New Call of Duty: Black Ops trailer suggests Xbox 360 exclusivity

EX: "Remember when the trailer for Final Fantasy XIII was aired on television during the NBA All-Star Celebrity game? Do you also remember how the ad seemed to suggest that the game was launching exclusively for Microsoft's Xbox 360 with absolutely no mention of the PlayStation 3 version, presumably because Microsoft paid Square Enix a ton of cash in the first place?"

[ActionBastard]

Sales of the MW2 Stimulus Pack on PSN prove (to me at least) Sony need not pay for timed exclusive map packs or no mention of a PS3 version in an Xbox ad.

EDIT: Oh yeah, it's coming to PS3.

[Rumor]

anymore. it seems like once u get a hang of a cod game, the next ones coming out already. i'll wait for killzone 3, im not gonna be peer pressured into this title again :/

[Redrum059]

This is exactly why ps3 is producing more quality exclusives. Sony uses their money wisely on 1st party devs as for Microsoft spends it on stupid shit like false exclusive advertisements to draw in ignorent gamer wannabes who easy get brainwashed into falling for crap they see and hear on tv.

[RAZORLAND]

THE AUTHOR IS A MORON, THIS ARTICLE IS A FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!
This marketing strategy my MS has been done many times before with multi-plat games. DUM-DUM

[HarryM]

That's why he gave an example...

[NegativeCreepWA]

Its a market strategy that Sony has been doing for even longer.

[kunit22c]

why is everyone making a big deal about this just now, look at the launch trailer of MW2
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Its not like this is something new...

[ClownBelt]

Oh well. I will definitely buy this title(if it ever does come to the PS3) because of the Zombie mode.

[MMFGaming]

It definitely is coming out on PS3. The ad is just misleading, that's all.

[Mr Exclusive]

It's Socom 4 for me.

Also from memory all Fifa games, Batman and Assassin's Creed 2 where marketed as PS3 exclusives. At least in PAL territories.

[Urmomlol]

Very good point. A lot of people criticize Microsoft for doing that, but Sony does the same exact thing.

[Rumor]

i like how u take this guys comment and then switch it around to sound completely fanboyish.....actually, i dont like it

[colonel179]

Developers whine about wanting their games to sell more, so they make them for all the platforms, but then, they advertise the game for just ONE console. I know MS pays and whatnot, but wouldn't be in the developers' interest to advertise their game for every game console they make it? Otherwise, why make whine about selling more games in the first place? and why whine about console exclusivity?

[BIGBOSS08]

microsoft must have paid for it. why else would they do it when they gain absolutely nothing from it? microsoft just love exclusive advertising. nearly every multiplat game has the 360 logo at the end and a majority of the times these games sell even on both consoles. why the hell dont microsoft invest money in actual games? instead of completely wasting their money and pissing off their fanbase with shitty dlc and exclusive advertising?

[BIGBOSS08]

what a MASSIVE loss this is! its terrible! i mean this game is the best ever! lol. seriously i would be happy if this was true cause its gonna be the same old call of duty crap made just for them to make money. i paid £50 for mw2 only to be greeted to a 3 hour campaign and an a extremly repetitive online component full of noobs.

[waterboy]

just that mw2s "repititiveness" lasts longer than all other game

[StarScream4Ever]

Is this some sort of JOKE?!

Whoever wrote this article... Mr. Mark Fujii, you are NOT a gamer at all.

[kjordanreyna]

The trailer looked ok. Probably more of the same if you played MW2. Except for the inclusion of a possible zombie game mode, which is a given.

[Demons Souls]

I don't care about this garbage when it's just the same damn thing every year. I'd rather get Medal of Honor.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

No. Infinity Ward makes amazing, innovative titles. Treyarch makes crap.

[ItsNoir]

how exactly do you verify these ideas and statemants

now it may be true that infinty wards work has been satisfying since call of duty early release and seems to never really disappoint but if you pay attention the only real innovation that broke out from the norm was in fact the MW titles which instead of just retelling the story of WWII took us to a showed us a more current look at war.

