http://jasonkoblovsky.blogspot.com/2011/01/activision-threatens-to-pull-psn.html
I (like the majority of Call of Duty Black Op's PS3 gamers) have been
experiencing a huge number of connection problems for the past 3 month
of release of this game. I've been in dialog with Activision with
respect to the problems associated with this game, and following the
call of duty forums (PS3 forums are filled to the max daily on
complaints with connection problems with the multi-player of this game).
I've posed some questions with respect to what Activision and Treyarch
are going to do to keep the loyalty of the PS3 gamers to the Call of
Duty titles due to the consistent problems PS3 users have been having
and reporting to Treyarch since release. Activision offered the
following and startling response:
Well I have nothing else to offer and I too follow forums and have many
friends who play and enjoy the game for all of its features. As an avid
gamer, I would also disagree with any legalities involving a single
aspect of a game as online experience may change at any time. The
publishers have the right to shut down the servers for their game at any
time as well which based on the number of reported posts from users may
be a viable solution over the free PSN.
In any event, if you would like to send your game disc into us, we can either;
a) Exchange for a sealed (unopened) copy of the game that you can take back to the retailer
b) Swap for another platform
c) Exchange for another Activision title of equal or lesser value.
These are the options that we are able to offer to you as a one time courtesy.
Let us know how you would like to proceed.
My Response:
So what essentially your telling me here, is that you've released a
product that is known to have some major connection issues, and a threat
here to the gaming community to keep their mouth shut, or the publisher
might exercise it's rights to pull support for PSN?
I'm not going to accept or decline your offer at this time, however do
have the legal right to accept the offer should the publisher pull
support for PSN, or the next patch 1.06 forthcoming from the developer
does not fix the connection issues with the free multilayer advertised
with the shipped game, ON ALL PLATFORMS!
Considering this stunning threat from you on the PSN networks, if I
chose to accept your offer it will be with option 1. I will never
purchase an activision game again ever on any platform. I strongly
disagree with punishing the users for mistakes made during the
development process, and know several consumer advocates here in Canada
that would be very interested in what you wrote here.
All gamers want is what they purchased here with the game, and able to
enjoy it. So far I've seen nothing in respecting the PS3 gaming
community on any front from activision, nor by treyarch on this. If you
guys had issues with respect to PSN than it should have been a strictly
XBOX PC release. I could seriously see some very strong legal challenges
coming your way from the gamer community if PSN support is yanked after
release. You can count on that.
