Sony admitted that when it comes to multi-game subscription programs, “there is no doubt that game pass is well ahead of PlayStation Plus.” While PS Plus’s revamped tiers have been touted as a competitor to Sony’s Xbox Game Pass, the platform holder believes there’s a long way to go before they’re on equal footing.

Call of Duty could widen the gap between PS Plus and Game Pass

Sony claims that even if they agree to a deal to keep Call of Duty on PS5 and PS4 for the next 10 years, Microsoft still has ways to push gamers to Xbox. One way is to make future Call of Duty games exclusive to Xbox Game Pass, a point Sony made when it claimed The Elder Scrolls 6 would be an Xbox exclusive. That would make Game Pass a much better proposition than PS Plus for many gamers.

Another such means is the cost of the license. Apparently, “Microsoft could manipulate its licensing prices to weaken PlayStation or PlayStation Plus” by “offering Call of Duty on PlayStation Plus at a commercially unviable price, thereby making it de facto exclusive”. In other words, licensing costs would force Sony to increase its subscription prices to the point where gamers would no longer be willing to pay that amount.

Regardless, no decision has yet been made on the acquisition of Activision Blizzard and a Call of Duty deal has yet to be reached between Sony and Microsoft. It remains to be seen whether Xbox Game Pass will stay well ahead of PS Plus.

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