Activision to PS3 Black Ops Player: Shutting Down PSN Servers an Option

In response to ongoing connection issues and vocal customer criticism, a spokesperson for Activision has told an angry PlayStation 3 owner that the publisher may shut down Call of Duty: Black Ops’ PlayStation Network servers.Senior support representative Dov Carson replied to blogger Jason Koblovsky’s complaints by advising that Activision are prepared to close the PSN servers.

[deadreckoning666]

WOW...a spokesperson ACTUALLY said that.

Just wow. I didn't know the hacking situation was THAT bad.

@nickjcal- Yeah, from the custom firmware, to the lawsuit...and now THIS? Its crazy.

[fromasterjay]

They should close them down because the game is broken...no other reason.

[TheLastGuardian]

Go ahead Craptivision. I was planning on selling my copy anyway. Why did I have to buy this stupid game?

[GrieverSoul]

Yeah, they are just using the recent hacking exploit to excuse themselves for the problems the game has.

Well, its Activision for you! Remember to throw your money when the map pack comes out! \sarcasm

lol: I just lost bubbles for being vocal about the hacking scene stuff going on. lol at the "hack-supporters" in N4G!

[InfectedDK]

Wow such a big company - such a childish statement ROFLAO!!!!!!

Anyway I personally like the game a lot though it could be more stable and so :-) I know many PS3 gamers are mad about this.

But if this is true then I'll sue them for selling me something that is untrue and just buy Battlefield, Starhawk, Medal of Honor, Killzone, Resistance, Modern Combat, Socom, MAG, Crysis, Upcoming Valve shooters and so ooooon.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

If they shut down the servers, isn't that liable for a law suit also?

They'd have to sell the game at half price due to the fact that more than half the game would be rendered useless.

edit:

LOLWAITAMINUTE

Since when do call of duty games use servers? LOLOL!

edit:

@Gam3s4lif3

Calling me a retard, mature. Call of duty uses such shitty servers, that if you weren't able to catch the memo, I'm mocking that fact. HERP DERP TLDR: LRN2SARCASM&MOCKERY

[badz149]

just do it! and

@TheLastGuardian

you "have" to buy this stupid game? who's holding a gun to your head?

[InfectedDK]

Also I would like to say that earlier today I played Black Ops and it really was annoying. Connection issues all the time making it unplayable and so much lag I got killed out of the blue some times and after being killed an enemy just shows up, out of the blue - because of lag.
Such a shame for this fun game.. :/

[BloodyNapkin]

Well Killzone 3 will be out next month, so i could care less what they do with the servers or the game.

[blumatt]

I expect to see the next PS3 CoD sell dramatically less than this CoD did on PS3. I'll be helping contribute to the decline. I made the mistake of buying this one. I won't make the same mistake twice. I'll just go back to playing CoD4 for the duration of this gen since it's obvious they're never gonna go back to the CoD4 style of online where it was balanced and fun, and wasn't laggy as hell.

[morganfell]

Screw Activision.

But just watch what happens. By tomorrow you will see two things. Word from EA that they believe in supporting their games and comments from Activision that Carson was "misquoted".

[HolyOrangeCows]

"They'd have to sell the game at half price due to the fact that more than half the game would be rendered useless"
LOL, you mean they'd have to pay us.

"In any event, if you would like to send your game disc into us, we can either;
a) Exchange for a sealed (unopened) copy of the game that you can take back to the retailer"
Is he serious? Because I WILLLLLLL do that.

[RBLAZE1988]

Guys that's not gonna happen they are just tryin to scare you cause they want people to stop complaining. Remember almost 2 years when they threatened to stop developing on ps3 if sony doesn't drop the price of the ps3. What a joke activision has become. Instead of resolving issues by putting some effort and resources into the ps3 they would rather resort to bullying ps3 gamers around til they get their way.

[Information Minister]

What a pathetic bluff. This is like an entirely new level of corporate idiocy. The message that Activision is trying to send to its costumers is "How dare you demand quality? Just be happy with what you got. It's better than nothing!"

Then again, if people wanted quality they wouldn't have bought Black Ops in the first place. Not after MW2.

[PotatoClock]

Hahaha Acti sounds like the bullying kid who is threatening to take away the game because noone wants to play the way THEY want. What a PR strategy. If people complain then just be an asshole to them.

Seriously, Acti is screwed up.
They'll act all high and mighty thinking everyone will buy whatever they crap out but when they've eventually milked it to death and noone buys it thats when they'll turn around and pretend to be nice.

[mmPete]

This is stupid, they shouldn't shut it down because they can't fix their own game bugs and poor online quality

[thereapersson]

I was JUST about to post that same thing.

IMO, Microsoft should just buy joint publishing rights to the CoD franchise. Activision is already halfway in bed with them anyway.

[Gawdl3y]

The only thing the servers are used for is matchmaking and score-tracking. Other than that, it's all P2P.

[jeseth]

Maybe he was misquoted.

A lot can be taken out of context to sound like something else. Maybe they would shut the servers down for a short time to do the maintenence or update to them which would make the game run better.

Most of the issues have been resolved anyways. There is still the occasional lost host or person dropped from your party but it is improved from when the game launched.

And the PS3 "Hack" would have nothing to do with it, Black Ops issues were there from day one. This "Hack" that everyone is running around like crazy people over just happened last week...if it really happened.

[SonyPS360]

@TheLastGuardian

I don't know, why DID you buy it? You gave them more money and they aren't losing any by you returning it.

Well done. Gamers will continue to be hypocrites who feed the very companies they criticize.

[disturbing_flame]

That's the most stupid reaction i've ever seen from a publisher.
Activision, taste of FAIL.

[Retro_Zombie]

I sold my copy and am done with Activision and Treyarch.

There are plenty of other games to choose from in the coming months: KZ3, Cry2, Homefront, BulletStorm(?) all will have dedicated servers.

[Scary69]

They close the servers I want my MF money back or there is going to be lawsuit for a half ass product.

[Shepherd 214]

Not defending Activision or Black ops...but if anyone here plays black ops on PS3, thats what you get for your free online service.

If activision can shut its servers down on PS3, so can any other publisher.

[TriggerHappy_]

I still can't believe so many people supported this company. I quit buying Activision games when Kotick started to run his mouth. It wouldn't surprise me if the next CoD was an exclusive for Microsoft (PC and 360). Like others said though, I don't care. Killzone 3 next month.

[Dee_91]

I agree with the comment

what do you want activision to do ?

they obviously dont have the skill to fix it

so your best bet would be to just return it ..

[kunit22c]

Ok the hacking in black ops is seriously almost non existent this is BS I will admit over MW2 thats all you find but black ops I havn't seen a hacked lobby yet, if they are going to close this down for any reason it should be because of the terrible connection issues and the fact that the host has a great advantage over everybody else.

