Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Outage Map

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Issues Reports

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  Feldman9000 (@CoryFeldman2000) reported 5 minutes ago

  @Stallion83 Ways for Xbox to win: 1. Stick to the big IP's (although this was a problem at one point) 2. Name the new system Xbox 720 3. Show commitment to both digital and physical 4. Make playing online free 5. Drop game pass altogether or make it $10-$15 for indie games / legacy titles 6. Launch system with Elder Scrolls 6 7. Just make their games based off of what they were during the 360 days 8. Lean in to nostalgia of the 360 since we are at that point 9. Players can use current controllers on new system to help save money. 10. Make COD exclusive/timed exclusive 11. More console exclusives

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  RJK (@RJKIV_) reported 6 minutes ago

  @PrayFPSHub @Prenadess Your pc isn’t unstable he’s just trying to get u to buy a useless opti lol it’s a glitch in the game bc cod sucks either tab out when loading or unplug controller when loading into game it’s a well known glitch

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  XpertFusion (AKA MovieFusion) (@xpertfusion3) reported 6 minutes ago

  @Trashmann935 What makes the current BlackCell system better? Or do you just want it all gone entirely? I think having ways to earn more COD points would be nice. Attaching that to a subscription service would be a win-win for players and Activison.

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  PrimitiveAK 🇯🇲 (@PrimitiveAK) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Sauxy I don’t disagree with that statement, but my reasons are because extraction shooters are boring to me and always have been. Didn’t like arc raiders. Quit after 3 matches. Didn’t like DMZ in COD. Literally AFK’d it for battle pass tokens. Sure as hell didn’t like marathon after putting 20 hours on it. And Tarkov got boring after about 10 hours. Extraction shooters are a niche genre and Bungie choose a genre to make a game just about no one asked for. And on top of that, maintaining a live service on an extraction game is basically impossible unless you are on the same scale as Tarkov or Arc raiders. Bungie could barely maintain the live service on Destiny 2 with a massive budget, part of the reason nobody wants to touch marathon also because we know what they are capable of in live service. They’ve LITERALLY withheld content for future DLCs to make more money. Even if Bungie made a D3 I wouldn’t want their current paws on it. That whole studio needs a full reset with new executives.

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  Jay Carnage | ᛃᛖᛁ ᚲᚨᚱᚾᛁᛞᛃ ᛗᚢᛋᛁᚲ (@JayCarnageMusic) reported 8 minutes ago

  only way to stop the cheating problem in cod is to stop playing it then they will be forced to find another game to ruin

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  isa 🇵🇸🇫🇷🇳🇴 (@flamencotears) reported 8 minutes ago

  I can’t buy COD black ops 1 and 2 because some little neeks have broken the PlayStation store I cba

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  Dale Kielly (@dale_kielly) reported 10 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty @Activision I need support.Your support page is the worst and most user FU I've ever seen.Can you please DM me so I can get my account back?I have spent enough money with you that I should get a little customer service!

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  NaavmanGaming (@NaavmanGamingYT) reported 12 minutes ago

  I've unlocked both of the universal camos for completing Prime Target Glitch Fracture in BO7 Endgame. And the camos are mid in my opinion and these 2 camos doesn't glow in the dark either. * End of Daze Static Universal Camo - Looks clean but doesn't glow in the dark - 5/10. *End of Dayz Animated Universal Camo - Looks mid its a copy and paste from the previous Glitch Fracture but with teal blue and some animation on the skulls - 4/10. #CallofDuty #BlackOps7Endgame #YouTubeGaming

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  Sarah (@sarahjjoyful) reported 14 minutes ago

  I think the double XP weekend for battle pass owners might be bugged @CallofDuty @CODUpdates. I own the Battle Pass and it still shows I can use tokens. Please fix!

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  Leon Beazt 01 (@LeonBeazt) reported 16 minutes ago

  @CallofDuty @kuronushi_ The player count has dropped drastically ever since the PC BIOS update. There is no reason for ANY PC player to have to update the Motherboard and risk their PC not working. And there are still cheaters in Ranked. Take it away ASAP and find a different solution.

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  Swaguley (@swaguley) reported 19 minutes ago

