Mar 1, 2012 3:15 PM
Activision screws PS3 with Overwatch, Black Box and 2 spec ops missions.
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Seriously Activision, why do we get Overwatch on March 29th? It's just complete bullshit! That's 37 days later! Why not March 22th! 30 days after Xbox and possible. And let's not talk about Xbox non-premium members getting Black Box and the 2 shitty Spec Ops missions 1 month before PS3 premium, while Beachhead stated before MW3 that PS3 premium members would get all the DLC before Xbox non-premium members. Activision just tries to screw over ps3 again and again and again. Xbox premium members will get Black Box and the 2 Spec Ops mission on March 13 (which is 16 days before PS3 premium gets it's 3rd map). Let me guess, PS3 premium members will get this April 24th.
Now about IW. Why do all the new maps look and feel like MW2 maps? Liberation is just like Wasteland, Piazza plays like Favela, Overwatch has the same gameplay as Highrise, and Black Box looks like an Afghan re-skin.
So Activision and Beachhead are messing with PS3, and IW with the whole community.
You just compared Piazza to Favela...just stop now. Don't degrade Favela like that.
The maps, size wise, are like MW2 maps. I can promise you they don't play like them.
I 100% agree. This is a total joke and slap in the face to ps3 customers
Maybe but it won't change. It's a contract or binding agreement. I play on PS3 too but I accept it because I can't do anything about it. You could go out and buy an xbox which does come with a roap for your soap if you get me drift.
just because "that's the way it is" doesn't mean we shouldn't voice our opinion against it. ya know?
I think zevers is trying to say is bassically "thats just the way it is, somethings will never change. just when any of you are on the same pedestal as them dont look down on us as they have." that is also the meaning of the song 'that's just the way it is' by bruce hornsbey
He isn't mad because we get it a month late, he's mad because were getting it 7 days after the 30 day limit. This is just ridiculous! The Call of Duty series could be amazing, but the people who "work" to make it better, listen to the community, and do their job, are just hiring hookers, buying drugs, and sitting on their ass, getting payed hundreds of thousands of dollars just to lie to the community for 3 days. (Robert Bowling)
poklane wrote:
Seriously Activision, why the **** do we get Overwatch on March 29th? It's just complete bullshit! That's 37 days later! Why not March 22th! 30 days after Xbox and possible. And let's not talk about Xbox non-premium members getting Black Box and the 2 shitty Spec Ops missions 1 month before PS3 premium, while Beachhead stated before MW3 that PS3 premium members would get all the DLC before Xbox non-premium members. Activision just tries to screw over ps3 again and again and again. Xbox premium members will get Black Box and the 2 Spec Ops mission on March 13 (which is 16 days before PS3 premium gets it's 3rd map). Let me guess, PS3 premium members will get this April 24th.
Now about IW. Why do all the new maps look and feel like MW2 maps? Liberation is just like Wasteland, Piazza plays like Favela, Overwatch has the same gameplay as Highrise, and Black Box looks like an Afghan re-skin.
I don't think they are trying to screw us, they probly just don't care. Why should they? People still buy the game\dlc...just like gas. And why are you complaining about maps feeling like other maps when those "other" maps are some of the more poular ones that people have said would like to be in this game.
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402 had tweeted that its a deal between MS and Activision,that will be over soon.you might want to email , call PS to work out a deal before MS does it again and you all keep gettin screwed.
MS is probably working out a renew on the deal lol.
Glad I own a 360
WantedMan wrote:
402 had tweeted that its a deal between MS and Activision,that will be over soon.you might want to email , call PS to work out a deal before MS does it again and you all keep gettin screwed.
Problem is is that you don't have to pay for PSN so they can't work out deals like MS did with Activision. The cost for something like that is just a small percentage of MS subscription fee where as Sony would be forking out money from there own pocket to make such a deal.
It's all about business strategy. You market that you have it first and more people are likely to go and do business there.
How is this a joke to PS3 people? You premium guys for ps3 get the maps earlier compared to the regular guys
Its a joke because we pay the exact same as premium xbox users, yet get the maps later than them.
Fine, theres a contract, maybe Activision should have thought about either having a contract or making one of the most money hungry, overpriced attempts at grabbing money, that is, Elite.
Maybe it would've been better if PS3 Elite got the maps before normal Xbox, but now that thats been changed its just a huge joke. I absolutely hate IW for making a frankly broken game, Beachead for not getting their crap together with Elite, and Activision for simply only caring about their money and not their fan base (which is almost non-existent I hope for the sake of humanity).
