Call of Duty fans are the "best online community in the world" - Activision

OXM UK: "Call of Duty doesn't just have the biggest but also the "best" fanbase, reckons Activision, and that's precisely why paid subscription service Call of Duty Elite is the logical next step for the shooter franchise."

[kenpachi]

If these spawn camping retards are the best online community in the world I'd rather play single player for the rest of my life

[NanoSoldier]

Me too, well, I play only on PS3 and only play COD4 but even there are some really annoying fools around. By far not the best commuity, the people playing Killzone are pretty good mostly.

[Bonobo12345]

All people on KZ and BFBC2 seem to be way sounder than COD noobs.

On COD there's so much racism, trolling and generally spiteful behavior, You never hear people actually working as a team or making friends.

On KZ and BFBC2 Someone will just be like 'hey he's on the roof behind you' and generally be more mature.. And people on those games can actually hold a conversation.

Not saying there aren't people like that on COD, Its quite a prevalent observation though...

[Livin_in_a_box]

BFBC2 is a much better team orientated game and has a much better community than CoD. Sure, you have the nice guys on CoD and the immature 12 year olds on Battlefield, but there seems to be more immaturity on CoD.

[Tank_Commander_E6]

You made him a billion dollars what else is he going to say.

[-Superman-]

Reminds me Soviet Union propaganda

[thugbob]

The title is bait.

The article is about that the subscription service.

[I_find_it_funny]

well said

[RedDead]

The community does take the same shit year after year...dedication right there

[Undeadwolfy]

@RedDeadDestroyer +Bubs

[Trunkz]

Activision says many things, a quality game is not one of them.

[DirtyLary]

biggest equals best now?

[Pedantic91]

This has got to be a joke right ?......
.........Right ?

[MaggieA]

I guess whoever said this never actually played many games online.

[Ninver]

ignorance on a whole other level. activision will never get a cent from me.

for some strange reason i feel proud knowing i at least attempted to bring such a corporation out of business.

talk with your wallets people. stop the madness.

[Undeadwolfy]

That is what im doing. Any map packs I gameshare.

[Nate-Dog]

lol

[Spinal]

LOL who wouldn't expect Activision to say something like this.

Captain Obvious? where art thou???!!

[tigertron]

Not trying to stereotype here by saying that all COD players are bad, but...LOL! I can't say I'm surprised though, Activision are hardly going to say that BF has the best online community in the world.

[darkgoon3r96]

To be honest, if anyone has Battlefield, anyone would know that Battlefield has the best community, by far, atleast to my experience.

[theonlylolking]

For a fps...probably but on the xbox the community in BF is poor compared to PC and PS3. The peeps that play on the PC has the best community from all consoles for BF.

@dirigiblebill
Peeps in granturismo, socom, battlefield(PC), etc... are pretty good. I think GT has the most friendly online I have played.

[WhiteLightning]

...

<Sigh>

[Jack-Dangerously]

awwwwwws *tear* :')

[dirigiblebill]

I can't think of a single online community that I'd actually want to hang out with in reality.

[t0mmyb0y]

LBP

[Bonobo12345]

Skate community?
LBP? (the whizz kids lot who make levels)
Warhawk peeps are cool
Always sound people on KZ
GT peeps?

[Valvatorez]

Great,I'm after spitting my tea all over my screen.Activision,next time warn us when your gonna pull a joke like that!

[11122X]

That's like saying that AIDS is the best STD in the world.

[Son_Lee]

AIDS does have the most victims, like Activision has with Call of Duty fans, so that comparison is actually correct.

[Jack-Dangerously]

Lol Bravo, way to turn that around ;)

[creatchee]

So does that mean that Halo is herpes, Killzone is gonorrhea, Battlefield is hepatitis, and Resistance is chlamydia?

[Son_Lee]

No, cause all those series are actually still good and relevant, even Halo.

