Just a few days after Call of Duty: Black Ops 6's launch, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that Treyarch's latest entry in the franchise broke multiple franchise records, which includes day-one players, total hours played and in total matches played. This is mindboggling given how big the Call of Duty franchise has been for over a decade. Part of the reason for Black Ops 6's massive initial turnout can be attributed to the game being part of Xbox's Game Pass subscription service.
Black Ops 6 is the first game in the Call of Duty franchise to be part of Game Pass after Microsoft's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard for the staggering amount of $69 billion. The franchise's effect was felt immediately, as Nadella shared that Black Ops 6's launch established a new Game Pass subscriber adds on a game's launch day. While that's good news for Microsoft, it seems the addition of the game to the subscription service also benefited those who were thinking of dipping their toes back in the Call of Duty pool.
Black Ops 6's Director Thinks Returning Players Could Have Contributed To Series' Biggest-Ever Launch
In an interview with BBC, Black...
