NITRO Posted August 7, 2010 Member ID: 1095 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 34 Topic Count: 101 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3639 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 2460 Achievement Points: 24702 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 02/06/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 03/23/1979 Device: iPhone Posted August 7, 2010 Pre ordered Black ops today and was told when i asked about dedi servers is that as long as they dont blow thier development budget too soon then the dedi servers will stay on. So fingers crossed, if they chop the dedis off im gunna be pissed coz i like the look of this C.O.D installment espesh the vietnam content. Just waiting for the beta to come out and will see if its as good as it looks. Awards
X-RayXI Posted August 7, 2010 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 6896 Content Per Day: 1.20 Reputation: 1376 Achievement Points: 44161 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 03:54 PM Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Posted August 7, 2010 I just read this today and sorry for the translation from dutch: Link Awards
Sun Tzu Posted August 7, 2010 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Posted August 7, 2010 Can Black Ops really top the sales and success of Modern Warfare 2? Activision seem to think so... Yesterday, Activision held their Q2 fiscal earnings call and Call of Duty was a talking point. They were keen to stress how much Black Ops is so far beating Modern Warfare 2 pre-orders and that the marketing budget is so much bigger. Considering Modern Warfare 2 was meant to have one of the biggest marketing ever, we can only imagine how they can top that with Black Ops. A Multiplayer trailer would be good right about now, right? Activision's COO Thomas Tippl mentioned that Black Ops "will release on more platforms than ever before" and that it continues to "pace ahead of last year's record setting Modern Warfare 2 in terms of per-sales and consumer awareness metrics". Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest entertainment launch of all time so it'll be difficult for Black Ops to succeed that, but pre-release signs are so far looking promising. The guy that every gamer loves was also talking during the call, but who you ask? CEO Bobby Kotick of course. He stated that Activision is backing the games' launch with their biggest financial investment in the company's 31 year history and that the game is not just for hardcore gamers. He then went on to describe how the game has incredibly broad appear and that it features a lot of functions that will be unique to the core consumer. With other shooters releasing later this year such as Medal of Honor and Halo Reach, Black Ops will face tough competition. However, Kotick believes that these shooters from major publishers aren't the only competition and that he hopes Black Ops will succeed and reach new audiences. Thanks to IGN » for the above information. Pre-owned gamers are a problem that many publishers struggle to deal with. EA are one of many publishers trying to control this problem now ever since they decided to introduce their "online pass" method. Every EA game will come with a code that can only be entered once, this code allows the user to play Multiplayer and also offers bonus features and bonus content. According to CVG » Activision are the latest publisher trying to control the situation. Thomas Tippl said that they are increasing the importance of its DLC to 'limit the supply' of pre-owned games. Activision said that they are still looking at "various possibilities for greater participation in the used-game business" and that the best idea so far is to provide "additional content and therefore limiting the supply to used games". Therefore, it appears that Black Ops and other Activision games could provide additional content and possibly their own "online pass". Time will tell, but things don't look too good for those who purchase pre-owned titles. http://blackops.digitalwarfare247.com/news/biggest-launch-daily-wallpaper-9
BlackOp8 Posted August 7, 2010 Member ID: 1440 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 23 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 588 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 3170 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/23/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 01/18/1986 Posted August 7, 2010 I really hope Bob K gets fired from Activision soon
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