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Call of Duty Studios Continue to Ignore the Community's Biggest Complaint -- SBMM

Sledgehammer might be the most communicative Call of Duty studio, but even so, the topic of SBMM is still ignored and that needs to change.

Jin_Sakai567d ago

Why are they so obsessive with SBMM? Literally know one likes it.

Sephiroushin566d ago

patents blatanly says to drive up microtransactions, so yeah long story short, for money...

ChasterMies567d ago (Edited 567d ago )

SBMM is essential for keeping on-line multiplayer healthy. If you want to win every time, play single player on easy mode.

Jin_Sakai567d ago (Edited 567d ago )

If you think that’s all it does you should read more into it. It’s a load of BS is what it is.

“Activision files patent to negatively impact gameplay (specifically adding negative aim assist and lowering damage) of skilled players in multiplayer titles.“

“System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games”

“[0032] For example, in one implementation, the system may include a microtransaction engine that arranges matches to influence game-related purchases. For instance, the microtransaction engine may match a more expert/marquee player with a junior player to encourage the junior player to make game-related purchases of items possessed/used by the marquee player. A junior player may wish to emulate the marquee player by obtaining weapons or other items used by the marquee player.”

https://patents.google.com/...

Feel free to read all the BS in the patent.

ChiefofLoliPolice566d ago

You should really do more research before you comment on it. If you knew what Sbmm truly was and how it works on recent Cods you would have never said "SBMM is essential for keeping the muilplayer healthy".

SBMM as it's currently implemented on CoD actually does the exact opposite of what you said.

smolinsk567d ago

I don't care. Love the challenge. Never heard or seen anything on the lowering the damage or aim assist anywhere of skilled players.

DFresh566d ago

This is a problem in all Activision games including Overwatch and Diablo series.

frostypants566d ago (Edited 566d ago )

It's EOMM, not SBMM. And it won't change if you keep playing it, and you keep playing it because it's working. They know they have you addicted. Prove them wrong if you want it to change. Apex Legends (and probably a lot of others) does the same thing. Yes, it is terrible.

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Coming to Game Pass: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, StarCraft & StarCraft II, and More

Happy spooky season to those who celebrate! We have a collection of scary games for you to enjoy with Game Pass, while hiding under the blankets (or maybe that’s just how I play). And if you want to do something slightly less scary, we have a whole list of games for you to start pre-installing including more day one additions like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and more! Let’s get to the games.

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• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 25
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Cloud) – October 25
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• Call of Duty: Warzone (Cloud) – October 25
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• Ashen (Cloud, Console, and PC) – October 29
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crazyCoconuts242d ago

Let the COD on GamePass experiment begin!
I would think their quarterly revenue will take a hit compared to a year ago, but will maybe make up for it throughout the year as the monthly GP subs keep coming in

pwnmaster3000242d ago

Was up with call of duty man?
I downloaded cod on gamepass and for some reason I cannot access the game.

darthv72242d ago

just curious what version? There are some that you can pre-load, but they wont work until their release date later this month.

pwnmaster3000242d ago

I have to redownload it again for the 3rd time to check.
I ended up just deleting it to make room for other games after the second time.

It was on Xbox game pass, I didn’t know there was other versions. I just downloaded everything, but sadly I couldn’t even access the game. Maybe 3rd time the charm. I’ll download it again.

SPEAKxTHExTRUTH242d ago

It’s not out yet man unless you’re talking about MW3.

pwnmaster3000242d ago

I’m talking about mw3. For some reason I could not get it to work.

just_looken242d ago

On xbox there is the last gen/current gen versions pc though you could also get a xbox version.

When that new forza first came out for one day they had the xbox version on the pc store i was like ? what it was odd.

On xbox you can easily download the one version of a game instead of the series version so you run into issues on your series console.

pwnmaster3000242d ago

Because a game won’t run after I download it??
Man your kids must hate your @ss if that’s how you think.

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dveio242d ago

It's going to be very interesting to follow up on how the new entry of CoD will perform at the box office, player numbers and distribution of Xbox, PC and PS versions this year.

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DivineHand125242d ago

I got excited thinking they ported StarCraft to consoles but it's just the PC version. Also, I thought Starcraft 2 was already free to play.

TheColbertinator242d ago

I'm certain it is going to be the Campaign Collection version.

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The Haunting Returns. Full Season 6 Reveal: Modern Warfare III, Warzone, and Warzone Mobile

The Haunting returns and it’s more terrifying than ever! Introducing a horrific cast of Operators alongside the new "Drive Thru" Multiplayer map and six new map variants, the anything-goes Purgatory Limited Time mode, free Rift Runs in Zombies, plus new weapons, Aftermarket Parts, a frighteningly epic Battle Pass, and more.

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Call of Duty MW3/Warzone Season 5 September 5th patch notes

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Season 5 is in full swing and there is still gas left in the tank before Black Ops 6 is released.