Why is Xbox ignoring the easiest Game Pass win on the market?

Discus and support Why is Xbox ignoring the easiest Game Pass win on the market? in XboX Insiders to solve the problem; Let’s be real for a second. Activision has been part of Xbox for almost a year now, yet Black Ops 1 & Black Ops 2 are still missing from Game Pass The... Discussion in 'XboX Insiders' started by /u/Mr_mo2, Sep 16, 2026.

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    Why is Xbox ignoring the easiest Game Pass win on the market?


    Let’s be real for a second. Activision has been part of Xbox for almost a year now, yet Black Ops 1 & Black Ops 2 are still missing from Game Pass

    The Tech Gap: Millions of us are on digital-only consoles like the Series S. We literally cannot buy a $5 used disc to play these games. Game Pass is our only option

    The Dead Lobby Problem: Right now, matchmakers are struggling. Dropping classic BO1 & BO2 on Game Pass would instantly revive Zombies (Kino/Five) and Multiplayer lobbies overnight with millions of active players.

    Zero Risk, Massive Retention: People keep asking for classic CoD. Adding them costs Xbox virtually nothing in development, but secures massive subscriber retention and nostalgia value

    Is this a technical/licensing blocker, or is there an actual strategic decision behind keeping legacy CoD off Game Pass? We need an honest answer from the product team!

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  2. WUIJIBOBO Win User

    Cuphead announced for Nintendo Switch

    Fingers crossed we see some Nintendo games on Xbox, but I think it's highly unlikely. Microsoft have a lot to gain by putting Xbox games on the Switch, especially in a country like Japan where the Xbox consoles have largely been ignored. If it gets more
    people trying out Cuphead, Ori and whatever else Xbox/Nintendo have in store, then I'm all for it. But I'd assume it is more or less one way traffic with very little coming back Microsoft's way in terms of content.

    Getting Xbox Live, Game Pass and Project XCloud onto the Switch would be a huge win though. A new market in potential customers for Xbox services and games.
  3. Pyramid Head15 Win User

    why is are there no horror games any more

    They're slowly coming back.

    The reason why we don't see as many is because the Game industry thinks don't sell. It's typical ignorance really. Amnesia sold really well and I hear Outlast is doing well. COds got nothing to do with it other than the industry looking at it and thinking
    "we want that." Of course, they can't, and then they lose mney chasing after it while saturating the market and ignoring entire markets.
  4. BongKaos Win User

    Activision tells Rockstar "Imma take back the record with my new COD game!!!!"

    WHY is this a thing??? A Debate over what game makes more money???? We all Lose/Win---- Marketing at it's best. GOOD LUCK!!! ( I guess nobody will own both )
  5. Burnin TODI Win User

    Xbox Ones future... whats your thoughts?

    ^^11-12 million consoles (and growing) is not small potatoes. That is a large audience for your games (regardless of how big a dev you are). Since both consoles have similar architecture, why would you ignore that size of a market? There will be exclusives
    for all consoles (usually bought), and there might be some smaller, niche games that go to one or the other, but I don't really worry about anybody intentionally ignoring xbox one due to a gap in console sales. Also, remember that the one is still selling
    at a faster rate than the 360 comparing time on the market since release.
  6. Echo4Ent Win User

    Cuphead announced for Nintendo Switch

    Fingers crossed we see some Nintendo games on Xbox, but I think it's highly unlikely. Microsoft have a lot to gain by putting Xbox games on the Switch, especially in a country like Japan where the Xbox consoles have largely been ignored. If it gets more
    people trying out Cuphead, Ori and whatever else Xbox/Nintendo have in store, then I'm all for it. But I'd assume it is more or less one way traffic with very little coming back Microsoft's way in terms of content.

    Getting Xbox Live, Game Pass and Project XCloud onto the Switch would be a huge win though. A new market in potential customers for Xbox services and games.
    That is what I am hoping for. xCloud on the Switch!
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