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[–]Ancient_Rex420 252 points253 points  (33 children)

The fact they place it above the actual section to enter the game is fucking annoying. I’m so glad black ops 6 is on gamepass because I sure as shit won’t be purchasing that game with my money. Yes I’m paying for game pass ultimate but that’s for xbox live services AND game pass which I use frequently for many other games that have nothing to do with cod. So the fact cod is going on there is just a bonus and means Il try out the next cod because for me I was going to stop after mw3 personally. Games just not what it used to be in the good old days

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 60 points61 points  (12 children)

That’s my thing like they push the game enough that we shouldn’t have to avoid clicking on stuff to play the game we paid for. Do this for free to play players if you need to but this honestly aggravates me.

[–]Ancient_Rex420 27 points28 points  (11 children)

Even for free to play players. There is no reason to have the advertisement ON top of the section to access the game. It comes out in October not in a couple weeks. All they had to do was add it at the bottom.

[–]CptMeat 25 points26 points  (4 children)

On the one hand, I know Activision is skeezy for a million other reasons. On the other, this is CoD hub. You aren't in MW3 yet, and it does make perfect sense that the newest game goes on the top of the list. I'm more upset they added the woods skins to the event screen instead of just giving it as a bonus pack. So far, I've completed every event, and the fact there's now an event with a single objective: spend $70, does piss me off.

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

See I get that. But that’s because they changed how games work to make it this way. Like I said in a comment elsewhere imagine a few months before a new tv model came out your tv would display an ad for it that you had to click past to use the tv because you “launched the tv hub” I don’t think people would be so receptive to that. How about your pc. The manufacturer just shoves ads in between you and the login process… this is kind of the only place people accept this as a practice. Or am I wrong? I get this post isn’t going to change anything lol. Once in a while I’m just reminded that they have the most aggressive self advertising and it seems uncalled for

[–]CptMeat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean for years now when I turn my TV on I actually do get my TV hub covered in ads for movies and streaming services I don't have and I have to physically move past them to find the streaming service I do have in the hub. Thats...literally how tvs work now.

PC I have to start up steam, my Game hub, and be presented with a million advertisements before I click my game.

Just the world we live in dude

Here's a picture of what my TV looks like when I turn it on.

I don't own a single thing on that entire screen and I think an advertisement for the next samsung tv has more of a right to be there than fucking candy crush.

[–]Ancient_Rex420 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ok but your point is a bit invalid. The only reason I’m still stuck in cod hub is because even though the game mw3 I launch up. It goes to the cod headquarters first instead of into the actual game where then I’m stuck scrolling for half a week to reach the menu for the game I loaded up for.

If cod hq was some optional area you can access and it does not force you to go through it every time then I would agree with you but that’s not the case. We MUST go through it every time.

Also wtf that’s wild. You gotta pay $70 to unlock that woods skin? I guess that makes sense since I’m on xbox and because I’m paying for game pass ultimate already for my xbox live + gamepass it’s giving me progress to unlocking it and I think I read you have to keep having game pass until game release to keep the skin.

I agree with you there though that’s pretty ridiculous.

[–]CptMeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol the cheat code to not scroll half a week is only, down, down, x tho. Personally I own multiple cod game and loved it when they introduced the hub. I just think we should get rid of standalone games entirely and have them all be downloaded in packs from the hub, with every one playable without an app switch. My SSD would sure like it more.

[–]_Rayxz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And then MWII is all the way at the bottom and you're forced to open MWIII if you want to play MWII. I bet the same case will happen to MWIII once BO6 comes out...

[–]CompetitorPredator 9 points10 points  (3 children)

You would if it wasn’t in gamepass lmao

[–]Splatacular 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So so many in this boat, especially free to play DMZ players who got scammed on MWZ. No chance they are buying another title and probably lost the occasional bundle sale as well. Warzone has proven it doesn't matter though if the exposure is wide enough.

