Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare Survival Mode Controversy

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Overview

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Survival Mode Controversy refers to an outcry in the gaming community when Activision announced its upcoming video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, would have a "Survival Mode" available exclusively to Playstation 4 players until October of 2020, when the mode would be available for Xbox and PC players, a full year after the game's release. Players expressed their outrage at what they saw as a greedy move from Activision and Sony, barring an entire mode from a wide swath of players who would be paying the same price for the game.

Background

On September 24th, 2019 the Playstation YouTube channel posted a story trailer for the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game (shown below). In the trailer, it was revealed that the game mode "Survival Mode" would only be available for Playstation 4 players. The mode will be available to all players in October of 2020.^[4]

Developments

Players were quick to express their anger about the announcement. Director Taylor Kurosaki fielded complaints from gamers on Twitter who were angry over the Survival Mode PS4 exclusivity,^[1]^[2] explaining that decisions like this were "above his pay grade" (examples shown below). Redditors pointed out how Survival Mode has historically been one of the most popular multiplayer modes in Call of Duty games, and that with the frequent release of Call of Duty games, denying players a game mode for a year would in essence make the game mode irrelevant by the time it's released, as another Call of Duty game will be on the way.^[3]

Jaxon @VrTxGalaxyYT Sep 24 So you just spamming tweets to cover up my notifications of the fact that 2/3 of your player base doesn't get spec ops for a year? 29 @taylorkurosaki Sep 24 Taylor Kurosaki 100% of the player base gets Spec Ops and everything else in the game day one. Survival mode is the only thing in the game with a timed advantage to Sony. 28 t 5 16 CoJack OP COJACK@NotSubsandwich Replying to @taylorkurosaki and @VrTxGalaxyYT You still held out on a mode for a year. A GAMEMODE That's not right and as director you should know that. 4:35 PM Sep 24, 2019 Twitter for Android

CoJack OP @NotSubsandwich Sep 24 get that, it just sucks they have to be so quiet about this s--- then throw it in our faces like some pie. We as customers should get more info about why decisions like this are made. Instead of leaving us scratching our heads wondering when did this all go wrong C 2 17 Taylor Kurosaki @taylorkurosaki Sep 24 Good point. 1 16 CoJack OP @NotSubsandwich Sep 24 COJAC Thank you man, I hope my tweets arent getting to you. I'm not trying to be personal or s--- on the game. I truly love this game. But we just want answers when we feel like we dont get them with certain issues. 3 14 Taylor Kurosaki @taylorkurosaki Replying to @NotSubsandwich @VrTxGalaxyYT and @22Hertz DRW It's all good. We have tried our best to have an open dialogue with our players from day one. We understand letting that trust down. These are complicated decisions that are above our pay grade. Please know we want what's best for all our players. 5:18 PM Sep 24, 2019 Tweetbot fer Mas

Other Redditors began making memes about the decision, comparing Activision to EA Games who have been notorious in the gaming industry for nickel-and-diming consumers (example shown below, left). User Rasnall posted an object labeling meme about the controversy in /r/gaming, gaining over 26,000 points (shown below, right). The controversy was covered by Daily Dot.^[5]

It's time for Activision to get the backlash that EA got for Battlefront 2.

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External References

^[1] Twitter – Notsubsandwich

^[2] Twitter – taylorkurosaki

^[3] Reddit – Spec Ops Survival Mode only on PS4 with other platforms to follow October 2020

^[4] Twitter – charlieintel

^[5] Daily Dot – Gamers are furious about Call of Duty Modern Warfare’s Survival mode

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UnKewln00b

Oct 03, 2019 at 02:12PM EDT

I was never going to get this game, but I see the big problem here, this gamemode is exclusive……For a year AKA by the time it comes out for Xbox and PC, Activision will be pushing the NEXT Call of Duty game in your face. THAT'S actually a good reason to be pissed.

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