Treyarch Mistakenly Confirms Dual PSN Sign In For Online Split Screen Then Withdraws

Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch Mistakenly Confirms Dual PSN Sign In For Online Split Screen Then Withdraws, plus more!

[Nitrowolf2]

Um FU
i mean still split screen is a plus, but there should be no excuses it isn't there

[pwnsause]

again Resistance 2 Did this, no reason why this cant happen on the PS3 version of this game.

[Static-X]

I'm Pissed.

[MURKERR]

or should i say bobby....he did say he wants to take the fun out of creating video games,who knew lazy craftmanship was also on the agenda?

alot of the people complaining will still blindly buy this game like sheep,im sticking to my laurels this is the last straw for me,im waiting for kz3 bobby isnt getting a pound of my money

i just wish many other ps3 owners would wait three months and give their cash to guerilla instead aswel instead of paying a high price for a game lacking features of the 360 version. oh and getting the DLC a month after 360 owners....gamers have a choice,if you dont want to be treated like fools bring activision down a peg or two,if gamers dont buy they would never have the nerve to do this again.

[Longrod_Von_Hugendon]

sorry but I don't share my TV so no biggie for me.

@StanLee

Because you have have two active accounts logged in at the same time. They could make it so one is the main account and a generic one but I doubt they'd work that hard for us PS3 users.

[getonmylev3l]

Other than Resistance 2, what games allow 2 different profiles to be signed on at the same time? I'm not trying to troll I am just curious. Because all I've heard today is, "Well, Resistance 2 did it so why can't Black Ops?" Thanks for your answers/replies.

[mindedone]

LBP is one

[YourFlyness]

@getonmylevel

Sacred 2

[saint_john_paul_ii]

i think borderlands did it too.

[Winter47th]

I remember back in WAW the 360 version had a "Search Preference" the PS3 didn't, I was seriously pissed, there was no reason whatsoever they'd shaft such a crucial online feature. Looks like they're doing it again with split-screen this time.

[iPlayGamez]

does the Xbox version have dual sign in? if not then obviously microsoft is forcing activision, with their contract, not to give PS3 an exclusive feature. this is all speculation but if its true then that would be a dirty move, alot of fun could have been had with that feature

[TengkuAmir10]

2 days ago, everyone was sucking Treyarch's c0ck. That's not the case now is it?

I just don't get why his feature can't be made a reality for the PS3. WHY? Do we pay less? Me and my brother would like to play online at the same time or some of my friends would want to too and I think that it'd be an awesome feature but it just wasn't meant to be.

I have 3 accounts and it looks like I won't be able to use it simultaneously anytime soon.

UPDATE

PS3 now supports dual sign in! I am so into Black Ops now!! HAHAHAHA...I'm so fucking happy I cannot believe it!!!

[WildArmed]

Exactly. I loved playing R2 because of that.
This is really BS
there really isn't an excuse not to do dual-psn signin.
It's already been done.
So obviously it's not impossible to do.

[extermin8or]

@geton tbh I can't answer it but sony added it as a feature in a firmware around resistance 2's release. I think the issue here is that Treyarch were pushing this feature yet haven't delivered and how many games advertise this feature as 360 only on there game? we are paying the same price for a multi platform game yet are not getting all the feature's, I'd say people should boycott but no one will so theres no point, companies like activision will continue to take the piss.....

Edit: little big planet has i believe and the new 1 all 4 one by insomniac will have it too i believe, most games with splitscreen online multiplayer have this to my knowledge (there aren't many I know)

[theonlylolking]

The difference is that insomniac is a awesome dev and treyarch is not.

[Hideo_Kojima]

Anyone want to come to my house and play LBP and Resistance 2 Split Screen online?

(Not a real invitation)
Edit: They probably got paid by MS to do this...

Split Screen online will mean even more people will buy multiple Xbox Live account for one house hold instead of sharing with brothers and sisters.

[StanLee]

I don't get it. Why can't this happen on PSN?

[mordakai8]

there's no reason why it can't

[alex3369]

because m$ paid them off duh! seriously people act surprised that the dlc is going to come one month later on ps3...... you know why? because they surely dont want the money from ps3 owners NO because m$ uses a portion of the xbl membership fee to get gold members what they consider worth their money

[NoBUDI]

I'm thinking of getting a ps3 and this news has me wondering, can I sign in multiple profiles on a ps3 for offline multiplayer?
As in local split screen or fifa or something. Can I play against my brother's profile and we both earn trophies for co-op games like army of two?
I ask because online multiplayer is not a big deal to me but me and my bro are tight very competitive. Thanx

[Gam3s4lif3]

3 words....
UR An Idiot

[USEYOURFIST]

no you cant but it would be good if you could

[extermin8or]

yes you can..