[–]Objective_Bridge8333 7 points8 points  (2 children)

Wait, is gamepass free? That's wild! I thought you had to buy a subscription or something with like money.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Golly a split second to scroll past it, consider my panties in a twist

[–]Tall6Ft7GaGuy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You are by having ultimate

[–]Ancient_Rex420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I pay for xbox game pass for many other games that I have downloaded and play frequently. The fact the next cod will be available there just makes it a bonus since I definitely wouldn’t be spending real money on that game directly. Certainly not after how the last few cods have functioned.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure you were

[–]Andrew_Tate_Alpha 79 points80 points  (23 children)

I'd like to see a study which proves that aggressive advertising actually works, from my experience it just pisses people off and makes them less likely to want to buy the product.

[–]SheLuvsMyQuickScopez 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Works better than being invisible… you’re angry but if they did nothing you’d be indifferent. Anger>indifference

[–]youllbetheprince 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They probably do study it and find it does increase sales in the short term while ignoring any long term effects of pissing off your customer base

[–]Nazon6 12 points13 points  (13 children)

Be mindful that reddit is a very small percentage of people that are actually pissed about the new CoD and it's marketing tactics. 90% of people don't give a shit. And they're going to buy the new CoD anyway so it doesn't really matter.

[–]Cautious-Pollution-2 1 point2 points  (12 children)

Do you talk to people in game or anywhere else? Cause when I bring up the black ops 6 marketing, its met with resounding distaste.

And it's not like I'm a business major that has other people that look into topics like this. Nah I'm the bar, in game, homies at the park and co-workers all think that Activision is stupid for how they've been handling cod.

To be frank people actual defending cod are the small majority. Imo the only reason people still habitually buy cod is because battlefield is no better(at this point) and medal of honor doesn't exist anymore.

[–]Buttercrust_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This, a thousand times this

CoD has gone to shit because of no competition. If it had reasonable competition we'd have better games. There's a reason so many people want xdefiant to succeed and that's because everyone's sick of these dev teams and these publishers taking the piss out of fans.

I haven't met a single person outside of reddit who's a fan of CoD HQ or their marketing for BO6. In fact, it's actively put the people I used to play with off the game entirely.

[–]CommunicationFairs 1 point2 points  (8 children)

Cause when I bring up the black ops 6 marketing, its met with resounding distaste.

Really though? How does the discussion go?

"damn this BO6 advertising is super annoying, do you guys agree?"

"Yeah it is lol anyway are we playing resurgence or plunder tonight?

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only buy it because the few other people I like to game with always buy it and I wanna play with my friends but they ditch the old games. I absolutely didn’t wanna buy mw3 but my brother and son ended up buying it so I bought it to play with them. I’ve been playing the finals and xdefiant too but they aren’t as keen to switch. To be honest I only play mp to level up shit to use in warzone but cod knows that’s what half they players are doing at this point

[–]Consistent_Estate960 0 points1 point  (6 children)

They have their own internal analytics. If you think they do any kind of marketing without knowing the strategy that works the best then idk what to tell you. There’s a reason for everything and it’s usually “this method makes the most money based on years of data and research”. This is also why marketing strategies (and any scientific research) aren’t based off of anecdotal evidence such as your “experience”

[–]silenced_soul 29 points30 points  (4 children)

Hey bro did you know BLACK OPS 6 IS ON PREORDER

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

AWESOME. CAN I SPEND $30 on SEASON PASS, TOO?

[–]veryworst 5 points6 points  (1 child)

WE JUST WANT YOUR MONEY SEND MONEY NOW 💰 🤑 💸

[–]itgoesrightfootcreep 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“I like money” - 🦀

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

🤡 "well you see sir technically 🤓 it's not a game it's our Call of Duty HQ we are not advertising to you in game" 🤡

-Some Acti-chud

[–]gary_desanto 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Miss the old days when it was just a small box in the bottom left of the menu. MW2 2009 still has the 'Preorder MW3' message on its menu screen.

[–]INeedANerf 23 points24 points  (16 children)

This is just a hub for CoD at this point, so it's not that unusual they'd show you ads for the next CoD in it.

