2h ago

Thousands of games run just fine on S.

But Kingdom Come is the game that can’t. Must be one hell of a game!

franwex53m ago(Edited 53m ago)

Thousands of games run on PS4 and on Switch. If developers want them to run on those systems. Fine. Those two platforms still get new games. Sony isn’t making studios also make a ps4 pro version, or Nintendo a wiiu version. Microsoft technically is.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast10h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics9h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX9h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon7h ago

We are on the same team brother!

Rynxie4h ago

I uninstalled d4 after they kept screwing over the sorc build and I beat the game. I also uninstalled immortal after reading the end. I actually went back to d2r here and there.

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Tales of the Shire Stands at a Fork in the Road Regarding Magic

Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.

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