It's a ballsy move they're assuming subscription revenue from Game Pass and whatnot will offset the $70 bucks every COD-playing subscriber would have otherwise forked out for the game and then be locked into subscribing until the next COD to not lose access to it. That's forgoing a whole lot of upfront cash on the promise of subs (and the in-game microtransactions). Maybe they think it'll give them some edge in console sales vs PS5 who's users wouldn't be getting that "free" access, trying to get the benefits of making COD XB exclusive without actually making it exclusive (since they can't since they pinky promised not to in the Activision buyout). Sneaky buggers.
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It's a ballsy move they're assuming subscription revenue from Game Pass and whatnot will offset the $70 bucks every COD-playing subscriber would have otherwise forked out for the game and then be locked into subscribing until the next COD to not lose access to it. That's forgoing a whole lot of upfront cash on the promise of subs (and the in-game microtransactions). Maybe they think it'll give them some edge in console sales vs PS5 who's users wouldn't be getting that "free" access, trying to get the benefits of making COD XB exclusive without actually making it exclusive (since they can't since they pinky promised not to in the Activision buyout). Sneaky buggers.