Zod Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 (edited) Shu Yoshida said "Jim Ryan insulted me and then fired me out of Sony". Damn Edited April 21 by Zod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 He wasn’t fired out of Sony. Was given the role to deal with Indie Developers instead of AAA First Party. There’s contradiction there. But anyway it’s out in the open now that Jim Ryan wanted to create more & more online games under Sony’s banner. That’s why he hired the man behind Sony’s most Successful Online Multiplayer Shooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RV1709 Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 https://x.com/shinobi602/status/2046621419291718017 Call of duty new titles will NO longer release day one on gamepass. It’ll release a year later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zod Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Good. Fk CoD anyway, I uninstall BO7 after 30 mins of playing it. B06 I played campaign and enjoyed it but that's about it. Fable, Gears and Forza all still dayone gamepass. So im fine without CoD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vamos Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 5 hours ago, Zod said: Good. Fk CoD anyway 75 billion spent to acquire activision only to scrape the biggest advantage, just to save 8 bucks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnK Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 If not then GamePass is as good as dead. (Not that it’s not with the back door,but atleast it was dead man walking 🤣) No one’s gonna pay $23 without COD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zod Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 (edited) 9 hours ago, Vamos said: 75 billion spent to acquire activision only to scrape the biggest advantage, just to save 8 bucks First of all, finally we got some price cut from a gaming related thing in 2026. Is it not a big thing where everything else getting expensive when it comes to gaming? Lol We all know, no company roll back price after increase. MS under new leadership did right thing but lot more needs to be done. And 75b ddollar was spent for that COD money which went away due to GamePass. It was bold and risky move to add COD in GamePass. Good for consumers but pretty sure share holders were not happy. This decision is taken due to share holders pressure and some community pressure im sure. Its a sensible compromise by Asha to make gamepass more affordable while keeping overall valvue of service intact. Gamepass ultimate will still have all other first party games as dayone like before. Its basically went to pre CoD model. Gamepass was 20$ before they added CoD. Now 2 bucks extra is for Fortnite crew and Riot games subscription service which comes with gamepass along with already existed EA play and Ubisoft connect service. Its still a fantastic value man for 22$ if you already part of ecosystem and intersted in playing multiple Xbox first party games. You have to be rabbid Xbox hater to find no value in gamepass especially after price drop. Majority users subscribed to gamepass like me to play multiple dayone games not just COD. Gamepass had 35 million users in 2024 before CoD was even added into service. This proves CoD wasn't the only major game pulling gamers to service. Its multiple games and other benefits makes gamepass amazing service for Xbox ecosystem users https://www.reddit.com/r/xbox/s/w8sMTdnHfX Halo, Gears, Forza,Fable and Elder Scrolls nd all will be on gamepass ultimate dayone. Everything same except COD gone. COD will come to gamepass few months after the release and since COD games dont go on sale much, you can still play new one on gamepass after launch. Microsoft still allows GamePass conversion system. They officially support it even though some stupid ppl keep saying its hidden backdoor loophole or something lmao https://support.xbox.com/en-IN/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/xbox-game-pass-conversions Edited April 22 by Zod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RV1709 Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 Bet Jim Ryan wasn’t thinking this would be endgame when he fought against the merger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnK Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 7 hours ago, RV1709 said: Bet Jim Ryan wasn’t thinking this would be endgame when he fought against the merger He didn’t fought against the merger. He fought against COD exclusivity. He was open to the merger from the get go as seen in the email exchanges. As long as he got COD contractually bound on Playstation for foreseeable future!! Phil didn’t even negotiate with him beyond the existing contract (Ending with MW3) & asked him to FO!! That’s the point where he decided to object it with regulators. Phil opened it up for 3 more games (BO6,BO7,&MW4) but even that wasn’t enough!! Then came the famous 10 year contracts which signed even for toasters!! Once the streaming rights were transferred to Ubisoft for 15 years only then it was game on for Sony because after 2035 things would be on cloud anyway!! Sony killed the Xbox brand by holding it by the balls in front of the regulators. With the biggest games in their portfolio like COD,Minecraft,WoW,Diablo,Overwatch couldn’t even be used to boost Xbox hardware sales….it wasn’t even a no brainer choice to go multiplatform with the whole slate!! With COD not even part of GamePass it’s obvious that the whole model has failed & is coming crashing down. It’s not a price cut like being depicted….it’s another backtrack on promises. Imagine someone who bought Xbox hardware after Phill Promised in open court that CoD will be part of Gamepass on Xbox. Another batch of robbed gamers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roun90 Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 Frankly, I feel this means the latest CoD flopped, it did not raise GamePass sales and isn't worth it - and from what I'm seeing even the retail sales and reviews were abysmal. So it feels like MS spent the US$ 75 Billion for nothing. They'll have to be satisfied with money generated from whales in Warzone and from WoW Subs. Chances are - new CoD budget might get slashed and new games in the series left to die if this doesn't improve soon (If MS doesn't sell off either CoD or Activision altogether to recoup the costs - though it'll be at a loss at this point). They goit some internet bownie points during acquisition - and nothing else I think. For people saying Gamepass was worth it for Forza/Gears/Halo - MS still had those before Activision purchase. This just further drives a nail in their gaming ambitions. Just my opinion though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnK Posted April 24 Report Share Posted April 24 3 hours ago, roun90 said: Frankly, I feel this means the latest CoD flopped, it did not raise GamePass sales and isn't worth it - and from what I'm seeing even the retail sales and reviews were abysmal This wasn’t the first COD on GamPass day1. Last one which was critically possibly the best in quite a while,also couldn’t help boost M$ Gaming revenue overall & in fact left a huge dent in ABK books!! No hardware boost,no stable revenue increase in subscription or subscriber numbers. Bobby Kotick said the same thing before & after the merger. That using COD to boost GamePass was an abysmal idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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