[Hideo_Kojima]

For some games you can.
LBP is one of the games I own that you can do that easily.

and yes you both earn trophies.

[BlackHairyTongue]

To be honest I don't care if you can't sign in with two PSN accounts. If you can still do split screen online with a buddy then that's all I need. I mean the game is just for fun isn't it?

[Shepherd 214]

Most games on the 360 including Halo allow you to sign in with two full accounts, im not really sure why its such an issue on the PS3. I cant really think of a reason why the PS3 version of some games wouldnt have it too.

[Ripyealip]

I put a curse on treyarch for sackin me like that

[11122X]

Yes Resistance 2 did allow dual sign in on one PS3, no reason other than a payoff from Microsoft as to why this could not happen on the PS3 version of Black Ops

I am very angry about this :[

It will most probably be patched into the game later on sometime next year, like what happened to Resistance 2

[Mystogan]

Wait... Ps3 can't do dual sign-in?

Its funny how you blame MS

@static
so it can only do it in games? only 2 games? hahahhahhaah thats pathetic lol

[Static-X]

Resistance 2 and LittleBigPlanet say hi

[Simon_Brezhnev]

mystogan is such a troll. i wonder whats your other name on here natsu x fairytail?

[despair]

@Mystogan

you are a moron, it is possible to do it but for some reason developers just don't bother. You think its funny that people can't get all games with split screen to sign in multiple accounts?

Why would that be funny, you know who enjoy seeing others suffer; Psychopaths, there seems to be a lot of those around on the internet eh?

[SyphonFilter]

mystogan is waiting on repairs...

[Mystogan]

@Simon_Brezhnev

I'm not natsu -.-

@despair

Ok maybe i shouldn't have laughed but it's still pathetic...and how this guy blames MS is just really funny.

@SyphonFilter

No i'm not -.-

[Nixy]

That would be two more than any other console then!

[user858621]

@Co2

Honestly dude to think Microsoft paid for every negetive effect on the ps3 is just sad.....

Did microsoft pay off for these problems?

Not all games have trophies
Long ass updates... then installs
The most broken game invite (MW2 uses xmb whereas WAW uses ingame? :S)
Not all games use multi user login

[mordakai8]

Not all games have trophies
Long ass updates... then installs
The most broken game invite (MW2 uses xmb whereas WAW uses ingame? :S)
Not all games use multi user login

1) as of Jan 2009 i believe, every PlayStation game has to have trophies, it is mandatory (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... "On November 20, 2008, Sony announced that trophy support would be mandatory for all games submitted to Sony for certification from the beginning of January 2009."

2) Long ass updates my ass... If you have a shit internet connection maybe, but my average connection means updates take 3 mins or less... and i haven't needed to update anything on my ps3 4 a while... last firmware was a bit ago..

3) Invites still work none the less -_-

4) No, but it is possible on both consoles, so having it on the Xbox and not the PS3 is inexcusable.. There's no reason why it has to be half assed on Sony's side...

[Gam3s4lif3]

And u kno this how? Mr knowitall?

[scar20]

Blk ops reakes of a greedy ceo who will do anything for money you guessed it ladies and gentleman give it up for douchebag of the century.

[im-12-years-old]

dat ass

[GaMe01]

Another reason I don't mind paying $40.00 a year for live.

[SyphonFilter]

what makes you think that is one of the features you are paying for? you pay and the mics sound terrible,have you hard the quality ?

[Mystogan]

Mics are fixed with dashboard updates

try again.

[GaMe01]

It might not be what I pay for but it is included

[SyphonFilter]

no it sounds like crap.also the mics break within a month or 2.heck the machine itself doesn't work....

[user858621]

Ive tried wiv my X41 and it sounds fine

[SyphonFilter]

@waseem- you need to resort to some other mic since the official one's suck.still the console breaking for sure within 1-2 years is not able to be remedied.

[GaMe01]

I rather have a broken mic then no mic included

[SilverSlug]

I rather have a working mic. Thus why I bought a Turtle Beach headset.

Save money from Gold, get great headset.

[No Way]

The quality is bad? What are you smoking..
The quality on PS3 makes my friend sound like a mouse.

Getting caught into a mouse trap.. by it's tail.

