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It was the console of shooters, and it is possible that it will be again after more than 10 years. Those of us who have held a controller in our hands for a while remember that there was only one title that managed to take the title of most played on Xbox from Halo 3, none other than Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. And pretty much throughout the active existence of the Xbox 360 it was like this, Call of Duty has always played better and better on an Xbox. But that changed with the last generation
Not only in terms of being the platform it was most loved on, which was obvious after the sales of the PS4, that wasn’t going to be the case, but in 2014 they also lost the contract to to promote annual delivery, falling even further in to a flat second by not receiving additional content, delayed DLCs or early betas on PlayStation. But, according to what Phil Spencer said for GameFile
And there was already data to support this claim.
The first launch weekend of Black Ops 6 already reflected the figures that more than 56% of Xbox players and 37% on PS5 were with the new Call of Duty, but this statement perhaps goes further, referring to the fact that probably thanks to Xbox Game Pass there are currently more Xbox players than on other platforms, which would not surprise us at all if, in short, there were 34 million players subscribed to Game Pass.
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We also have the case that precisely the quality of Black Ops 6 is one of the best in recent years, with an almost complete title in campaign, multiplayer and zombies. But it’s clear that Phil Spencer, in making this statement, was already counting on the effect of having a full AAA+ like Call of Duty included at launch on Xbox Game Pass would be a brutal catalyst for both the platform and the game himself.
