Overview
- Windows Central reporter Jez Corden said Microsoft could drop this year’s Call of Duty from Game Pass on release.
- Microsoft and Activision have not announced any change, and outlets are treating the claim as a rumor.
- Corden argued day-one access cuts $70 purchases and strains Game Pass because the service funnels a large share of monthly revenue to a giant title like Call of Duty.
- Coverage notes Microsoft began day-one inclusion with 2024’s Black Ops 6, as reports linked the move to an estimated $300 million cost and the series’ weakest sales in many years.
- Reporters also point to pressure on pricing after Xbox raised Game Pass Ultimate to $29.99 last October and to datamined cheaper first‑party tiers, codenamed Triton and Duet.