[Gam3s4lif3]

Mic sounds like crap huh?
Maybe u JUST DUNNO how to USE it PROPERLY

[L-Teezy]

@ No Way... dont be an idiot. ps3 has a voice pitch control, that your friend obviously raised the pitch of his voice with. feeling a little ignorant today?

[Hideo_Kojima]

Your friend sounds like a mouse
A) Because his 12
B) Because his using a crap unofficial PS mic
C) Because he has accidentally turned the voice changer to the maximum high pitch voice.

Not Sony's fault that your friend is a spaz is it?

[SilverSlug]

the Dual sign in is part of the systems OS and not really to do with Xbox Live, as you don't need Gold to actually sign in with two profiles.

[mikhail_tisoy]

xbox is awsome

[Sizzon]

yeah with no fucking exclusives, the only thing is gears 3 next year.

[Def Warrant]

lol more the better reason to skip this turd. Multiplats still continue to disappoint. KZ3 can't come soon enough!

[iPlayGamez]

I have KZ3 beta and IMO CoD games are definately more balanced and have a more fast paced gameplay. you havent played KZ3 yet why are You going on Black ops articles to criticize a game that isnt out and praise a game you havent played. And YOU JUST HAPPEN TO MENTION that PS3 exclusives are better than multiplats, hmmm sounds like fanboy to me.

[ngecenk]

seriously dont buy their game! lots of game launched this quarter, ac:bh, gt5, tron...

these guys just talkiin and talkin and talkin...

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

PS3 owners should avoid this game, doesn't matter if it have Coop or not.

If you detest MW2 Community, don't think Black Ops will be the exception, just avoid it.

MoH, BFBC2 or a better choice Killzone 3 when it comes out.

[user858621]

and COD 4, wayyyy better then mw2

agreed, mw2 feels like it was made for kids so they can get easy kills and think theyre pros.. -__-

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Yeah, I agree, MW is better, there are campers but somehow is not as bad as MW2 and the perks.

[alex3369]

yeah everyone lets revolt! btw you realize this game with sell some much that they dont give a crap if you buy it... as a matter of fact they probably would still be ok if it was an xbox exclusive seeing as the xbox has dominated almost every multi plat game.

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

Who cares about the sales if the multiplayer is the worst?

MW2 failed in multiplayer, Black ops can't be no exception.

[jetlian]

you just not buy the game. Just cuz it doesn't have what you want or think it should. More importantly who are you give clearance to what ps3 owners SHOULD play? lol

[user8397144]

Well they just confirmed it will support to different accounts.

[SilverSlug]

So much for all the 'Glad I pay for Gold' people. >.>

[air1_got_raped]

where did you see this?

[madara0sama]

On the sites. Just updated.

[air1_got_raped]

give me the link

[mordakai8]

http://tsardom.net/2010/10/...

apparently it went from "Ps3 can have 2 full accounts" to "1 full account and a guest" to "Ps3 can have 2 full accounts"...

very odd and confusing... i guess it isn't being removed??

[madara0sama]

I guess it won't have dual psn after all. I mistaken it for being the updated part.

[GaMe01]

A twitter released from Josh olin comunity manager. Please dont say its allowed and give false hope to ps3 owners

The Facts:
You can connect a 2nd controller and bring a Guest online (i.e. "JD_2020" & "JD_2020(1)").
Guests can rank up, earn unlocks, etc -- all Guest progress goes away once signed out.
(Xbox 360 only) You can bring a 2nd, Gold Xbox LIVE account online!
(Xbox 360 only) Both players with full online accounts can rank-up while playing split-screen, as if on two separate consoles.

[Raikiri]

you can actually bring more then 2(4)gold accounts online
and you can have 3 extra guests.
also you can sign in 4 accounts(all types) at the same time.

[RBLAZE1988]

There is no way that the community manager josh olin didn't know this info he just hyped the game for ps3 then shit on usbecause microsoft has a payed deal to make there version the best and shift pre orders to the 360. This is inflating a companies image using money to leave out features on purpose. This was totally orchestrated to make microsoft look better. This is the biggest game of the year and this type of info should not have been fouled up. I'm thinking about cancelling my pre order for black ops on principal. I want a message to be sent to Activision to stop jerkin around the people who pay for their f$ckin yachts...

[NoBUDI]

I think it is very scary that you actually believe all of that. Sounds like one of those stereotypical fanboy conspiracy theories and I'm hoping you are just kidding

[Raikiri]

I lol at Stereotypical fanboy conspiracy theorie's.