[phatak]

I dare u to do that Activision. I dare u!! watch how the millions of fans react to this if this is true. Activision will be done for gud.

[P1NKY]

So first they do a half-assed port to PS3 and charge more than any other game. And even after 3 previous COD titles it still has the SAME problems with onine. Now they are blaming Sony because the PS3 was hacked because they didn't program their game propery. And now, after taking your money they are willing to just shut down the servers. I like how he said "... Free PSN" as if to say "we're not profiting from PSN so why should we care?"

These hackers, who supposedly just wanted the PS3 to be improved using homebrew and to "bring back Linux", have only made things worse. NOTHING good has come from these hacks.

[04soldier]

It was a trashy game anyway.. Make room for bigger and better shooters

[altimako02]

killzone 3 will be hacked to death also

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

@altimako02

Well that shows how much you know... COD:BO has been suffering from cheaters hacking saves long before PS3 was hacked and we have yet to see proof of anyone running a modded version of any game, it's only theoretical for now as the PS3 situation permits the console to run unsigned code, but we have yet to see if this hackers have what it takes to mod games without breaking it... So far hackers only showed their "talent" to steal code from Sony, allow piracy and brag about things someone else did, I won't be surprise if they develop malware to steat billing info from fellow modders before they even care to make any legit or at least worth work.

BO multiplayer problems have nothing to do with PS3 security problems. Nothing, nada, scratch, zero.

[Marked]

@altimako2

I believe, since killsone 3 will be running on dedicated servers, it will be incredibly difficult for a hacker stay in the sony server.

P2P host force is the problem we face with cheap activision service.

[SonyPS360]

I swear, you COD fans would still buy Activision's games if they shot you in the foot.

Don't pretend like this would change anything, you all complained constantly about how dickish they are and still went out in droves to buy the latest COD game. The best part is Activision know this, and have no fear of doing whatever they want.

You want to send them a message? Try not pre-ordering their games the day they are announced, or not buying them entirely (instead of just complaining and doing it anyway). It's not the only franchise in the world.

[Rainstorm81]

I seriously Doubt they are that bold.......A move like that would kill the franchise on PS3.

**1 month til Killzone 3**

[awesomeperson]

1 day till LBP2 (for me, I'm in Aus and we get it on the 20th :'(

That'l take me over to Killzone 3 :D

Try it Activision, I kinda want them to, just to shut down some of my friends who act like COD was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

[joydestroy]

getting rid of mine when Dead Space 2 comes out next week. then jumping back into KZ2 just before KZ3 comes out to get ready!

[darksied]

This has nothing to do with the hacking, I'm guessing. The article says connection issues and just general criticism; I doubt it's cause of hacking, which is not on black ops in large amounts yet. But this ... to just shut it down, is insane. They are going to lose 2/5 of their fans JUST LIKE THAT. There is no going back from this, if they shut down their servers (which I admit is highly unlikely), then everyone will get Killzone 3 and no one (very, VERY few people) will ever buy a COD on the ps3 again.

[Hanif-876]

Battlefield for me all the way i've never bought a COD and never will Battlefield Bad Company 2 is just too fucking good best FPS ever made :-)

[P1NKY]

YEah same here. Battlefields all the way for me now. I've had enough of this COD bullshit.

[darksied]

@Both above:
So true, I'm glad I never bought Black Ops; I played it, and experienced the connection issues and bugs, and that made me mad enough. I can't imagine someone who owns it and has to deal with the problems day after day.

BFBC2: my favorite shooter of the last 5 years, period. Before that, it was UT2004, now, bad company 2 and vietnam, awesome games.

I think if people would just stop being sheep, shut out the need of "everyone has COD, I need it too" then they would realize there's other good shooters out there.

[Shani]

wow man.. if this is true, I better sell my copy. becoz to keep that game just for splitscreen and campaign is useless. $45 and sold.. anyone??

[joydestroy]

you can get a brand new copy for that right now lol might wanna try closer to $30

[Blacktric]

“The publishers have the right to shut down the servers for their game at any time as well which based on the number of reported posts from users may be a viable solution over the free PSN,”

Wait what? You're just gonna give up and shut down the servers of a "multiplayer centric" game that's been out for a couple of months because of what one angry customer said (which is his right BTW)? I mean, I've heard stupid comments from company reps/CEO's back in the day. Like how Capcom tried to justify cutting content from their games and tries to sell them back to us, etc. But this... This easily takes the cake. I always thought that most of the things people say about Activision was exaggerated. But this shows not only their CEO is an arrogant bastard, but the whole company.

[XabiTheHumble]

@deadreckoning666 this has nothing to do with the hacking learn how to read

[JackBNimble]

I totally agree...I rented the game for my kids a couple months ago and we had nothing but problems staying connected to black ops.

[gta2800]

Black Ops sucks anyway. Waste of my money.

This is Sony's strategy to get Killzone 3 ready. Make them shut down the server...no COD...Killzone 3 will be the newest shooter on the PS3. Everyone buys! haha. Not really but that would be funny. On a sidenote. This is BS. I don't like the game but I have a lot of friends that enjoy it. If this happens, mark my words. I will never buy another Activision game ever again. Again, I don't care about the game. It's just the principal.

[zeddy]

forget the connection problems im trading it in because of second chance.

[socomnick]

*plays from his xbox 360*

Black ops works fine here folks .

Perhaps its not the games fault , maybe its the lack of security on psn.

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

I actually think it would be the lack of enough matchmaking servers. On PSN activision is responsible for providing the servers I think, on live MS does all that, so maybe it costs them more money to keep it going on PSN, I dont really know tho.

There are alot of people who play COD on PSN so maybe they havent provided enought matchmaking servers. Im not sure how it works for them, but im sure it would make activision's VAGINA SANDY if they had to pay ANY extra amount to keep the game running good on PSN.

[Komega]

@Gt2800 Bubbles for the troll smack down!

[bofuknjanglez]

dude your such a troll if you really think that the reason ops sucks is because of ps3 security issues then you live under a rock or in a cave what ever you like the game has major stability issues hell Modern Combat: Domination plays better than Black ops and its from gameloft for $7.99 and plays better than black ops even if its half off every where because us ps3 owners only accept quality not rushed crap, hence all our badass exclusives.

[ufo8mycat]

or the lack of games on 360

[aceitman]

well i look foward to seeing what ea can bring to the table when the old iw makes a new game and it will be the best on ps3 y cause ea is feeling good with ps3 ..

[8thnightvolley]

damn this month for sony just keep getting worse....
f**k u january!

