The new PlayStation 5 “slim” full with a disc drive and DualSense controller is being bundled at no additional value with Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, in response to a brand new commercial shared by CoD information web site Charlie Intel. The free sport comes only a month after Call of Duty formally turned a part of Xbox.
The redesigned PS5 with a Blu-Ray participant is often $500, whereas the all-digital model that may be upgraded with a removable disc drive later is often $450. Since a brand new advert shared by Charlie Intel reveals the Modern Warfare 3 bundle nonetheless solely costing $500, it looks like Sony is getting ready to rejoice Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard by gifting away the sport totally free. The bundles come out November 10, the identical day as Modern Warfare 3. Just wait till you see them on retailer cabinets. They’re actually small.
Sony has given away new Call of Duty video games earlier than in its console bundles. Infinite Warfare was free with a brand new PS4 in 2016 ($300), and WWII was free in 2017. However, that is the primary time Sony is debuting such a giant deal alongside the launch of a slim mannequin, and proper after the sport simply turned owned by its largest competitor. While Microsoft and Sony hashed out a deal to maintain the franchise on PlayStation shifting ahead, this would be the final time the PS5 model of the sport will include timed-exclusive bonus content material.
The free sport will probably assist increase PS5 gross sales this vacation, by which Sony is seeking to promote a record-breaking 25 million consoles by the top of March 2024. That goal comes at the same time as Sony’s solely main first-party sport this yr is Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and even because it begins slicing some employees throughout numerous PlayStation studios.
The advert noticed by Charlie Intel notes that the deal is barely up for grabs whereas provides final, and reminds potential patrons that the brand new metallic ring vertical stand isn’t included within the bundle. It’s bought individually and can value $30.
