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With the launch of Call of Duty Season 4, Activision quietly put adverts inside loadouts for Black Ops 6 and Warzone, sparking a backlash in the process.

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[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 75 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It will never be enough for them. Full priced game is not enough. Battle pass is not enough. Loot boxes are not enough, and advertising in game will not be enough. Have some fucking self respect and stop buying this shit.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

They regularly have skins of famous people for $20 worth of in game points.

It is never enough.

[–] loam@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

We project infinite growth, and if we can't reach our goals, we are going to have to drop many of you into the capitalism volcano as sacrifice

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Sweet summer child...

[–] vegantomato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The correct answer right here

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 48 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So... They stopped playing right? Because there are a lot of similar games without ads, so why would people just put up with it. Right?

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seriously who is still playing CoD in 2025? Same goes for EA Games. "Wow this game is shit I guess I'll buy the next one and hope that won't be shit!" must be what they're thinking.

[–] three@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago

There are new humans being created every minute. Those humans are younger than you and your friends who grew up with cod. Those humans may be experiencing the game for the first time. Your group of humans are not superior to younger humans because you were here first.

[–] sbexpert@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The title makes it sound like intrusive product ads when it's just pictures of bundles for skins and other cosmetics that are currently available. Not nearly as bad as it could be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 2 months ago

That's good context, you're right the title made it sound like they were advertising KFC at startup. But, then again, an ads an ad.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I miss the days where everything was unlockable by just playing the game…

It’s so refreshing opening MW2 and and not having anything locked behind a paywall

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

This is why I love The Finals so much these days. You get the benefits of a live service game (updates, bug fixes, frequent content drops, an active and receptive dev team, etc), but their monetization scheme is set up so that you can only spend money on cosmetics. Weapons, game modes, account progression, are all advanced by playing the game, without any monetary path to advancement, whatsoever.

Besides, the game modes, gunplay, movement, and aesthetic in The Finals are all leaps and bounds better than anything COD has had to offer for years now.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People STILL buying CoD or Battlefield games at this point deserve whatever they've gladly paid for.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The thing is they want us to give in like how mobile players did. If you ever played codm, I know anyone from this community would pull their eyes out and bleach their eye sockets. The worst part is mobile players like it now, I've seen so many kids refuse to play games that don't have adverts that give them free crates. Adults that spend money for these are even worse. We should always actively talk against this shit.

[–] valaramech@fedia.io -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If the adverts are completely optional, this is the best way to do it. "Here, if you watch this ad we'll give you free shit!" is way more likely to get me to watch whatever it is, but "You will watch this ad or you won't get to play anymore" is the fastest way to get me to uninstall.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago

Both are equally bad and I'd reckon the former is worse for kids.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Just ban it.

Do not stress over some corporation's ability to harass and degrade you. Acknowledge a business model is shit - and say, fuck that. If they want better profit margins, spend less money, sell more copies.