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Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War m xbox Series X/Xbox one cases are..something
- Thread starter Reizzz
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It'll be something if the BC version ends up performing better on Series X than the next gen version does.
I mean its already dumb for Activision to do this instead of Smart Delivery
These are things that shouldn't need explainers, complete with diagrams.
I follow and play video games as a rather serious hobby and this shit still confuses me at times. This is definitely gonna fuck people up who have no idea what is going on.
Yeah but its purposefully dumb so they can make money. Selling two copies of a game for $70 isn't the kind of dumb that makes Activision money, so they arent going to do that.
I thought this sounded familiar.
You cannot upgrade the base physical Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to Xbox Series X [Must buy Cross-Gen Bundle]
Thought this was thread-worthy considering it's hidden away on the FAQ site. I wonder if this is a related stance to Ubisoft ditching physical copies of Xbox games for their collector editions...www.resetera.com
We've talked a bit about this a few months ago in this thread but it's still a baffling and confusing design choice.
Guess their sticking with this. Interesting.
No, which is the reason this shit with the "different" cases is a thing.
Edit: I had forgotten upgrading the physical XBO version wasn't possible, that's terrible.
Yeah that's a bit fucking dodgy, even I needed a second read of what was going on. Good luck mums and dads.
I guess this is more Activision being weird than MS since isn't their whole schtick that you just buy "Xbox" games now, rather than Xbox One or Xbox Series games? Or maybe I misread somewhere.
I guess this is more Activision being weird than MS since isn't their whole schtick that you just buy "Xbox" games now, rather than Xbox One or Xbox Series games? Or maybe I misread somewhere.
Yeah...this whole scenario just seems insane. From my perspective, it could be simplifies so much more. They already have each box labeled with Xbox One and Xbox-Series X. Why such a need for so much extra labeling that really mucks it all up. I agree with you.
Didn't MS start a partnership with GameStop? They can train the personnel to be able to tell the difference so that the customer get the correct product.
Gamestop is a small part of the entire games retail landscape.
Lol I caught myself with that right after I posted. That at least does make the boxes simpler than they potentially could have been.
There was a lot of speculation (or maybe even confirmation) in the last thread that MS wasn't allowing paid digital upgrades for next gen. Either Smart Delivery or bust. So Activision's only course of action was to put out a cross gen version to get that $70 while still offering a non-upgradable $60 current gen version. It's believed that's why 505 isn't offering Control with Smart Delivery either.
I though XSX Physical will include the X1 ver so as they called it "cross gen edition". As such, shouldn't the XSX Physical be playable on X1 ?
Or am I missing something lol ?
Cloudpunk's box is a placeholder.
I think a lot of the art used in listings isn't completely up to date... like some games that didn't say "Xbox One game playable on Xbox Series X" ended up saying that on the final box.
The one I don't get is Watch Dogs. It is optimised for Series X, but the final box lists Xbox One first at the top. Do they not think the optimisations are worth shouting about?
It wouldn't surprise me if Xbox smart delivery was originally mandatory but publishers behind the scenes threatened to remove support. So now you end up with two SKUs using almost identical boxes.
Edit: To those asking why it doesn't label support for Xbox Series S... It doesn't have an optical drive. Last thing Microsoft wants is for folk to purchase the disc for it when it doesn't work. Golly though, that's just going to further confuse the customer isn't it?
Edit: To those asking why it doesn't label support for Xbox Series S... It doesn't have an optical drive. Last thing Microsoft wants is for folk to purchase the disc for it when it doesn't work. Golly though, that's just going to further confuse the customer isn't it?
No, Activision have declined to use Smart Delivery and instead you need to buy the "cross-gen bundle" or the "Ultimate Edition". You can of course play the Standard Xbox One version on the Series X but that's via BC mode and you won't get the Series X optimisations that way
Well damn. That sucks. Am I missing something here or is the Series X optimised version not out on the 13th Nov?
Because the Xbox One version doesn't upgrade to the Xbox Series X one.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is scheduled for release globally November 13th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PC on Battle.net. The PlayStation 5 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is scheduled for release November 13th in the U.S. and Canada, and November 19th for the rest of the world.
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Its almost like activision had other reasons to make it this complicated. Did i hear double dip?
To offer a $60 version if you don't intend on getting a next gen console or are completely fine playing in BC mode.
If they are so insistent on that $10 next-gen tax, they should have just made a single SKU for $69. I guess they didn't want to upset their Xbox One fans who are accustomed to $59 pricetags, so they made them a separate discounted SKU?
I think its probably too late to change the boxes. I was also confused and having additional marketing media is not an excuse for this marketing failure. This is a 101 marketing failure at both Activision and Microsoft.
Oh and Microsoft is also to blame... Microsoft controls the branding on the Xbox Series X and its games. Microsoft has the final say. Same with Sony and Nintendo. Microsoft allowed this to happen on their platform.
I wonder if enough tweets to Microsoft will get some kind of "XSX Enhanced" sticker at least.
Oh and Microsoft is also to blame... Microsoft controls the branding on the Xbox Series X and its games. Microsoft has the final say. Same with Sony and Nintendo. Microsoft allowed this to happen on their platform.
I wonder if enough tweets to Microsoft will get some kind of "XSX Enhanced" sticker at least.
It can be confusing, even people on twitter thought this deal bellow was for the XSX version, when really its only compatible
One is only the lastgen version, but its playable on XSX as a BC game. The nextgen version includes both versions of the game, and cost more.
Yeah, plenty of people are going to end up taking the wrong copy home as a gift for others. Whether intentional or not, this is textbook obfuscation.
