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EA just owned Activision with zero dollar Battlelog service

Product-Reviews writes: With Actvision announcing their premium Elite service for the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 and other supported COD games, you just knew that EA were going to launch a counter attack with their own move, and they look to have found the answer with their Battlelog service.

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tr00p3r5339d ago

Elite costs money, Battlelog does not... I think I know which one I'm going to choose here.

somerandomdude5339d ago (Edited 5339d ago )

”Battlelog will be available for the monthly fee of (drum roll)… zero dollars. ” EA

X-DominusRebellis-X5339d ago

Haha nice one! Looks like EA just killed an enemy: Activision (+50) by a headshot (+10)...and have won the match...lol

darksied5338d ago

Yeah, people can say what they want about EA, but the current management for Electronic Arts seems to be doing a lot of things right. +1 for them.

RedSky5338d ago

I like how this is one of those stories where there is no usual fanboyism and everyone is universally agreeing to abhor shameless money whoring.

GrieverSoul5338d ago (Edited 5338d ago )

Nice move from EA.

Im a fan of the Modern Warfare series but Im hoping EA to succeed with Battlefield! I really hope the game is good and captures gamers from the CoD fanbase. I love MW but actually wanting us to pay for something that is available in other games offer for free is just ridiculous.

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MintBerryCrunch5339d ago

not only which service to choose....but the better game as well

thats_just_prime5338d ago

maybe but CoD will still sale more copies and make more money off elite. personally dont like either game but activision is goin to be laughing all the way to the bank

Bull5hifT5339d ago

Well since your brainwashed enough to keep buying COD games.. Id bet your going to get the Paid Service

fr0sty5339d ago

@ tr00p3r... 31 agrees, 0 disagrees. I think we've found the one thing the entire gaming community can agree on... Hating activision.

tr00p3r5338d ago

Hate is a strong word my good man, but their actions speak louder than words clearly.

Activision love making a few extra dollars, while EA are more interested in building consumer support, rather than driving them away.. a really smart and logical business step.

Btw, someone disliked! :p

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NRG5339d ago

Don't care about either. Make me a good game.

Killzone3Helghast5339d ago

EA isn't always the good guy here.. they made us pay $10 for maps that were locked on the disk(they took no download to play the maps) :/ and we only got most of them like a few months ago

unknownhero11235339d ago (Edited 5339d ago )

true but in this case EA is the lesser of the two evils.

squallheart5339d ago

But 5dlls less than the maps for COD XD

Jack-Pyro5338d ago

There's a difference between overcharging for maps that were developed after the fact and making you pay extra for something that's already on the disk...

I realize that project $10 is an attempt to take a stab into the used game market, but seriously EA can go fuck themselves if they think this is gonna fly for much longer.

That being said, EA IS the lesser of two evils for the sole expressed purpose that they consistently turn out quality work, unlike Activision who seem to know how to make and market COD and ONLY COD!

Rocket Sauce5338d ago

Yeah, I wouldn't buy either one, but I'd feel like a bigger douche paying $10 for something I already own.

STICKzophrenic5339d ago

Bungie has had incredibly detailed stats for Halo 3, Halo 3 ODST (Firefight) and Halo: Reach on bungie.net. Their stat tracking is amazing to say the least. I can still go look up to see how I did in my very first Halo 3 MP match.

That said, I like the dig EA is taking at Activision. I may buy MW3, but it won't be full retail price and I damn sure won't pay for Elite. I'm definitely interested in Battlefield 3 as well. Them announcing this makes it that much more interesting.

RockmanII75339d ago (Edited 5339d ago )

lol, I hate how you can do that though with Halo 3. My first game of Halo 3 I lost to someone with a gamertag of NoBalls51 :(

http://www.bungie.net/Stats...

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

galgor1d 2h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 1h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead10h ago(Edited 10h 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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Saudi Arabia Will Own 93 Percent Of Battlefield 6 Publisher EA

When the dust settles on the $55 billion leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, Saudi Arabia will be its only true owner, despite a “consortium” of investors being involved in the deal. Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will control 93 percent of the company, according to filings with Brazil’s antitrust regulator.

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blacktiger44d ago

Technically speaking, Saudi Arabia and TENCENT can buy the entire USA. ANf Democrat and Republican will not do crap!

Inverno44d ago

Letting foreign entities own half of American businesses is liberal and very progressive. So is bringing in all that talent from outside the States to replace the talentless and lazy American workers. And here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope. We're supposed to worry bout them "radical Muslims" minding their own here and ignore China/Saudi/Israel taking over.

blacktiger44d ago

Another thing I hate hearing is "liberal and very progressive"
It's 2025 and that stuff is outdated. Everything and everyway is literally the same thing wheter it's progressive, conservativ. Because they all wants the same thing have, king unlimited oney buy everything including your house.

Now they making mainstream media news that it's AI Bubble justify to highjack the price of RAM.
Another excuse for inflation!

Tacoboto44d ago

"here I thought the Trump administration wanted to border is up but nope"

Lol, you actually bought what he was selling? Let's see this week alone...

Yesterday he pardoned an international drug lord, while allowing the murder of random fishermen on boats. Remember drain the swamp? He pardoned a Democratic Congressman jailed for bribery just today, nevermind that fraudulent drag queen republican that was kicked out of Congress and imprisoned for their fraud. It's so petty they're picking fights on social media with pop stars while using their music, and even using Franklin the damn Turtle to cartoonify their murders.

thorstein43d ago

You believed him!?!!

I've got some Trump $5000 bills for you, only half off.

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Inverno42d ago

People I do not use /s to point out my sarcasm. Should be obvious I don't believe anything coming out of Trump's mouth or any politicians mouth.

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gold_drake43d ago

its quite ridiculous that they were able to do that. or even allowed to.

but saudis even have their grabby hands in nintendo stocks.

maximusprime_43d ago

Looking on the bright side, the games may be patched to remove any ideologies that are incompatible for the majority of the world.

S2Killinit43d ago

What do you mean? You want censorship in games?

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

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan51d ago

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

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franwex51d 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.

Profchaos51d ago

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

bsingle4051d ago

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

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@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
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MDTunkown51d ago

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

dveio51d 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.

blacktiger51d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac51d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac51d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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