We're all well aware that Xbox Game Pass has been heavily supported by the vast majority of publishers in the games industry thus far, but one notable absentee has been Activision Blizzard. As of the time of writing, none of the company's titles are included as part of the service, which is absolutely a shame.
It's not exactly a surprise, of course. The publisher has been known in recent years for establishing exclusive deals with PlayStation - particularly for its Call of Duty franchise - and so it's very possible that some kind of agreement could be in the works preventing Activision from getting involved with Xbox Game Pass in any form.
And to be honest, Activision might not have any interest anyway. Games like Call of Duty sell by the bucket load, and Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Tony Hawk don't really need much of a push. That said, Crash Bandicoot 4 supposedly hasn't sold all that well, and some of the classic Call of Duty games would surely be a good fit.
In any case, it doesn't look like the company is going to be embracing the Xbox Game Pass service anytime soon. The question is, will they ever get on board, or will Activision simply remain absent for the foreseeable future?
Do you think Activision will get on the Xbox Game Pass train eventually? Let us know down below.
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Activision is a horrible company, Screw them and screw Call Of Duty..
I might be alone in this, but I would personally love to play through the older CoD games if they get added on Game Pass. Specifically CoD 2 and 3 since I still haven't played the campaigns of those games. But yeah, I doubt that will ever happen considering these games still go for what, €20-30 each whenever they go on sale on the Xbox store and these are over a decade old now. Activision doesn't seem to care about offering them for cheap anytime soon.
Will Activision ever make any games other than CoD? Ok, they have Diablo, but that goes on sale often enough. Other than that, seriously, what do they actually make? They had a few years of rebooting classic games but that seems to be over now. Do we need Skylanders and Guitar Hero on Gamepass?
Activision is basically Western Konami, except they actually make money from their main franchise.
Remember when they were a cool publisher? Twinsen, Spyro, Dark Reign, Quake/Hexen/Heretic, Mech Warrior, lots of cool stuff?
Call of duty
Diablo
Overwatch
Starcraft
Spyro
Crash bandicoot
Prototype
Skylanders
Deadpool
Guitar hero
Tony hawk
.... Yes please
Don't care we aren't really missing much anymore from Activision , As mentioned used to have some great games but it's mainly all about CoD and Bobby Kotick wages which is probably more than most small country's, horrible man
Talking Point: Will Activision Ever Get On Board With Xbox Game Pass?
Not whilst they are in bed with Sony. Absolutely no chance. When their deal has run out? A tiny chance.
Bobby Kotick still in charge over there? Would explain a lot if he is.
@Originut Yeah I have no doubt of that. In the past year I've played through the Modern Warfare games on 360 and I had no idea what phenomenal campaigns these games had! That's why I'm interested in playing other CoD campaigns as well. World At War is another one I totally forgot about that I need to play too.
Asif...even rate old cod titles are expensive when on sale
@LtSarge
Keep an eye out for sales, they have been on a deep sale a handful of times. I picked up COD 2 & COD 3 for £7.49 each.
Yes, maybe they could be a little cheaper, but I think its not too bad for the convenience of digital.
WaW was £9.99.
Edit:
It was this sale
https://www.trueachievements.com/n37689/xbox-one-backwards-compatibility-sale-2019
I searched for Call of Duty 2 on True Achievements and clicked the forum link, this is a handy thing to do, search for a game that you are interested in and check how much it has been on sale for/when it was last on sale.
If you look at this page you can see links to when it has also gone on sale on other occasions, it might help to predict when it will be again too.
https://www.trueachievements.com/game/Call-of-Duty-2/forum
But as above, just search for COD 2, Waw or whatever you're interested in.
@JetmanUK The issue isn't that I've missed out on the sales. The problem is that I don't want to pay even €10 for a 7-8 hour first-person shooter that I'll never play again after the first time. I was willing to dish out €10 for the Modern Warfare games because they are so highly regarded, but that's not the case for 2, 3 or WaW. Like I was actually impressed by the Modern Warfare campaigns and very surprised that more people aren't praising these games. I don't think I'll feel that way about 2, 3 or WaW but they still seem like games worth experiencing.
@LtSarge
Gotcha. Second hand disc market it is then.
never gonna happen 😏
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