Activision ditches PS3 from Black Ops ads

Activision has omitted PlayStation's logo from a new print run of Call Of Duty: Black Ops ads in the UK.

In yet more evidence of a blossoming partnership between Activision and Xbox, Microsoft's branding proudly accompanies that of Treyarch and Activision - but there's no room for Sony.

[Optical_Matrix]

Boohoo? Are we meant to cry or something?

[SuperTiger]

Wow no PS3 logo, now the PS3 is definitely doomed.

[UP]

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

[Joule]

Oh no the world is gonna end......didn't Modern Warfare 2 do the same thing

[Acquiescence]

I'm happy if Kotick and crew don't want the PS3 to be affiliated with their annual braindead rehash.

[HQLocated111]

dejavu

[0mega4]

microsoft once again plugin money for more worthless crap

instead of securing exclusives

but hey microsoft you secured the maps for a whole month congrats!
and way to really stick it to everyone else/s

[k-Lan]

You have a link with the numbers Bullet? No?! STFU then. Black Ops is gonna rock no matter what any of you say as long as they fixed the issues that MW2 had. This winter's gonna kick ass for gaming! :D

[SilentNegotiator]

"in the UK"

Hmmm...interesting how sites like CVG always forget to put important details in their titles.

[totallysane]

yep here comes no respect for the ps3. activision truly picking favorites. luckily it happens to be one of the biggest franchises i hate. sooooooooo i could care less, let m$ do what they want. i cant stand activision anyway. they allow some shitty games to be published...nuff said.

[RonRico]

Yep. That's a lot o disagrees.

[sikbeta]

OMG! what we do now? we're døømedz /s

*waiting for KZ3D*

[kunit22c]

OMGZZ its hintzz at teh 360 getting teh exclusive content!! PS3 is DOOMED! /s

[DigitalHorror81]

I love my PS3 and don't support Activision anyway. They're a cancer to gaming as a whole.

[ShinMaster]

Well, a simple explanation for this would be that it's a Microsoft sponsored ad.

[Gamerbee]

Killzone 3 ditched Xbox altogether..For good reason.

[Kurt Russell]

I have a feeling you're one of the people that made me feel KZ2 was over-rated. Please don't do the same to KZ3.

[N4BmpS]

Gamerbee, that made no sense at all and kurt Never let idiotic statement affect your opinion on a game.

[Kurt Russell]

It's just off putting when you think of a games playerbase... i.e Gamerbee :(

[God_Of_Epicness]

Anyone here love Activision as a company? Hit the disagree button on my bottom right corner. If you hate Activision and despise MW2, please click the bubbles up button placed at my top right corner and please press the agree button while you're at it.

[solidt12]

only retard would think that Call of Duty game would not come out on the PS3. The current game has sold over 8 million copies on the PS3. Give Activision more credit than that.

[Baka-akaB]

i wouldnt mind them ditching the ps3 version altogether , there are far better and interesting games in sight ...

But oh well some people do love it so ... i'll just settle with avoiding it on my own

[Hellsvacancy]

Im wid u mofo

+1

[Liquid_Ocelot]

I'm sure Sony wouldn't care if the game wasn't coming to the PS3 if [the game] weren't so [commercially] big.

Off-topic:
Bubbles up Hell's.. Damn they fucked you up thun'.

[badz149]

not going to buy either! ever again from Activision

[FOXDIE]

count me in!

[sikbeta]

Nah, this game doesn't need to be ditched, the more sequels, the more boring and "eroded" become the franchise, the more people turn their back on Activision...

[TruthBTold]

I am more interested in Medal of Honor. Last COD I bought was the fir MW and it got old REAL quick. Activision just has that attitude I really dislike. They think everyone will buy their games no matter if it isnt as good as many think. Some can like it and thats fine, Im jsut not one of them.

[tawak]

why dont they make it exclusive to 360 then? simple,
because they cant!they need the ps3!!!

[dredgewalker]

Count me in, and I still haven't bought MW2 for my PS3. Has anyone else here played Transformers: War for Cybertron multiplayer? Cause its been months of me experiencing lots of glitches and bugs and they still haven't patched it! All they did was add new DLC's again and they are planning another batch of DLC's instead of fixing the bugs. Transformers is the last Activision game I will ever buy cause they don't really care about us as long as they get our money.

[ABizzel1]

The only thing Activision has going for them is Call of Duty, and the same game every year is going to get stale just like Guitar Hero.

[Takoulya]

They do still have Bungie's new game in production.

[-SIXAXIS-]

It's not that MS paid Activision to advertise for them, it's that Sony paid Activision so that they won't be associated with the mess that will be Black Ops.

[ravinash]

Last I heard, it was coming out on PS3 anyway.
I wasn't planning on buying it, but I'm not exactly worried either.

If Activision want to waste sales by not indicating that you can get it on PS3, then thats their problem. Its not like its a system seller.

[8-bit]

It is one of like 3 shooters for the 360 that sell tho. PS3 has plenty of other games but the 360 shooter crowd only knows of Halo, Gears and COD

[JBroken]

It is ps3's highest selling game

[8-bit]

@JBroken

I never said it wasn't I just said there are other AAA shooters on the PS3. Killzone, Resistance, MGS4, Uncharted, COD, MAG to name a few

[Scary69]

This just means that 360 fans will be paying $60 a year even though many were b*tching about it. LMAO

[Trebius]

Every year Xbox360 owners have to wait for 1 or maybe 2 games that they look forward to.

This game is MEANT for the 360 crowd, cause they're the ones that are most desperate for games and are guaranteed to purchase this.

On the PS3 there are so many excellent games being released constantly that CoD is not as praised or anticipated.

[Nolando]

when PS fanboys believe resistance and MAG are AAA... when did they become AAA? MGS4 wasnt considered a shooter i thought?

so as far as AAA shooters PS3 has KZ, UC2, and COD... WOW PS3 def has way more AAA shooters...

what other magical AAA shooters does the PS3 have, i am going by metacritic... oh dont tell me HAZE is all the sudden a AAA...

[atticus14]

I wish labels like AAA didnt exist so tools like you couldn't use them. Anyone who goes by metacritic as gospel or to fight their fanboy wars should be embarrassed.

[badz149]

it's the same thing just like some x360 fanboys saying Fable, crackdown, AW, SC:C etc are all AAA! please don't act like it's just a PS thing when on the 360 side it's the same! it's the matter of opinion though. but I think I made my point

[jony_dols]

August was a tough month 4 him. He lost mass effect 2 and now he just found out microsoft are gonna dip their greedy lil green fingers into his wallet once again for a bit extra every month. Oh btw im eagerly anticipating the left 4 dead ps3 versions announcement from valve. I have both of them on my jtag sh1tbox, but i just wanna see some more butthurt 360 fans regreting not buying a ps3, because now their ol box aint worth nothing now

[Moonboots]

^^ Listen to you guys

Anybody stroking the PS3 and bashing the 360 no matter how stupid and assinine like this guy above me the agrees and disagrees are insane. This guy is talking about pirating 360 games and you jokers agree with him? Let him mention Jailbreak and this place has a meltdown.

