Call of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 Dev Says Game Pass Helped Convince People Who Were ‘On the Fence’ to Try the Game — but Now the Challenge Is to Convince Them to Stick Around

Microsoft has but to say precisely what number of new subscribers Black Ops 6 introduced via the door, though CEO Satya Nadella has confirmed that Game Pass set a report for brand new subs on launch day.

In an interview with the BBC, Treyarch affiliate artistic director Miles Leslie, who has labored on Call of Responsibility for 16 years, mentioned Black Ops 6’s launch on Game Pass has helped persuade gamers who had been “on the fence” to give the recreation a shot.

“What we have seen is it is allowed folks that may have been on the fence, may need had some of that friction, may need been like, ‘I have never performed shortly’ to really come again and take a look at the recreation,” he mentioned.

That will likely be music to Microsoft’s ears, given it’s determined to develop the Call of Responsibility viewers in the long run. Analysts have urged the firm was keen to sacrifice Black Ops 6 launch gross sales on Xbox for a possible larger general participant base, which it intends to monetize long-term with the launch of battle passes and cosmetics.

“We have gotten to the level now the place Black Ops and Call of Responsibility have been round so lengthy – I have been engaged on it for 16 years,” Leslie added. “And actually the problem for us is how do you convey alongside the followers that love Call of Responsibility, but how do you create an surroundings the place you’ll be able to welcome new followers in?”

The trick now of course is to persuade Game Pass gamers to stick round and hold paying that month-to-month subscription. To that finish, Black Ops 6 Season 1 kicks off on November 14, and we’ve received all the particulars. In fact, this time subsequent 12 months followers could have one other premium Call of Responsibility recreation to deal with, rumored to be a sequel to Black Ops 2.

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