[–]Opening-Resource-164 15 points16 points  (11 children)

that is literally what it is and im surprised people are actually angry at the fact that a company would advertise their next game using something like that

[–]Natemoon2 4 points5 points  (1 child)

Seriously. It’s really not that ridiculous and the fact it triggers people so much is hilarious. It’s an ad for the next cal of duty game IN the current CoD loading screen. All you do is just click down once and it’s gone and you’re going to MP or WZ. People love to complain about the dumbest shit

[–]splinter1545 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like, this is so tame compared to how they handle it in mw2019. I can't see how anyone can get mad at this, just hit the down dpad 2 times if what you want already isn't on the recently played.

[–]furryjunkwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but when you can only access the other games through it, that excuse doesn't hold up as well

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’m so glad they combined the ads and the game into one seamless experience

[–]Bloozeman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Love "what's hot" in the HQ for MW3 on PSN with my PS5. #1 is BO6 preorder. Yeah pretty sure that's not the case outside of targeted marketing.

[–]SheLuvsMyQuickScopez 17 points18 points  (6 children)

You saw how easy it was to scroll past it… making this post was probably harder than that. 🤡

[–]DSmith053 3 points4 points  (4 children)

Well you’re actually in the Call of Duty HQ so why wouldn’t they advertise? You’re not in MWIII

[–]Flashy-Amount626 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I thought I pressed MWIII on my Xbox not call of duty hq

[–]xommons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah but everyone knows this is how it’s been for like 5 years bow

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

COD HQ is a thing for like 5 years already?

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cod HQ is less than 2 years old

[–]No_Profession_3851 1 point2 points  (0 children)

either that or we should have the option to choose where the game takes us on startup

[–]bigblnze 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How else you supposed to know a NEW CoD is coming out tho/s

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Advertising a different game in a game that's not even a year old yet. Ridiculous.

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cod HQ released in 2022

[–]xommons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i can see how it’s kinda annoying but it ain’t deep enough for me to actually be upset and make a post about it lol. just scroll past and play the game

[–]Ironjim69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay I’ll get my guys at activision on it right away

[–]RepresentativeSnow40 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Stop buying the game u dumbass

[–]harleyquinad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has been in cod for like 10yrs now. They always advertise the next game.

[–]Cashforhash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree cheap marketing and terrible timing ... do this in August and not the opening screen

[–]_HolyWrath_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They aren't advertising in the game. That's the launcher.

[–]MarcelMakes 1 point2 points  (2 children)

What I think is more infuriating on the BO6 screen is it defaults to the vault mode instead of the base game. It feels like they’re hoping people misclick thinking they’re getting the base game but instead buying the vault edition

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really believe it’s designed to force you to click before you retrain yourself. Remember when they changed the order of stuff in the buy station in warzone and everyone lost their minds? Because you have muscle memory for the sequence of buttons you usually hit then they put this right in the way hoping to get some extra free clicks

[–]PumiceT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every season pass is set up that way, too. They lead you with the Vault Edition and choosing anything else takes jumping through some hoops (at least it seems that way on console)—trying to figure out which button is the one to change options.

[–]Navin_J 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Still got 4 months....

[–]Arcticz_114 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Scroll

Scroll

Scroll

Scroll

Scroll

"dude..."

Scroll

Scroll

"DUDE IM JUST HERE TO JOIN MULTIPLAYER FFS!"

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You might be doing something wrong if it’s taking you that many scrolls to find multiplayer

[–]minibaberuth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its just one second??

[–]Vick_CXVII 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cry

[–]Zechert 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Anything else you want to cry about?

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my bad didn’t realize I was gonna offend the marketing team lmfao.

[–]MusicHitsImFine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works, people are buying it. Stop buying their shitty games.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Activision: Hey kid, how about we put so many bugs into the previous games that you are so frustrated to the point you are forced to buy the new game.....Mwahahahah

[–]G0d_M4nU3l 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Erm actually, it's not the game, it's the HQ ☝️ 🤓

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yes! The Cod HQ is a hub for all modern cod games. It makes perfect sense for the new game to get its own section.

