The PC and Xbox versions should be cheaper since they won't be getting a game mode.

So.. realistically... what is the “accountable”?

Micro transactions/loot boxes? They lead the path, so why would they be last to be held accountable? I mean, ea has taken most of the fire while activision was not only already doing it, but are far worse?

Third party deals?
Once again, Microsoft, activision, ea should have all been held accountable when this all started. Do you expect Sony just to lay down? What happened to “competition is a good thing?”?
When Microsoft made a deal for gta add on content exclusivity.. gaming media complain?
Gears of war? (Ea deal to keep exclusive until purchased this gen), mass effect, titanfall, tomb raider, 80% of indies announce from Microsoft’s last three e3s...all with year long, permanent, or content exclusives but Sony gets the articles like this?

Why zone in to one company when complaining about predatory marketing tactics in conjunction with micro transactions and loot boxes?
What message are you sending when it is THIS company is doing this and THIS company gets content?
Just to be clear.. this is literally the definition of biased no?

Microsoft is still a very dangerous competitor. They own and partner with media partners, they corner markets to create a dominate position, they flood markets with cheap products just to hurt their competitors and to force alliances, and they sugar coat it all by controlling the narrative. This is all very evident per court fillings against Microsoft and is not an “opinion”.

At what point should Sony relax their shoulders and say, “you know... even after the Xbox 360’s huge third party attack against us and their huge media funding to drag our name through the mud... we should not fight fire with fire anymore because of reasons.”

My point... how can anyone take any “opinion” on this topic seriously when the long standing trend is, per the gaming media, “Sony” bad.. “Microsoft” shhh or a good thing.. last two years “ea” bad.. activision was mainly just shhh although their fans have been complaining all the time?

You want a competitor like Microsoft, you fight like Microsoft. Period.
Microsoft will not even flinch spending millions of dollars on market research in order to just connect to consumers... to this day.
Plus, now that everyone is jumping into “gaming”... you think these deals will end?

Not if we are getting articles that mainly find an issue only when Sony’s name is attached to the issue and everyone else gets very little flack.
(To note, people commenting on articles are not the gaming media so saying “yeah but everyone here on n4g would argue about complaining about it)

Let’s keep it real here people only care about this because it effects the PC community. If it was coming to PC and PS4 only nobody would care. Let’s look at Destiny for an example. There was weapons and strikes that were only available on PS4 for a year and nobody said anything. Don’t get me wrong I’m not defending this in any way but I believe in telling it how it is...

It's been time to hold Activision accountable for half a decade or so by this point. But until the casual COD/Madden audience refuse to get walked all over with lootboxes, card packs, slot machines, and paid red dot sights it won't stop. It's completely on the consumer at this point, it those practices stopped making money they would stop being implemented, pretty simple.

Lmao. Nobody has a gun to your head. They sell so they stay, if nobody bought them they wouldn't be there. People obviously like spending their money on these.

I see no gun held to anyone's head. But ok. lol.

I'm ok with timed exclusives, but 90 (preferably 30) days should be the absolute limit no matter the console. A year is ridiculous.

I think the majority of COD fans are like the sports game fanatics. They're not reading these. Don't even know if they read.

Its been time to boycott Activision for a very long time now. Not just recently with whatever new greasy B.S. they've just come up with. Its only going to get worse from here on out, and its a shame that know-nothing casuals will still buy their garbage because its advertised on whatever sporting event they're watching.

It has been time for a long time now. Any company that exploits gamers should be called out for it.

It's time to hold ourselves accountable for buying the games year after year. If we want change a serious boycott has to happen but it won't. And those are the facts of life.

Where was all this energy last gen or when you hold an ENTIRE games for a year after it's been a multiplat. Funny how times have changed. The funny thing is, Xbox fanboys will still buy this game for $60 yet they can't can't support the exclusives. I take that back. They will pay a dollar or two for them....

We already have but gamers still give them money, only once people stop buying their products then they will listen.

Welcome to the next step in the industry of capitalism.