While many people want to see Black Ops 2's DLC release on the Wii U, does it make sense for Activision to do so with such a small online player base?
GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 leap up due to summer sales
Wow, good games never get old I guess.
CoD will always be a beast of a franchise, and how awesome is it that you can just boot it up or pop it into your Xbox and play, MS BC is really a neat feature.
Many players on social media are now reporting unannounced matchmaking fixes have been put in place by Activision ranging from Call of Duty 3 to Modern Warfare 2 to Black Ops 2, on Xbox 360. Players are reporting that player counts are updating, lobbies forming, and matchmaking times have been reduced. Neither Activision nor Microsoft have commented on the matter when reached out to at this time. This is currently impacting both 360 and BC versions of the games. PS3 is not affected at this time.
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Multiple users coming forward saying the games are finally working again after years of server issues. Note that not all issues such as player counts are totally fixed at this time however matchmaking is fully working again. With legacy Call of Duty games releasing on Game Pass within the next 2 years, it does make sense for these servers to eventually be corrected. Good to see the preservation of these legendary games. Hopefully PS3 receives the same treatment for these legacy titles!
“Activision Unexpectedly Fixes Old Call of Duty Servers, Just One Day After FTC Verdict”
Imagine that.
Conspiracy theory: MS have been planning on purchasing ABK for a long time. They let Sony outbid them for having console-exclusive CoD stuff/being first for certain dlc so the PlayStation player base would increase.
Years later, MS buy ABK, with plans to make CoD either exclusive/platform exclusive features etc with the release of a new console (Xbox Series X2?) So the established CoD player base migrates over to their platform, taking a huge percentage off Sony?
Wild theory
Game Rant Writes "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been available for 10 years, and in that time, no other entry has topped its weapon balance and variety."
Although Black Ops 2 is one of the more loved entries in the series, there seemed to be an overall lack of recoil when I played back in the day, which made the guns feel toy-like. The overall art style didnt really sit well with me at the time either. A bit too cartoony. I think zombies could have been cool, but on the PS3, playing splitscreen made the frame rate drop to unplayable levels.
Said player base can grow. It just needs the support that can attract more players. Besides, isn't supplying DLC fairly inexpensive if its already been made? so it's not exactly outside the realm of reality for them to strengthen support on the Wii U side of things and have a stronger userbase for next year's COD game. Just my two cents though.
so what if it's a small install base at the moment, it will grow. and DLC should be available to all platforms regardless. it's only been out a few months on WiiU, i would be more worried after a year or two if it was still at that level of players.
i will never get this game . .redemption is where its at!
just because you dont care about black ops 2 dlc doesnt mean the rest of us dont. its a new console of course its not gonna have as many players as the others but is that a reason to treat us wii u owners diffrently?
also i read from a treyarc admin that it isnt based on the ammount of players. there getting everything ready to get dlc on wii u.
pleanty of other wii u games have dlc like assasins creed 3. just give them time.
its free for them to do dlc and updates on wii u.on ps3 and 360 they have to pay to do it.
so it shouldn't be a problem.
ac3 sold less then c.o.d. on wii-u and it got both dlc packs.