[–]Emergency-Ad8679 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always been a thing lol go play bo2 you get an add for bo3 lol

[–]Specific_Bell_3043 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you think I feel bro? I only play mw 2😭

[–]Awayze 0 points1 point  (7 children)

Yet you’ll still buy it. I for one am skipping it as the COD HQ means you’ll probably need CW and MWIII installed to play BO6.

[–]markgatty 0 points1 point  (5 children)

You shouldn't need them installed. Well you might need one of them installed if you want to play warzone. I know on xbox you can uninstall parts that you don't want such as the campaign, multiplayer, zombies etc. So you can make it a lot smaller than having it all installed.

[–]pastime_dev 1 point2 points  (4 children)

According to their statement about how the file size currently shown for bo6 is incorrect, to my understanding, we shouldn’t need mwii or mwiii installed. I doubt that’s true with their constant poor wording though.

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (3 children)

You’ve never needed a different cod game installed to play another one.

[–]pastime_dev 0 points1 point  (2 children)

A little bit late on the reply but didn’t we need mwii installed to use the old guns?

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Nope. The MWII guns are included in the MWIII data packs.

[–]pastime_dev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I’ve been wasting storage space for months.

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cold War isn’t even part of the Cod HQ

[–]Lethalpizza422 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard it’s going to be 309gb to install and that’s not even considering updates which will added on in the future.

[–]LifeAddict247 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have Cold War, but I do have work at three, and I don’t think it makes a difference what games you want. I did preorder the Vault edition for BO6. Looking forward to it

[–]the_great_ashby 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You loaded up COD HQ,much to all of our chagrin.

[–]Silver_Ask_5750 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BO6 is just another micro transaction cash grab EOMM/SBMM boogaloo. For the first time since 2007 I’m finally not buying a yearly cod with xdefiant being a better game and it’s free lmao.

[–]NickyGi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who will own Modern Warfare III and not Black Ops 6 in October, when they open the game they will always see Black Ops 6 first?

Also, will the app icon on PS5 show Black Ops 6 and not MWIII?

[–]SpiritZ036 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it is annoying. Luckily I don't have to spend a dime on BO6 and glad it's on gamepass. Yes, already I have Gamepass Ultimate cause there are other games I wanted to play and did not have to money to spend $60+ on solo games and Also need it to play online for the other online multiplayer games I own. Also glad for BO6 on Xbox I only have to spend $30 for the Vault Edition by Imma wait to see if the game is actually worth buying 1st. I lost so much hype for CoD and they barely showed anything zombies related or MP in the showcase. Which is the one thing I needed to see or care about of what exactly they did.

[–]RuggedTheDragon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They've always been advertising the next game on the current title you're playing since forever ago. Did you just start playing COD this year?

[–]wintergameing 0 points1 point  (5 children)

First time playing cod?

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

I’ve only been playing since mw19 and I guess i forget over the few months they stop doing it that they’re gonna start shoving the new game down my throat 5 months early lol

[–]wintergameing 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Yeah I've been playing cod since cod 1 on the ps2 I think they started to advertise the next cod game on mw2 on the ps3/360 I think it might have been mw3 though it's not a new thing and it's annoying the og cod community has been complaining about it forever.

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I get advertising but they could simply put this shit in loading screens instead of always making me navigate past “buy now!”

[–]wintergameing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not like they have trouble advertising in the first place it's totally not necessary to have in the game cod ads on YouTube and TV always do good in views I just think it's weird.

[–]PuddingZealousideal6 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only been playing since mw19

This makes so much sense

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

i hate people like yall who think you can control a company based off of how much money you spend with them or whatever, if you don’t like what they’re doing don’t play their games its simple.

