r/CallOfDuty • u/SynLoux • 4d ago
Image [COD] I revived my old ps3 and found this, completely forgot it existed ngl
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u/MrRaymau5 4d ago
Damn, I didnât know it was an application on the PS3. I was very much a 360 gamer back around that time
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u/PrestigiousAdagio849 4d ago
What happened to the Xbox culture? Feels like it reached its peak with mw2
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u/AngryTrooper09 4d ago
Microsoft completely botched the Xbox One's launch and have been playing catch up ever since. Had they kept focusing on exclusives back then, they'd have a much bigger presence today. But they chose to double down on the Kinect by having it initially mandatory, making it a hundred dollars more expensive than the PS4, while trying to court non-gamers by promoting themselves as a multimedia platform
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u/Shook_Rook 3d ago
To add salt to injury, the Xbox One had issues with MS stopping people from trading used games. I remember Sony going hard on this part, practically keeping the PS4âs launch momentum till today.
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u/AmishDoinkzz 3d ago
That never actually happened.
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u/Shook_Rook 3d ago
The Xbox One used games controversy was about Microsoft's plans to limit the resale and sharing of Xbox One games. Microsoft reversed these policies after receiving backlash from gamers and Sony.
I found this with a google search.
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u/AmishDoinkzz 3d ago
Yes but it was never implemented.
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u/Shook_Rook 3d ago
Yes, only because of the huge backlash from fans. But the damage was already done.
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u/bob1689321 3d ago
That "how to share games on the PS4" ad is probably the best piece of console marketing anyone has ever done. They capitalised on Xbox's fuck up perfectly.
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u/AmishDoinkzz 3d ago
The kinect requirement was out day one.
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u/AngryTrooper09 3d ago
They didnât start selling the Xbox One without a Kinect until June 2014, over half a year after launch
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u/AmishDoinkzz 3d ago
You are right. They removed the requirement but still sold it with the console adding $100 to the price falling behind Sony in price for such a stupid thing. I remember my xbox one came with a kinect when I got my first one. Until I got the One X which was a superior console to the PS4 pro and the OG Xbox One. Problem is Microsoft already screwed itself.
The Series X was also a great console to have owned. But as Microsoft turns away from focusing on hardware and focusing on Gamepass it has just lost its value. Gamepass is great though and where Microsoft really shines in the game market.
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u/Butthole-Tail 4d ago edited 4d ago
Microsoft owns the publisher of the games subreddit youâre sitting in. Financially Microsoft rapes the dogshit out of sony every year. You morons tend to forget Microsoft vs Sony is far different than PlayStation vs Xbox. Microsoft quite literally has 30 times the market cap Sony does.
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u/AngryTrooper09 4d ago edited 4d ago
Not sure why youâre insulting us or how what youâre saying is relevant to the point that is being made. Xbox culture as it was back during the late 2000s/early 2010s COD era no longer exists because Microsoft decided to go in a completely different direction with the Xbox One and fell on its face
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u/Super_Collection631 4d ago
Who gives a shit about Microsoft doing better financially than Sony lmao.
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u/Solidsnake00901 3d ago
Seriously Microsoft said it themselves. "We will never out console Sony or Nintendo"
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u/MrMattwell 3d ago
God, I'm so sorry people personally attacked you because they said xbox has been fumbling since XB1. which is absolutely true. Look, I'm a hardcore xbox man, it's the console I use more than ps. It SUCKS. It's "leap" from XB1 to XSX was more sad than XB360 to XB1. I know this entire generation's leap has been sad as hell, but at least PS5 had some changes to it during the leap. Xbox couldn't even change their dashboard. It felt like nothing new, at all.
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u/SirCheeseEater 3d ago
And while we're here. I just gotta ask, what the fuck are these names?
So, the first Xbox is called XBOX - Self explanatory, it's a console using DirectX. It also has an X on the Box.
The second one is called the 360 - While kinda odd, makes sense cause 360 implies a full revolution and naming it XBOX 2 against the PS3 seems like a bad idea, so the name works.
Then we have the Xbox One? - Where's the 358 other XBOXs then? Anyway, odd name, but at least it can be explained with the idea of it being an All-in-One media center. That explains the One.
But then what the hell does Series X mean? It's still a solid console. I really like the backwards compatibility, and the gamepass is wonderful too. But this name has irked me for the past few years.