[Wizziokid]

yeah if you like screaming kids

[MysticStrummer]

Screaming racist kids.

[Livin_in_a_box]

Screaming racist virgin chavvy kids.

[Aarix]

Screaming, racist, quickscoping, bull****, little mother f***ing kids.

[EazyC]

It's not really a "Community" because a the word community gives you the idea that people are somewhat in a co-operation and friendliness about it, both of which CoD does not have.

What it does have, though, is screaming 11 year old brats from Newcastle who love to do what they think is sniping.

Let this "community" be then, as it filters them from all other proper gamers.

[Solid_Snake-]

a community doesnt have to be friendly...i mean look at N4G. i H8 90% of you guys but its still a community.

[Undeadwolfy]

XD

[EazyC]

Am I one of that 10%? =D

No, a community does not *have* to be friendly, as CoD so brilliantly shows us, but I think more often than not they are.

[D0ffy]

LMAO, try watching "How to annoy people on Black Ops" on youtube and take a look at those screaming kids playing in the multiplayer. When you've done that, come with a statement like that again. Jesus.

[Ace_Man_6]

These fans are like John Cena fans, utterly retarded

[EazyC]

John Cena has fans?

[Ve3tro]

Lol no.

[MidnytRain]

Well, it looks like a few people might have taken this the wrong way. I believe when they say "best", they are talking about dedication. Alot of people are serious CoD addicts. If I ever released a game, I'd want a fanbase that sticks to my game like CoD.

[Ninver]

their only saying that cause the 12 year olds keep buying their games. frankly from my experience on both xbl and psn, cod online community is the most retarded and disgusting community anyone developer could pray of having. i'm glad to say cod4 was my last activision game i ever purchased this gen.

[SixShotCop]

Congats! One less dirty beaver to deal with.

[iNMyFiN4LH0uR]

i doubt 20 million 12 year olds are picking a COD game every year. and i highly doubt every person you met is a racist, disgusting or retarded. so please don't write a comment that makes YOU look retarded. the game has the biggest community so you'll find a lot of those but at the sametime you'll also find normal players. you COD haters are really getting pathetic for attacking the game for the little things. you lads love BF3, Warhawk, Starhawk, Counter Strike or whatever so be it, but this animosity, this arrogance perhaps even jealousy of the success of the game despite your claims is getting ridiculous and pathetic. peace.

[Animal Mutha 76]

I agree its not really a community like CSS on steam.

Activistion should say - the best spending community because they always buy more of our shovel DLC.

[Fishy Fingers]

I dont know, I find the PC similar to CSS, because after you've played for a good period of time, you tend to stick to the same servers and learn the regulars.

Consoles arent quite as simple because of the 'matchmaking' crap.

[SpartanZero]

The other communities are haters

[CaptainPunch]

I laughed at the title

[BlueEye]

Yes I'm sure CoD's community of homophobic slur throwing idiots is better then all the others.

[MysticStrummer]

I guess better means "Willing to buy the same game yearly, along with overpriced DLC"

[Son_Lee]

This is why I'm buying Battlefield 3 this year. It's my first Battlefield game, as well.

[2fk]

well you're in for a treat, be prepared to spend many hours of your life ;)

[Fishy Fingers]

Wouldnt say its any different from any other online community. Plenty of good gamers just happy to play together and have fun and of course, plenty of douchebags who whine and moan about any and everything.

[Baka-akaB]

In an ideal world maybe . In pratice not really imo . I dont think that COD with its huge and mass demographic appeal would have the same community spirit , level of respect and usefulness than say Metal gear online , socom , mag , warhawk on ps3 or graw , PGR , forza and rainbow 6 on 360 .

Surely you'll find nice folks like everywhere , but quite often it's not the same spirit given the "fast food" nature of cod itself .

[Fishy Fingers]

I guess thats the problem with matchmaking on consoles. As I play mostly on PC I tend to stick to the same servers and you actually get to know the regulars, so maybe I dont see the whole picture.

