

After upgrade purchase, you may install the Xbox Series X|S version of the game.īoth current generation versions (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) will be playable on their respective next-generation console via backwards compatibility by downloading the game from your account’s digital library. For digital owners of the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Standard Edition, search in the Xbox Store for the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Cross-Gen Bundle Upgrade. Xbox One will have an option to upgrade to Xbox Series X|S through the Xbox Store.PlayStation 4 will have an option to upgrade to PlayStation 5 through the PlayStation Store.In the meantime, check out our picks for the best Xbox Series X games you can play right now, as well as the exclusive-heavy best PS5 games.Next-generation upgrade options for PlayStation 4 and Xbox Oneīoth digital console versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War offer upgrades, within the same console family, from PlayStation 4 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox One to Xbox Series X|S that will support higher framerate, hardware-based ray-tracing, shorter load times, and more. After all, even if the next Call of Duty sells massively more on PlayStation than Xbox, Microsoft will still reap the revenue benefits. My prediction is that outside of games that Microsoft has had a direct influence in making, or massive new IPs like Starfield, it will keep big franchises available on multiple consoles and platforms. So time will tell if Microsoft uses its acquisitions to force people to become Xbox players, or if it will take a more platform-agnostic approach. However, when Microsoft bought the behemoth that is Minecraft in 2014, it did not make the building game Xbox or PC exclusive in fact, it spread Minecraft to other platforms. In some ways, this has happened with the likes of Redfall being an Xbox exclusive, and Starfield coming to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Windows PCs only. Ever since Microsoft bought Bethesda and its associated studios, there has been a niggling concern that many big-name games would become Xbox exclusives, thereby letting the console compete with the PlayStation brand that’s been established for longer.
