Black Ops 6 Still Coming To PS4 And Xbox One

We’re now midway by means of the life-cycle of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S, however Name of Responsibility doesn’t seem like giving up on the last-gen consoles that preceded them but. A leak out of GameStop means that Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 will nonetheless come to PS4 and Xbox One, however proceed to value the identical because the $70 “next-gen” variations.

An obvious {photograph} circulated by CharlieIntel exhibits the SKUs and costs for 2024’s Name of Responsibility in GameStop’s stock system. The picture lists Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, and PS4, with a $70 price ticket for every, and the Xbox One model seemingly included by way of Good Supply. Insider Gaming experiences that it’s been in a position to independently confirm that the information within the picture is actual, and two GameStop workers Kotaku spoke with corroborated the declare as properly, confirming that pre-order SKUs are presently stay of their system.

If made official, this might be the longest that Name of Responsibility has ever remained cross-gen. When the collection initially made the bounce to PS4 and Xbox One again in 2013 with Name of Responsibility: Ghosts, it remained on PS3 and Xbox 360 for 2 years after that till Activision ditched the older consoles with Name of Responsibility: Infinite Warfare. With Black Ops 6, PS4 and Xbox One could have continued receiving last-gen variations for a stunning 5 years in a row.

When you’re questioning why this could be the case, look no additional than the truth that roughly half of PlayStation customers are nonetheless taking part in on a PS4. The last-gen set up base stays large, and reducing it off from one of the vital costly video games to make can be leaving a ton of cash on the desk. PS5 exclusives like Spider-Man 2 and Last Fantasy VII Rebirth already seem to have suffered poorer gross sales because of that.

In fact, Xbox gamers aren’t more likely to discover the worth hike anyway since most of them will have the ability to play Black Ops 6 with a paid Sport Cross subscription. Microsoft is reportedly planning to deliver the collection to the Netflix-like library later this yr, although there are additionally rumors that it’d increase the month-to-month service’s worth as soon as it does.

Activision declined to remark.

Replace 5/24/2024 5:45 p.m. ET: Added Kotaku’s personal sourcing and impartial corroboration.