I swear I can't wait till the masses move onto a better game, I would love to play other games, as I do, but I find all of my real life friends have such a slavery to COD that I'm forced to play it too to play with them.
Xbox 360 regular non-premium members get the maap before ps3 hillairus They just want to pisss us off
As a huge call of duty fan i try to look at the bright side at least premium ps3 members get them i little earlier ![]()
yea the first two and regular get it before we do. i agree its bull **** **** the contract, give me my ******* maps
All of you who said this is a "joke". The DLC is always going to come to Xbox 360 users first regardless of ELITE Premium or not.
Activision has a deal with Microsoft since 2010. That deal ends on Dec 31st 2012.
ELITE was NEVER going to "override" this deal.
If you check the official Content Calendar they have now outlined the PS3 Content Season. We get DLC before the general PS3 and PC public.
No we were NEVER screwed over. We get the same content just at a different time.
Now DLC will come to use approxemetly 34 days after Xbox LIVE Elite Premium.
I play PS3 too. I payed $50 for ELITE. And I always knew about MS/ATVI deal.
You can keep complaining but DLC release dates are never going to change.
The deal is clearly explained here- http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=479305
You make lot of good points but you neglected one thing.
Why gives us the first two maps and then revert to XBOX first. That combined with the false statements or lack of statements sends the wrong message to PS3 premium users.
In addition to this they seem less enthusiastic to provide PS3 users with their DLC release details as opposed to the XBOX DLC fanfare we have to endure.
It's really shady
I remember when mw3 was first coming out and people were asking if they would still get the maps later even with the elite membership, and no one seemed to have a good answer for them. When bowling was asked, he said idk ask beachhead. If they knew all along that they wern't giving the maps sooner why not tell people? They clearly waited til after the holiday season to tell people. Which is messed up!
the deal isn't "clearly defined" in that press release. it just acknowledges a deal is in place. nothing is outlined, actually.
its the fact it was played that all users elite will get it first but with mw2 maps it was stated will be first on xbl same with black ops.
but when asked it was said elite users will receive dlc first, there was no mention that it will coming to xbl elite users first it was a deliberate miss sell. any dlc they say coming to xbl first but elite there was nothing.
It was never a missell, anyone who has been playing call of duty since the MS/Activision deal knows xbox gets the maps first. They told you premium members would get the maps before non premium members. It only takes common sense to know that it applys to your console and not to the whole gaming community. Which has been cleary shown here to be not very common.
it is messed up and also be messed up if IW extends the contract with microsoft
I play on Xbox and I agree with you, I have never been a fan of the exclusive deals of "this first on PS3 or this ONLY on Xbox" If the console makers think this will convert players they are wrong.
Exclusive deals only piss off the fan base, I am not going to go out and buy a PS3 for God of War, and you should not have to buy an Xbox to get the maps for COD in a timely fashion.
I like Xbox, you guys like PS3 so be it, to each their own! The studios need to treat all gamers equally.
Microsoft had a contract through the start of 2012 and since the game came out at the end of 2011 the contract still includes mw3 hopefully they wont be dumb enough to do this to us again
the contract was until the END of 2012.
Ok. Activision has made a few things official- Here we go-
Overwatch comes for PS3 Elite Premium on March 29th.
Black Box, Negotiator, & Black Ice comes for PS3 Elite Premium on April 12ish (ish because the announcement stated "on or aroound 4/12".
Im fine with xbox getting the maps a month earlier, I understand that they have a contract with MS. If PS3 Premium doesnt get Black Box and others til April 12, then non-premium shouldnt get them til after that, even if its the 13th. You cant do anything with clans, Elite doesnt track stats accurately(making competitions pointless too). Early access is all I had left and now not even that.
Hi all, I think there is even a bigger flaw with the D.L.C. content, besides the fact it is late. What is with the elite only area, i think this is a rubbish idea. I am a team deathmatch player, I went onto the the elite area to find you have to play kill confirmed, domination and team deathmatch on a rotation cycle with only 2 maps to play is boring also a bit repetative.
So I thought I will wait and see if they let the maps loose after a week, but no still elite only.
This makes me feel why did I bother to spend £90 on elite and founder status when it is a load of ****.... I think Piazza is a good map and quite fun, but if i am being honest Liberation is probably the worst map i have ever played, kill confimed is a complete waste of time on it, domination is not much better.
On the whole though no one cares less about us the gamers as long as they get there money thats it, what a sorry state of affairs.
I dont know anyone who cares for the Elite playlists. I can understand making a playlist for Elite members but all you really get is moshpit or hc moshpit. I kinda like being able to choose what I play. I do like groundwar but its for the 9vs9, which you cant have on the new maps.