The game catalog on Microsoft’s premium subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, might finally be welcoming older Call of Duty titles.
Older Call of Duty titles, including Call of Duty 1, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011), Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, and Call of Duty: WWII, have appeared on the Microsoft Store for PC, suggesting that they may be coming to the Xbox Game Pass catalog.
It’s a bit of a no-brainer for Microsoft to make the entire slate of Call of Duty titles available on its premium game subscription service. If added to the Xbox Game Pass catalog, these games will permanently remain on the service for fans to enjoy whenever they choose to subscribe.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 successfully launched day one on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and Game Pass PC. While there were concerns regarding the move potentially hurting Microsoft’s revenue, Daniel Ahmad, Director of Research and Insights at Niko Partners, and Mat Piscatella, Executive Director and Video Game Industry Analyst at Circana (NPD), had reported that this was not the case. In fact, as per them, the day one availability of Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass has been a net benefit to the software giant.
Ahmad mentioned that, based on his preliminary data, the game’s day one availability on Game Pass has added a significant number of players into the ecosystem via Xbox and PC. Similarly, Piscatella stated that, based on preliminary data points gathered via Circana’s Player Engagement Tracker, coming to Game Pass helped boost engagement for Black Ops 6 on Xbox. In other words, the company is still benefiting from subscription revenue on Xbox as well as a larger overall player base.