  EA fumbled their biggest opportunity to steal players from COD and retain them with BF6. Allow me to explain. When BO7 was first announced, I believe many classic COD fans were frustrated with Activision and chose BF6 because they wanted an arcade military shooter that: 1) Looked like an actual military game (no goofy skins) and 2) Had normal, boots on the ground movement Both of which are things modern COD largely abandoned chasing Fortnite and other games. Skins and movement are also hot topics in the COD community. These disgruntled COD players saw the announcements for BF6 and thought that Battlefield, a franchise historically known for being authentic, would at least adhere to its identity since Call of Duty would not. On first glance, the marketing seemed to bear this out. The backlash to BO7's announcement was the tipping point where COD players as a whole were finally open to giving Battlefield a serious look. BF6's marketing and beta then gave them the impression that it was going to be EXACTLY what they were looking for and expecting: a grounded, arcade military shooter that looked the part without the crackhead movement. That's why skins and clips of crackhead movement are the two things that blow up more than anything else with BF6. These were the two most important features to get right, funnily enough. Battlefield fans and classic COD fans actually converged in these areas, as they really wanted the same thing. EA then made jabs at Call of Duty: "No Nicki Minaj skins" and blew up Zac Efron to drive the point home. Battlefield was in a prime position to capitalize and finally steal the market from Call of Duty. However, once everyone bought BF6 and played it for a little while, they began to realize what it actually was: A cheap, more plasticky feeling copy of modern Call of Duty, just with GI Joe vs Cobra skins and its own version of crackhead movement. I think it's fair to say that both COD and Battlefield players alike felt rug pulled. Little did we know that while poking fun at Call of Duty with one hand, EA was literally copying COD's failing homework with the other. It seems that EA believed fundamentally that COD players just wanted a 1:1 copy of what "modern" Call of Duty was (they didn't) and told Battlefield Studios to make exactly that, with yearly releases planned in the future. They didn't understand the fundamental reasons why COD players were disgruntled with modern COD in the first place and why the franchise was going downhill. Battlefield 6 was not an attempt to be a classic Battlefield game. It was designed to be the "perfect COD substitute". To avoid backlash from Battlefield players by being upfront about this fact, they did everything in their power to evoke BF3/BF4 nostalgia instead of letting everyone know they were actually trying to build MW19/MWII just on the back of 2042's garbage version of Frostbite. The kicker here is, I think most COD players actually DID want Battlefield to simply be Battlefield, and they expected exactly that, just like your average Battlefield fan. Back in the day, these players may have dabbled with BF3, BF4, or BF1 and were now finally open to giving the Battlefield franchise a real chance because COD had repeatedly abused their loyalty over the years. It's actually quite interesting to see COD fans being completely spot on about what Battlefield's identity is or should be, even when some Battlefield players forget. Shortly after BF6 released, these COD players quickly became wise to what was actually going on, and put the game down when they realized that BF6 was not trying to be Battlefield, they were just trying to be what modern COD had become, even down to things like the menus and the overpriced store; the funny part is they couldn't even do it any better than Activision. These COD players didn't want Battlefield to just be a copy of modern COD, but EA didn't get this. When 2042 crashed and burned, EA just said screw it and applied a blanket approach to their copying because they didn't actually understand what COD players wanted, so they thought by copying everything they could, maybe something would stick. They even placed COD developers in charge to make sure of this. EA could've been the good guy here and used this opportunity to be the antithesis to what modern Call of Duty had become, but instead they misunderstood the assignment and just became little bro bad guy. It only took 18 days for them to bring in the stupid looking skins to their poorly designed customization system and boosted slide jumps became the meta. This is why BF6 ultimately had such a steep player drop off a month after release and why those hundreds of thousands of players won't come back no matter what updates come. Once the positive first impression was dashed by the reality of what BF6 was, these COD players didn't have a problem dropping the game and not looking back. Meanwhile, we Battlefield fans are now stuck with a Battlefield game that is really just a cheap copy of Call of Duty with some Battlefield lipstick applied and Battlefield Studios is having to go back and slowly put the toothpaste back in the tube to please the Battlefield players that are masochistic enough to stick around. Tiny changes to the gameplay aren't enough to change the overall flavor of the game, they need to drastically change it. Even after all the updates, it still tastes the same way it did at release. But the damage is already done, these COD players aren't coming back and EA has simultaneously pushed away a ton of Battlefield players in the process. It seems we did hold onto a few of the COD players, judging by the amount of people that instantly skip their revive when downed. You might say, "Well BF6 was best selling Battlefield of all time" and while that is true, because of the reasons I've stated above, Battlefield 7 will NOT come close to the sales of BF6 because COD players are now wise to what EA is doing and so are many Battlefield players. I question if I would even buy BF7 if they take the same approach again. I will certainly be looking at BF7 much more critically than I did BF6. EA's metrics for live service games rely heavily on daily active users and monthly cosmetic spend. That was the real goal and why they wanted all of those COD players. With the immediate player drop off, there's a high likelihood they missed their lofty internal revenue goals with skin sales, which is probably why Battlefield Studios saw a couple rounds of layoffs. Funnily enough, EA may also have inadvertently revived the COD franchise because the hype cycle BF6 produced scared Activision into making real changes that players were asking for, and now Activision actually listens to feedback from the COD community. So COD fans may now be eating good with MW4 and won't need Battlefield anymore and we Battlefield fans are stuck with Codfield 6, maybe even for a couple more years based on the announcements from today. Will EA learn from this? Probably not. I'm not confident the new leadership coming here in a couple of months will be any better, especially since they have $20B in debt to make up for when they bought EA. If EA had marketed Battlefield 6 as what it really was, I don't think I would've purchased it. You might disagree with my opinions here, but I think they are borne out. Here are a couple of community polls I conducted over the past several months on my YouTube channel:

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  Dasu: Hunter (@buddahmfjones) reported 23 minutes ago

  @PlayStation I'm so ******* tired of y'all giving me COD, 2k, fifa & the other yearly live service slop for free games.

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  Low Vibrational Zoe 🇭🇹 (@LowLifeZoe) reported 29 minutes ago

  My problem with "ball and gun" gamers is they dont even want to play any other ball and gun game aside from the typical AAA studio stuff. Plenty of indie FPS and Sports games but they rather ***** of CoD and 2k/fifa ect

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  flow (@furzflo) reported 30 minutes ago

  @TrueGameData Something I underestimated is stability. The amount of issues I have with lag and and packet loss went from „better than most“ to almost zero. Only issue I had was packet burst in BO7 what that seems a configuration/hardware/CoD issue and is solved now.

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  YT_SubNova (@The_SubNova) reported 30 minutes ago

  and lets be clear @CallofDuty you expect us to post clips to your other account but dont even reply when told theres issues half the time cause your too busy making new skins