[Gamer_Z]

I like how they say that and i quote "Infinity Ward blaming Sony for the rash of hacks and exploits" and "Infinity Ward and Treyarch are equally frustrated with the problems," as if Infinity Ward was still around or something!! Lol!!!

Seriously though does Black Ops have servers?! I couldn’t even tell with all the lag, but no i hope they shut down the servers, it will blow up in their face and i will be laughing my ass off! xD

[DigitalAnalog]

Let's face it. They don't know how to develop for the PS3.

-End of Line

[ZeroX9876]

um, the problem isn't hacking, it's connection issues. I'm still playing the game almost everyday and I didn't encounter any hackers on black ops (can't tell for Modern warfare 2). The problem is that we get dropped from games every 2 out of three match. I played with my roomate on his 360 and yes, the connection issues aren't as bad compared to the ps3 version, BUT we still got dropped several times. I got a 30 Mbs download and 10 Mbs upload internet speed. I don't think my internet is the problem!

I bought the game originaly for PC, but there was so much bug that I was able to get my money back!

[Dante112]

I doubt it, also below but I'm gonna wait for the official source.

"Activision are not shutting down the PSN servers confirmed."

http://n4g.com/news/683046/...

[BattleAxe]

Very hard to read, all I could see was a Chinese lady thowing up gang signs.

[madjedi]

Damn i was all excited, talk about a killjoy. Ps3 owners should check the modern combat domination demo.

[IaMs12]

Ooo baby keep em coming Activision this is all icing on the cake. I really hate you...

[ps3rider]

there a say in our region
"Say somthing good or just shut your fucking mouth"
why they dont challenge and find a solution

[fr0sty]

why is it that everyone is trying to link this to the jailbreak when this game has been hacked long before then?

[BattleAxe]

The PS3 is big enough now to be able to go without Call of Duty. Valve are doing things the right way, and I'm truely excited to see how far this Sony/Steam collaboration goes.

[xAlmostPro]

please do activision, in fact make COD a 360 exclusive.. drop your support for the PS3 also. See what happens in 2 years when 360 is 90% kinect based and you have to either a) downgrade your game or b)release new ones that don't improve or have to use multiple discs.

I really don't care, im trading all the cods i own in on the day killzone 3 releases, getting cod4 for PC, and then getting homefront in march. Fact is COD(your product) sucks.

[shaun mcwayne]

yeah the hacking situation is really bad i might start using my ps3 again now that ps3 games are now free, unless they can fix it which i doubt, ps3 multiplayer games will be flodded with mods and hacks

[RustInPeace]

Free games? What are you on? Only PS+ offers "free" games (members ONLY).

[Christopher]

here's my question:

Why the hell can't Activision and Sony work together to solve the problem? Why do they both only want to point the finger when they both could be doing everything in their power to help their customers?

I don't really care who's fault it is, I care that the people who bought an Activision game that is played on a Sony console can be played as designed.

Having said that, Activision has no right to be talking about it in this light. None whatsoever. If it is a problem on Sony's end, why is it that only CoD has these sort of issues and has had them since MW1?

[mega BIG time]

poor ps3 always gettin the short end of the stick..

[georgeenoob]

Wow I feel sorry for PS3 users.

[ngecenk]

i really really want this franchise to go down. i hate ea too but at least they dont trashtalk their customers. i blame everyone who bought the game for this kind of action. they know they have power so they can say shits like this.

[xenovis]

This kills me, PS3 fanboy's are teaming up against Activision/Infinity Ward/CoD:BO in these comments. They are in no way involved with fixing this issue (beyond having the most popular game online), they physically cannot stop it with software/firmware. The issue is that Sony screwed up and botched their key signing encryption, and now people are running their own Sony signed code. Are you guys going to attack Guerrilla when people start cheating horribly in KZ3?

There is NOTHING the game developers can do about this.

CoD:MW2 was the first to get a hack patch for PS3, CoD:BO was the second, now there is a DCU patch that allows you to lvl up extremely quick. Do you honestly think that Killzone 3, or any other games online experience won't be effected by cheaters now that they can run anything on the PS3?

The only thing that might save PSN online service from cheaters is a massive overhaul in the authentication process, or just making it a paid service tied to 1 or 2 consoles. It is going to be a huge effort that will probably take longer to develop than cross game chat considering the way that PSN is currently set up.

Wake up guys.

[CrIpPeN]

I didn't bough it! :D

[MarcusFenixITA]

I play MW2 and soon Killzone 3 ... so who cares

[Op24]

This is what hackers cause. Good fucking job Geohotz (Sarcastic)

[wicko]

Please tell me what hackers have to do with connection issues that have been plaguing the game since it came out (and consequently before any custom firmware came out)?

[Op24]

Hey i'd rather be able to play a $60.00 game that I payed soley for the onliine for than have the servers shut down on me. WITH NO REFUND. I can deal with the connection, but a waste of 60 bucks. Hell no

[wicko]

That's fine and all but the article is about connection issues, hackers didn't cause these issues, they were there to begin with. If anything we should be blaming Treyarch/Activision.

[Soldierone]

I agree the issues are COMPLETELY Activisions fault. However the dumbas- hackers gave the company an escape route. "oh your network is free and has been hacked, thats what the problem is"

By what he is stating, it seems Activision is getting a cut of Xbox Live and is butt hurt Sony wont charge for PSN and give them a dime.

[darksied]

Exactly, the article doesn't say hack anywhere, it's just for connection issues. This has nothing to do with hackers for a change, it's about how Activision and Treyarch are f****** pathetic, shi**y companies who can't get right what all other shooters on the platform have already solved - a normal online experience. If this is true, and I really have to say I doubt it, then they are the worst company imaginable. You think Valve, Poeple can Fly, Naughty Dog, etc. are going to put out their titles with as many problems as Call of Doodie: Blops? Answer: No.

[gta2800]

That and they don't want to invest any resources into fixing their problems so they're making excuses to not only avoid fixing...but shutting down the server and cutting server costs all together. Activision is officially the worst developer...ever!

[ALFAxD_CENTAURO]

I blame the developers, they need to put a lot more work in their games.

[refocusedman]

Im not a fan of Geohot at all but, this game was trash way before that.

[Megaton]

Good job falling for Activision's MW2 cover story, nickjcal. This isn't even an issue they're blaming on hackers(unlike the MW2 problems) but the evening is still young, so who knows. Just to harp on that for a second; this game and previous games in this series have been hacked and broken to pieces years before this sudden spat of PS3 hacking news. All of a sudden they wanna place the blame on Sony because it's a whole lot easier than owning up to their own failings.

As for the connection issues, again it's on them. Too lazy/incompetent to run an online game. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if that rumor a couple months back was true after reading this, that they're getting a cut of XBL Gold fees. They and Microsoft have become as thick as thieves over the last year and a half or so. Why else would they feel the need to bash Sony's "free online"? As if paying a door fee on your own connection somewhere else suddenly makes P2P better.

