Activision May Shut Down PS3 Black Ops Servers

[e2density]

http://www.vg247.com/2011/01/19/activision-may-close-playstation-network-black-ops-servers/

Way to go, Activision. Not only have you greedily rushed the game's developers into making a premature release for Black Ops, you're now threatening to shut down the PSN servers because of complaints...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I hope they shut down all the severs, it would end my annoying compulsion to keep playing that maddening game.

 

[Scizophrenic Llama]

It's not because of the complaints, it is because of the statements claiming such poor connections and such could potentially be against the law. Their argument against that is stating simply that they don't even have to keep the servers up if they didn't want to. A rather harsh way of putting it, but it is true. They don't plan on taking them down, as the news article about this on the front page says they won't.

 

[e2density]

Ah, apparently I had enough of a life that I wasn't looking at the Escapist at 3:27am xD

 

[DazZ.]

Ah, apparently I had enough of a life that I wasn't looking at the Escapist at 3:27am xD

How is getting angry about a game and taking time out to write your thoughts on the Escapist any better than just reading?

 

[e2density]

Ah, apparently I had enough of a life that I wasn't looking at the Escapist at 3:27am xD

How is getting angry about a game and taking time out to write your thoughts on the Escapist any better than just reading?

I'm not getting angry over a game, I don't even play Black Ops, to be honest.

 

[DazZ.]

Ah, apparently I had enough of a life that I wasn't looking at the Escapist at 3:27am xD

How is getting angry about a game and taking time out to write your thoughts on the Escapist any better than just reading?

I'm not getting angry over a game, I don't even play Black Ops, to be honest.

Not sure if that's even worse or not to be honest.

 

[TelHybrid]

Man Activision win at trolling. XD

Call of Duty hasn't been any good since 4, I chose a good time to stop playing the series.

 

[Sronpop]

Well they will get way more backlash if they shut the servers down. For the amount that do complain, there are still millions who play it without bother. What happened to their voice. Its the vocal minority giving the most shit again. Im not saying its without fault, but they only thing they gain by shutting down the servers is shutting up the minority while angering the millions, and its not even like the minority will be pleased then anyway, because they still didn't fix anything.

Then again they shouldn't be complaining, it has been common knowledge for years that the ps3 is not the ideal place to play cod. Virtually everyone knows this, ps3 owners complain that their version isn't exactly the same as the 360's when its the architecture of PSN that disallows it. Its the risk they to own both and regardless of how free psn is, I bought cod for my 360 because I know its the optimal place to play it. How is this not common knowledge by now.

You don't hear Wii owners complaining.

 

[NoCure]

I haven't jumped on Black Ops in about a month, this makes me wanna take a look tonight and see how broken it is (if it is at all)

 

[e2density]

Ah, apparently I had enough of a life that I wasn't looking at the Escapist at 3:27am xD

How is getting angry about a game and taking time out to write your thoughts on the Escapist any better than just reading?

I'm not getting angry over a game, I don't even play Black Ops, to be honest.

Not sure if that's even worse or not to be honest.

Played 4 and kinda liked it, played MW2 and I wasn't going to line up and make the same mistake again.