A new Bloomberg report based on interviews with former Microsoft employees has offered more fuel for speculation about the continued viability of Game Pass, including Microsoft's own alleged estimate for how much sales revenue Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 lost by being on the subscription service.
Unlike Steam, which offers its own real-time metrics while also being monitored by third parties like SteamDB, Game Pass is a black box, with only periodic updates from Microsoft—or insider information like that obtained by Bloomberg—to offer an impression of the service's health. Microsoft says it is growing and popular, but Xbox has been on a steady drumbeat of mass layoffs and studio closures in recent years.