[Hockeydud19]

The end of the article points out IW's issues with the hackers. Have you not noticed that Activison is basically saying IW's game has been hacked what do you think is going to happen to ours? They've tried to fix the connection with some patches, and yes failed, but on the other hand nobody's made any threats like this until all of this hacking started.

[Megaton]

They're using Sony's recent security troubles as a scapegoat. They ignored the problems until they had someone else to blame. CoD4 was unplayable in 2008 from hacking when I sold off my copy. You guys are so damn gullible if you believe the "evil hackers" are causing Activision's problems.

Go to YouTube and search "black ops hack". There shouldn't be any running on 360 if this is a PS3 problem, right?

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

Im pretty sure that Microsoft handles(pays for/provides) all of the xbox live servers, hence making it cheaper for activision as they just use the LIVE matchmaking servers.

On PSN I think they have to provide the servers themselvs. Im not sure but ALOT of people play COD on PS3 and they would have to pay a good amount to keep the many servers up.

Im not sure but I think the LIVE servers are already there and they may need to run the PSN servers themselvs. Im not sure about this, but any extra costs would make activision's vagina sandy for sure.

Im not sure about that, but Im pretty sure that Microsoft handels all the live servers while sony leaves third parties to handle their own servers.

[JoelEH]

Yes! Your RIGHT! you pay for what you get!!!!

[antz1104]

Wow, way to slip it in that somehow the problem btw Sony and Activision could be the 360's fault. Utter Chewbacca defense.

[xAlmostPro]

This is talking about BlackOps?.. i havent seen any hacks for BO yet.

Hacks also have nothing to do with the game lagging, freezing consoles and in general being a garbage product.

[Kon]

That is why hacking is bad kids.

[Black-Helghast]

I don't get it...BFBC2 runs perfect on the PS3. What does Free PSN and hacking have to do with this? BULLLS**T ACTIVISION. TREYARCH, LEARN FROM BFBC AND KILLZONE, AND MAKE A GOOD GAME. That is all.

[darksied]

Nothing to do with hacking, read the article. This is about crappy connection issues and bad programming on Treyarch's side.

[Kon]

I never read articles, sorry.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

@Kon

Then don't even bother commenting. It's bad enough 80% of N4g don't read the articles and respond to the title only.

[Kon]

I was joking mister. Of course i read the article. I just said that because im almost sure Acti will blame the hackers for this. Damn.

[ChristianGamer]

Tee hee hee hee. I find it funny how some people use this against hacking and get tons of agrees and then the next person says this has nothing to do with hacking but the game's brokeness all along and they get a ton of agrees too...lol make up your minds people. Which is it?

[Shackdaddy836]

Customer support fail

[Myst]

Wait we had servers?

[willie32]

LOL

[Ducky]

That's what I was wondering. O.o

... Cause hackers should be easily able to hack the game to use a custom masterserver.

[wicko]

Matchmaking still requires servers.. also stats and other things.

[Red_Phoenix]

@wicko, you just had to be "that guy!" smh

[wicko]

Sorry for assuming most people are dumb.

[Black-Helghast]

@Myst: LMAO, Bubblez to you! (See what i did there? xD)

[GSpartan777]

Customer service FTW LOL!

[supremacy]

Lol thats what I am saying. Customer service at its finest from yours trully.

In a way them doing this is like them pulling the trigger on themselves.

Go ahead shut the servers down do me a favor (not like I play let alone buy call of duty games anyways), maybe this way good games actually start benifiting with greater sales numbers.

Lol I mean, could you imagine if this happened on the 360? Those people would kill themselves as if they had nothing else to play.

Luckily for the rest of us the ps3 has a great line up this year, killzone 3 thank god thats around the corner.

Then theres socom 4, resistance 3, uncharted 3 and everything in between.

[badboy808]

not gonna happen so this article is a waste of time

[dragonyght]

if they want to get sue sure go ahead

[itsralf]

Check the fine print on the back of the box. They can remove the online portion of the game at any time without notice.

Doesn't make it right, though...

[Vaud-Villian]

For? Every game has terms of service that allow them to turn off online. MS turned off online for an entire generation of games and arent being sued.

So tell me Phoenix Wright, whats the infraction?

[Solidus187-SCMilk]

"so tell me PheoniX wright..."

I LOL'ed at that.

[xstation79]

How can they get sue for shutting down their own game?

[Klipz-Wish]

lol yup seems they care

[jay2]

PSML, the cash cow doesn't bring any money in to anyone for playing online to PS3, so 'we'll charge £50 for a stantad edition game' pull their terrible job offline. Fix your games, don't blaim Sony for your shoddy workman-ship, and don't your over-priced games online because your want people to pay to play, you've taken in some cases, Tony halk £20-60 extra from people all ready.

[Syaz1]

sheesh, for the last time, not every hackers are bad hackers. some actually hack to find security holes and notify the developer. calling all hackers bad is like calling all americans are idiots, all muslims are terrorists and all 12 year olds are annoying brats.

[Op24]

There's two kinds of hackers. The type that help developers and the others that plauge the community.

[Syaz1]

yes, i'm reffering to the white-hat hackers. however, all of them hackers were generalized as black-hat hackers. since all hackers are bad, i hope their windows, macs and anti-malware software will remain vulnerable, get hit with malware, just to prove my point.

[DNAbro]

guess which one is more common...

[branchedout]

@DNAbro

I'd wager the white-hat hackers are more common.

All it takes is one black-hat hacker to enable these hacks.
Just one.

Anyone who looks up a how-to-use video on youtube so they can download free games isn't skillful enough to be considered a hacker. They're just a nuisance using hacks.

[Chnswdchldrn]

DO IT DO IT

I smell a shit storm a brewin, and its one headed for Activision HQ

it shall amuse me.

[FAGOL]

Activision is a truly evil company. However good of a business it may be it still is pure evil. Activision I will never buy any of your products ever again. Now where shall I sell Black Ops?

[gamingisnotacrime]

i sold mine on amazon

[StarScream4Ever]

Oh thats a quick solution...
*spit fruit juice*

WTH? So basically we paid $60 for solo game? Bravo... Bravo! Just reinforce the motion that Activision and COD sucks.

[zodiac909]

WOW real smooth activision! First you close Infinity Ward, a company that actually made a COD that worked on Ps3, you decide to destroy that company, and hand the series over to a bunch of retards who's solution to fixing online problems, is to close the servers.....
realllll smooth.

[gamingisnotacrime]

luckily for me i dont like CoD

BTW, long live true gamer studios
-Sony first party studios
-Bungie
and others

Fk and burn Activision and IGN

[eggbert]

COD comes out on pretty much EVERY modern system. Its not just 360/PS3...