It is stupid to say treyarch makes "crap" because the game is not intuitive, exspecially since they gave use the amazing addition of the nazi zombie mode.It probably just seems that there not intuitive because they decided not to got the MW route and create a whole new story rather than giving us a look at history by repeating a WWII campaign.Sure the MP seemed to have been a copy from MW but considering MW was pretty good it wasnt such a bad choice

[KING85]

I highly doubt it is going to be exclusive. Just how it seemed like Lost Planet 2 in the begining was excluisve if anyone remembers that. Activision cares too much about making money from it's customers; so why would they isolate the PS3 install base? If it is exclusive it would be a bad business move as they lose out on potential sales, but I believe no one has to worry about that as it more than likely be multiplatform.

[Urmomlol]

The very fact that some people are even CONSIDERING the fact that the game is a Xbox 360 exclusive just proves how effective the ad really was.

The game WILL NEVER be a Xbox 360, PS3, or Wii exclusive. It'll be multiplatform.

If Microsoft is capable of pulling the wool over the eyes of GAMERS, imagine what they're doing to the minds of everyone else?

[TheObserver]

So people pays for zombie mode while a zombie mod would suffice on the PC.... Some people deserve to get their money taken away.

[KingKiff]

As I said even if it was an exclusive which it won't be, the series is dead to me from here on in.

Acti will not be getting any more of my money ever, I have enough COD to satisfy me for the next 10 years.

[DelbertGrady]

Never.

[IHateYouFanboys]

lol

some of you people are so void of common sense its not funny.

the game is coming out on PS3. the video that this article has is an ad for the 360. why would microsoft pay for an ad for a game to then have PS3 on it? microsoft can advertise ANY game they want that is on their console. COD sells gangbusters, so they advertise it. Activision are happy because they dont have to spend money on the ad, microsoft are happy because people see the ad and see that its on 360. win win.

its good marketing my Microsoft.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

I can't believe you guys would say COD is always more of the same. Infinity Ward worked like crazy to bring you four of the best shooters ever made and you're going to trash them because Treyarch made some bad ones in the same series? Screw you guys. You don't deserve to have IW developing for you. I'll support them until the end. I can't wait for Respawn's new game.

[DARK WITNESS]

ummmm, how much MW2 do you play ?

cod4 was a great game, that does not stop MW2 being more of the same.. and everything they did change, they seemed to change for the worse.

MW2 was a step backwards. I don't really need to start pulling up links to all the articles that filled the front page of N4G with all the bugs and glitches in the game.

I mean at one point there was literally one new glitch or bug being exploited every single day. IW took months to patch it up, only for new ones to be exploited.

not to mention how much more noob friendly they have made the game.

[NastyLeftHook]

call of duty has dug itsself 6 foot grave and to me i gave them the nasty left hook after mw2.

[BasilMarceaux]

The author hasnt noticed that just about all game trailers shown on tv are followed with an xbox 360 logo nowadays??

It doesnt mean exclusivity, it means that the company threw a little money around to get their console a little face time at the end.

Jesus

[Urmomlol]

Let's test this theory. According to you "just about all game trailers shown on tv are followed with an xbox 360 logo nowadays??"

In reality...

Read Dead Redemption:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nope.

UFC 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nope.

Lost Planet 2
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nope.

Split Second
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nope.

Blur
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Nope.

Wow, feel silly yet?

[topdawg122]

Went through a lot of trouble there eh?

[Nike]

C-C-C-C-Combo breaker! :D

[Whoooop]

Urmombol

He was just making a point that a good amount of multiplatform games end up with the 360 logo because MS pays for it.

Modern Warfare 2 also had it to name an example.

[Tony-A]

Hey, remember all that buzz about Lost Planet 2 becoming a 360 exclusive because of that trailer??

Yeah... it's not the TV Spots that cause the buzz. Most of the time, it's the first or second trailers released for the game that cause the buzz.

