With Call of Duty: Lightless Ops 6 practically upon us (or already upon us depending on your geographic location), analysts have been evaluating the effect it could have on Xbox Game Go, with some estimating that it could work as There are up to 4 million new contributors to Microsoft’s subscription service, albeit worth up to 6 million gross sales.
Lightless Ops 6 will, of course, be the first Call of Duty title to launch at speed one on Game Go Utmost and PC Game Go, marking a crucial test for Microsoft’s subscription services strategy following its acquisition from Activision for $69 billion. It was closed due to snowfall.
And Sport Go’s creation of Lightless Ops 6 will drive a significant increase in new subscribers, according to analysts interviewed via GamesIndustry.biz, albeit at the expense of the game’s sales. Wedbush Securities CEO Michael Pachter, for example, believes Microsoft will see between 3 and 4 million new contributors after the birth of Lightless Op 6’s Sport Go, although he estimates the launch could result in up to 6 million in lost gross sales. According to speculation, 25 percent of Sport Go subscribers could have purchased the game anyway.
Meanwhile, Ampere’s senior gaming analyst Piers Harding-Rolls was much less positive about Call of Duty: Lightless Ops 6’s Sport Go, telling GamesIndustry.biz that its creation will likely only lead to an increase in subscribers. of ten PCs. to Sport Go Utmost, which equates to approximately 2.5 million contributors, taking into account that not all will be completely new users, as some will upgrade from lower levels of Sport Go.
“Microsoft will trade premium sales of full games in exchange for a larger audience that can be monetized in-game,” he insisted, adding: “Call of Duty is increasingly a live-service game first and foremost, which monetizes heavily in-game.” “. This isolated truth, he noted, raises questions about “how [Black Ops 6 will be] monetized and whether there is a greater responsibility in monetizing the game compared to previous entries in the franchise.”
“No one knows what Microsoft’s expectations are for Game Pass growth after launch,” added Katan Video games’ Dr. Serkan Toto, “but if Black Ops 6 doesn’t meet its goals, things could get very bleak very quickly. “I also wonder if Black Ops 6 will be able to retain subscribers long-term or if numbers drop sharply again early next year after the initial hype dies down.”
And as for how Lightless Ops 6’s Sport Go origin could have an effect on PlayStation, given that Sony has historically positioned itself as the primary park for playing Name of Responsibility games through its past advertising and sharing exclusivity with Activision Snowfall, Harding-Rolls. doubts that “PlayStation’s long-term audience will be significantly affected.”
“Those who own Xbox and PlayStation consoles may be induced to play on Microsoft devices,” he defined, “but cross-platform play and cross-platform accounts mean this is not necessarily a permanent decision.”
Expect Microsoft to be announcing numbers loudly if Name of Responsibility: Lightless Ops 6 proves to be the Sport Go luck you’re hoping for. The corporate top recently shared the club’s figures again in February, for the first time since 2022, reporting 34 million “fully paid” subscribers, up from the 25 million subscribers announced so far. As for Lightless Ops 6 itself, the most interesting thing going back to its origins so far is that some of its characters inadvertently turn blue.