[RandomDude655]

So not only do activation have terrible developers, but also terrible customer service.
Can't say activation are giving me any reason to buy their products.

[refocusedman]

Activision is full of it!!!! I think that this PS3 hack is their perfect diversion to try to rationalize a pay to play online multiplayer. They're gonna state that due to increased security concerns and to create the best possible experience for online gaming this fee is necessary......... B.S.

[worm2010]

Does this mean that gamers who brought this on ps3 can get their my back if they shut it down????

[TronEOL]

Well! If you want a new FPS to play, try the new PSN exclusive by Gameloft, Modern Combat: Domination. I just bought it today and it's pretty killer. It's like a mixture of Call of Duty and Counter-Strike.

So spread the word. It's good stuff.

[DEADEND]

I think this is something Sony can use against Geohot in court, it is his actions that lead to this which Acticrap and Sony will lose, money from.

[Hockeydud19]

ahhh sneaky sneaky haha

[Holeran]

I'm glad I didn't buy my copy new. Screw Activision, they will never see another dime from me on a new title. If I want something they have I will get it used. A-holes can't even fix thier own effed up game, what a load of crap.

[Shazz]

im thinking maybe the next cod after the one out in november will be exclusive to 360 , thats some bullcrap response from a dev

[JetLyfe420]

Who cares, if thy pulled this shit nobody would buy another COD game ever again...

Fuck this tho, im selling my black ops on craigslist and getting ready for killzone 3

[VenomProject]

The moral of the story, gentlemen? Stop buying games published by Craptivision. Especially CoD.

[AnonUser5555]

This whole thing is rather fishy. I don't really know if I believe it. Offering to send him a sealed copy so that he could then return it? Doubtful.

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

and this is what gamers get when they support activision and the COD Franchise.

I emplore you, not only as gamers but as people aswell to stop buying into the COD franchise and Activisions other big Franchises if you care about the state of the Games Industry at the moment. They kill all creativity & innovation (something their CEO even admitted) and suck up money they dont deserve.

[Hyperbomb69]

Go ahead. Close the stupid servers that game was crap anyway Im glad i traded it in for AC:Brotherhood.
No more Call of Duty EVER!!

[StitchJones]

AC:Brotherhood is awesome!

[Ethereal]

This won't happen.

[Janitor]

Cool beans

[Pedobear Rocks]

Oh..he's Canadian...that explains it.

/wtfareyoutalkingaboutwillis

[Soldierone]

They are required to give 30 day notice, upon that notice ill trade it in and get a real game with real support. Dont need COD at all. On PS3 there are plenty other games to play.

[Chnswdchldrn]

Hey....what if....they disable it, then re-offer online but at the cost of an activision subcsription fee of like 30 bucks a year lololololol

[Soldierone]

Why Hello Medal of Honor, how you doing?

[Ascalon94]

idk what your implying, if u buy MoH new u get a code to play online, otherwise EA's cheapass makes you pay. Its not like they just started doing this with MoH and its a one time thing.

[Soldierone]

im impyling if Activision was stupid enough to do whats said above, more than half the people would switch over to games like Medal of Honor. Honestly if people are so blind to go and pay to play Black Ops, its a sad day to be a gamer.

[DNAbro]

DO IT!! I DARE YOU!!! SEE HOW MUCH OF THE NEXT CALL OF DUTY YOU SELL!!

[jack who]

lolz

[electricshadow]

I will seriously laugh so hard if Activision does this. Maybe you people will stop buying the same CoD game over and over.

[PSPDude79]

LOL. Ok Activi$ion, I'd like to see you go through with this. You'll have EVERY SINGLE CoD PS3 player pissed off. That means the next CoD that comes out, nobody on PS3 will buy it. They'll figure the servers will just shut down on that one too. You know what, go ahead, do it. I'll be fine with Killzone 3, Homefront, and Battlefield 3. I mean, I won't even play CoD4 any more ever since I ran into hackers during a game. I'm done with you Activi$ion.

[Esena]

Haha, I hope none of you actually think they can do that.

[Pillage05]

Well they could actually...any game with online portion always holds the right to shut down their servers. But they won't...they love money too much to do something that ridiculous.

I mean they'd lose basically every ps3 consumer for the next title...and prolly even some 360 users. I mean if they shut it down that fast I wouldn't pick up any of their other titles on any system...that's just not the way you treat your loyal consumers.

[Esena]

Yeah that's what I meant. If they did it the implications would be so costly, they cannot afford to do it.

It won't happen...

[drsnobby]

PSN is an open network which means it,s up to developers to make and upkeep the severs with the exception sony 1st party developers who run dedicated servers.XBL is an closed unified network which means XBL run games on P2P.there are few dedicated severs XBL.one is free and the other an annual fee.could someone explain why CODBLOPS run wonderfully well on XBL,but runs like trash on PSN?

[ElLoco]

Ps3 owners will forget about this POS when KZ3 comes out.

[xX-PEIN-Xx]

well said

[outwar6010]

why dont you all just sell your copy like i did. Hassle free mental note of not to buy future activision products.(Im replaying dragon age and am loving it)

[Mr Tretton]

They won't shut it down. They'll just leave it up, broken, like the previous games.

[ironmonkey]

wow when you make a threat like that your gonna bite the bullet. i was already pissed how this was made but this is the icing on the cake. fuck cod, fuck activision, i better sell mine back at eb before they dont take it. quitting cod will be like quitting drugs. now they dont have a choice but to quit thank god. again, fuck you activision!.

[dkgshiz]

Nobody would give two shits.

[Dellis]

I play fine, why people whining again?

[gorebago]

Exactly.

[IHateYouFanboys]

from the blog guys response: "I could seriously see some very strong legal challenges coming your way from the gamer community if PSN support is yanked after release. You can count on that."

good luck with that buddy. all developers/publishers have the right to discontinue any and all online services at ANY time they choose. its written in the terms and conditions, and they are under no obligation to provide them to you for an indefinite period of time.

further to that, dozens of games get their online functionality killed off every year as developers deem its not worth keeping them on for various reasons.

you could try and sue, but you wouldnt even make it to court.

in conclusion - im glad being a multi-console owner i got to buy the best version of Black Ops, the 360 version, and didnt have to buy it on PS3.

[altimako02]

if activision takes away online you get in an uproar. but if sony takes away multiple things from the ps3 it is ok?

[Mikeyy]

I can't believe that for the last 4 years everybody has MISSED the GIANT GORRILLA in the room. When COD4 first came out I made a post on the Official Playstation forums that got me Banned for a week. In my post I exposed the True villian. The company SOLELY responsible for the PS3 Connection issues in Every single COD.