The 360 has nothing to play? WOW! I've not played a new PS3 game since God of War 3. What new games are you playing? PSN games??

This is a non-issue. The game is still coming out on the PS3 so no loss to anyone. Not like MS is the only company to do this. Look at all the stroking going on with EA and Sony. Neither of these companies are above it.

[jony_dols]

I support devs, last game i bought was RDR preordered for my PS3,
I could have easily downloaded the pirated version for da box, but I respect Rockstar as a dev and Sony as a company.

Why does anyone support Xbox and M$? They have no consideration for the consumer.
They are a disgrace to the gaming industry. Look at the likes of Sony and Nintendo, both of which have been fierce rivals since 1995. However they've turned their rivalry into something that has been positive to the gaming industry as a whole.
Miscrosoft bully boy, briding tactics can only get you so far,and the gamers are starting to realise it. Say what you like about Sony, but at least their ambition isn't to squeeze every last dime out of the consumer.

I have no sympathy for devs who cave in and and support these advertisments which show off an illusion of exclustivity (one of M$'s favourite tactics). Black ops will be a 3 weeks prior to release download 4 me.
The best thing is i'm hitting two greedy birds with the one stone (MS and Activision)

[edhe]

yes Jonny, because you're implacable piracy or a single game will STING THE HELL for a corporation that's going to sell over 10m copies of the game.

Woo! Go you! You Rock!

Jeez, grow up. you're only pirating because you're a cheap knock-off Nigel.

Also, with all your moaning about MS being such bullies and how Nintendo and Sony are the only ones innovating - how is that going with Sony & Nintendo?

Ninty sold out to the casuals, Sony have copied them with the wiimote. Sony have copied nintendo with that, ms with achievements, ms with the psn, ms with the psn store, ms with the minis, ms with the psn titles and second life with Home.

Crying about the innovation of the japanese console makers and the bully tactics of MS is pretty passé - MS are pushing the market that would otherwise be slovenly if left to the japanese companies.

Seriously - what would Sony have done with the ps3 if the 360 wasn't there? Do you honestly think half of the features would be implemented?

Moan about MS all you like but they're the ones that have pushed this gen forward for years and years. Sony brought in Bluray, to little avail and Nintendo brought waggle, to massive success with many, but almost no avail to the core.

Moan all you like.

[Nolando]

wow lol, i never listed any games that werent AAA, 8-bit was coming up with games that never were considered AAA. which the 360 games he did list are critically considered AAA.

i never called fable, crackdown, or SC:C AAA. idk where your pulling that info from but if it makes it easier to disagree with me i hope your happy.

I was just pointing out that you cant just list games and say PS3 has these AAA GAMES!!! you can say they have those exclusives and thats fine, the quality is a different story. the only reason i would bring fable, or crackdown or those games up is if you said 360 has no exclusives. i would not say they are AAA i am not blinded by magical fanboy goggles.

as far as ME2 i am shocked at how M$ seem to not be able to hold on to their biggest assets. they really need a change of strategy. but in the end if you look at my post history its not a big deal for me. i played the game and its amazing and its cool that more people can enjoy it.

[Nolando]

another thing, i dont care what 360 fans do, i am my own person i never said 360 fans were innocent. but i have never went around calling fable, crackdown, or AW AAA. so my point is still valid.

i may of wanted AW to be AAA which i believe it should because i played it and it was amazing but im not gonna ignore its average rating on metacritic. but unlike fanboys i still bought it and played it because i dont let reviews control my purchase, and it was worth it.

just like PS3 people bought MAG or resistance, they arent AAA on metacritic but heck they were fun (i enjoyed resistance).

[Nolando]

OOOOOH. im a tool? lol who brought up the term AAA in this conversation? it was 8-bit, and if you are going to use the term AAA what standard r you going by?

i could go by gamerankings too, but i dont care. the fact is if people are going to say THESE GAMES ARE AAA! are we just suppose to say ok? oh thats right those are PS3 games so we cant dispute it...

[Christopher]

Shrug it off all you want, but this is something I'd expect a lot more of and will keep Microsoft ahead of the PS3 when it comes to software sales.

I'm expecting they'll make the same agreement with Konami for the upcoming Castlevania game.

[nycredude]

cgoodno

Maybe you should do some research first before posting about software sales, as clearly you haven't.

PS3 sold more software last year than 360, and also with a smaller installed base. If anything this will help the 360 compete. God knows MS needs all the help they can get. This is just smoke and mirrors, a tactic historically associated with MS.

@nubxl

I agree MS and Activision have everything in common so it's no surprise they are in bed together. They both are looking just to fuck the consumers, over charging for dlc and peripherals. Same games over and over.

Sony and EA on the other hand makes sense for them to be together. Say what you will about them but IMO they seem to care more about new ips and bringing games to consumers than just rip people off.

EA is raping Activision in the ass this gen when it comes to games, just as Sony is raping MS.

[xX-PEIN-Xx]

The thing is it won't make a bit of difference. The PS3's strengths is in it's exclusives. Sony doesn't need to be concerned with multiplats selling marginally better on the 360 when it's exclusives are both diverse and rich in quality.

[avengers1978]

Except for games like Dead Space 2 giving PS3 version free copy of that Wii game they made redesigned for Move. And Medal of Honor giving PS3 free version of frontlines.
And Valve giving PS3 steamnetwork support for Portal 2, and stating that PS3 is the console you should play portal 2 on.
More Devs are leaning toward sony, do your homework son.

[nycredude]

If Activision wasn't such a money hungry ho, they would be MS exclusives but even retards like them have some semblance of common sense.

@xx-pein-xx

Yeah it won't make a difference. I can't even be bothered with another COD game. Have my hands full just with exclusives and all the games I haven't finished yet. I've bought my last cod with MW2. I also avoid anything Activision like the the plague.

[hilliat2783]

Don't play the troll game...you act as if one title equals instant win because the gap between the consoles install bases is around 3 million. As more exclusive titles hit the PS3 it will continue to close in on the 360's lead.

[Christopher]

***PS3 sold more software last year than 360, and also with a smaller installed base.***

No, they didn't.

2009
360: 113,288,130
PS3: 91,753,636

2008
360: 113,191,129
PS3: 81,174,553

2007
360: 61,038,121
PS3: 27,801,833

Now, so far this year, PS3 has sold more than 360... but then again, most of the biggest PS3 releases were in the start of the year while all of the 360's biggest releases are at the end of the year.

