Microsoft reacts to Sony becoming the 'home' of Call of Duty

"Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 is the "new home for Call of Duty" E3 this year, and during a video interview we asked Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg to react to the news."

[DarkOcelet]

Seriously, who gives a $hit? Games like Shenmue 3/Horizon/Uncharted 4/FFVII Remake/The Last Guardian/Halo V/Battlefront/Quantum Break/Rise Of The Tomb Raider/Deus Ex Mankind Divided/FFXV/KH3 etc etc etc are coming and people give a crap about COD?

Its time for great games again, not the same rehashed crap.

[Abash]

I'm guessing the more mainstream consumers who primarily play Call of Duty and little else

[Nirvana31591]

Microsoft should get used to it. Even Square announced 3 PS4 exclusive at their conference. It's clear developers are shifting focus to PS4 because it's the dominant and more powerful console

[Cindy-rella]

"Its time for great games again, not the same rehash crap."

Tell that to Microsoft who'll be releasing halo, gears, forza and fable within the same time frame like theyve been doing for years.

Call of duty matters to a lot of people judging by the sales.

[b163o1]

I really wished Sony would have locked down a deal with Battlefield over CoD, better game all around, and people are starting to notice. If Sony would have announced that BadCompany3 was going to have exclusive DLC or what have you to the PS4, it would have been the cherry on top of everything

[Crimzon]

It's hard to criticize COD for being the same rehashed crap when out of the games you mentioned:

-The 3rd Shenmue game
-The 5th Uncharted game
-A remake of FF7 (FF has been milked just as much, if not more than COD)
-The 10th Halo game (maybe more?!)
-The 10th Tomb Raider game (making a rough estimate here)
-The 5th Deus Ex game
-The 15th Final Fantasy game (although there's way more than that)

I don't think Black Ops 3 looks very good but it's pretty silly to complain about COD being rehashed after you've listed a bunch of IPs that have been milked just as much, if not moreso than Call of Duty.

[aceitman]

did anyone take notice that aaron corrected himself when he mention tb is exclusive to xbox and shortly says this holiday. cod on ps4 has picked up preorder sales on amazon while ps4 was behind x1 on the top 100 by 20 spots it is now ahead of x1 so 1st maps dlc exclusive has made a difference .

[Army_of_Darkness]

activision is like the Hot slutty cheerleader that always goes for the most popular jock in school lol!

[DarkOcelet]

@Crimzon

There is a difference between a rehash and milking a franchise btw.

And i am talking about the gameplay and graphics, most games i mentioned have either changes in their graphics or gameplay.

Is it really hard for COD to do something different other than the same gameplay and very little difference in graphics every year?

[Baka-akaB]

"It's hard to criticize COD for being the same rehashed crap when out of the games you mentioned"

Most of your examples really fall flat
It's not hard when the 3rd shenmue will come over 15 years after the second game ...

When the five deus ex happens over the span of 16 years

When Final Fantasy exists since 87 , so 28 years , and never was on a yearly release schedule . And when there arent two similar entries in term of story , design and gameplay , unless they are remakes .

And you forgot how we are up to 22 Call of Duty games since 2003 . With 8 of them yearly releases since 2007 with Modern Warfare ...

There is nothing more regularly milked , besides sports games . And i've seen people argue that some sports franchises brought more changes , at least graphically , than CoD , and i'm not sure they'd be wrong .

At the accelerated pace it's going , Cod is leaving and will leave everything else in the dust , besides sports , when it comes to the amount of game entries

[Crimzon]

That's the thing though, Call of Duty has done a lot to mix up the gameplay and offer something new with each title. It feels like you guys are more eager to hate on it because it's such a popular game than acknowledge that the developers of each game really do mix it up. I mean honestly? I've seen more changes over time in the COD franchise than I have with Uncharted or Halo. Does that make COD the better series? Of course not, but I don't think your criticisms of it being rehashed are very accurate.

[NCAzrael]

@Crimzon's first comment:

Yes, there are a lot of sequels coming out, but CoD is a yearly franchise that barely changes. Most of the games he mentioned get a break in between releases. Game developers are always going to fall back on established properties, but there is a difference between releasing a new game in your franchise once every 3-4 years, and releasing a game every year.

That said, I'm a bit of a hypocrite seeing how I'm extremely excited for this year's Need For Speed.

[jmc8888]

I don't know why people keep mistaking sequels with yearly titles.

CoD, which I like, but not nearly as much as say six or seven years ago, is a case of yearly titles that wear thin. That said they still sell a ton.

But sequels in general aren't bad, if they are spaced out evolve.

I don't know why people bring up titels like Shenmue because it's the 3rd one. The first one was 1999 and the third one is being kickstarted.

Tomb Raider? Because does tomb raider look or play anything like those original ones in the 90's?

Meanwhile there are new IP's and indies. I don't care if there are sequels.

Sequels aren't the problem. Making the same game every year is where one is created.

Final Fantasy has been a franchise that has probably seen the most change of any. It's also been around about 30 years and many of the titles either didn't come to America, or were on select systems that not everyone bought. Hell one of them was a MMO for crying out loud. A remake of a game that came out...what 1997 or so...and it's more like a reboot then a remake.

