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DonFerrari on 08 November 2016

And there are users here that swear MS is actively on bringing cross-platform play and that Sony haven't allowed.

Besides that if PC sales were so great like some think even Windows Store should have enough players online shouldn't it?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

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Swordmasterman on 08 November 2016
Normchacho said:
Bandorr said:
"Those who opted to purchase from the Windows Store found a pretty big surprise. They can only play with other people who bought the game from the Windows Store, and for those unaware, not many people really buy games off of the Windows Store."

Wow that is a beating.

"Activision split the player base significantly by separating Windows and Steam players".

Did Activision make that decision? That absolutely seems like a Microsoft decision. Why would Activision shoot themselves in the foot like that?

Why would either of them shoot themselves in the foot like that?

I think that it doesn't matter for Activision since there won't be much people purchasing the game from the Windows Store.



malistix1985 on 08 November 2016

Call of duty is pretty bad.
Windows store is horrible.

What a mix :D




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konnichiwa on 08 November 2016
Bandorr said:
"Those who opted to purchase from the Windows Store found a pretty big surprise. They can only play with other people who bought the game from the Windows Store, and for those unaware, not many people really buy games off of the Windows Store."

Wow that is a beating.

"Activision split the player base significantly by separating Windows and Steam players".

Did Activision make that decision? That absolutely seems like a Microsoft decision. Why would Activision shoot themselves in the foot like that?

We support cross-play between devices and platforms for partners who want to enable it,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central when it asked them about the recent Call of Duty problems. The statement implies Activision made the call to keep PC players who bought the game from different storefronts separate. Which, if true, is ridiculous.

 

Would be weird, just today renegade is announced as a cross play title and I think Ark will join soon so it would be weird why Microsoft would not allow it.







konnichiwa on 08 November 2016
DonFerrari said:
1)And there are users here that swear MS is actively on bringing cross-platform play and that Sony haven't allowed.

2)Besides that if PC sales were so great like some think even Windows Store should have enough players online shouldn't it?

1)We support cross-play between devices and platforms for partners who want to enable it,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central when it asked them about the recent Call of Duty problems. The statement implies Activision made the call to keep PC players who bought the game from different storefronts separate. Which, if true, is ridiculous.


2)  On Steam some modes are not played and it had a highest peak of 15k players.

7,385 
playing an hour ago
10,812 
24-hour peak
15,312 
all-time peak





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DonFerrari on 08 November 2016
konnichiwa said:
DonFerrari said:
1)And there are users here that swear MS is actively on bringing cross-platform play and that Sony haven't allowed.

2)Besides that if PC sales were so great like some think even Windows Store should have enough players online shouldn't it?

1)We support cross-play between devices and platforms for partners who want to enable it,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central when it asked them about the recent Call of Duty problems. The statement implies Activision made the call to keep PC players who bought the game from different storefronts separate. Which, if true, is ridiculous.


2)  On Steam some modes are not played and it had a highest peak of 15k players.

7,385 
playing an hour ago
10,812 
24-hour peak
15,312 
all-time peak

Well, seeing their past and games that are still not cross-plat I can't be sure if they are that open. is 15k peak good? For a 15M+ seller like CoD (perhaps 1M+ on PC right) shouldn't the peak so near to launch be a lot bigger?



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

konnichiwa on 08 November 2016
DonFerrari said:
konnichiwa said:

1)We support cross-play between devices and platforms for partners who want to enable it,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Windows Central when it asked them about the recent Call of Duty problems. The statement implies Activision made the call to keep PC players who bought the game from different storefronts separate. Which, if true, is ridiculous.


2)  On Steam some modes are not played and it had a highest peak of 15k players.

7,385 
playing an hour ago
10,812 
24-hour peak
15,312 
all-time peak

Well, seeing their past and games that are still not cross-plat I can't be sure if they are that open. is 15k peak good? For a 15M+ seller like CoD (perhaps 1M+ on PC right) shouldn't the peak so near to launch be a lot bigger?

Well they said the old ones will not be cross play but from a certain point of them all.

Also 15K is bad, boIII had +60K






DonFerrari on 08 November 2016
konnichiwa said:
DonFerrari said:

Well, seeing their past and games that are still not cross-plat I can't be sure if they are that open. is 15k peak good? For a 15M+ seller like CoD (perhaps 1M+ on PC right) shouldn't the peak so near to launch be a lot bigger?

Well they said the old ones will not be cross play but from a certain point of them all.

Also 15K is bad, boIII had +60K

What a big drop... any info on consoles version? (I saw that UK had 48% drop on retail sales cross plat)



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

Darwinianevolution on 08 November 2016

If you had told me five or six years ago than a CoD game was starting to give refunds due to a lack of players, I would have laughed at you. And yet here we are. Blame Activision for this dumb split. Shame on them.



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Kerotan on 08 November 2016

Well looking at that player count it won't be long before players on Steam will be asking for a refund for the same reasons. If you're a fan of cod you really should be buying it on ps4/xb1.