This isn't about who's got more/best exclusives, it's just about who has sold the most and how they can maintain that. Microsoft's deals to brand games with just their logo is a way to try and keep this. Sure, better exclusives, better gaming features, and other things would be a lot better way to do it.

[LogicalFanboy]

why not go and check da Top10 Software Publishers every month. Sony Computer Entertainment is there EVERY month. Microsoft Game Studios :/ maybe wenever Halo releases they will be there. Clearly Sony makes more money off 1st party studios than wat Microsoft makes off 3rd party Publishers. Microsoft signin agreements wit Activision & Konami wont do them any good. it will only put those Publishers on da top not Microsoft.

"This isn't about who's got more/best exclusives, it's just about who has sold the most and how they can maintain that." 1st party exclusives get u da most money.

[Christopher]

***1st party exclusives get u da most money. ***

Tell that to your third-party publishers. Most of Microsoft's sales are to third-parties, which is what they like. Sony has very very strong first-party titles and sales overall, but it's hard to win at both. If Sony eclipses Microsoft in hardware sales and Move takes off, they might be able to do it. Otherwise, I'm unsure if they'll be able to wrest away from Microsoft the title of biggest third-party sales source.

Also, I'll help you out a bit more as well in support of your argument: It has been proven that third-parties also pay less in licensing fees on the PS3 compared to 360. Sony did this in order to promote BD, which worked out for them as well.

Also, got a PM about how Sony's last FY has sold more than Microsoft's. Please note that their fiscal years don't cover the same period. So, it's not fair to compare them since it would be comparing the later sales of the PS3 during their strong exclusive releases to the earlier and less software sales period of the 360.

The numbers I posted above are the best one can find and are as equal as you can get in comparing total sales.

(+ bub for good debate LogicalFanboy).

[nycredude]

http://www.playstationunive...

Wow look at Ps2!!!

[Christopher]

@nycredude: I'll mention it once again.

Those figures do not include the last quarter of Microsoft's FY since it ends in June 2010, whereas Sony and Nintendo end theirs in March 2010. So, yeah, comparing those numbers with one less quarter for Microsoft isn't the best thing to do.

Again:

Sony FY10 = 4/2009 - 3/2010
Microsoft FY10 = 7/2009 - 6/2010

Those figures leave off one quarter of Microsoft's official fiscal year. Not a good comparison, and PlayStation Universe knew that going into that. It's impossible for them to have the last quarter results for the 360 before it even ended.

Using annual numbers is always the best way to represent the numbers because it's the same time period. Otherwise, you're just fudging it to make your case.

[coldfoot]

Where did you get the sofware sales cumulative totals from? I'm not disputing you, I'd just like to see your source...

[badz149]

"Now, so far this year, PS3 has sold more than 360... but then again, most of the biggest PS3 releases were in the start of the year while all of the 360's biggest releases are at the end of the year."

look like even 360 fans already forgotten they got AW and SC:C and ME2 earlier this year LOL! remembering how they hyped these game to the realm of space last year, it's too funny!

[Christopher]

***Where did you get the sofware sales cumulative totals from? I'm not disputing you, I'd just like to see your source...***

Adjusted VGChartz numbers. I know, not the best, but what else is there since Microsoft stopped reporting on total game sales by quarter? The same numbers, by the way, that have 2010 as follows:

PS3: 59,745,574
Xbox 360: 55,808,232

***look like even 360 fans already forgotten they got AW and SC:C and ME2 earlier this year LOL! remembering how they hyped these game to the realm of space last year, it's too funny!***

1. Far from a 360 fan.

2. Microsoft's biggest releases are Halo: Reach and CoD. With only a ~4m lead by the PS3 this year, there's a chance both of those titles will push Microsoft over the edge to win out this year. Not a big one, but still a chance considering how huge the pre-orders for both already are. I don't think Fable 3 will do too much in the long run, not after how Fable 2 turned out.

3. Unfortunately, the 360 is seeing some huge loss of gain in general. That's likely why they're focusing on methods like this, putting their logo on the marketing material. Like I told others, I think Microsoft is going to have a big issue if they keep throwing all their eggs into the Kinect basket.

4. ME2 deserves better sales overall. Great franchise from BioWare, IMHO. Can't wait to get it for my PS3, even though I already own it for both the PC and the 360 (same with ME1).

[coldfoot]

cgoodno you fail for providing vgchartz numbers, especially when Sony's own financial results show it moving 115M units of software in FY10

[PopEmUp]

doesn't people take bubbles from cgoodno this guy is pure fanboy he seem to have the most bubbles on here beside alpha of course

[Christopher]

***cgoodno you fail for providing vgchartz numbers, especially when Sony's own financial results show it moving 115M units of software in FY10 ***

What I displayed above was sales from 2010 so far, not the fiscal year 2010 results for the PS3. Two completely different things. Please, look it up.

FY2010 for PS3 is April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Unfortunately, we only have the totals for the first 3 quarters of Microsoft's FY2010, which is from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. This total was a little more than 100 million. IMHO, it is unlikely that they did not move another 15+ million units during that time to push them at least slightly beyond the PS3 sales during its own fiscal period.

As far as 2010 sales alone, the PS3 has been selling much better than the 360. There are some good titles coming, but I think in the short run, meaning until the end of they ear, Halo: Reach and CoD Black Ops will be the biggest movers and may equal out the score. I definitely could be wrong, but shooters tend to sell a lot more in the short run while Sony's titles tend to sell much better over the long run.

***doesn't people take bubbles from cgoodno this guy is pure fanboy he seem to have the most bubbles on here beside alpha of course***

Question, what am I a fanboy of? I'm a level 10 trophy holder on my PS3 with barely any achievements on my 360 (check my profile for both accounts). I'm a huge supporter of Move and do not support Kinect. In general, I support good games where they can be found. Am I a PS3 fanboy? Xbox 360 fanboy? Nintendo fanboy? Just a general fanboy?

The thing is, I discuss actual business here. It means when I walk into a conversation about total sales, I don't just look for what I want to see, I actually look at what's actually there. So, it would be extremely easy for me to let my obvious preference of the PS3 and most things Sony get the better of me and just agree with you guys, but the honest truth is that's not who I am. So, when you ask me a question, I'm going to answer based on the information I have provided and not what I feel in my heart.

And, I must say, that if you think I'm a fanboy... then I think N4G might just be all fanboys. Please take a look at my posting history. You will find that I post a lot of stuff you will agree with and a lot of stuff you don't. I don't sit on one side of the fence and let my need for 'agrees' and 'bubbles' sway me from what I know. I try to post based on what is known.

I hope that, much like Alpha, I have earned my bubbles. And while many people disagree with me, I hope they find that I'm not just here to be a troll. I'm here to discuss the topics at hand.

Thanks for the discussion today to the others above.

[TheXgamerLive]

your mistaking that ps3 did sell more for one distributor only.

