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Rumor: ‘Black Ops 2′ DLC and Season Passes underperforming

By on February 27, 2013
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Activision’s Call of Duty franchise is a phenomenon played by hundreds of millions of gamers, grossing over $3 billion in sales, and breaking sales records year over year with each release. But there are some (very vague) signs pointing to its popularity starting to wane.

Earlier today, Giant Bomb writer Jeff Gerstmann Tweeted about an unusually high number of emails being sent trying to convince him to purchase the newest Black Ops II map pack. This was followed by a Tweet mentioning a deal being offered to those that purchase the content. The speculation here is that the DLC is underperforming, a thought echoed by Gerstmann’s followers.

Granted, this is entirely speculation. Gamers can be fickle, and the round of big games in the first quarter of 2013 could be enticing them to take a short break from online Black Ops II and play something else. This could also be a result of the lower sales of the game compared to past titles in the series. Of course, it could also mean that one of the biggest gaming franchises of all time is a fading fad. Some circles consider it “cool” to hate on the series on this point, while other grow weary of annual releases of the same basic formula. Time will tell whether Activision’s juggernaut really is starting to run out of steam, or if this is merely an overzealous extrapolation.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/eric.i.williams1 Eric Ill Will Williams

    All good things come to an end……………. Nothing lasts for ever…….

  • NL37

    I think that not much people are buying the season pass for ps3 black ops 2 as its so new, its $100 here, its like buying a whole new game. Im going to wait until each dlc pack comes out, i want to buy “it” not a promise of “it” if that makes sence?

  • exCODPlayer

    There is no value in the season pass for COD…The premium service offered for Battlefield 3 is a lot better value for half the price….Preminum are all expansions not just mappacks and they have other content and it doesn’t cost 100 bucks….I would figure that there will be enough lemmings that will buy the season pass that it will justify them doing it again….lol
    See ya on the battlefield!!!

  • VersaType

    Unless they fix issues with lag, the maps being too small, and have less killstreaks then it will die out. People say cod isnt changing enough when they are changing too much. Black Ops 1 is still one of my favorite cods. It had decent connections good gun balance awesome maps and not a crap ton of killstreaks.

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