Subj : Microsoft has seemingly removed the $1 Xbox Game Pass offer just
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Oct 17 2024 11:00:05

Microsoft has seemingly removed the $1 Xbox Game Pass offer just in time for 
the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 launch

Date:
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:53:45 +0000

Description:
The $1 Xbox Game Pass tier has seemingly vanished ahead of the Call of Duty: 
Black Ops 6 launch.

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Things arent looking good if you were hoping to play Call of Duty: Black Ops 
6 on Xbox or PC for just $1 at launch. It seems as though Microsoft has 
removed the option to pick up a 14-day subscription for a reduced price just 
nine days away from the Black Ops 6 launch. 

The news comes from a recent post to the X / Twitter account of Call of Duty 
blog CharlieIntel that claims the offer has vanished. I headed over to the 
Xbox Game Pass website and wasnt able to find the deal anywhere, which would 
lend some extra credibility to this assertion. 

 Black Ops 6 is the next entry in the hugely popular Call of Duty franchise 
and is set to launch on October 25. It will be the first Call of Duty title 
to be added to the Xbox Game Pass service at launch following the completion 
of Microsofts Activision Blizzard acquisition last year. 

It will be available to those with an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass 
subscription, which costs $19.99 / 14.99 and $11.99 / 9.99 per month 
respectively. Many players had planned to take advantage of the $1 
subscription offer to get two weeks of access to the game for less. 

Although its incredibly disappointing to see this option disappear just days 
away from release, I cant say that its particularly surprising. Call of Duty 
games usually generate a huge amount of sales revenue over their launch 
periods. The idea of Microsoft sacrificing a large chunk of this by providing 
consumers with an almost unbelievably cheap way to try out the game seems a 
little silly in retrospect. 

Theres currently no official word on whether the $1 Xbox Game Pass deal will 
return in the future, but I suspect that it will once Black Ops 6 's launch 
period is out of the way. While the timing is enough to raise some eyebrows, 
its also worth noting that this is not the first time that the offer has 
disappeared so it might be due to something else entirely. You might also 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/microsoft-has-seemingly-removed-t
he-usd1-xbox-game-pass-offer-just-in-time-for-the-call-of-duty-black-ops-3-lau
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