I wan't you ALL to pull out your copies of COD4, World at War, and BO. Do this now...

Notice something on the back of every box?

http://www.demonware.net/

This company is a subsidary of Activision/Blizzard, this company is responsible for the Netcode of the PS3 versions of COD.

NEITHER Microsoft OR Sony host servers for COD, COD is a PEER TO PEER Game, P2P is only as good as it's Netcode.

[sdplisken]

KILLZONE FTW
glad ive never touched that pos franchise

[LoneWanderer09]

Good thing i have never been a Call of Duty addict like some people who buy the game year after year

[gorebago]

I used to own the xbox version and now I have the ps3 version. Aside from some minor issues, they play pretty much the same. I barely notice the difference and I think alot of people are making a big deal because it involves activision.

Idk, I enjoy the game.

[TheOnlyMastrx]

Black Ops works fine for me, occasional errors but since patches were released its a hell of alot better than the first online experiences with it. Also it has yet to my knowledge to be hacked to shreds like Modern Warfare 2 has, i've seen and been in those lobbies and they are pretty bad. And if they don't support one of their biggest franchises online on PS3, then they will lose a lot of customers and in turn probably hurt themselves as a company in the long run, this is possible as is everything, but if we can figure this out, then I highly doubt they are stupid enough to bring that upon themselves.

[theroadtoruin]

they just know Killzone 3 is on the horizon.

why have severs up when no one is on them?

[GoldPS3]

No don't close the servers. Let the people that bought the game suffer. Hopefully they will learn not to buy the next COD.

[sprayNpray]

O..M...G... Activision, I DARE you to shut down the psn servers. You're so f***ing retarded that your response to pleas to fix your broken a** game is to threaten to shut down the servers?!?!? You know what, GO AHEAD! Maybe you can fix the damn game with the down time.... It's not like I've played this game in like 2 weeks anyway, already got tired of spending an hour to get 10min of play time.

So from all PS3 owners to you,

Go F**K yourself.

That is all.

[HS83]

honestly screw COD! Im a 360 gamer and I dont like cod. now it gives me good reason. Like been saying cod is a disease that sucks. PS3 you may game on a different platform but you have killzone 3 coming and homefront and crysis 2. Dont forget. I hate it when the big guy tries the screw over the little man. IT isnt about platforms, its about whats right!

[Neko_Mega]

So when was the servers ever good? Never thats right.

[Hozi89]

I personally enjoyed COD:BO. Was it because it was only Campaign or for the Xbox360?

[The Official]

LMAO!! This is why i don't buy Treyarch versions of Call of Duty. This game is too much to have to come out yearly and now they are beating dudes over the head already for DLC at 15 bucks for maps that are in campaign? Oh please. The online sucks even on 360 so it ain't no difference. that game is terrible online and should be avoided. People give COD to much credit when they all are the same thing over and over online. You pay $49.99 to go back in time? I just stick to Modern Warfare.

[nevermore]

This won't happen. Neither will Black Ops be shut down and neither will the hacks stop.

[NeloAnjelo]

Close them down. Ps3 owners have got KZ3, Socom, and Resistance 3... And thats just exclusive multiplayer shooters.

The Game is mediocre at best. Poor story, short campaign, same old gampplay. I mean how many people even notice these things? A 60 dollar game just for multiplayer that is broken, imbalanced, and same as the last one. Shut them down. Maybe then people will start playing good online games again.

My last COD was MW2. 4 CODs in four years. What can be fixed in that time? What can they change? Same old broken crap dished out. Yet people keep lapping it up regardless of the blatant faults.

ITS THE SAME BROKEN GAME UNDER A NEW NAME AND A VERY SIMILAR SKIN.

Ok My rant is over. Apologies for shouting.

[zero_cool]

I could care less i never really liked the call of duty series ever it was far from simulating a accurate modern combat warfare experience realistically it seems more like counter strike.

[Calm Down Sunshine]

People still play this game...

[Masterchef2007]

thk god i resisted and didnt buy this trash of a game. Go ahead shut down the servers and see what happens? They released a terrible port to begin with so its their job to fix the problems. But since they dont want to fix it and are tired of hearing complaints they are going to shut down the servers.

[jmmurillo86]

It must be a bluff, other way R.I.P Activision.

[chewmystink]

I never understand this, what is broken about Black Ops online.
I play every night for hours without any issues.
You do realise you can select only to connect to local players, the option is before you choose team deathmatch etc. I think you press select form memory and pick your online options.

The hosting is all done by P2P, and a lot of the times I do get to be host fortunately.
Again you do realise the game traffic is all hosted on a users PS3, the game servers are only there for everything else, stats , profiles etc.
So if you are getting lag than your connecting to a PS3 user with crap connection, if anything else is laggy online than it would be to do with Treyarch tracking the players stats, profile etc etc.

But yeh totally agree, very childish statement to say they will shutdown servers when they aren't the one who is hosting the game traffic. Its your crap code that is allowing the in game exploits.

Don't blame custom firmware or jailbreaks, all hacks never last in regards to continue with online gaming you just get banned. As stealth as they say the CFW is or jailbreak trust me there is always going to be a check Sony can do to start banning. If you can exploit around the banning with change of serial number on ps3 or mac addresss that is good but they will also ban via username.

Yep you sign up again with a new username but it's not sustained is it.

Another thing with lag and Black Ops, the split screeners degrade a host I have noticed.
The more split screeners in the lobby the more you might notice it, I do anyway.
You never know what the other players are doing on their internet connection as well, they could have a household all surfing the net or downloading.
Me I turn off every device that connects to the internet and only have PS3 for solid gold connections :)

[Honest_gamer]

Wow just wow I hope he gets fired if this isn’t true, I traded in my xbox 360 version of the game and got the ps3 version because I didn’t want to pay for live any more (putting that live money to dead space 2) big mistake many times have I spent an hour and a half waiting to get into a game with my brother and it ONLY happens with this game ‘god’ I cant wait for killzone 3 so I can get rid of this useless game its near perfect on the 360 (in my experience) and near useless on the ps3 (in my experience)

[Sheikah]

- "Hey Mr. Spokesperson.. Your game is kinda effed up.. Seems broken, kinda. Can we please fix this?"

- "NO! I'LL TELL YOU WHAT!! WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO MAKE YOUR *OWN* GAME?! I CAN KILL CODBLOPS WITH A THOUGHT!"

- "Right, so 'no' that was, yeah?"

[artdafoo]

Good shut them down ! Maybe then people will think twice about buying their yearly repainted turd of a game.

[amguitarman]

Really? Some of the people on this forum make me question why I even play games. So much of the gaming community is made up of a bunch of whiny, sniveling brats that want to sue someone or demand a refund every time they don't get their way. Let the buyer beware.