Seriously, I understand why people are tired of yearly titles, but you don't do your point any service when you get intellectually lazy and add on sequels into the mix. Completely different.

Plus there are more new IP's now then ever before, because there are indie games. I bet if someone cared to look, there are probably more new IP's in the last three years then the previous 10 before that combined.

[Spotie]

People MUST have been confused when they agreed with Crimzon's first comment, as it makes NO sense.

He just listed a bunch of games that are sequels, and didn't at all think of how long each of the franchises have been around, or how many games there have been in each compared to Call of Duty.

Is it okay to call that desperation?

[Jaqen_Hghar]

A man won't buy it but this is a big deal for the industry. The one thing MS has won is the holidays in the US. This could take that last bastion away from them.

[callahan09]

@Crimzon:

In all fairness, this is the 13th main release of Call of Duty since the original in 2003. Not counting spinoffs, handhelds, etc in that number (there are plenty for Call of Duty as well as some for the titles below).

Conversely, here's where we stand on the other franchises you listed:

ShenMue: 3rd entry since 1999
FF7: Completely overhauled remake 20+ years since original
Halo: 6th entry since 2001
Tomb Raider: 11th entry (including 1 remake) since 1996
Deus Ex: 4th entry since 2000
Final Fantasy: 16th since 1987 (Even though they're "main numbered", XI and XIV really aren't main Final Fantasy titles since they're totally different concepts as MMOs, but I do count X-2, XIII-2, and Lightning Returns as main series entries)

As you can see, 13 titles since 2003 is a faster release rate than any of these other franchises.

Saturation is an important factor in why people treat Call of Duty's IP differently than those others.

ShenMue hasn't had a main entry since 2001 (and this game is coming out in 2017+)
FF7 was in 1997 (and the remake will be out in 2017+)
Halo hasn't had a main entry since 2012, and before that 2010.
Tomb Raider hasn't had a main entry since 2013, and before that 2008.
Deus Ex hasn't had a main entry since 2011, and before that 2003.
Final Fantasy hasn't had a main entry since 2013, and before that 2011 (and this game is also not going to be out until 2017+)

Every one of these has had multiple years between the previous release and the next one, as well as the prior release BEFORE the last one.

Conversely, Call of Duty has had a main entry released EVERY YEAR since 2005. In fact, every year since the original in 2003 if we count Call of Duty: Finest Hour in 2004. It's been over a decade of a new Call of Duty every year.

[subtenko]

all the people posting #CODXboxorRIOT lol

I dont really care for COD (not saying that it cant be fun...) I have BF4 and starting playing online More. its pretty fun! If COD is fun like it who knows...

Im more interesting in DOOM and Unreal type FPS I think...I wanna get back to those FPS back in the 90s like Quake 2 (I grew up playing this stuff)

[Captain_Wormy]

Um..I care and so do the others that actually enjoy the CoDs.

[Bigpappy]

you can all still play COD.

[EvilWay]

Anyone who enjoys cod and or is a competitive Cod player or wants to be cares....

I actually got back into Cod. I am a competitive gamer and if they put it on Ps4 I will play something else because it's a waste

[Orbilator]

Erm its on ps4 every year ya dafty

[Ab-NoR-maL-]

@Orbilator In case you didn't know, eSports is a growing market. While CoD eSports is far from LoL, DotA, and CSGO, it is still something that someone can do full time. Plenty of kids aspire to doing that, and the console change really hurts a lot of those that bought an Xbox One and can't afford to buy a PS4 now. Although I'm on PS4, I don't have those aspirations of becoming a pro CoD player. Just because you don't care, doesn't mean no one cares.

[Jason_Plays_PC]

competitive cod...facepalm

[joab777]

I agree completely, but it still sells alot, and this iteration has zombies. Also, pros love the new dualshock and now exclusive dlc. It will make a difference.

[Khajiit86]

DS4 is the best controller I ever owned. My first one finally got a problem, the left button on the dpad stopped working. Had this thing for a year and a half and its my only one. I dropped it dozens of times and thought it was done and nothing, on top of that I have 3 kids that have had their share of biting, dropping, hitting against the floor etc...

I think switching between pc and ps4 too much might have caused it but not sure... Still I know I have had to go through at least 2 360 controllers a year and at least 2 ps3 controllers a year, So I am really happy with the DS4.

[Relientk77]

Yeah but Call of Duty still sells millions every year hate it or love it. Sony getting the exclusive rights is a big deal

also this was on here a couple days ago

"#XboxOrWeRiot is the result of Sony getting marketing rights for Call of Duty"

http://n4g.com/news/1743245...

so yea it does have an impact and some people are p*ssed about it

[DarkOcelet]

I understand but why? There is so much better looking games out there.

I mean BO3 looked so damn average in front of juggernauts like Horizon and Uncharted 4. It looked really last gen.

@Jackstraw, a little upgrade in visuals/gameplay/story wont hurt.

[JackStraw]

^There are much better games out there TO YOU! How is that hard to understand?! People have differing opinions. This is elementary societal stuff here. I think one way, you think another, neither is better, neither is more right or wrong than the other.