[Moonboots]

"Sony and EA on the other hand makes sense for them to be together. Say what you will about them but IMO they seem to care more about new ips and bringing games to consumers than just rip people off."

Wow, what hypocrisy you codemn MS and say it makes sense with Sony.. Jesus, this place doesn't even try and hide it's slanted bias.

cgoodno is owning all you fibbers and of course they are going to attack you and threaten to take bubbles you aren't favoring Sony. I am a level 8 PSN user and have bought every single PS3 exclusive this year and support Sony like a mofo but I'm not wrapped up in this console war and chugging the kool-aid of any camp. I look at reality, facts and measures that exist today. No future telling, no "stretching" of the truth to make a valid argument.

Still laughing at the agree/disagree system here.

[No Way]

Each one of those games are good. I enjoyed em all.
But, if you think they are in the same league as Fable and Halo..
You are sadly mistaken. I personally think they are great games.
Especially ME2, but in terms of sales.. Halo is where it's at.

Hell, nothing compares to Halo in sales..

[Megaton]

It's not surprising. They had some MW2 press party in the US last year with "Xbox 360" projected all over the walls inside and out. They released ads saying the Xbox 360 is the only place you should ever play MW2, with Best Buy shilling for XBL.

Aaron Greenberg and Bobby Kotick... totally banging. Bet they both give it to Mattrick.

[Baka-akaB]

it's obvious , they know it's a much needed weapon in MS' arsenal , while not frankly needed on ps3 and still outselling most ps3 games without bothering advertising it .

[UnwanteDreamz]

MS can stay ahead in software sales for all I care. Sony sells enough to ensure that most publishers don't overlook it.

Shrug it off all you want but Devs like Valve ( who initially wrote the PS3 off) finally deciding to play a hand means more to me than Activision leaving it off of an advertisement.

[badz149]

can't have said it better myself. +bubble

[Jamegohanssj5]

They mad because Killzone and Resistance is better.

TGSI

[edhe]

TGSI?

TransGender & Sexually Impotent?

[Tommykrem]

The same thing happened to Modern Warfare, and Assassin's Creed 2 ditched the 360 logo in its TV commercials, so I don't think this very shocking. Call me when Bungie ditches Halo... oh right... Too bad.

Sorry, I just had to be a fanboy.

[avengers1978]

Actually this makes alot of sense, first Modern Warfare 2 sold more on 360 then PS3. Second there really is no exclusive FPS on the PS3 this holiday.
But Activision has to compete for 360 gamers money with there juggernaught Halo:Reach.
The game will still be the same on both consoles, and still comes out the same day for both consoles...so it really doesn't matter.

[spectyre]

DOGOOON!

[GuruStarr78]

This is the type of article that will bring the fanboys out.

[xAlmostPro]

exactly.. everyone knows microsoft secured an exclusivity deal with activision for COD, such as exclusive ads and timed DLC, the beta(if its made) etc. its old news..

CVG just posting flamebait articles AGAIN, its like they hate the ps3 lol

[raztad]

My hypothesis is this:

Activision is getting a good share of the Live subscription price increase. Kotick was complaining about the xbox live model being "unfair", because COD is the most played game on xbox live, yet MS is the only one profiting.

Consistent with this idea is the fact, Xbox COD players will get every new map pack one month earlier than other platforms, making xbox live the default platform to play the game.

Makes sense Acti wants more people buying the xbox SKU. Fortunately this is a game I'm not interested in.

[evrfighter]

I was just thinking the same thing not too long ago. You notice activision was crying over subscription fees and all of a sudden live gets jacked ip and activision is quiet.

[Jdoki]

That could be a very good point, raztad

[FuturePerfect]

The xB... oh i mean the xBox 360 owners will claim it's a xBox 360 only game anyway like they think most multi-format games are :D

[edhe]

Yay MGS all 360's ;)

[firelogic]

EA is partnered with Sony pretty much and they make better games. Can't wait for Dead Space 2!!!

[N4BmpS]

If Activision(Kotick) wasn't addicted to money all CoD titles would be 360 (console) exclusive, because if you think about CoD you think about 360, at least for me.

Anyway, I don't see the point in this, Kotick, in 06 and 07 favored the 360, he said it in so many words (F.Y.I. he threatened to cut Sony off).

[gtamike]

To make up for not having many exclusives games?
I think yes

[Longrod_Von_Hugendon]

I could give a shit. PS3 has it locked down with all the hype games coming out this year and the next. Keep your little COD:BO. lol @ the attempt

[edhe]

GT5 .. lbp 2 and...

oh snap.

[Imperator]

Who cares. The nearly 8 million people that bought MW2 on PS3 already know that COD is on PS3. *Sigh* I can't believe how much that game sold.

[N4BmpS]

I think it was just over 4 million but I see your overall point

[SephireX]

Its sad that so many people will buy this game after playing the glitchy MW2. Activision shouldn't be supported anyway because they're greedy and prefer to milk franchises than to put out quality games. Then again, people buy the crap so people are to blame.

[jack_burt0n]

did you say microsoft or activision!? I cant tell them apart anymore.

[Anorexorcist]

All the hours I've spent cursing my television screen playing MW2 for it's uneven weaponry and match-making will never compensate for the lessened anarchy that I have had to endure while I have played COD: World At War and COD4 on Xbox Live... /S.

Yeah, you better have catched the sarcasm in that last comment.

[DigitalAnalog]

No, we're SUPPOSED TO JUMP FOR JOY!

The less advertised this game is to the PS3 would mean more attention to other "quality" games. I want this franchise to die in the PS3 for all I care.

-End statement

[Aaroncls7]

That's f*cking gay.

[vhero]

People not heard that MS can pay for advertising of 3rd party games?? They did it with FF13 and no doubt done it here. Sony don't have to do it as people know it will be on playstation. See that's the difference between the 2 consoles you know the big games are gonna be on playstation you dont need no advert to tell you.

[pixelsword]

A game that's not good being distanced from a console with games like Killzone 2, Resistance 2, MAG, and Uncharted.

Well, I'm mourning the loss...

/s

[tawak]

why dont they make it exclusive to 360 then? simple,
because they cant!they need the ps3!!!

[EvilBlackCat]

"I think this is great news...
I'm happy if Kotick and crew don't want the PS3 to be affiliated with their annual braindead rehash"

Im not a fan of Call of Duty and i dont really care about sales but you are right there is a huge quantity of millions braindead followers behind Call of Duty MW2 and only 900,000 fans of MAG so far.

So yup the world is fuck up!

[The_Beast]

there going down for sure. Thousands of people wont buy it on ps3 becouse they think its only on 360 and sony will lose alot of money die.

[PaPa-Slam]

&

[PirateThom]

Oh no... a game I won't buy from a company I wouldn't buy games from isn't advertising my platform of choice.

