How Sony Won Call of Duty DLC Exclusivity Away From Microsoft

i would rather they put the money into backwards compatability like ms did

microsoft passed on the COD DLC cause they wanted the Destiny DLC so they traded thats all

I wonder how much Sony pisses away on this crap, does it really make a difference, I don't think people are buying PS4 for COD DLC first

You buy PS4 for Uncharted 4

You buy X1 for Halo 5, Gears 4 and Forza 6

This did not need an article whatsoever. I'll sum it up for you. More people have PS4s than X1s. Activision goes where the money is. More people on PS4? Okay drop it there first. You do not need to be a a scientific math equation specialist to figure that one out. In other news, GS troll baits coming in at a steady stream.

Man Sony is out of touch eh? They do realize that a massive amount of people hate Call of Duty now and despise Destiny right?

Ahh Sony, having to resort to the same underhanded tactics you trolled MS for.

doubt people still care about this horseshit

Oh my god, no one gives a shit about Sony and MS backroom pissing matches. It doesn't in anyway make gaming easier or more fun for the consumer.

I could care less about COD as I haven't played it since MW2 as it got stale fast... however I see a lot of comments about MS didn't get it due to it wasn't worth the money etc... when when you look at it it has nothing to do with that. MS wouldn't have dropped this for nothing... it was all due to install base. Last year 360 for the longest time had a larger install base than Sony until the later part of the console life cycle once the PS3 was priced within reason for the causal gamer.

This Gen the PS4 has the bigger install base which equals higher attach rate... thats really all it is... sure Sony gave them a little something something but in all honesty its in the companies best interest to go with the bigger install base.

COD is a dying franchise it sells less every year microsoft knew it was time to move on.It showed at E3 with all the exclusives and better deals with 3rd party games.Advance Warfare was the first COD game i had bought since 2007 and it was my last.Same boring crap glad microsoft didn't waste anymore money on it

It all comes down to money of course. Sony paid a small fortune no doubt. I find it odd that either company would fight over this game. I realize it's a great selling franchise but it's beyond stale. Personally I haven't played one since Modern Warfare 2. There are better games to occupy my time and the online community are mostly a-holes.

I see we're all still doing this "LOL my choice of electronic entertainment has more marketing tactics to rope in suckers like myself with more money than sense than your's!" thing.

Doesn't fake exclusivity deals and big companies throwing sacks of money at each other over who gets the broken, unfinished product first make you feel all warm and special inside?

Ehh I never cared having it 30 days or whatever call of duty will eventually fall off the grid. They are already trying to make destiny their new money milking machine.

To me this looks like a better move from Microsoft than Sony. Cod is, and has been, in decline for YEARS. I have not bought any cod dlc for last two games (the point when there was too much) so the $50m that Microsoft paid for early dlc did nothing to make money from me. That $50m invested in new IP that I will buy, will offer better return for Microsoft.

If you consider yourself superior by playing Halo 5 over COD, you need a reality check.

Both are milked to death franchises who need to die for the betterment of gaming.By buying the same generic games time and time again, you're just telling the developers to give you the same crap with slightly prettier graphics and no innovation.

Install base is how Sony won the COD deal or is it too obvious?

As bad as Ghosts was this new one looks even worse, it's like they are literally just throwing every single thing they can think of in the game.

Wall running? Check.
Telekinetic super powers? Check!
Cyber bees? CHECK!

Call of Duty is in it's last desperate throes and the sales figures reflect that. Ghosts was a critical and financial flop and Advanced Warfare beared the burden of its predecessor. I don't see this game doing anything unique enough to bring the franchise back. I can see Activision 1) killing the franchise soon or 2) including what is normally reserved for DLC in the actual game in order to get an initial sales bump.

The games are simply not making back the money Activision is putting into them anymore.

Hate COD.. love ZOMBIES :( I have to buy it... I never get tired of playing zombies with my friends smh .

I couldn't care less about it, seriously when will these CoD creators actually even listen to what fans want?

There was an out cry for the game to return to WW2 and it was obvious a lot of people were bashing on Advance Warfare but what do they do instead... Stick to the same mould of the boring twitch shooter, run, run, run double jump, strafe jumping and super sliding crap!

Their is such a thing known as pacing and CoD has completely lost that, they've replaced a once semi-decent game with a terrible over the top experience, what makes me laugh even more is how they say this is the potential future... In no absolute given way would jumping up 6-10 ft in the air be known as a tactical advantage.