[Ivan Drago IV]

http://www.gamestop.com/Cat... Look at the gamestop page for the PS3 version of Call of duty black ops, It says "Only on playstation" lol well someones lyin between MS and Sony.

[BannedForNineYears]

Lmao!!!!!!! Wow.....Good find is good.

[DarkSpawnClone]

LOL yeah right,good luck with cod being exclusive.you really think greedy old acti is going to give up the millions they make off ps3 version and make it a 360 exclusive.

[bobrea]

You're officially retarded if you think it's going to be a 360 exclusive. Remember the TV ad's for Assassins Creed 2? They only showed PS3 at the end, but it doesn't mean it's an exclusive. I mean seriously, how about using some basic logic/common sense before saying something so stupid?

[Colonel-Killzone]

False. Activision is a high paid prostitute they will never deny neither the xbox or the ps3. 8mil sales on call of duty modern warfare 2 on the ps3 and almost 10mil on the xbox.

[Bathyj]

Its not that complicated.

Its an Xbox ad with CoD in it, not a CoD ad by Activision.

Obviously M$ paid to get some advertising time during a game and they arent going to put PS logos in their ad. Whats wrong with that?

Would McDonalds mention Burger King in their ads even if they bought their buns from the same place?

[Nike]

The nuances of your statement are lost on the Examiner writers, no matter how simply you break it down.

I'm pretty sure they're looking at your last sentence right now, scratching their heads and going, "McD's and Burger King get their buns from the same place?! Scoop!"

[Gray-Fox]

I remember back at MW2 launch they had the exact same ending as that did. Shows trailer, last 3 seconds shows a 360 bundle.

And that came to ps3?

Also, Activi$ion must hate money - MW2 is the highest selling game on PS3. Unless M$ is giving them this amount to keep it exclusive

[Skynetone]

i still wont be picking it up

ill wait for next gen before i pick up a new cod title

mw1/mw2, is enough for me this gen

[Nike]

Uh, all it says is you can pre-order the game now for XBox 360.

Whoever wrote this article must be tripping.

[KratosGod3]

Sony need not pay for timed exclusive map packs or no mention of a PS3 version in an Xbox ad.
Soon we will see SOCOM 4 in an XBOX360 Exclusivity ad, stay tune on the NBA Finals, lol lol lol.

[ScubaSteve1]

and i thought third party exclusives were dead

[renegade]

Im going to pick socom 4 first than this.

[KillerPwned]

People actually believe this garbage?

[chriski333]

crossbow:)

[ShiftyLookingCow]

hahaha this article made my day. Its more possible that I am the Darth Vader and have amazing Sith powers than Call of Duty being exclusive on any console.

[CKsquid]

Microoft do this all of the time they even did i with modern warfare 2 and as we all know it was on ps3 and 360 aswell.
Microsoft just throw money at things like this there too rich for there own good.

[despair]

haha more comedy for the night nice.

[ItsNoir]

Uh NO, of course this is not gonna be an xbox exclusive and the reasons are so obvious.

Activison is not gonna restrict a game like this with such wide appeal to be a 360 exclusive.That is like Activison saying im only selling my game to ppl whose name starts with the letters k-r.

[lxmadrid]

That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard in my life. This headline suggests that the writer has his head shoved so far up so his ass that he would write something as ludicrous as a CoD game being console exclusive.... because we all know how much Activision hates money.

Fucking retard.

[yoghurt]

there is a massive feature in this months official playstation mag which I have read - but I guess they could be covering the xbox 360 version right? muppets.

[jaosobno]

Well, I'm cheap. I'm getting it only because of zombies. Don't care for marketing. They can advertise it as an Sega Saturn exclusive for all I care.

[sajj316]

See bathyj's comment. Microsoft advertising. Move on.

[NicSage]

I know we are going to have quite a few titles to play from our first party studios on the PS3.I refuse to purchase another Call of Duty title, I'm going to stick with Bad Company and exclusive titles.

Killzone 3
Resistance 3
Socom 4

[danielle007]

The game is street dated for all the systems, even the Wii.