[Sitdown]

Perhaps it's not just about the looks, but the gameplay.... Also you do realize Horizon and Uncharted are not first person, and we don't know when they are coming out... So somewhat pointless to bring them up; not to mention they are also 1st party.

[Captain_Wormy]

@JackStraw

THANK YOU!

[darx]

@ Dark

Horizon a juggernaut?....I guess

[cell989]

You cant deny the popukarity of COD and Zombies game mode, that alone drives people to play the stupid game. That exclusive deal was a good move any way you look at it

[wakeNbake]

This is a futile attempt to reinvigorate a slowly dying franchise by giving the illusion of a "new era". I for one will never again buy a COD again be it on PS4 or Xb1, they've already burned me four years in a row.

[Thefreeman012]

I haven't bought a CoD game since black ops and I don't think I'm missing much,

[insomnium2]

I loved MW1 but never bought another COD after that.

[mopground]

yep i thought id give it another chance with advanced warfare.... never again

[n4rc]

i feel the same but sales dont really indicate that happening.. even tho ill never buy another one

i chalk it up to getting older.. music sucks, cod sucks lol.. but justin bieber can suck as much as i can muster, still sells like a champ..

everyones different..

[Brix90]

IMO Black Ops 2 was the last best CoD game the servers are still packed with people to play with...A lot of people are hoping the same for this

[Docknoss]

COD is a dead franchise in comparison to what it once was. MS realized this, or they would have thrown enough money at Activision to snag it.

[ger2396]

Dead? We'll see. But I'll bet it'll sell more than tomb raider. Which happens to be an xbox 1 timed exclusive. Regardless of what people say, yes sales are very important. Believe it or not there are people who all they play is cod, fifa and madden. So if a certain console gets dlc first, you can bet it's enough to intice them to by that console.

[REDDURT]

It will also continue to outsell halo.

[n4rc]

id like to think thats true..

maybe MS is sick of cod like many of us and bailed on them.. one can hope..lol

[VforVideogames]

I'm done with all those remakes like ffvll , uncharted , heavy rain , gow and cod's gran turismos and forzas its time for new ip's !!!!!

[GearSkiN]

Your post didn't make any sense, you used the word remake to a game called forza? Cod? Grand torismo...

[Gohadouken]

even if somehow Gt and forza were remakes , you've got new ips all the time ... Even Ubisoft EA , and Activision are somehow introducing new ips every once in a while ... so i don't follow

[mt]

the sad truth COD gonna outsell them.

[nucky64]

if you're right, darkocelt, how do you explain this article: http://n4g.com/news/1745912...

4 old CODs in the top 10 most requested games to be made BC on x1?

[holin4]

you cant comper halo or gears with cod... ! call of duty comes out every damn year, and with AV we had to pay for zombies mode... fck off
Halo5 launches with 20 maps and 15 more for free... how long since the last gears?
you tell me...

[NNoyingHusband]

Is Crimzon foreal? How many COD's have there been? There were two Shenmue's. Shenmue is far better than COD and has been begged for by fans for over 14 years now. You really have no clue what you are talking about.

[spicelicka]

Exactly what i was gonna say. Could care less if went off both Xbox and PS and went exclusive to Wii-U

[jeremyj2913]

*Roaring applause*
You won N4G my friend. That comment is boss.lol

[UNKLE]

"not the same rehashed crap"

im not love COD games too.. but not just cod is "rehashed"

i mean hell i love uncharted but uc4 is pretty rehashed as the others... Shenmou3? i guess the gameplay will be same as shenmou2? and rise of tomb raider is pretty same as the 2013 was except the graphics and story.

[Khajiit86]

I agree. The only problem is, COD has a HUGE following, so that will bring even more people to PS4... Which really isnt all the great news for MS.

Almost everyone I talk to about gaming alays brings up COD.... "Did you see the new Black Ops?" I just shrug it off because COD has not been on my radar since Black Ops 1, way too many games this holiday to even make time or have money for COD.

[Blaze929]

Why would Microsoft care about CoD this year when they're pushing Halo 5 super hard and it being the first real 343 Halo game, cannot fail?

To them, they're like f CoD. Activision didn't "go" with Sony because they are leading sales lol - they simply didn't have anyone to stand next to.

[XanderZane]

I've never played a CoD: Black Ops games, so I really could care less about this. I'm not getting it. I did get CoD: AW, but that's about it. This is all about competition. Sony will get some timed exclusive content and so will Microsoft. Sony gets Destiny and CoD: BO3, Microsoft gets Tomb Raider and Fallout 4. What will happen with games like Half Life 3, Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA VI in the future?

[TheXgamerLive]

Bahaha those idiotic fools, Microsoft didn't react to anything COD, they simply chose not to renew their deal as they chose other games this year. Sometimes websites are idiots. Sony flamers especially. MS pockets are deeper than sony and they simply didn't want this. Next up sony.

Fallout 4 exclusive deal is a million times better in my book.

[DarkOcelet]

But you do realize that both Fallout 4 and BO3 will still sell better on PS4 even if it had the marketing rights.

Didnt that happen with The Witcher 3?