Really funny stuff, how desperate they are getting.

RBLAZE1988
Please cancel your pre-order, you won't be missed.

[RBLAZE1988]

Ok well if it turns out that it's because of the psn that this feature is left out i will stfu but for now it's all speculation. The thing is it was allowed for 4 psn sign ins in littlebigplanet so why not in this game. It's the biggest game of the year and they have the resources to implement this feature. I wouldn't put it past any big company to pull a move like this.

@raikiri what am i desperate about? Idc about the 360 i just don't like being jerked around. Those who bring up fanboys and fanboyism are usually fanboys themselves and love to perpetuate fanboys and fanboy wars. You guys love to be in the spotlight and shut people down. How come every theory that you don't agree with or that is against microsoft is a conspiracy...oh yea that's right no company would ever think about undermining it's customers or do anything underhanded like this for their own gains. Enron says hi...they screwed over there own employees so I don't think that right after they announce there exclusive partnership with microsoft then pulling this shit is beyond them. It's ok soon the content will be exclusive for ms for 2 months then 3 and then 4. This type of crap has been going on this whole generation.

[NoBUDI]

Can ps3 do this with games like fifa? Sign in 2 profiles and play against each other? Online or offline on one console?

[artdafoo]

I'll be on BC2 Vietnam till the BF3 beta and when the full BF3 game drops i'll never look back at the garbage that is COD.

[Gamer_Z]

I was very much looking forward to this addition but now the PS3 version is gimped. everybody flood Josh Olin twitter with complaints and keep doing it until they add this to the PS3 version

[extermin8or]

way ahead of you lol

[DXM1]

if ps3 owner buy this game after this announcement... You are retards. this means ur brother/friends wont be gaming with u online. If this is not in the game im not buying black ops... And i was def getting this for xmas + gt5.

[Simco876]

Or they can game with you on their PS3s

I think they just took a big bag of money from Microsoft. Do you think Bobby would have taken out features on a console if it risks bringing sales DOWN?

AHAHA your talking about Bobby hear dude, he is going to get his money

[DXM1]

we should rough up kotics wife. That will send him a message.

[Silly gameAr]

Disgusting.

[kasasensei]

99.99% of ps3 don't allow 2 players to be signed in despite the fact that the feature is available to devs since 2 years... It's just like custom soundtracks, or photo mode, or video mode.... It may be a good idea for sony to force devs to add these amazing features in every game.

[extermin8or]

games with 2 player online splitscreen tend to include the feature, although I'll admit there aren't many....

[KingLizzle]

Thanks everyone for taking the time to read this article. I think it's important to raise awareness of the issue so that more people can put pressure on Treyarch/Activision. The temperature seems to heading ever closer to the top five news slot so please spread the word via Twitter/Facebook or any other method you can so that as many people as possible are aware of this. Obviously if it makes the top five it will be more prominent and even more people can join the campaign!

[KingLizzle]

Please could a contributor add this Tsardom.net article as an alternate source for the following post: http://n4g.com/news/635359/...

That one gives the same information and sources as the earlier Tsardom.net article but it also misses out the controversy about dual PSN sign in initially being confirmed and then removed which I think is an important part of the story. Don't want people being misled because IGN missed that fact out.

Thanks in advance.

[Gamer_Z]

I will bug Josh Olin everyday until this is added

[KingLizzle]

Judging by the number of people who have clicked the link in the article to his twitter account I suspect you're not the only one! Let's hope the word keeps spreading and they are put under more pressure!

[Gamer_Z]

Add me on twitter Gamer_z

We can make this happen or at least bug the hell out of Josh Olin, Gamers Unite!!!

[Ripyealip]

we should make a petition "asking" for this feature to come to ps3

[xg-ei8ht]

So Activision expect us to pay the same price for fewer features which I think is patently wrong.

The word he is looking for is blatantly.

[Scotland-The-Brave]

aww i thought online splitscreen was confirmed for ps3

[Static-X]

It just that your friend won't be able to sign into his PSN, Whereas the Xbox version WILL have this feature.

BS eh?

[Bass_fisherman]

BS envolved this doesnt make sense

[farhad2k8]

WOW just wow. We have to protest. The game still hasnt reached gold status, they can still change this. Resistance managed to do it so it IS possible. Why do Activision treat us PS3 loyal players like SHIT.

YOu dont know how fun it would be if I could have 2 PSN's on one console. This is really pissing me off now.