[BombDrop]

The only reason Call of Duty fans are the "best online community in the world" is because they love getting ripped of every year with over priced maps

[Mr_Luke]

if it's a joke it's not funny. If it's not a joke, it's very VERY sad....

[DNAbro]

uhhh no. it's actually one of the worst "communities" in gaming. Just because you have a crap ton of people playing doesn't mean it's a good community.

[ViserysTargaryen]

It seems all the racist douche bags and homophobes switched from Halo to join the CoD community.

[Cablephish]

Biggest? Sure.
Best? That's a longshot, Activision.

[SuperSaiyan4]

Call of Duty fans are the "best SHEEP community in the world'.

[Dazel]

Activision would say that, can't for the life of me think why though lol.

[InTheLab]

The Resistance community is by far the most enjoyable for me followed by MAG and Killzone.

Honorable mention...

GT5 community are people I would actually hang out with and Forza's community is probably the best on XBL.

[badjournalism]

Call of Duty Korea is best Korea?

[The_Extractor]

"And that's what we've done with Call of Duty Elite. At last count, all four of the CoD games between 2007-2010 are currently in the top ten on Xbox Live, and they need us to figure out a way to bring those discrete communities together."

Ohh... I take it the PC and PS3 players don't really count then? Quite a glaring omission there.

[blink3020]

I play COD quite a bit and I can say from many many hours of first hand experience, this is not true. There are so many racist, ignorant people who play COD. Not to mention having 10 year olds call you some of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard (They try to swear but don't know how to put a sentence together).

Still, I enjoy playing COD and not everybody is an annoying A-Hole but thank goodness for the mute button.

[earbus]

Im playing a bit of MW and have a new found joy reporting infected players to ms for system tampering adds a whole new level to it.

[shammgod]

Activision is f'in ignorant

[ILikeTurtles]

No, they are just bigger money whores than all the other publishers.

[ILikeTurtles]

average cod player=10 year old kid

[Beastradamus]

Maybe on 360. I hardly ever run into to 10 year olds on PSN and if I do I tell them to go to bed.

[spenn2010]

I'm not gonna sit here at my desk and lie and say i dont play COD games but i dont consider myself a part of the "COD community" 1. I'm older than 12
2. I'm not a flaming racist.
3. I'm not an illiterate thug smoking weed and blasting garbage hip hop like Lil wayne and wocka flocka in the back ground. I prefer A tribe called quest, Mos Def,Gangstarr etc.
4. I'm not bilingual, no offence but on the PS3 i find myself muting a lot of Latinos who can't speak or just flat out refuse to English.
5. I don't play COD on the Xbox 360 anymore.

The issues i explained above are 100X worse on xbox live and i consider the COD franchise as a Xbox focused series. Disagree if you want to i own COD games for both system and this is my assessment of the behaviors i encounter. This is why i refuse to play COD and play BFBC2 non stop now. I'm a 35 year old college educated professional and i usually exp playing with mature individuals while playing BFBC2. Team work through communication usually occurs and at the end of a match i usually end up friending someone in my squad. My brother who is 40 years plays BFBC2 along with colleagues. COD is just a juvenile online FPS thats all there is to it.

[curtis_boy]

Racist player cards

[X-Zone]

LOL no.
The people that play LittleBigPlanet are the best community in the world. They create they don't destroy.

[Beastradamus]

I play a ton of Black Ops, but no community can touch Uncharted 2's. We are some dedicated beasts.

[Raven_Nomad]

Definitely the largest, I will say a good majority are good people. Anytime you have people playing something numbering in the millions, of course your going to have trouble makers. I still would rather play COD online then any other game.

Cant find another experience as satisfying to match it.

[BonhamZ0S0]

Of course they're the best fans in the world. They keep putting money in your greedy pockets.

[Hicken]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

... sorry.

Wait, I'm not. Seriously, that's funny, though.