RUMOR: COD Marketing Coming Back To Xbox This Year With Black Ops IIII

[flashfire926]

thismeintiel said:

flashfire926 said:

I mean, the position of the left stick, plus the better triggers, make the xbox controller much more suitable for shooters (as far as controllers go)

Sorry, but that left analog nonsense is just plain garbage started by fanboys. Our hands are symmetrical, therefore a symmetrical controller makes sense. And tens of millions prefer it that way. Of course, our bodies can adapt to using just about any controller, so an asymmetrical one isn't that big a deal. But, to actually talk about that placement being better than a symmetrical one makes absolutely no sense, scientifically/biologically speaking, and is just clearly bias talking. Really, if Xbox gamers think the placement of the left analog is superior, they should be bitching at MS to also swap the right analog and face buttons.

IamAwsome said: 

You would be surprised. There were several people in this thread who insisted that Activision ditched the XBO because the PS4 had a higher install base (and not for any other reason, like MS' marketing deal ending). 

I haven't read through that thread, but I'm going to guess the logic is that Sony was so far ahead, MS would have had to pay a lot more to keep the marketing deal, more than they were willing to pay. Not that Activision just automatically jumped ship cause of the gap. If so, than that is more than likely 100% correct. It's only natural that you want your product associated with the more popular platform, so the guy in a distant 2nd is going to have to pay up if they want to keep it associated with them instead.

If COD does go back to MS, I'd say it's because of one of two things. Either they jacked up the price for Sony and Sony refused, since they know it's going to sell best on their platform anyway, so Activision went back to MS OR MS has decided they are really going to go all out this Xmas.

flashfire926 said: 

I agree with this.

If Microsoft has both Battlefield V and BlopsIIII,that could very well give them the upper hand in the US this fall.

Against a $199 PS4 with RDR2 and GOW bundles out for Xmas? Doubt it. 

 

As for the controller thing, here's the truth. left analog stick more important than the D-pad, therfore it should get the best placement.  The face buttons are more important than the right analog stick, therefore it gets priority. Nothing too hard to understand.

And as for the bolded, that  is very much up for debate. We dont even know if there will be bundles for any of them, yet.