[I-Hate-usernames]

The last COD i played was COD3 for ps2 :) never cared for COD. Never cared for fps shooter overall.

[oSHINSAo]

The first i played was Mordern Warfare(1) and i consider it the best

[stixxx]

Definitely the best one. If they did an hd remake i'd be all over it. But until then, head over to the rockstar social club and search "shipment" for a near perfect remake of the classic. 50 thousand people used to live here, but now its a ghost town.

[stixxx]

http://socialclub.rockstarg...

[loopygames]

I think Sony mainly did it so they can advertise the PS4 at the end of the Call of Duty commercial. It actually saves them money from having to create a commercial by themselves. Having Black Ops 3/Battlefront 3 in November doing ad blitz on TV will get the PS4 a ton of exposure.

[Outthink_The_Room]

Last generation, Call of Duty sold somewhat similar amounts of games on both consoles. It's not like it was 15M for the 360 and 3M for PS4, or some ridiculous ratio. The numbers were alot closer than people try to make it out to be.

The fact that Sony had almost zero marketing for CoD and still sold 10M+ is a testament to the franchise, not so much the marketing deal. The biggest takeaway from the deal is probably tournaments. But even then, it's a small fraction of the community that participates in those.

All in all, it's not really a big deal who gets the marketing. This generation is very different from the past because of Social Media.

Sony may have the marketing deal for Battlefront, but because of EA Access, you're going to see XB1 footage and screenshots plastered all over Twitter and Facebook a week before release.

In this day and age, where timelines and trending topics on Twitter are gospel, marketing deals are tough to justify. It's helpful, but it's different this time around.

[crazychris4124]

The only way Ive seen these partnerships work is if they make a custom bundle. MS made the COD AW X1 bundle which I bought cuz it looked cool and I have always wanted a custom bundle. Too bad the game is crap and now Im stuck with it. And if Sony finally announces the MGS 5 PS4 bundle is coming to North America I'll most likely get that too.

[JamesBroski]

Maybe Sony making deals with Activision is actually a good thing. Because, you know, Crash Bandicoot.

[Bathyj]

Yep, Sony said We'll peddle your tired old yearly shooter franchise on the number one selling console but we want Crash back where he belongs.

I can dream cant I?

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Please be real

[Tedakin]

Does anyone give a shit? It's COD... I know it sells huge but everyone seems to hate it and be sick of it. It's like the Transformers movies. Everyone hates em, but they make a billion dollars every time.

[Hoffmann]

Squall would have the perfect answer: "Whatever" "..."

[Toiletsteak]

Call of Duty sucks anyways i don't know why both companies really care about the rights.

[iceman06]

short answer....MONEY!!! Long answer......MMMMMOOOONNNNEEEEY YYY!!! LOL

[Professor_K]

Highly doubt this cod will make more money than its predecessors the game play looks underwhelming and its fans are thinking so too.Might be the second worst cod since ghost.

[iceman06]

@Dr_K...CoD doesn't have to make more money than it's predecessors, it just has to make money...which it does. Even the much maligned CoD Ghosts sold extremely well in comparison to everything else on the market. I personally don't play it anymore. But, I DO understand that it DOES indeed make money.

[scark92]

Why is this even a big deal? Even when I played alot of COD, Timed DLC never bothered me!

[Thefreeman012]

For real, people want first access to give them more money for half baked maps that should've been in the game already ? Who cares

[S2Killinit]

say what you will about COD. But the name holds a lot of weight in the larger gaming community. Especially where sales are being discussed.

[JoeReno]

Yep, we gamers that read about games and follow new and interesting games are a tiny fraction of people that actually play games. CoD may have slightly diminished sales numbers, but it is still huge. It appeals to a much wider market than most games, except maybe GTA.

[blackblades]

It works some people to obsessed with cod that they'll want the dlc early so they'll have to pick up a ps4 just to play that dlc which is ehh imo. Anyways also you have people that make video and earn money on it that they'll have to get a ps4 to.

[Eonjay]

Great interview. Lots of good information.

His statement about Quantum Break was actually two complete different answers in the same sentence. Thats actually a skill lol. Anyway, he also reveals that they (of course) knew about the COD Sony deal but switched their bets to Fallout. Getting the mods from PC first is their version of first to get map packs.

[Immorals]

Interesting move if true.
Mods will keep people playing over time, versus cods map packs only have til the next game launches.

[bmwfanatic]

Ps4 gets mod too fyi.

[Immorals]

@bmw Yes it does, but later down the line.

[Eonjay]

Perhaps, but the main takeaway here is that this is a timed exclusive, just like the maps.

[Gohadouken]

Thing is , getting delayed stuff for Fallout 3 and skyrim didnt exactly keep the ps3 versions down in sales as much than exclusive dlcs deal for multiplayer shooters like CoD .

[iliimaster]

this is very cool for ps fans but the xbox controller is still the bees nees

[Orbilator]

It's is nice but at 149 dollars its just to damn expensive. It also makes gamers say, they got this new pad, so are they telling me the bundled one is a piece of crap and to be competitive ill need this new one? I understand the idea, just the karma is bad. Will they even allow the pad on the competitive scene ?

