When Microsoft first announced the Activision-Blizzard acquisition in 2022, there were concerns that the company would make games like Call of Duty were exclusive to Xbox from now on. Concerns regarding Call of Duty led to a protracted battle between Microsoft and the FTC that saw tough opposition from Sony against Microsoft. The battle became so intense that then-Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan told Bobby Kotik, former CEO of Activision-Blizzard, that “I don’t want a new deal on Call of Duty. “I just want to block their merger.”
A new rumor claims that, for the first time in history, more people have played Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Xbox than on PlayStation.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 brilla en PC Game Pass y Xbox
According to the details shared by the leaker @eXtas1stv on X, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 It is not only “the Call of Duty with the best performance in the last (at least) 10 years”, but the game is also more popular on Xbox than on PlayStation. The leaker claims that “just over half of console players BlackOps 6 played the game on Xbox”, which apparently makesBlack Ops 6 in the first Call game of Duty with more Xbox players than PlayStation.
One of the possible reasons why Xbox enjoyed more CoD players than PlayStation has to do with the fact that the game had a day 1 Game Pass launch. For players who want to play Call of Duty but don’t want to spend the normal price of $70, on the 15th Game Pass on Xbox it’s a no-brainer, as not only do you get the full game, but you also have access to tons of other titles at no additional cost.
Xbox is not the only Microsoft platform that is reaping the rewards of Call of Duty on Game Pass, as Game Pass for PC has reportedly seen the largest increase in new subscribers in a single day. Besides, PC Game Pass also reportedly accounts for more than 50% of total CoD PC playerseven though the game has had considerable success on Steam.
As always, take this leaked information as unofficial and probably with some errors. Fortunately, @eXtas1stv believes that Activision will start revealing official data soon.
In short, it looks like Microsoft’s $6.9 billion Activision-Blizzard bet is starting to pay off. It will be interesting to see if future releases of CoD and other Activision-Blizzard games maintain this momentum.
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