Speaking as a PS3 gamer that plays COD:BO, I've almost made it to level 50 and I've had a lot of fun doing so. Yes, I've had my fair share of "host migrations" and "connection errors". But when that happens I just wait to find another game, and then continue playing. I haven't experienced anything that makes me want to pay for LIVE instead.

I admit, this representatives claim that they can "shut down the servers whenever they want" is total BS. No major corporation would ever purposefully hurt themselves like that. I just think hearing so many people claiming that a game is "garbage" and "broken" just because of a few minor inconveniences is nothing short of embarrassing.

[Rifkens]

Play PC, consoles die every 4-5 years ;)

[jmmurillo86]

In consoles you don't worry about HW upgrade for 6 years. Your PC hardware becomes obsolete with every game released.

[deno]

Who cares, let black flops close. Infact close all of floptivision, and send kotick to the moon.

[Sheikah]

Agreed. Blops was a way to kill time till ME2, DCUO and KZ3 hit shelves... Got it used, trading it in on the 20th for ME2.

[DMO68]

And you ladies and germs were fool enough to go purchasing COD Black Ops, Yawl must feel like a bunch of twats huh? I was so glad I didn't buy it, but the creators of COD Black Ops got a nerve to start blaming PS3 because it got hacked. No Activision don't blame PS3 for your failings to sort out the bugs in your game, you know you should of delayed the damn game at least. But oh no you'll just wanted that title number game in history greedy ass MF...

[manky]

Try the Xbox360 version. It seems fine.

I guess paying for Xbox Live isn't all that bad afterall.

[TLG1991]

yea or i could just get killzone 3 hmmmmm

[nemacyst]

that wont happen

[DingDangDoo]

Dear Activision...

I will never buy COD for ps3 again. Even though its my console of choice, That i play most nights.

Instead i will get a pirated version for £3.50 online and play it on my freshly flashed LT+ 360.

[StitchJones]

Anyone who bought the PS3 version should have known better. For months leading up to the release all marketing for the game did not include the Sony logo and two weeks before the release the developers were saying how the only platform to play it on is the Xbox360. That along with releasing any maps would be for 360 first. Activision/Treyarch doesn't care about the PS3 so that is a sign to NOT buy the game to begin with.

[rmatott]

have you people learned yet not to buy COD games?? what will it take...

[MeNoRasta]

This shouldn't be a big deal to ps3 only owners because last time i checked the ps3 owners on this site said they dont care about call of duty.

[No Way]

Lmao, fuckin' Activision..

[Adolph Fitler]

If they trade up the PS3 like this, as well as the already confirmed 1 month exclusitivity for dlc for 360, it will make PS3 owners like myself look to the myriad of awesome other shooters available to us. Games like Resistance 1-3 and the two already available Resistance games are both absolute gems and equal any of the COD games availabe today as online they obliterate any other game due to the fact that lag is non existant, so you don't get that ripped off feeling that COD offers FAR TOO MUCH....not too mention disconnects and all the other affiliated problems that activision are unable to sort out before the games are released..then add on top of that, the deplorable fact that activision purposely pull 3 or so maps from the multiplayer so they can release them a couple of months later for an absolute ludicrous price. Activision can suck my balls for there constant hammering of there loyal customers wallets. Unlike other mega rich corps. and even a lot of mid and smaller size developers and publishers that regularly give away a couple of freebies on PSN & live for early adoptors of there game, and even just have free dlc. Check even EA who were once thought of as the Activision of yesteryear (although they were never as horribly greedy and outspoken about it as Bobby and the gang of thieves at Greedovision).

. Then add Warhawk to that list ("but it's teh 3rd person idiot..blah..blah...blah" ), Bulletstorm, Bodycount, Modern Combat, Brink, The Agency, Crysis 2, Killzone 3, Resistance 3, Far Cry 3, Timesplitters 4/5 or whatever the hell it will be called, along with others I've missed, or are on the verge of being announced......And people who've had the patience and love of reading long, meaningless, self indulgent, bullshit filled walls of text should actually go back through the back catalogue of games availabe on there system of choice (smart ones PS3...oh and I have both & partially love my 360) and pick up some real gems they may have missed, passed on or forgotten about for cheap as chips. I use all the cheaper sites like playasia, yesasia, Game.uk and such to pick up some real gems for a steal. Games like Bayonetta & Wolfenstein on PS3 are 2 games I picked up for 12-$13ea (Australian which converts to about even in US $$$). Really classic, but overlooked corkers like Riddick, The Darkness, etc,etc offer single player fps experiences that COD's developers wish they had the freedom and chains and shackles off to make..Mirrors Edge another awesome FPS/FPA (Adventure) games. Why would have Bungie left MS to develop multiplatform games, as opposed to being under MS's robotic rule of churning out half arsed, weak sequels to what should be remembered as a great series on Xbox1. Halo should have stopped with no.2 and MS should have encouraged them to develop another fps or tps to launch alongside the 360. Sony at least, had the guts to allow & encourage there close and own developers to create new games to launch there new console with...I mean Resistance and Motorstorm were absolute masterpieces that sold multimillions due to the fact that good, smart marketing, and then word of mouth (due to greatness of these games) selling consoles & cementing Sony in the current gen war. Very dangerous and risky, but gamers like myself followed these games closely, had knowledge of the developers being awesome (I was even aware that Insomniac had already dipped there toe into FPS development with Disruptor), and experienced enough and great anough to bet my left nut that these games would rock and be up my, and millions of others alleys.

Back to point. Fuck off Activision, good riddence, get your tongue back form MS's fat, stanky, greedy, ho ass.

[jneul]

i always knew this game would be a waste of money, so i skipped it, glad i did now, can't wait for kz3 tho:-p

[AnchorMan]

That game is crap anyway I was addicted to MW MW2 not this load

[Scenarist]

I hope you xbox players , AS GAMERS , dont buy none of the DLC ... just on principle as a respect to gamers.

[MeNoRasta]

That will never happen lol.

[jerry1101]

The game should have been sold to the Xbox 360 exclusively if there were so many problems on the PS3.

[gazerino]

Since the hacks, Multiplayer is dead to me now!!

[Shani]

This is where I stop buying COD. Even if it gets 100 in Metacritic or even if it becomes GOTY for continuous 10 yrs.

[tigertron]

Good job I never bought Black Ops, or any COD since COD4. I'm happily playing BFBC2 until ME2 comes out.

[artsaber]

And Activision can be prepared to write a check to give every PS3 owner who requests a full refund. So we all know that this will never happen, this is the emptiest threat I've heard in a long time.

Maybe he will mention that he "meant" they will shut the servers down for maintenance? Riiiight!

