A legion ofCall of Dutyfans and video game consumers alike took to the internet afteryesterday’s State of Play presentation, which revealed someCall of Duty: Modern Warfarenews they found troubling. After dropping acinematic trailerfor the first-person shooter’s campaign mode, the trailer sneaked in a tidbit about the Spec Ops Survival mode being exclusive to PlayStation 4 owners for almost a year. Infinity Ward narrative director Taylor Kurosaki attempted to downplay the news on Twitter today, engaging with some concerned fans.
Responding to reminders thatActivision claimedthat “most” post-launch content would release on all platforms simultaneously, Kurosaki clarified that the proper Spec Ops mode, returning fromModern Warfare 2and3, will be featured on Xbox One and PC, as well as PS4. The Survival mode aspect of it, which first featured inModern Warfare 3, is the only timed exclusive and only represents “1% of the game.”
An earlier tweet from Kurosaki implied that Infinity Ward was not responsible for the exclusivity decision:
In addition to this controversy, an apparent leak seemed to reveal that new weapons will come from in-game supply drops (per/r/Games).Call of Dutyfans are likely still reeling over how Treyarch’sBlack Ops 4handled microtransactions. Despite Activision toutingthe success of the crossplay open beta forModern Warfare, these alleged actions of business malpractice from Sony and the publisher may set up Infinity Ward for a messy launch. At the very least, Kurosaki’s correspondence with Twitter users shows that the studio is ready for the backlash.
For more on our thoughts on howModern Warfareshould handle post-launch content, readour editorialfrom DualShockers’Call of Dutyenthusiast Tanner Pierce. The game, if you still plan to buy it, releases October 25.