:'(

[yewles1]

*cries fake tears on PT's shoulder*

[Falaut]

Cheers

[himdeel]

...I refuse to purchase MW2 and will not purchase any of these games from Activision. I personally perceive these games as more of the same every year.

[djfullshred]

Agreed.

Treyarch/Activision? Haha, whatever. I'll pass.

[BABY-JEDI]

Wait a minute. .... I don't buy these pish games... Back to some decent FPS

[JBroken]

Which is why this is a stupid business move on Activision's part in my opinion. Even though the xbox 360 base buys more COD games, 8 million is not a number to flinch at, you do not want to alienate 8 million of your paying customers

[nycredude]

Jbroken

Activision hasn't made a smart business decision for while now, but as long as people keep buying this crap then it doesn't matter.

[xAlmostPro]

i'll be buying it, because im a fan of COD and although mw2 was a piece of crap(still is, although i do play it so its quite a hipocritical thing to say) im still excited for this and imo its shaping up to be great..

but i couldnt careless if they dont advertise with the playstation brand included, because the games still coming to PS3 and theres still going to be plenty of others who also buy it, im not going to turn it on and nobodys online lol..

i like the franchise(exluding mw2) and i like the effort treyarch have put into this game.. yes activision are money grabbing mofo's but hey.. im not going to boycott a franchise i enjoy because microsoft secured some exclusive deal lol

[MicroSony4Life]

Activision + Microsoft = Love
EA + Sony = Love

in the end love is in balance.

[gtsentry]

but blak ops shits on medal of honor,but all other EA games shits on activisions games

[MegaMohsi]

We have yet to see the final version of Medal of Honor so don't judge just yet but yes chances are Black Ops will be better.

[nycredude]

If black ops is remotely like a standard cod duty game then chances are it another shitty, glitchy, generic, shooter, in a long line of shitty, glitchy, generic, shooters.

[MegaMohsi]

Prior to MW2, I think Infinity Ward had done a pretty good job with their COD games in terms of hacking and glitches etc but MW2 is just a nightmare to play sometimes.

[xAlmostPro]

i hate to agree, but its true!

i had total faith in medal of honour, in the fact that they would keep the oldschool play style(which to be honest was similar to cod/cod2, in terms of its fast pace reaction type fps) with a next gen engine/graphics etc. and what they done was made a battlefield clone.. they say DICE only developed the multiplayer but even the single player graphics etc look like battlefield..it feels like battlefield with a slightly faster pace and thats only seen during TDM gametypes objective game types are battlefield clones too.. but yeah anyway i think EA dropped a huge ball with MoH and although i may buy it, it wont be a day 1 purchase like blackops will be..

[killershadow117]

Is that why the Orange box port was so terrible? Because Ea loves sony?

[MegaMohsi]

Medal of Honor LE w/ remade MOH Frontlines, EXCLUSIVE and Dead Space 2 LE EXCLUSIVE Dead Space Extraction w/ Move say hi. A port of a Valve game hardly classifies anything so stop posting nonsense.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

And that is why EA is making exclusive (read exclusive, not Timed Exclusive) content in different games for PS3, besides leading on PS3 and besides supporting PS Move.

[Baka-akaB]

you are beating a few years old dead horse . Get on with the program and times , EA has been performing ok , if not better (not talking about sales , thought it's even true there) .

For one lousy Orange box port , there have been a version of Dragon Age only inferior to the pc one , and various deals in places like those mentioned above

[MicroSony4Life]

Becasue it gave Sony Mass Effect 2 and Dead Space with Move control.

Plus this:
Fancy buying a set of Sony's special 'gamer' headphones when they release on the 15th October? There's a free copy of EA's Medal of Honor in it for you. The wargame is being given away as a freebie to those who invest in one of two upcoming headsets, designed specifically for use by games players.

[rekof]

if I get something is this ,.. and a new Moh for free with it,..

Frontlines was the shit !!

[Lekumkee]

@MicroSony4Life

Can you link that for me cause I'm in the market for new gaming headphones and I wanna check those out.

[MegaMohsi]

I believe those headphones are specifically for PC and the Medal of Honor copy is the PC version as well...

[djfullshred]

It had issues because it was hastily ported to PS3 in 2007 when their was not the wealth of subject matter experts on PS3 programming as there is today.

Heck, even Valve themselves now have PS3 programmers on their staff.

[MicroSony4Life]

http://www.tcmagazine.com/t...

http://www.cybertheater.com...

[Dragun619]

EA is supporting the PS3 more than ever.

- PS3 was lead platform for most games at E3.
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 with Move Support.
- Medal of Honor Limited Edition with Medal of Honor: Frontlines HD.
- Dead Space 2 Limited Edition with Dead Space:Extraction HD.
- Portal 2 announced for the PS3 along with Steamworks support.
- Mass Effect 2 announced for PS3.

I wouldn't be surprised if Sony gets an exclusive advertisement rights for EA to advertise Dead Space 2 for PS3.

[xAlmostPro]

@microsony4life those headsets are pc only, sadly :(

[AssassinHD]

If it were not for EA the Orange Box would not have made it to the PS3 in the first place. It wasn't perfect, but at least we got it. Hey have fun living in 2007 though.

[Lekumkee]

@MicoSony4Life

I think I'll wait for the Sony's to come to the US, $150-$200 isn't bad for 7.1 true surround sound head phones. I was originally gonna get the Tritton AX720 but those Sony's look to be a much better value cost wise and feature wise.

[greatjimbo78]

How are EA all about the love? Some of you have short memories, or at least selective memories.

[Bumpmapping]

M$ sure love those casual gamers.

[solar]

and 90% of console gamers are stupid and buy games like BO and MoH. rehashed crap that dont do anything new. no wonder games BLOW nowadays.

[edhe]

OOOH! HANDBAGS!!

[Troll_Police]

It's going to be the biggest selling game on both consoles regardless.

[TitanUp]

microsony thats what i been trying to tell peeps in the forums but it seems like they don't believe ea favors sony. activision favors microsoft.

[MegaMohsi]

Both companies favor one side or the other most probably because they've come to a contractual agreement in which money was exchanged...

[Anime-Vixen]

Im not surprised. MS and activision are like BFF. Hopefully the ps3 version sells more!

[Dance]

just like EA and sony are the best of friends

[MicroSony4Life]

and Square Enix is the girl who is trying to become the BFF.

[Motorola]

So? Its still on PS3....

[Karooo]

who cares they can take cod, we will take our exclusives

[zeddy]

true but cod will still rape every ps3 exclucive in sales(cept gt5).

[Spaghett]

A game has never sold on PS3 anyways. There have been literally zero PS3 game sales.

Silly boy it isn't a joke. Solid truth that you can't handle.

[Blazing_Crabs]

2006 called, he wants his joke back.

[PS3-247]

360 is pretty much dead. It needs COD to survive. I wouldn't be surprise if MS buys COD and make it 360 exclusive.

