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  "description": "The strategy of adding new Call of Duty games to the Xbox Game Pass library on day one could change following the new management shift at Microsoft.",
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  "textContent": "The possibility of accessing new **Call of Duty** games on day one (Day One) via **Xbox Game Pass** could soon become a thing of the past.\n\nMicrosoft completed the acquisition of **Activision Blizzard** , the publisher of the Call of Duty series, in 2023. Starting in 2024, games from the series began to be added to the Game Pass library. In fact, the most recent titles in the series, **Black Ops 6** and **Black Ops 7** , met with Xbox Game Pass subscribers on their first day.\n\nIn 2024, Christopher Dring from GamesIndustry.biz stated that bringing CoD games to Game Pass would be the biggest test for subscription models. Dring emphasized the seriousness of the situation, saying, 'If Call of Duty fails to increase subscriber numbers, probably nothing else will.'\n\nNow, new information suggests that the results of this test may not have been quite as expected.\n\n## Xbox Discussing Day One Model for Call of Duty\n\nJez Corden, a reliable industry name, mentioned in his recent livestream that he heard Xbox is considering the possibility of removing **Call of Duty** from the day-and-date release model this year. Following Phil Spencer's retirement and Asha Sharma's appointment as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, a major management and strategy shift is taking place at the brand.\n\nCorden stated, 'If they remove Call of Duty from Game Pass this year (which I heard is a possibility), it would reveal some cracks in the strategy.'\n\nCorden also shared his views on how integrating CoD into Game Pass might have harmed the series:\n\n'Call of Duty is essentially vacuuming up a large portion of subscription revenues. This limits the budget needed to produce new content every month and prevent player churn. Call of Duty is such a massive brand that it both fuels Game Pass and, in a sense, harms the system. At the same time, players accessing the game cheaply instead of purchasing it undermines the series' own revenues.'\n\nCurrently, there is no official confirmation regarding the future of the military shooter series on Game Pass. However, Microsoft's focus on ideas for creating a subscription package with Netflix proves the company wants to diversify its revenue models.\n\n_For the latest_ gaming guides_and_ system requirements_, you can follow GamingAlly on_ Instagram_,_ Twitter_and Google News._",
  "title": "Xbox Considering Ending Day One Support for Call of Duty",
  "updatedAt": "2026-04-12T11:28:05.000Z"
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