[–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Uhhh what? Just because I said i bought the game and not advertising? Lol it’s got nothing to do with how much it costs my point was it’s a paid game not free to play. I don’t spend my money in the store or anywhere else they’re dying for it. I got the game bc I have friends who got it and stopped playing the old game and I prefer to play with friends than solo. I also don’t think I can “control them” I’m simply offering the opinion of a customer who paid for a product. And it seems you are in the minority here of people defending them

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I’m only defending them in the sense that its their company their money and their ideas, certain shit we cant control, u cant control whether or not u pay taxes, u cant control whether or not you can go to jail behind a crime, there are just certain things in life u cant control or change this is one of them, it wouldnt even do anything but make it easier to access the games u want to play without having to scroll across the ad and see it i get that part obviously but it doesnt make that big of a difference lets be real, if anything they should focus on their shitty as anticheat thats allowed people to get away with cheating and bypassing the anticheat.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shitty ass anticheat*

[–]Flonker77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t even tell you what season it is or how many days left in season there are. It just says BO6 instead

[–]_Short_Bus_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm ads for the next game have been a thing for over a decade. It's just never been this obnoxious but that's only because the menus of all the recent games haven't been good qol.

[–]SPQRM1LKY 0 points1 point  (0 children)

theyve literally been doing this for over a decade now

[–]twinningchucky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you guys seen them re-advertising the packs from MW2 ; almost like they’re panicking Treyarch is releasing BO6 ☠️

[–]adr0it_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call of duty has the worst menus in the history of gaming. Change my mind.

[–]No-Past-4850 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine crying over 1 additional button press

[–]LawlessApostle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...This post just tells me you get absolutely furious when you're inconvenienced no matter how minor.

[–]Chilledsock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stop paying them to do so

[–]SpaceDustNumber648 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I uninstalled the game to reinstall hoping I could decrease the size. When I didn’t install the black ops 6 content packs the game claimed that I didn’t have MW3 multiplayer installed even though I definitely had that game file installed.

I decided to play anything else. Right now for the next couple of days. u/activision can go shove off.

[–]Broccoli_Remote 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's more like Harassment than advertising. My Xbox starts up and blatantly shows a screen of BO6 that I must exit before it goes to my home screen, then keeps doing so inside CoD HQ/MW2/MW3 in almost every section of the game. My Xbox startup shouldn't show BO6 before my Home Screen.

[–]kent416 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah this is fine. They’ve done it for forever. You launch bo2 and you get zombies chronicles and sometimes aw advertisements. mw19, cold war, and vanguard all show stuff for mwii. It’s just how they do stuff.

[–]Remus88Romulus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took a long break from cod after black ops. The next cod I bought was the 2019 cod mw. Must have been 10 years between the games. Looks like I'm going on another break.

[–]Cyberboy001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also find BO6 on the main menu very annoying. But arguably more annoying is that some loadout options now default to items to purchase. So you need to scroll to select the item you already have.

[–]le-battleaxe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First time?

[–]turboS2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So fucken money hungry its sickening. Advertising the new game half way into the currents game life cycle is just gross. Chill the fuck out u will still make all the money

[–]Sparky2Dope 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The sad state of cod. Im glad i play xbox AND ps5, cause im not paying for this hot garbage

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    [–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Yeah that’s a terrible comparison. It’s not about being soft or inconvenienced it’s about the endless money grab. Why would I preorder a game I have barely even seen anything about? That I haven’t played the beta? The game runs like shit and you’re shoving the next game down my throat already….

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

    Lmao what is this garbage? You’re one button away from skipping it, yet you spent the entire time posting this crap on Reddit.

    [–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    You realize that if you play cod a lot you have to do this dozens of times a day right? Lol

    [–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I love the 5 people in here blowing activision when the vast majority of comments seem to agree that it’s annoying and unnecessary…. Would have been faster for you to not comment but here you are 🙃. Because your opinion matters. It’s not about it takes less time to skip it. Maybe if some people have an issues with it and voice it they will make adjustments. I’m not losing sleep over it I just find it annoying. I don’t play any other games that try to get you off the game and into another one. Maybe I’m not playing the same games as other people but cod is literally the only one shoving the next game down my throat for half the lifecycle of the current game.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I do play A LOT. I don’t exit completely out of the game mode each game. Lol

    [–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Not each time but I constantly get kicked back to the main screen. I also play wz and mp depending on who is online at the time or if I have something to level in mp etc. to be fair I also made this post after I started up the game and for the 100th time it acted like it was my first time and reset all my settings to default then tried to sell me the vault edition of the next game 😂 so I think it was a combination of factors that made me finally be like I’m tired of this shit 😂😂😂 game constantly has issues but you’re already selling me the next broken game. You know?

