It's not smart delivery, it's an extra £5 because Bobby gotta get a new yacht.
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Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War m xbox Series X/Xbox one cases are..something
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It's not smart delivery, it's an extra £5 because Bobby gotta get a new yacht.
Theyd probably agree that this is a generally worse and more confusing method. Activision is just shameless when making money is involved.
This isn't a Smart Delivery game. That's the problem. Activision wants to upcharge people for Next-Gen versions.
But then how would Bobby get his extra tenner?
Baffling that there isn't a way you can get the XSS/X version buy paying an extra $10 after you've bought the game though, like some PS3 -> PS4 games did. If you bought the XB1 version either digitally or physically, it seems like you're just fucked unless you want to shell out full price
I think in many people's minds, the defining characteristic of the S is the power difference so I can see why you made that mistake. It didn't register with me at all when I read your post
This is the kind of nightmare I would've probably dealt with if I was a kid asking for something like this for Xmas.
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I also forgot to mention the lack of the word Series S lol
I agree with some of what you say, but not everything lol. I don't necessarily think it's confusing, but more so excessive. I also don't think this is a "think about the grandma" situation, and more likely a why is activision so backwards with this and why is Msoft okay with it.
Wow, these two boxes are extremely similar...could they have at least made them a bit more different to stand out? A different shade of green or something?
To be fair, they aren't putting Series S in the banner for digital Xbox One games, which is weird, so your point kind of still stands
So who are we raging at here?
For me it's Activision. This seems to be all based on the need for that extra $10. Really don't understand why it's split up like this other than someone thinking it would help without actually thinking about it. Why is it that if you buy the Xbox One version of the game by mistake it can't just be updated to include the enhancements for the Series X is beyond me.
For me it's Activision. This seems to be all based on the need for that extra $10. Really don't understand why it's split up like this other than someone thinking it would help without actually thinking about it. Why is it that if you buy the Xbox One version of the game by mistake it can't just be updated to include the enhancements for the Series X is beyond me.
Corporate branding would dictate that there should only be one specific xbox green, I imagine.
I really hate how Microsoft allows a game to list Xbox Series X on the cover only because it'll play through backwards compatibility. Microsoft absolutely should not allow that. It's too damn confusing. I'd like to consider myself relatively on top of things, but even I already got burned by a game that listed Xbox Series X on it assuming it had a next gen version in it, only to find out game covers can throw it on there regardless.
Microsoft. They allowed Xbox Series X to be listed on a game that only is backwards compatible.
Microsoft. They allowed Xbox Series X to be listed on a game that only is backwards compatible.
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If I buy the digital Series S version will it be downloadable on an xbox one as well? Or if i buy the digital xbox series x version can my cousin download it on his series S under my account?
Series X Disc comes with a version for One. Its not crazy to assume Series X discs can be read by Ones. Its confirmed to go the other way.
This reminds me of when Sony switched their PS3 games to have Blue banners which confused me. I remember going to Target at the time and seeing PS3 games thinking they were PS4 games at a glance. It was at least a bit more obvious in that case given the numbers were different and PS3 games had the transparent top. This Xbox thing is even more confusing lol
They started to do this with 360 games that are backwards compatible with X1. Like it was honestly a good move to slap a message on the box of Red Dead Redemption saying you can still play this on current gen. Why the new Call of Duty has a $60 version and a $70 version is all on Activision. Which ever one grandma buys isn't going to have compatibility problems in the end. Still shitty though.
How is it Activision's fault when Microsoft allows it and there are other games out there tagged with Xbox Series X on it that actually don't have an Xbox Series X version of the game?
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Haha good times.This reminds me of when Sony switched their PS3 games to have Blue banners which confused me. I remember going to Target at the time and seeing PS3 games thinking they were PS4 games at a glance. It was at least a bit more obvious in that case given the numbers were different and PS3 games had the transparent top. This Xbox thing is even more confusing lol
This reminds me of when Sony switched their PS3 games to have Blue banners which confused me. I remember going to Target at the time and seeing PS3 games thinking they were PS4 games at a glance. It was at least a bit more obvious in that case given the numbers were different and PS3 games had the transparent top. This Xbox thing is even more confusing lol
It is so confusing that they went back to the original design
Sure, that is annoying, but Activision doesn't need 2 versions of this game if they just used Smart Delivery. Also, is it MS who decides how to label a game or the publisher?
It wasn't until I got home that I realized my mistake lol
I thought that might have happened but wasn't sure if that was just a fever dream I had lmaoIt is so confusing that they went back to the original design
Yeah. And the Series X logo in the top roght is a low quality sticker. Mine is even misalligned on my Watch Dogs copy.
We had this exact thread like 3 months ago lol
Microsoft is making a big mistake not differentiating between cross gen Xbox One and Series X game cases | ResetEra
Microsoft is making a big mistake not differentiating between cross gen Xbox One and Series X game cases | ResetEra
Yeah I'm pretty sure all Xbox games that support free upgrades/ smart delivery just have one version of the game in stores for both Xbox One and Series X
No, only for games that don't support free upgrades. The rest of the games have only one box. That's why saying that the cases are confusing is pretty silly considering it's only a problem for this game.
Then it comes with a separate standard XB1 blu ray, because the OG XB1 can't play UHD Blu Rays. That would be really dumb for Activision to do, seeing as people would have basically two copies of the same game, one which they could easily sell or give to a friend
Microsoft sets certain guidelines for the packaging and Microsoft absolutely can enforce when what is labeled on the package. I'm not saying Activision is blame free here; I'm saying Microsoft has control over preventing the confusion from happening since it's their platform and their guidelines and it's not the only case of "Xbox Series X" being labeled on a box and misleading. So while Activision is to blame, there are clearly other instances out there beyond Activision.
But then people would think it's not compatible with the series X when it is. They've been marking BC titles as compatible for a while. I have a copy of Red Dead Redemption that's in an XB1 case and says Xbox One on it.
COD is one of the few exceptions to smart delivery. Almost everyone else has jumped onboard.
Knowing Activision, I doubt it. It seems they have a hard division between current gen and next gen versions where other publishers are selling one version that will be upgraded on the next gen consoles.
I've been out of the Xbox ecosystem for a while but so I'm not sure how account sharing works, but in terms of the game, unless I've missed something about what MS are doing this gen, there is no Series S or X "version", they're the same game that will have graphical and resolution improvements on the series X.
This shit confused even me earlier when I had a buddy asking which version to get and I'm pretty in tune with how this stuff works.
I think the reason its so confusing though is because there is a version that supports smart delivery and there is a version that isn't and compared to how almost every other game is sold and marketed this is different and its very confusing because the box arts are virtually the same.
I think the reason its so confusing though is because there is a version that supports smart delivery and there is a version that isn't and compared to how almost every other game is sold and marketed this is different and its very confusing because the box arts are virtually the same.
There are hundreds of games currently out there still sold in stores that won't have the label that are backwards compatible. All you're doing is creating an inconsistent display of backwards compatibility. Sony doesn't list PS4 on their PS5 boxes either so I don't think it's necessary, and it will only cause confusion.