[WetN00dle69]

Dead,Really?

Game less yes no doubt BUT dead far from it.

[jony_dols]

In 2007&08 they couldnt do anything wrong, now its the total opposite. Sony always had and still do have AAA games in the pipeline, with a pretty much endless supply of quality software for the foreseeable future, and they have Move which has won over all its critics.

M$ have price hikes, the lame duck that is kinnect and nothing to look forward too after Reach.

People should just follow all the sensible gamers and go back to the playstation brand

[get2sammyb]

Microsoft ploughing plenty of money into exclusive games aga.... Oh wait. Who cares? Black Ops is on PS3. Microsoft can say whatever they want. At least the PS3 actually has unique and varied content on it.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

but that's just low,considering that the past cod games sold very well on the ps3(actually,most activision games)and to not put it in the ad
fu*k you acti, have you no shame?

[Blazing_Crabs]

http://yourimg.in/i/1f7o4d....

[Ron_Danger]

Thats some interesting news /s

Its the same thing that happened to FF13 in the TV commercials...

All you gamers out there that don't mind playing against save file hackers and cheaters enjoy the game...

Once I got the Plat trophy in MW2 I sold it and I'm never playing another CoD game again

[Philoctetes]

I wasn't going to buy this game anyway. Now, maybe I'll not buy two copies.

[evilbart]

All the comments from haters every time a C.O.D article appears,post ur online I.D and I guarantee 99% of you will be on black ops multiplayer day 1 Nuff said!!!! Edit:if I dont like a game I won't click the news article,you all know your gona play it,why does it hurt so much to admit honestly I don't unrderstand

[Ron_Danger]

I'll be in the 1%

My PSN id is my N4g id

I (won't) be seeing you online

[PirateThom]

November 9th.... that's only a few days after Gran Turismo 5

I guarantee I will have more people playing GT5.

[Antan]

Sigh, seems so far away 8(.

[Baka-akaB]

for every 10 millions of cod sold , there are 2 to 3 x more millions of consoles (for each console) owners whom dont care .

It's a meager consolation , but it does still feel good .

[Optical_Matrix]

OtakuBlue ..Add me on PSN. No way you'll EVER see me putting that monstrousity into my beloved Playstation 3 system. I'll be too busy playing masterpieces such as GT5, Little Big Planet 2 and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 2

[WetN00dle69]

I can agree on Naruto UNS 2 But the other ones.........Ehhh not much of a fan of racing or LBP games. I Cant wait for Naruto!

[washingmachine]

BOYCOTT LOL

[All_4_One]

This is catastrophic on a scale of epic proportions. I can already see the PS3 crumbling and crashing to the ground because of this disaster. /s

[TardcoreGamer]

"best played on Xbox 360" ads that were on tv for MW2 back around xmas time. Dear Activi"shun" you are only hurting yourselves.

[redDevil87]

MS trying to tout this as an exclusive i bet. Friggin sados at MS.

[Acquiescence]

I see no issue with this news piece!

[TheBalloMan]

i hate it when stuff like this happens
i know exclusive deals are part of the industry, but they shouldn't be designed to PISS PEOPLE OFF!!! i dunno about you, but this doesn't want to make me buy an xbox - all it does is annoy me that microsoft can get away with this AGAIN!! i'm mostly for exlcusive games, but exclusive stuff for a multiplatform game is out of the question for me. activision, you're off my christmas card list.

[tiamat5]

So you left out the logo even though it is on the PS3. Who does that hurt? You are losing money for every person who doesn't buy it for the PS3 because they didn't know. 360 owners money isn't any greener then PS3 owners money you know.

[Raoh]

no probs here, wasnt buying it anyway..

i have a few friends on ps3 who want me to get it but i havent bought a call of duty game since modern warfare, world at war and modern warfare 2 are really more like expansion packs, not worth a full $60 retail price.. i refuse support packs as full games

[Darkfiber]

Hah, take THAT, fanboys.

[metsgaming]

Cod is terrible anyway so i dont care. Rather have MOH......

[Lazy_Gamer]

So? It's coming to the ps3 aswell for all I care. Both M$ and Activision are money hungry vampires that don't give a rat's @$$ about quality as long as it sells. Sony's and EA's products maybe pricy aswell but atleast they listen to their fans. They make their games with a passion. Gotta respect them for that.

[Moonboots]

Yeah, and Madden 11 is full of innovation.

/sarcasm

[Solid_Snakeps3]

lol who cares Black Ops is basicaly MW2 with a different skin

[Demonsdown]

Meh.

[BeaArthur]

It's not like everyone on the planet doesn't know that this game is multiplatform.

[Antan]

This.

[jonboi24]

From a marketing stand point this is smart move for MS. Its a way to have gamers think COD is meant for 360 and 360 only. But if your from the Sony than you think this is a dick move by Activision. Though Sony gamers may not care you can bet you ass that Sony cares. COD does sell consoles though not megaton numbers it still does sell quite a few consoles. COD is probably the most mainstream title this gen has seen and is has become one of the biggest entertainment property. For every COD games since COD4 sales numbers keep doing better than previous. If COD:BO does better than COD:MW2 you can rest assure Sony still wants a big piece of this pie.

[lxmadrid]

Who's the winner and who's the loser in this situation?

Also- as pointed out above, Sony has the same sort of deal with EA

Also- Infinity Ward (as we know it is no longer a part of Activision, so who the f--- cares is XBox gets exclusivity somewhere down the line. "Yaaayy, the 8 iterations of Guitar Hero, that most of the public has already forsaken, are now ours!"

Sh-t articles like this annoy the crap out of me. Who cares who wins and loses? Both companies are making money had over fist and neither is going out of business depending on the success or failure of COD Black Ops.

[Baka-akaB]

losers ; us , on both 360 and ps3 ...

winners : only activision truly

[JBroken]

Hey im just saying, its a wee bit suspect. Me thinks the crowd protests too much...

[Gohadouken]

that shriveled and old rebuttal is as flawed as the logic behind claiming that "when a girl says no , she doesnt really mean no" .

Many of the people who claimed they wouldnt bother with cod probably didnt . Let's not pretend in another flawed and twisted logic that n4g and all gaming forums combined ever meant anything in sales .

There are like 70-80k users +doubles accounts on n4g , even if everyone agreed on something (LOL) , it doesnt mean squat , even for niche titles .

[Psycho_Mantis]

Good, id rather not have that pice of trash on PS3 anyways. Oh wait.... >_>

[bustamove]

Oh noes! =(

[sweettooth]

plz activision we need YOU plz we don't have games in our ps3

[Roper316]

Who cares! 2 greedy scumbag companies in bed together. They both release less then quality products at premium prices and all they both wanna do is make you pay more and more for the same low quality product with a new paint job.