    [–]Mygo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Why would I give them money for a product that isn’t even completed?

    [–]Ok_Ask9467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Sorry to break it down for you, but the menu you showed is not a game. That beauty is the CoD HQ. I know it is confusing, but it isn't the same application. The HQ is used to launch different versions of CoD, therefore the AD is in the right place. On the other hand, it is amazing how the UI is still a fucked up piece of shit and they still able to make it worse. Amaze me. Btw they have to advertise the shit out of BO6 if they want to sell it for 80 EUR...

    [–]WelcomeParac 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I don't understand how this is annoying, personally.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Dont have to pay for it doofus :3

    [–]joevsyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's honestly the worst thing about cod...

    [–]CptMeat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Down down x. It's takes <5secs. You don't have to look at it. That's what yall are complaining about rn. Just wait a couple of years for the Albion online banner ads to come in mid-match.

    [–]PumiceT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    This, to me, is a sign that there’s a strong “need” to generate revenue. It could be strictly a matter of corporate greed (artificial growth goals to satisfy investors / board of directors), or it could be a desperate effort to dig out of a hole. Either way, revenue generation has taken a higher priority over user experience. As most of us would agree, we’d be more likely to spend money for a better user experience, so this ultimately will backfire. But since they don’t have an A / B test going to see which is the better way, we are all forced to have the experience with Black Ops 6 shoved down our throats.

    [–]CancelLongjumping698 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's going to be in the launcher anyways, why complain?

    [–]oceanicdonut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Mind you we still have about 4 months until full release :/

    [–]j3qnmp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    What about the old cods. They still advertise the game that released afterwards even if it's a decade old

    [–]hanana69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I just like seeing the season countdown instead it’s this shit

    [–]Apprehensive_Tree_44 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    "am i the only one that is being a Karen for over small little things?" No you are not, you definitely have some fans 🤣 get a grip man you just press 2 buttons and its gone, it's not like they make you watch 30 seconds advertisment every time you open the game.. bunch of soy boys nowdays

    [–]Bigworrrm89 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's annoying.. everyone should wait until they fix most of the standard problems and also wait for sale. Stick with MWIII.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My biggest hope when Microsoft finalized the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard was that they'd are that god awful COD HQ system. This is one of the things that I hate about COD. You get the same garbage menu year after year now.

    [–]MAVS_COM1CAL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Complaining over small ass things lmaoa

    [–]ZoomyRT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    back in the day they used to do “message of the day” and they would advertise new DLC/map packs and new cod titles coming up. I’m not too upset with the advertising more so how hideous the COD HQ ui looks. I miss the simple days.

    [–]akula-user 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Stop buying COD slop

    [–]Clenmila 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Stopped caring about COD years ago. So cheezy to have ads built into a game. Feels like a free to play game

    [–]Potatoes_4Life 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You get what you pay for. Buy garbage, get treated like garbage. Why is Reddit recommending this trash sub all of a sudden?

    [–]Mother-Investment-83 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    One of the many reasons I haven’t bought cod in two years

    [–]H3LLJUMPER_177 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Stop buying the game

    [–]Tight-Explorer5316 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    “stop advertising call of duty in call of duty!!”

    [–]GordonLameman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That is what in EU we call „dark pattern”. Activision is the worst with them. Ever wonder why is that when you choose flash grenade the first one is the one you would have to pay? It’s because you may just buy one.

    I hope that they get fined for that.

    [–]GroovyNanaue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Be fr you knew this was gonna happen. It’s been like this since Cold War

    [–]Or30115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    That's Cod HQ for you my guy. I'm not trying to play devil's advocate but the the whole point of it is that's it's trying to be a hub for all the more recent games. Still hate the Hulu layout though.