[nitus10]

If you are a keen gamer (especially the competitive ones) who games on a console and/or PC you will want the best controller (game-pad and/or mouse & keyboard) so these people will be happy to shell out for the so called best.

[Max-Zorin]

MS is better off using that money that could have been used for the early content to invest in Rare by hiring more talent, and open more first party studios to make more new IP's. After all, the entire gaming community said they need to use that money to make their own games and stop buying early content.

[bmwfanatic]

Except PlayStation destroys ms in that area too. Horizon looks better than anything on xbone now or the foreseeable future.

[Max-Zorin]

Everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[StrayaKNT]

Lmao a red haired chick who looks like a man fighting robot dinosaurs LMAOOOO I'll take killer instinct or Titanfall anyday. Plus sea of thieves absolutely obliterated it, so did recore. But hey gg last game looked good too (until it came out) what am I arguing for I should know the standards that a certain fanbase has by now lol. Enjoy waiting till next year to play a game that will fail again dude gears ultimate absolutely destroys it in every way.

[kneon]

They should have been opening new studios years ago. Any studio you open now isn't really going to be up to making the big AAA titles for several years.

[JoeReno]

Kinect focus was a giant waste. I have been saying this for a long time. We would be seeing a much different landscape in NA between Sony and MS if they would have been investing in 1st part studios way back when Milo stole the show (/s) at E3

[raggy-rocket]

I'm just happy it's freed up so much more money to spend and E3 time to spend more productively on great new long-term IP franchises which xbox has needed for a while! Keep the new IP franchises coming, Microsoft!

[22CobraKing]

People mainly who say they ain't getting it eventually get it or they are just fanboys reacting to Sony having dlc early. With games like Battlefront and COD the PS4 doesn't really need exclusives this year since the majority tend to buy these games that are more popular than tomb rider and forza.

[DanielGearSolid]

Wat'd he say. Dont wanna listen to this whole thing

[Zcarnut]

"Sony's Adam Boyes also told Kotaku that the exclusive Call of Duty content on the PlayStation 4 will last 30 days until it becomes available on other platforms"

I've never been a COD fan, but all this hoopla over....a month? It comes out in early November. By the time little Jimmy opens it under the tree, he can get his dlc no matter which console he's got.

[IamTylerDurden1]

That is a very naive point of view, one month early access on COD DLC is a huge deal. For 99.9% of games it means notably less but for a game that annually sells 30 plus million units it is massive. This can literally drive console sales, especially with new gen consoles less than 2 years old. This will influence some 360 owners who haven't bought a new gen console to pick the PS4, that and 1080p.

Greenberg is a slime ball, ughh not an endearing guy, he's no Shu. He was hating Justin for asking about COD and kinect, big deal just be honest. I bet that guy is nasty to his subordinates, but he's good at his job he can really get the media on their side and he is able to sell coal and make ppl think it'll be diamonds in no time, he can spin.

[Zcarnut]

With the PS4s larger install base and lack of another popular fps that's coming this year (saying what it is would be obvious), COD is going to sell more on PS4.
Now implying that leagues of 360 owners will be swayed into buying a PS4 due to a 30 day window of dlc? (on a "Halo" year to boot?)....just seems kinda naive.

I don't understand the way out of left field Greenberg rant you through in.Did I miss something?

[Brix90]

Not just the Maps DLC but the beta will be coming first to PS4. Along with other add-ons to game they release will take a month. It doesn't seem like much but when they start adding more to the game that wait sucks. It doesn't bother me though since the DLC hasn't been worth it sometimes.

[GNCFLYER]

Lol. Does everyone at ms have to go through a professional spin doctor class? "If you want to play cod and halo there's only one place to do it"

Having said that, cod is a shit game and pretty much only kiddies play it. I wouldn't care if the Wii had marketing rights.

[Xb1ps4]

Ssooo.. Is there another console that you can do that on?

[Flames76]

COD is a dying franchise sells less every year sony picked up sloppy seconds thats it nothing more.Microsoft moved on to better 3rd party games for early dlc and all that good stuff.Plus they are putting more into 1st party games and it shows they just had the best E3 press conference ever.Also these 2 guys are so damn dumb they should not have anything to do with gaming interviews

[Sarobi]

- Commercials
- DLC First
- Likely to replace Xbox in MLG

This is a good deal for Sony simply because of the eSports scene. You won't believe how many people follow that scene, and will buy a PlayStation 4 simply because pro players will move to it.

[GearSkiN]

How many MLG uses MLG controller

[jokerisalive]

Good for Sony but who really cares anymore with the yearly COD rehashing we keep getting. MS had it for years and now Sony does so it evens out I guess. I am more excited for Gears Halo Horizon and Uncharted 4.

[StrayaKNT]

Sony got cod deal
Microsoft got fallout deal

I know which one I'd prefer lmao the best go to the best :)

@EmiliJo
Microsoft also got the Witcher (goty)
Hahaha hold
Onto them sales I know that's all you got dude and I'm happy for you I hope those sales magically develop games for you this year because there is literally not a single game for you to play that's why sony got all theae deals because they have nothing exclusive worth playing this year so they pay millions to make commercials for cod lmfao

[emilijo777]

Sony also got Batman, MGSV, Battlefront, ...

