How Sony Won Call of Duty DLC Exclusivity Away From Microsoft

with all the open world gaming right now....Cod's not going to be viable much longer unless they adapt....Fallout 4 mad max metal gear ghost recon all open world that contains hundreds of hours of game play...am done paying for a CoD game that has 6hours of game play....CoD either needs open world or just build online maps...wasting money building a story no one cares about and is ridiculously short is going to dome this franchise

Hey super what about uncharted god of war and other games like beyond 2 souls the last of us and many more game oh there until dawn we have good game u agree just butt hurt that ps4 is better shit uncharted looks better then any Xbox game u have

Super we can do that too I can play ps3 games on my ps4 with PlayStation now

Now what will happen this coming year... Did you PS4 fanboys forget that xb1 is coming out with backwards compatibility really soon? With 100 of the best titles for the system... Adding more ever month? Activision only gave the deal to Sony because Halo 5 is coming out! It's a huge deal for Microsoft meaning less advertising for Bo3. And sure PS4 has more titles but a lot (not all) but a lot of games they come out quite frankly suck.... I would rather spend my money on xb1 4 games that they put a bunch into then shitty Ps4 games that they pull out of their ass. It's obvious that Microsoft will crush Ps4 in the coming year.... You just wait. It really is a superior console... Oh and before I sign of I figured I should mention... XB1 customer support crushes Sony. Every time I call Xbox support it is a well spoken AMERICAN in AMERICA that isn't losing a job due to cheaper outsourcing! Also the Twitter team is really helpful... You can argue kick and scream all you want but you will see what I am taking about in the coming months. And then Activision will side again with the superior console (or the winner) if you wanna look at it that way. Activision will do what makes the most money... They always have. And destiny really sucked unless you buy all the dlc (p.s money waster). If you look at Xbox exclusives they are of higher quality. Remember it's not about quantity it's all about quality.

Sony "won" exclusivity because the PS4 is trouncing the Xbone world wide. Just like how Activision sided with the 360 because it was beating the PS3 up until the last few years.

Activision is just siding with the winner.

tl;dr money

Actual the real reasons are a) bigger isntall base and b) money

ms had cod exclusivity at the right time... sony getting exclusivity now is a tad bit too late.. two years from now cod will be dead.. mark me

I'm pretty sure MS didn't care to spend lot of money on COD DLC timed exclusivity this year when the series is waning in popularity and they have Halo 5 Guardians coming to blow it away.

Love it or hate it, agree with timed DLC or not, this is huge for Sony. People who don't ever visit gaming sites (like parents buying gifts for their kids), will see the bundles and see the TV advertising and make a purchasing decision based on that alone. Personally, I can't see ever playing another CoD game...but there are fans out there, and this will be nothing but win for the Playstation once the cash starts flowing this holiday!

It was easy, MS didn't want it!

Sony should be putting their money in first party as Microsolf is doing instead of relying in third parties time exclusive. XB1 is dominating 2015 in exclusives and it seems that it will also dominate 2016 in exclusives again. When did the Sony started copying MS strategy and viseversa?

Haven't bought a CoD DLC since CoD4, and the rest of you should follow suit. You guys and Halo fans pretty much lead the charge for $15 map packs.

As a huge PS four fan and PlayStation fan in general. Let me be the first to say who the **** cares

This.Is.Not.Call of Duty.

yall just got makuched.

what!? what a fluff piece...

Makuch, this is a sleazeball article

everybody here knows how they 'won' exclusivity... and its got nothing to do with that bull**** fluff you wrote

quit poking the damn console bears

@7tizz: I think you mean that MS was going to be pushing their own franchise that has been lowering in quality since Halo 2, and Activision wanted a partner that would actually push their game.....I somehow also doubt that Sony is "desperately" trying to attract the dude brah crowd considering they actually have a wide range of different games not just Halo, Gears, Forza, Fable repeat, and they would be quite disappointing that Sony doesn't just crap out brah shooters over and over and over....

And lets not forget the FACT that PS4 is close to 30 million sold while X1 is around 15 million IF that, since they still dont give SOLD to customer numbers only shipped to retailers

@7tizz: I see so anything that doesn't involve you running around mindlessly shooting at targets would be considered nerdy in your eyes ? Great logic

They're associated with Halo, so there goes your theory.

You're completely delusional dude. If anything Activision didn't want to keep associating Call Of Duty with the runner-up console which is Xbox. Playstation is current more popular in the US and the UK. Don't even get me started in the rest of Europe where its a bloodbath.

Call Of Duty broke up with Xbox/Microsoft, not the other way around.

BTW, if Playstation has such a "nerdy" JRPG image, how is it the most popular console? This "nerdy" image that PS4 has is just in your imagination. The rest of the world sees the PS4 as the go-to console for all kinds of games, not just RPGs, not just shooters. PS4 is a jack of all trades and the master of all of them.

I love the COD business model. Put a blue and gray camo tiger-skin on that bow without special stats and call it 20 bucks! But only for you PlayStation guys.

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