Microsoft
has
pulled
its
$1
Xbox
Game
Pass
trial,
just
days
before
Call
of
Duty:
Black
Ops
6
releases
on
October
25th.
The
14-day
Game
Pass
trial
was
removed
on
October
8th,
preventing
people
from
signing
up
for
a
trial
and
playing
through
the
Black
Ops
6
campaign
without
paying
for
a
full
month
of
Game
Pass.
Microsoft
first
stopped
its
$1
trial
for
Xbox
Game
Pass
Ultimate
and
PC
Game
Pass
in
March
last
year,
before
bringing
it
back
and
nerfing
it
down
to
just
14
days
instead
of
a
full
month.
The
Xbox
maker
then
briefly
removed
the
$1
trial
just
days
before
Starfield’s
debut
in
September.
It’s
not
surprising
to
see
the
$1
Xbox
Game
Pass
trial
quietly
removed
once
again,
especially
as
Microsoft
looks
to
Call
of
Duty:
Black
Ops
6
to
boost
its
Game
Pass
subscriber
numbers.
I
reported
earlier
this
year that
Microsoft
had
been
debating
whether
to
put
new
releases
of Call
of
Duty into
Game
Pass,
with
concerns
from
some
at
the
company
that
the
revenue
generated
from
typical Call
of
Duty sales
would
be
undermined
by
Game
Pass.
A
$1
trial
would
certainly
undermine
sales
and
subscriptions,
especially
when
Activision
traditionally
sells
more
than
20
million
copies
of Call
of
Duty on
average,
at
around
$70
each.
Microsoft
is
also
planning
to
bring
Call
of
Duty:
Black
Ops
6,
Modern
Warfare
III,
and
Warzone
to
Xbox
Cloud
Gaming
later
this
month.
This
is
the
first
time
a Call
of
Duty game
has
been
available
at
launch
on
Xbox
Cloud
Gaming,
following
Microsoft’s
acquisition
of
Activision
Blizzard
last
year.
(Originally posted by Tom Warren)
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