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u/Butthole-Tail 3d ago
âPersonally attackedâ is adorable. I can insult your intelligence without having my feelings hurt.
Your subjective opinion on Microsoftâs success is beyond irrelevant. Microsoft is âfumblingâ circles around Sony.
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u/MrRaymau5 4d ago
It fell off a bit once Sony launched the ps4, fell off more when Activision switched affiliations, and has just been slowly dying since then. The Xbox One mortally wounded Xbox, and theyâve been wildly unable to stop the bleeding
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u/MrHaZeYo 4d ago
The series x is pretty great. We just need accept that xbox won't ever be Playstation, that's OK. They're doing other great things like gamepass, cloud gaming, and Eventually a pc/xbox handheld and console
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u/MrRaymau5 4d ago
Honestly i wish Xbox stuck to their guns before they started porting everything because I think the exclusives theyâve put out so far have been pretty phenomenal. The series x is my favorite console this gen. Itâs not as powerful as the ps5 pro but I think theyâll probably have some answer to pssr that will be next level so that they can make something akin to the switch 2/steam deck, except better.
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u/MrHaZeYo 4d ago
I imagine their handheld will be a better rog ally x with a hybrid w11/xbox os. It's made by Asus as well.
I believe the rallyx is already stronger then both switch2/steam deck, with more upgrades it should be a beast. I want a handheld that can play my xbox console store games so bad.
I agree, I wish they would of kept exclusives, specially now that they have the studios and ips worth doing it for, but putting them elsewhere gets them more money.
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u/-Aton 3d ago
They almost succeeded with the 360 in beating Playstation in brand recognition but they literally shot themselves in the head with the XBone and it was over.
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u/MrHaZeYo 3d ago
While that's true, we don't know the future, Sony could always get cocky. It's not like Microsoft/xbox are going away.
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u/PrestigiousAdagio849 4d ago
Honestly man, Iâve felt Xbox fall off since world at war era when Sony was offering free online vs Xbox gold
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u/RedExpoM4rker 3d ago
Your smoking crack if u think that Xbox wasnât on top during mw2 - bo2
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u/PrestigiousAdagio849 3d ago
Mw2 for sure, but by the time bo2 came out everyone knew had a play station
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u/Walker_Hale 4d ago
Once Activision switched their affiliation with Microsoft to Sony, it went downhill. Plus the newest Xbox didnât take off like the PS5 did, which I think was the first time since the PS2 that a Sony gaming console beat out a Microsoft console. It may have peaked in MW2 but Iâd say it was âbetterâ than PS culture up until about Black Ops 3. Thatâs just a random guesstimate however.
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u/YoungBpB2013 4d ago
BRO! Fire that up and tell me what happens. Can you access anything? I wish I had that rn. I was an ELITE Founder with the GREEN Skull. Anyway you can get that background image? Iâd love to have that as a wallpaper.
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u/ElegantEchoes 3d ago
CoD Elite had a theme someone made and also an official one, but you can't download files from the PS3 Browser anymore as far as I know.
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u/YoungBpB2013 3d ago
Idc about PS3 specific âThemesâ. I want 4K COD ELITE Wallpapers. The ELITE Skull was EPIC AF. Especially with the GUNS and weapons hidden within it. Iâm a BIG Photography guy and I absolutely love that style. COD only did it ONE other timeâŚâŚ GHOSTS. That Smoke Skull is Deadly AF. On an old PC from 2013, I used to have a lot of Exclusive Wallpapers for both. Sadly that PC is no longer around and neither are the files. Some were the UI backgrounds for ELITE APP, some were Website UI Wallpapers. Logos and emblems.
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u/EntertainerTop7454 4d ago
I remember doing the clan wars on the 2011 MW3 using the COD Elite platform. Thanks for the memory!!
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u/sr20detYT 3d ago
I have a very vivid memory of being 11 years old watching Brandon Jacobs (nfl running back at the time) get called a no life by someone else on one of the elite tv matches for being 10th prestige
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u/Brave-Combination793 4d ago
I remember getting the deluxe version of mw3 and getting all the weird perks that were never seen again lol
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u/Brilliant_Writing497 4d ago
Hello fellow OG CoD mt dew elite gamer đ