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Could Activision Sell Dedicated Servers?

Gamrzz: Call Of Duty is a great series of games, it has its up's (COD 4) and its down's (Others I Fail To Mention) however one major thing that has been wrong with the series is it's lack of Dedicated servers. With Activision trying to make as much money as they can and as fast as possible could a paid dedicated server service become a reality?

Pandamobile5475d ago (Edited 5475d ago )

That would be a crime.

"Let's completely monopolize our dedicated server provision and eliminate competition and lower rental prices"

Sounds like the Activision thing to do.

metsgaming5475d ago

releasing the same game every year for $60 is also a crime. But people still buy it and people would pay for dedicated servers also but many would leave. If they think they would gain more money even though they lose customers they will do it.

evrfighter5473d ago

They pretty much did that with gamservers.com already with blackops.

dragonelite5473d ago

Hell i would pay for a server just to eliminate the host advantage.

MintBerryCrunch5474d ago

all it takes is 1 and the snowball effect will be in full gear

Christopher5474d ago

Technically, they already do with Black Ops on the PC having a monthly pay option for people to buy their own dedicated server plans.

Istanbull5473d ago

With the billions of dollars they make in profit, they could give us dedicated servers, but no, they want to maximize profit.

I am eagerly waiting for this company to fail, they're solely only reliant on CoD.

yamzilla5473d ago

there are dedicated servers on pc in every cod game except mw2

bumnut5473d ago

I stopped playing after WAW, they reduced the player count after that one.

PS360PCROCKS5473d ago

why not? They can sell a re-polished turd yearly...

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL118d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor118d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS118d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead117d ago (Edited 117d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

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StoneTitan169d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex169d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos169d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40169d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor168d ago (Edited 168d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
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MDTunkown168d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio169d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger168d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac168d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac168d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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