That 10 million gap is getting wider and wider

[nyzma23]

lol money gap is even more wider than 10 million ,do you know how microsoft still getting third party devs to make exclusive even with sales gap? MONEY baby unlimited amount of money

[MasterCornholio]

@nyzma23

"MONEY baby unlimited amount of money"

That money isnt unlimited and comes from two places.

Investors and profits.

Investors are not going to allow Microsoft to spend an unlimited amount of money on the Xbox division. Their main goal is to give the Xbox division enough money to manage their operations. They will not allow the Xbox division to bring Microsoft to ruins which is why every division in Microsoft has something called a budget.

Basically if you didn't understand me the Xbox division has a budget which means funding to said division is limited.

Your turn to defend your "unlimited amount of money" theory.

[Germany7]

If you call new IPs and games like Persona 5, Until Dawn, Tearaway are "not a single game for you to play", you are delusional.
Xbox only has few exclusives, even Gears of War and Killer Instinct are not exclusives anymore, i don't know if another Halo and another Forza will help Xbox One.
And the gap is getting wider and wider.

[IamTylerDurden1]

"lmao" the funny thing is COD is the smarter investment considering it annually sells 30 million units while Fallout's best effort was Fallout 3 at about 10 million. Literally COD sells 3x what Fallout sells so...At the very worst BO3 will sell 20m and at the very best Fallout 4 could hit 10m so it's 2x at least.

"the best go with the best" - So Sony got Star Wars Battlefront, probable goty Arkham Knight, AC Syndicate, MGS Phantom Pain right? Destiny Taken King, Hitman. It looks like Sony has deals with Mirrors Edge Catalyst, Deus Ex MKD, Dead Island 2, FF ect. Ur right, the best do go with Sony, obviously most are signing with more powerful and more popular console, PS4. Isn't Batman 1080p with exclusive missions and skins on PS4 while it's sub 1080 probably 900p with no extra content on xbone? Wonder which console most ppl will play Arkham Knight on?

The xbone did have Witcher yet it ran 1080p on PS4 and 900p during gameplay on xbone, and it sold better on PS4. Don't brag about something that is a weak spot, your liable to get your feelings hurt.

The PS4 is the dominate console in virtually every way, it would take years for the xbone to potentially catchup so get used PlayStation being numero uno. It has nothing to do with e3 2013 anymore or ms greed and lies, ppl just realize the PS4 is more powerful and like it better, they like the PS4 better.

[Tyrant 8 RDFL]

I can't speak for everyone, but COD has lost me with AW. I did a good job burning myself out with COD games. I went into overdrive since COD4 till Ghost.

In saying that I can't see myself being alone in feeling this way. COD4 took the franchise to another level, but at this point. I never see anyone on my friends list playing any cod game anymore. They are tired of the series also.

I don't think it's a big deal anymore with COD making the PS4 their home. At this point not many gamers get hyped on COD.

I think COD franchise lost its spark.

[Father Murder X]

You do realize the Halo 5 is coming out this year right? Why would they want to spend money advertising another shooter??

[Saleem101]

Halo really lol what are you 10 years old that game is trash...

[StarElite]

Lol the funny thing is I see more 10 year olds on CoD than I do Halo.

[Thefreeman012]

Same could be said for CoD

[Mrveryodd]

I dont even play Halo , but to call it trash makes you look About 10

[Lennoxb63]

This is a bit off topic, but its been grinding my gears. How is it that games the require a bit more skill and accuracy are always called dude bro? When at one point, being good at games like COD used to mean that you're a "real gamer." Not to mention games like COD flooded the PC gaming market in 90s to early 2000s.

My thesis is that the people who aren't good at those games try to downplay them to make people ignore the fact that they aren't very skilled gamers. And now the slower the game is nowadays, you supposedly have "good taste" and considered a "real gamer."

[PistolsAtDawn]

I honestly couldn't care less about the timed DLC, it wasn't a big deal when MS had it, so it's still not a big deal that PS has it. MS probably just realized that with Halo 5 coming out, they didn't need to dish out tons of money for another big time MP game that is as close to direct competition to Halo as there is. I'm glad MS is putting that money towards new games/projects rather than just paid DLC. ..and quite honestly it makes NO difference to me at all. I get that not everyone feels like this, but it's an online game...meaning that I'm playing it on X1 one way or another. (Plus with how excited I am about Halo 5...this looks like the first COD I'll return right after beating the SP anyway).

It seems like the only people acting like it's a big deal are those people that see the world through fanboy blinders

[NeoGamer232]

MS buys call of duty DLC exclusivity every past year and gamers say, "why don't they invest in first party games instead".

MS comes on stage this year with a strong first party showing with no CoD exclusivity.

Sony comes on stage showing CoD DLC timed exclusivity and everyone rates their conference "best ever".

[pyroxxx]

I think Sony's conference was best ever in spite of COD and Destiny,.. It was basically fan fiction event,.. Only thing that was missing was GT7, GOW4 and perhaps RESI7

[rezzah]

The CoD DLC was the weakest part of the conference, it only served as a obvious slap to the face for MS.