[GeoramA]

This is how M$ does business. Too bad gamers actually know better.

[IK IR Y IP T]

it doesn't matter if everyone on this post doesn't buy the game the game will still sell millions so why waste your breath and time replying to this horrible article

[k-dillinger]

it doesnt matter 360 has Activision and ps3 has EA

[fooltheman]

microsoft is desparate...so they try to let people believe it's only on the Xbox360

[EliteAssassin81]

I wasn't interested in Black opps that much at first, but now all these awesome videos are popping up about the multi-player, so I am diffently going to get this game. Everyone can say their not going to get it, but I can be certain that this will sell very good on all platforms. Imo, the only call of duty game I have been disapointed in is modern warfare 2. All the previous ones have been real addicting. You can call Activision and M$ greedy all you want, but the fact in the matter is they are both businesses, not a non-profit company.

[52pickup]

M$ wasting money on this type of crap instead of investing it in 1st party studios.

[gamingisnotacrime]

MS is greedy, but by no means stupid

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

I totally agree.

[AllroundGamer]

and i'm gonna buy the PS3 version anyway, and you know why? free online gaming :p

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

it's free but the online playing is a glitch fest. I bought cod mw2 on the ps3 and will never do that again...with all the bugs and glitches it had it was just god awful.

[zanzibarlegend]

OH WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT HAVING THE MOST GENERIC FPS EVER NOT BEING LINKED TO MY CONSOLE OF CHOICE!!!WHERE ELSE WILL I LOOK FOR NOOB FPS PLAYERS TO YELL THE MOST RACIAL AND HOMOPHOBIC SLURS ONLINE? WAAAHHHHHHHH TEH PSTRIPLE IS TEH DOOOMED!!! ITS 2006 ALL OVER AGAIN!!

/GETS PICKED UP BY WAHHHMBULANCE AND ACCIDENTALLY GETS DROPPED DURING TRAVEL, CAUSE BACK DOOR WAS LEFT OPEN/

DAMN ACTIVISION, YOU SEE HOW YOU IZ???

/TEAR DROPS FROM EYE/

[ranma6899]

this exclusive crap really ruining games xbox360 out destroy dont care who they hurt ,it just saves me more money on good games coming out soon like sims 3 fastlane,night,assissian creed brotherhood,need for speed hot pursuit,and sims 3 ps3 version and jedi unleashed 2

[gamingisnotacrime]

z

[T-Jani]

Still getting it on PS3.....Free psn, i love it.

[PS360PCROCKS]

wait what? This game comes out on september 11th? What's this article talking about??

[ChronoJoe]

It's proven in the past that fake and timed exclusivty, isn't beneficial to the console producer. GTAIV dlcs costing microsoft $50m... that's more than it costs to produce the truly AA, truly exclusive, games on the 360.

[Fadetoblack69]

Lets see.... Microsoft and Activision; 2 companies I no longer give any money to. And I'm supposed to care about this why? ;)

[BX81]

LMAO! It's so funny to see all the PS3 fans so upset that they act like they don't care about COD! Don't worry black ops is still coming out on the PS3! But this add is a big deal and heres why. If your a mother/dad/sister/brother/Gran dmother/Grandfather/friend looking to buy someone a christmas gift or a gift in general and you happen to look at this add and you know the person you're buying it for has a wii/30/ps3, you see in the bottom of the corner a xbox live logo but no mention of PS3 anywhere you're most likely going to buy it for the 360. It's marketing and not all marketing is made for the masses. Some are made for the small corner the big ads didn't attract!

[kagon01]

I'm interested in Vanquish not this piece of crap...

[zoks310]

Then all Activision is doing is making themselves vulnerable. EA is pushing the PS3 hard and they still show love to the 360, if Acti dont want to adopt this method as a 3rd party developer by fully supporting both platforms, then EA will just dominate the 1st person shooter market on the PS3, all 37 million of them.

[stonecold3]

ps3 is 38 million.1 according to sony might be high er now then that even wiki as info there

[MR LOOKINGBILL]

PS3 FANBOYS bellowing about exclusitivity when there getting just about everything from EA. Dead space 2 , Assassin Creed (ubisoft)3

[prodigal_twit]

Not the first time, we've all seen plenty of gaming ads on TV where they stick the Xbox360 logo at the end despite the game being multi-plat.

And besides, it's 'Call of Duty' *shrug*

[BX81]

You should take note of each game that has the COD brand on it! If you're shrugging because it says COD then you should try COD 4 Modern Warfare and see if you feel the same. I think Black ops will return the COD franchise back some love after that mistake labeled MW2!

[BabyTownFrolics]

this website can be such a predictable joke sometimes. Its like the worst types of gamers flock here to jerk each other off and then punch each other in the face.

[kagon01]

Ummm... Think about it...

Where does the $10 dollar increase from xbox live will go?

Since, this game its gonna be released in November right? the same month as the price increase of xbox live. Especially since Activision was whining about xbox live charges, and they wanted some royalties from Microsoft...

Secret deals with them?

Whatever... This game means nothing to me anyways, after all I hate FPS...

[Gohadouken]

i wonder where does that idea comes from .

Activision has no choice but to push advertising on 360 , it's where their main fabase for the game is , and they can't lose any of it . Especially not when most of it's success came from that marketing and the general source of interests of many us 360 owners .

Kotick spoke , but that has no weight whatsoever . The only way they could do without the 360 without losing their money , would be via building their own console ...
Something they are far to greedy , uncreative and too cowardly to do yet .
They hardly ever take any risks .

people should stop looking at inexisting clue about the why of the increase . They saw an opportunity to cash in right around the time they had the return of the two current biggest online console franchises : Halo and cod . And with gears 3 next year and crysis on the horizon

[TheLastGuardian]

They just keep giving me more reasons to not get this game. This is the last game on my want list for 2010.

[Dead_Cell]

About a logo missing from a games box. Wow.

[ShabbaRanks]

LOLLLL aint it funny and after people say they Don't care, but there giving attention to the fuckers as we speak

[B_Rian89]

Not buying it anyway. especially after MW2

[Claudinho69]

lol microsoft tries so hard to make call of duty exclusive to xbox but Fails

[Roozium]

I can't believe how many Sony fanboys there are on this site. Sony is not the god of all good neither is Nintendo or Microsoft. Get over yourselves.

[NotSoSilentBob]

http://doubledoomd.ytmnd.co...

[Run_bare]

I think MS is on their last leg. PS3 version for me.

[Clarence]

Who cares MW is wack. Activision can kick rocks. Killzone and Battlefield are way better.

[OGharryjoysticks]

Should there be a cheaper version of all mutliplayer enabled games for the people who don't pay for XBL?

Example - COD Black Ops (single player modes only version) $39.99 MSRP

_____________________________ _______________________________ ________

YES - Agree
NO - Disagree

[X-Frame]

Activision didn't ditch the PS3 .. The PS3 ditched Activision.

