'Unfinished' Black Ops Reported For Government Investigation
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An independent gaming pressure group has told IncGamers it is to report Activision to the Office of Fair Trading after the publisher failed to respond to an open letter regarding the buggy ‘unfinished’ versions of Black Ops on PC and PS3.
Gamers’ Voice, which was founded in 2009 by MP Tom Watson, was set up to represent gamers in the UK by making their voice heard to government and mainstream media.
The organisation issued an open letter to Activision on December 22, revealing that they have been ‘inundated with complaints from people who have bought copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops. They all concern the PlayStation 3 console and PC versions of the game.’
The letter asked Activision what they are going to do to ‘recompense’ buyers, giving the publisher one calendar month to respond. Activision, however, failed to do so.
Chris O’Regan, Head of Industry Relations at Gamers’ Voice, told IncGamers: “As a result of their inaction we will test the might of government agencies against Activision. We can only hope this brings about some litigious action. These agencies do exist to protect our rights as consumers, let us see if they can fullfill their remit on this pressing issue.
“GV wish to set an example with Activision to ensure games are not released in an unfinished state. If litigation is initiated, then a precedent would be set. In other words, publishers will have to reconsider releasing unfinished code in the future, in the UK at least.”
O’Regan said it could take ‘months’ for a formal government investigation, stating: “For the government agencies, months if they do start a formal investigation. For Activision, they may re-act a might quicker, although it will likely be a rebuttal and nothing more.”
The news comes after IncGamers was told by Trading Standards that buyers should get a refund for bug-ridden versions of the game.
http://pc.incgamers.com/News/26678/unfinished-black-ops-reported-for-government-investigation
Gamers’ Voice, which was founded in 2009 by MP Tom Watson, was set up to represent gamers in the UK by making their voice heard to government and mainstream media.
The organisation issued an open letter to Activision on December 22, revealing that they have been ‘inundated with complaints from people who have bought copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops. They all concern the PlayStation 3 console and PC versions of the game.’
The letter asked Activision what they are going to do to ‘recompense’ buyers, giving the publisher one calendar month to respond. Activision, however, failed to do so.
Chris O’Regan, Head of Industry Relations at Gamers’ Voice, told IncGamers: “As a result of their inaction we will test the might of government agencies against Activision. We can only hope this brings about some litigious action. These agencies do exist to protect our rights as consumers, let us see if they can fullfill their remit on this pressing issue.
“GV wish to set an example with Activision to ensure games are not released in an unfinished state. If litigation is initiated, then a precedent would be set. In other words, publishers will have to reconsider releasing unfinished code in the future, in the UK at least.”
O’Regan said it could take ‘months’ for a formal government investigation, stating: “For the government agencies, months if they do start a formal investigation. For Activision, they may re-act a might quicker, although it will likely be a rebuttal and nothing more.”
The news comes after IncGamers was told by Trading Standards that buyers should get a refund for bug-ridden versions of the game.
http://pc.incgamers.com/News/26678/unfinished-black-ops-reported-for-government-investigation
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damn... ill give its till about '13... and COD and MOH will switch places. lol
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Is it that bad on the PS3?
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Is it that bad on the PS3?
i dont really know what the fuss is about...i still see 700,000k playing this ? everyday...
bbut from what ive noticed...
sumtimes u cant join partys/accept invites
sumtimes u can join a server with a party, and a player form the party wont show up in the lobby
u get dropped form server every now and again, never happenbs late night or early morning, only during the day...happened in MW2 tho aswell.
game freezes on map loading screen, sometimes to the point were u gotta reset ps3...
those are the main ones ive noticed, but the game is far from unplayable... -
I borrowed it for a week.. and yah the ? froze.. the hit detection was ? terrible.. even more so than the previous edition, idk how it looks graphically on 360.. but it looks garbage.. maybe its a treyarch thing. because MW2 looked good.. this game is trash anyway.
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Honestly my ? dont even lag, yea it happens sometimes but those the games where everybody lose connection to the server
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I didn't have any problems with it on the Xbox.
Fallout: New Vegas..... now there's a game to make some heads roll for. -
I didn't have any problems with it on the Xbox.
Fallout: New Vegas..... now there's a game to make some heads roll for.
okayyyyy.......
An independent gaming pressure group has told IncGamers it is to report Activision to the Office of Fair Trading after the publisher failed to respond to an open letter regarding the buggy ‘unfinished’ versions of Black Ops on PC and PS3.
Gamers’ Voice, which was founded in 2009 by MP Tom Watson, was set up to represent gamers in the UK by making their voice heard to government and mainstream media.
The organisation issued an open letter to Activision on December 22, revealing that they have been ‘inundated with complaints from people who have bought copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops. They all concern the PlayStation 3 console and PC versions of the game.’
http://pc.incgamers.com/News/26678/unfinished-black-ops-reported-for-government-investigation
Is Fallout: NV really that bad? I've heard mixed reviews on it. -
okayyyyy.......
Is Fallout: NV really that bad? I've heard mixed reviews on it.
as far as buggy.. HELL YEa.. i love the ? .. i played it out real fast tho.. they need to drop some dlc like pronto... but if you dont install that ? to your hdd on the 360.. they load times/ bugs are unbearable dawg.. real talk... -
kanggoodie wrote: »as far as buggy.. HELL YEa.. i love the ? .. i played it out real fast tho.. they need to drop some dlc like pronto... but if you dont install that ? to your hdd on the 360.. they load times/ bugs are unbearable dawg.. real talk...
pretty sure they just released dlc for new vegas, but only on the 360.
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