It likely got "best ever" due to TLG, Horizen, FF7R, and UC4.

[krypt1983]

Typical sony fanboys the marketing deal was Microsoft's to give away, ponies would say xbox has no 1st party ips or good exclusive so they have to lock up exclusive deals, now Microsoft is getting there 1st parties lined up and sony acquiring the month exclusive dlc is a big deal now..

[JoeReno]

But that's just it.. Sony now has both of the things you brought up. 1st party studios like no other, and now exclusive deals for main stream CoD types consumers.

It's a checkmate strategy.

[Rookie_Monster]

Sony have no big budget AAA games to advertise this Holiday so they probably have some extra marketing dollars to secure the advertising for a couple of dude bro shooters. MS will get it back next year if MS feels like it. No biggie because at this point most people that are fans of the series already know and continue to stick with the Xbox version. As a matter of fact, 4 of the top 10 most requested BC games are all COD so the fanbase is still massive on the xbox brand.

[Baka-akaB]

And you forgot that they actually got Destiny again , and Star Wars Battlefront to advertise too , not just cod . Jus a precision mind you

[modelgod]

@crimzon the problem with your comment is that those games don't come out every 10 months. Real gamers don't play COD so it's not effecting me or my gaming circle.

[Simco876]

Not "Real Gamers" because they play a game that you refuse to play? You are the problem, not the solution.

You're speaking with your wallet, and that's all you can do.

[Brix90]

The dumbest comment I've read in a while..."Real gamers don't play cod" lol

[Kingoftherodeo]

the roles have shifted from last gen. xbox has the games and ps4 is making deals

[Bismarn]

Apologies if this has been already mentioned but...

CoD may feel rehashed, but its wrong to say it is yearly. There are actually two entirely different series that swap release dates back and forth and at this point should get different series names:

1. The Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer* CoD: MW, MW2, MW3, Ghosts, AW
2. The Treyarch CoD: WaW, BO1, BO2, BO3

Activision not only competes with Battlefield it also competes with itself, since AW will still have active community when BO3 comes out. So right now ppl are excited for BO3 because its been three years, longer than since Tomb Raider.

*Pretty soon we can probably break off the Sledgehammer into its own line as well

[Bismarn]

Forgot to add I think the two series take place in different universes as well, single-player wise.

[urwifeminder]

Happy for COD to be all up I the PS4 my dudes bro aint so happy.

[OldDude]

Gotta love how all the Sony boys love Call of Duty now, you guys change direction more often than the wind. All you do is complain that Xbots only love FPS's now listen to yourselves.

Oh and MS didn't need to invest in CoD, the last couple have been crap and why invest when you have Halo.

[neomahi]

Um.... Who said we do? We're just happy Microsoft has another knife sticking out of their back. Then it'll go back to just Sony and Nintendo. Um yeah. I HATE Microsoft.

[iistuii]

Ha, I was thinking the exact same thing. I have both consoles & come on here for gaming news, but it's true that the Sony crowd HATE COD & have slaughtered it each year, but all of a sudden it's the second coming, just couldn't make it up..

[Brix90]

Lol the Sony Crowd doesn't hate CoD...opinions of fans on this site account for 1% of General opinion. The game sells well on PS4 some people don't invest as much into it because of exclusivity and priority Xbox would get over other platforms.

[neomahi]

Aaron Greenberg is so full of himself. It's like the good cop/ bad cop routine. Phil Spencer plays the Good Cop, and Aaron Greenberg is the jerk. All of this positive charisma is him lying through his teeth, and he knows this. Everyone knows he's playing the desperate little boy and it's like watching a lion get frisky with one of the pride. He's humiliating himself in front of a crowd that's ready to throw up.

He actually thinks people buy into the crap he's talking about while Sony just leans back. This guy is in more denial then anyone I've ever seen.... Ever. This guy's as credible as Michael Pachter, just in it for the attention, who also believes whatever he says. Some people are just stupid.

[FallenAngel1984]

Call of Duty had a big presence during Xbox One's big unveiling. This must be a blow to Microsoft

[Flenter]

"Ms wil get it back next year if Ms feels like it" hahaha why do people keep thinking Ms has unlimited amounts to spend?

[Sweep14]

And they can't, it's a multi-year deal between Sony and Activision

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Tbh as a primary playstation gamer I find this a bit embarrassing. Cod have been pretty bad as of late, just churning out the same recycled content. Why would either company want to be the home of it?
Well obviously the answer is money but from a real gamers perspective no one should care anymore.

[Emme]

Microsoft has Minecraft, nuff said.

[SynestheticRoar]

Mr Greenberg tells the truth all the time. LOL.

[saimcheeda]

So this deal does nothing for me!

[Baka-akaB]

The sadist in me , almost hope that someday MS or Sony , or even Nintendo , any of them , gets CoD as a complete exclusive , for an actual game entry , so i could witness the amount of salt and hypocrisy .

A fraction from those that usually hate the franchise will suddenly pretend that it's a good thing

Another that usually religiously follow it will pretend that it's crap now anyway , has been for a while , and got better alternatives (wich is true , but wasnt professed by them before)

Others will still view it as a possibly good deal for whoever got it , but it wont change they opinion positive or negative on the game .