I am SOOOOO glad I rented this game and did not buy.

[Xander756]

Could the next CoD game be 360 exclusive if this problem isn't addressed?

[Parasyte]

I think it may slowly be moving that way. It's become clear that they care very little about PC gamers and even less about PS3 players.

They may as well go ahead and do it seeing as they already develope on the 360, and the 360 already has time DLC exclusivity.

[Soldierone]

To be honest it wont be missed, and it would be a horrible mistake on Microsofts part. Why? Activision makes this exclusive, then Sony will give 110 percent to make one of EA titles exclusive. Rather it be Medal of Honor or Battlefield, Sony would do whatever it took. That or Sony would advertise the hell out of another FPS (battlefield) and make it the COD killer by simply doing that. EA Loves Sony, Activision likes Microsoft paychecks. Theres a differnce in these relation ships.

Why is it a mistake for MS? Because losing EA is a lot more devastating than Activision. Plus Activision would leave in a hearbteat if more money came up elsewhere.

[BlueEye]

If they shut down the server the game will be rendered useless for about a million people who play the online on PS3, no one would want it, no one would buy it and Activision would have a huge ass lawsuit on they're asses by one million people.

[x800]

what does a company with power want? more power, money is power, Activision has made milions and still looking for more?

why did they mention (free psn?) really? hungry mofors, dont you guys ever get satisfied with all that you made?

sony made psn free because they care about their customers,

your game was broaken from the start, blaming sony/hackers really?

i wouldnt be surprised if the next game comes with subscription charges because i dont give a raats arse.

we have Guerrilla Games, Crytek, Naughty Dog the best devs ever, which will put your sorry a** to shame.

[Azazel]

I for one hope they shut the servers down; the game is broken anyways guys. I bought it on launch and gave up on it weeks ago. Activision/ Treyarchs faulty programming and software....NOT SONYS FAULT. Activision/ Treyarch will never get another dime from me.

[Dubfella]

I stupidly bought this disaster of a game on the release day and traded it in within a week because of ongoing multiplayer problems on the ps3, im glad i got rid of it..I think modern warfare 2 was way better in every way..Black ops just felt like it wasnt ready to be released but they pushed it out because the devolopers are greedy for money and im sure they got enough money out of people so it wont bother them now if they shut down there servers on ps3.

[Dubfella]

I might add its still one of the most expensive games out there which doesent make sense to me.I would not advice anyone to buy this game.

[MeNoRasta]

Yea telling me, i tried to buy black ops preowned for ps3 it was £42 and that's preowned!! but instead i brought fable3.

[BCRxRaiden]

Activison you disgust me, according to you're words and actions, all you care about is money. This is why i sold my black ops a week ago.

[Guitardr85]

Jesus...Find Geohot and tie him up...TO THE RACK WITH HIM!!!!

[zeksta]

That comment makes no sense to me, mainly because the 360 version of Black Ops was and is already hacked, now correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it Treyarch who stated they'd Ban all Leader board Hackers and Hackers in general and yet they're considering closing the PS3 server's down..?

Anyway, this is just Activision covering up their tracks using the PS3 CFW Outbreak as an excuse to shutdown the server's they'd probably been planning to shut down, but hey, In my opinion, do it, it's not as if we enjoy playing a Lagged, Glitched and basically all around crappy Port on PS3.

[peeps]

Theres nothing wrong about his response....

'the venom in his words' haha get a grip, the guys doing his job.

Also the servers won't get shut down but it's like any other game, i mean EA are always shutting down server for their past games to minimise costs.

"The publishers have the right to shut down the servers for their game at any time" is a valid statement. He's simply saying they have the right too... not that they are considering it

[cloudfights]

glad i never bought it lol never even thought of buying it')i feel sorry for the guys who did though....

[bluegreenman]

what is the point of playing competitive videogames if you are just going to cheat? It takes the fun out of winning IMO

[GodKing1337]

AND THATS WHY XBOX IS BETTER.

[Goldenarmz]

like the old saying goes............. you get what you pay for... and when something is free...cant expect top quality. Sucks for PS3 owners tho, they really need to do something if its that bad. I wonder wil this force Sony to start charging for PSN.

[Daves]

Don't believe all that you read on'tinternet.

[hiredhelp]

Funny thing is sony does not host the games. or host.
the most they do is deal with the states online its still peer to peer. thats why you see ping status.
take away all the info scrolling crap in the game with what ur freinds have done the game be much improved. this has been prooven via youtube.

you can try it yourselvs knock up a account quick adda buddy no more play the game see the change in gameplay much faster. wish was deadicated servers. as for geohot and this hacking DAM this gonna be a long war.

[divideby0]

author and website owned for a false article...
net journalism at its best.... its called we are desperate for hitz

[Aeroglyphics]

COD games have been hacked to shreds way before the PS3 got hacked. Nothing new here, except Activision not know how to fix it.

*Turns on PS3 and plays Battlefield Bad Company 2...without incident*

[maxcer]

that's what happens when you use a "free" matchmaking service that the publishers are forced to maintain.

activision doesn't want to put up with all the banning, cheating and stat tracking involved. that's supposed to be PSN's job but sony went the "free" route, placing the responsibility in the publishers hands, now look what is happening. and its going to get worse now that the ps3 is wide open.

[Karum]

Simply another reason I am done with anything bearing the Call of Duty name.

I don't like Activision either but I'm always open to buying a well made new IP, if they ever decide to do anything other than rehashing established franchises.

[invalidsyntax]

What connection problems are there? I never had any problems getting online and playing a game on my PS3 with CODBO. I didn’t like the game though, I traded it for a dog turd.

[SpinalRemains138]

Good. Sold that shit back a month ago. Garbage game. It's fun lasts all of 2 weeks until the repetition becomes enough to drive you totally batshit. I have no idea how the hell people can play the same fucking maps over and over and over. ADD to the extreme? Fear of something new? Seperation anxiety from online buddies? Whatever it is, it's really bad. Activision using the hack to escape blame for their bullshit game. Whatever. Where's inFamous 2?

[ForROME]

This is activision we are talking about - they will go to no ends to be powerful and will be the reason why gaming costs more and is dummied down

Now back to Xbox I go - I dont purchase Activision games on any level EVER, boycott

[BlackSharinganX]

really activision? So childish that you guys dont know how to do your own jobs? i remember MW1 and Waw runned flawlessly what gives?

Easy people be sure that company will be going one console only, and still the problems are on both consoles ive seen hacks, hit detection problems and feedback on every gamer from every side ps3 PC and xbox 360. If they want to shut the game servers down then let them do so, now activision dont expect a high amount on sales on that 1/4 of a game that you guys have the nerve to call it a game. Cause thats what you guys care about easy money and no work on your games.