    [–]furryjunkwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I mainly think it's annoying that I'm launching bnet to load cod hq to launch cod MW2. We've finally added a second launcher

    [–]Present_Ad_4053 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    EA Sports….. it’s in your game

    [–]Grab_Livid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You know, the fact that most people who are a part of this community, paid to kinda allow Activision to keep doing what it's doing. They release the same game, but with a higher GB download. You still continue to force yourself to pay $70 for a multi-player shooter game they have had since MW2019. If you want them to stop doing this kinda thing, start a boycott. Remind them that they are just a gaming company and without us fans putting it to where it is now it really wouldn't have the popularity it has.

    Stop paying money for $70 games and the gaming industry will catch on, and hopefully realize the state of gaming in the current age.

    Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

    [–]OkEntertainer2063 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    People cry about anything🤦🏾‍♂️

    [–]Dgtldead12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    They've been doing it for YEARS now

    [–]Accomplished_Cat_381 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    They've done it for years, but back then you could close it with a single input

    [–]NoVictory8072 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Where just the advertisements on tv? Or in gamestop

    [–]chrisupt2001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    The only ads I hate are the ones for skins and the Blackcell battlepass

    [–]Oh_Skiller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    BO6 going on GamePass is just to get exposure and draw in new players to remove it from gamepass in the next year or two.

    I anticipate they’ve assumed the direct Call of Duty game sales profits will take a hit yearly while on GamePass but they’re playing the long game.

    They’ll make more in the long run with skins/annual cod game purchases from new long term players they generate than the diminished returns on yearly sales release whilst on GamePass for 1-2 years.

    Change my mind

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    this is just me but I was so annoyed I stopped playing modern warfare and didn't buy the new one so they lost me

    [–]Character-Acrobatic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I won’t be buying this one either I think they got my money for the last time on mw3. I’m totally uninterested in this game and I’m not paying 70$ to level warzone weapons anymore

    [–]Emergency-Spite897 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Warzone because it free - Sure why not show ads.
    BOP6 - I brought the game? Stop the ads and please - F-U-C-K- O-F-F-!

    [–]No-Specialist2756 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    STOP THEIR GIVE ADVERTISEMENTS SHOWS ANYMORE 😤 PLEASE EMAIL NOW OKAY TO QUIT NOW 😔

    [–]HeftyFortune8924 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    to be fair that screen is the call of duty hub like a landing page for the games?

    [–]1LakeShow7 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    What gets me triggered is bros with the skin already.

    WHY BRO

    [–]SpcTrvlr 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    If you have xbox gamepass ultimate it's technically pre-ordered, so you get the skins.

    [–]Chuuuck_ 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    Yes. Let’s stop a business from advertising their future product. While we’re at it. Let’s take down all the McRib advertisements down from McDonald’s because I went in for a Big Mac but they’re trying to push a McRib down my throat 🤦🏻‍♂️

    Real talk though, can we find something to complain about that ACTUALLY matters

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Sure, let's take down Mcribs from mcdonalds. They're nasty anyways.

    [–]Chuuuck_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    Well. I can’t argue with you there lol

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You literally scroll past it Whats the big deal? Like wtf your not forced to see it plus you don't even have to see it if you select one of the options on the splash screen🤣🤣

    [–]lolth5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It's not in game. It's cod HQ. And it's shit. They need to get rid of HQ unless it's warzone/DMZ. Keep the yearly release cods a stand alone game. Not through the HQ.

    [–]HardlyHefty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    i know it’s annoying; however, you’re advertising their advertising here. when companies know this why would they stop?

    [–]Terry___Mcginnis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    I'm sure this reddit post will change their minds. And yes you are definitely the only one.

    [–]Dravarden 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I'm sure they will stop what they've been doing for 10+ years because a redditor asked for it

    [–]richard_upinya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Just because they been doing it for 10+ years doesn’t mean it isn’t an absolute clown move.

    [–]--m-s-a-- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    They are like Harry up and preorder the game before the reviews show how this game is buggy and empty of real content

    [–]Nocturnal888 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

    That makes me not want to buy BO6

    [–]NotQuiteTaoist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

    I would pay extra for a CoD that featured zero live service updates, zero advertising, and no battle pass.