And then there are the idealists that want every game accessible to everyone .

We've seen it on titles like SFV , Tomb Raider , lately , but nothing as big and mass marketed as COD

[tigertron]

So many excellent games coming out, who cares about yet another COD?

[snoopgg]

Hey Krypt this is just another reason why your beloved xbone is behind this generation.

[spunkee311]

Doesn't the COD series still outsell its Playstation counterparts on XBox? I personally prefer COD on XBOX just cause of the better online experience that I have personally had and have been getting each game there since the first Modern Warfare.

[MasterCornholio]

Not anymore. That's why Sony got the deal especially with an install base of over 25 million systems.

[PersonMan]

Love it or hate it. Call of Duty is the most addictive online game I've ever played. There's nothing else out there that plays like Call of Duty. I've tried every other online game and none of them have that "just one more match" feeling I get with Call of Duty.

However, I will say.... I hated Advanced Warfare. The jet pack jumping crap was stupid and totally turned me off from the game.

[Simco876]

One month DLC wasn't a big deal when MS had it...it won't be a big deal with Sony having it. Jesus

[iistuii]

Exactly. I mean who's going to rush & trade their Xbox one in because they can't wait a month.

[GranTurismoFan]

I hope the new Activision/Sony partnership can lead into a Crash Bandicoot reboot/remake for PS4 MADE by Naughty Dog or a competent studio guided by Naughty Dog.

I man can dream right?

[xPaYDaYx]

You don't think Naughty Dogs is a skilled developer and should have their sights on something higher? Don't get me wrong I love Crash but I feel like that would be a ton of wasted potential, Look at GG with Horizon. They did something more than stay at home and just rehash the same game and look at what a blessing they have bestowed on us all. Same could be said for ND if they try to create something new.

[CantBeStopped]

Wow so a Microsoft excec was asked a hard question and he responded by deflecting, talking about other games, and doing the same basic PR speak they always do, you dont say.

[ThePain1]

Call of Duty is just the worst !! i have a ps4,3 and 2 and do not have xbox of any kind but i could'nt give one single fuck about sony becoming the home of call of dute.
after modern warfare 2 shit got stale fast!and everyone knows what there getting when they buy a new call of duty game ...... the same old sht!!
its clearly about the money for activision and Treyarch, Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games... the love is gone.

[bluto34]

These sony fanboys are cracking me up lol. I remember when this deal was trash when MS had it, but now they praise sony for it. Hate to tell you people this but MS decided not to take the deal lol. It doesnt matter anyways, fanboys believe what they want

[ironmonkey]

I would love to see a blacksops 2 on ps4.

[cyber_daemonx]

So MS lose their biggest third party franchise, but yet somehow its 'no big deal'.

Way to downplay.

MS execs must be crying buckets of salty tears, much like their fans^.

Activision et al must be really impressed with PS4's sales lead as It's quite some coup for Sony to get marketing rights for cod (and also Battlefront, MGS etc) and will probably dominate the holidays as a consequence.

Yup PS4 is definately the best place to play third party AAA titles.

[Jag-T1000]

Awww Sony....trying to secure third party multi plats because they got nothing of their own.

[WizzroSupreme]

Microsoft had their time. Now it's Sony's turn and Playstation's sure suffered with some of the worse versions of Call of Duty for some time now. It's about high time they at least get a shot at the premium version of the best-selling franchise of all time on what might be the best-selling console of all time.

[voodoogts]

Sony has no good games coming out this holiday. Lol

[MasterCornholio]

Yeah Persona 5 is going to be one horrible game. Fallout 4 will be absolute garbage.

-sarcasm-

Funny how you keep saying that and it's funny how easy it is to prove you wrong

[DDOS-DelDaemonicOSes]

In the video, Aaron also confirmed that Microsoft really did just delay Quantum Break due to over saturation of holiday games, and he mentioned it was delayed to spring, so hopefully that will stop Sony fans BSing about Xbox not having any AAA 1st party exclusives the first half of next year (even though they're ignoring Sony's delays and lack of any blockbuster exclusives, FOR OVER A YEAR, by the time next one comes out in 2016... not counting GoW3, since it is a remaster and Sony fans never include ODST in their first half of the year BS).

[ATi_Elite]

This is it for COD. The casual and niche gamers that drive the COD franchise are spending less time with it.

Sure COD will still make money but MS doesn't care about Exclusive content for it because MS made big money when COD was at its peak on the x360.

Im more interested in SWBF3 and BF5

[StrykerDragoon]

As a Sony "fanboy" I could give a sh*t less about COD shifting to PS4. And for people crying about Battlefield not getting locked for PS4... Battlefront is techinically a new Battlefield and is being promoted for PS4 rather than Xbox, so you can say that PS4 has the more mainstream shooters on their systems and exclusive content.

Having an X1 Im literally only excited for Gears out of the shooting exclusives that they have. I have Halo MCC and I'm completely bored with it as a whole for story. Every argument turns into this "Xbox is better, Sony is better" crap. Get over it guys. Different strokes for different folks. I personally dont have anything much offered to me on Xbox currently (Maybe Tomb Raider)