Instead, the PS3 will be displayed proudly on much better games - like Killzone 3

[JJFNIGHTS80]

Like I give a damn bout Activision who cares.

[Sasuke159]

Its just the contract activition make with microsoft and this deal end in 2012. And remember this is all about money.

[Silly gameAr]

Meh.

[RazRei]

"Because you know, all 40 million Xbox 360s are running and working.. ROFL"

Feedback gang

BTW I won't lie I'll probably buy this game for the 360 and not my PS3. Its kind of sad that I'll even be purchasing it again but oh well.

[Ps_alm3k]

oh well i just need to play only the single player.

[magtuse16]

how can treyach and activision make money, if they Can't even print a sony and computer logo on their ads? It very disappointing to see this bullshit. Activision is only relying on the xbox 360 because it can literary print money for them to wipe there ass with. how about making all the system ( including pc user) equal to one another? same graphics, same dlc, etc and see if they have a boost in sale for ps3 and pc. it already made me frustrated when i first heard that they are releasing map packs for the xbox BEFORE other systems. you might as well make it an xbox exclusive, make a better game with more time to develop than just 2 years and just polish every little details. cause i don't want to see other ps3 user have to suffer the shit version of the game.

[ShabbaRanks]

Is there too many hypocrite gamers or is most people numnutz cuz i know that tons of PS3 owners will buy this game. Even tho i hate and many others here hate activision also are still going to fall in the cod propaganda trap. And unless u own a 360 for reach their isnt much fps exclusives coming out this winter for sony. Of course gt5 will be great, lbp2 will be fun, trying out move also, dead rising at the end of the month, dead space 2 and thas abot it. Moh sucked imo so forgrt that. . . After all this some numnutz willtry black ops because of there mp fps needs and its kind of understandable. . .

[Jamaicangmr]

Am seriously thinking of buying it just too bad that Activition will loose some sales on the PS3 because consumers aren't aware.

This just shows how cocky Activition are because to be making a multiplatform game and only advertise it for one platform, cocky to the 10 degree.

It wont matter much in the end anyway, when the dust settles it will only show how stupid Microsoft are with their money.

[NeloAnjelo]

Sony doesn't need COD... They've got 3 exclusives shooters coming... Killzone 3, Socom 4 and Resistance 3. And yes still all the Multiplatforms.
Seems there will be split down the middle... MS and Activision, Sony and EA. Don't know which publisher is worse to be honest. Regardless of their IPs, neither is the lesser of two evils.
Insomniac multiplat with EA, Bungie multiplat with Activision... seems like developers are taking up alliances. Or it could be me over analysing.

[x5exotic]

please god make COD a 360 exclusive.....this game sucks so bad! i hate it!

[kasasensei]

Nothing more than Microsoft pushing its exclusive games!

oh wait..

[Kos-Mos]

So now teens in uk will shout:

"Hey mate. Did you see cod commercial yesterday? It`s cumming for xbox, but I only ave` a Ps3. Guess I need to buy that shait then."

[theroadtoruin]

its because they know it cant compete with Killzone 2

[archemides518]

this is because m$oft paid them for it/bought the advertising/marketing/product placement, that is the beginning and end of the story...this is how it works with everything in every business, don't mean anything more than that except to FOOS

this is where ur xbox live price-hike money goes (like the .00002% of it that isn't a pure rip)

[Garrus_Vakarian]

I've sworn off buying any Activision product new. Sorry Bungie.

[chad22hkd]

more dirty tactics from Microsoft and its hoe lol

[The Hillman]

So there's no more console exclusivity but advertising exclusivity instead.

[Hades1337]

This comment section pretty much sums up the bias in the N4G community. If the shoe was on the other foot it would be like "Haha well done Sony, great move, Black Ops kick ass!"

You all try and justify this as Microsoft being desperate and using dirty tactics, but at the end of the day CoD is THE franchise at the moment, so if I were a hardware manufacturer I would be doing all I can to make sure more people buy it for my console. Why do you think Sony has exclusive editions of Dead Space 2 and Medal of Honour? Try and think beyond those fanboy brains next time before spewing all this nonsense over and over again.

[kasasensei]

You are wrong.
Nobody here is trying to justify that Microsoft is so desperate that they need to make the illusion about multi-platforms games... This is just the reality, what they are doing actually...
This is just some misleading advertising.

You can not compare that and exclusive offers for the games you name. It is not the same thing. On one hand you have a multi-platform game that will be available on PC, 360 and ps3, that Microsoft is trying to hide to the crowd and make it illusionary exclusive, and on the other hand, you have real exclusive editions only available on ps3, with real bonus games.
See?

[Hades1337]

Bollocks man. By advertising a game as belonging to a single platform you are thereby advertising the platform as well. They're not trying to say "this game is an exclusive" but are making people associate a game, in this case Black Ops, with the 360. It happens with other games; Assassins Creed was advertised solely for the PS3 in the UK. It's just clever marketing.

Also, people WERE trying to justify Microsoft being desperate, just look at all the "they have no exclusives!" comments people have made.

[StitchJones]

Who cares. It IS coming out for PS3 so what does it matter if it doesn't get promoted. How many idiots are out there that would not be aware of a PS3 version coming? Let Microsoft continue to dump money into trying to be the top dog. They have been doing it for years and will continue to do so. The PS3 is never going to be on top of the heap so who cares. Just buy the game for the console system you own and play the thing.

[NateDPG]

Haha oh MS, instead of investing the money in exclusive games, they better use the money to fool the customers

[Duxer]

No logo no buy!

[ExposingLames]

thats cool.....i ditched activision from their name being on a box that i would ever buy or support after prototype....doesnt matter to me.

[Denethor_II]

The thing is look at FF13, it was only advertised on the 360 yet it failed to sell more than the PS3 due the core fanbase being PS3. The same apply to COD most people are going to buy it on the 360 anyway, why waste money on an advertisement partnership with Activison. I guarantee the sales ratio concerning both console are very similar to MW2. Who's in charge of wasting money at MS that could be better spent on games for the poor 360 owners.

[SonyPS360]

Well seeing as how many of you "don't care", why not do the gaming industry a favor and NOT buy another over-priced Activision product?

[theking720]

the playstation brand shouldn't be in the same sentence or ad as the call of duty franchise its too pretigious for it

[PhantomT1412]

At least they had Sony screens at the MP reveal... :p

[SpinalRemains138]

And their revenue mysteriously increased by $600,000.00 too! Must be a coincidence.

[MrBubble]

But im looking forward to Spiderman SD
And i fell really bad about giving them my money
But it looks really promising but thats why im going to wait for reviews, but on a high note if i do buy this im getting it used so no money goes to them

[LordGamer]

There arent millions of other FPSs that someone could play.