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Call of Dutyhas been battling it out between Xbox and PlayStation consoles for over 17 years. With the acquisition of Activision Blizzard at the end of 2023, Xbox seem to have won the battle afterall. However, Microsoft promises to keep its big franchises available on all platforms for all players.
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Topping the list off with the well known first-person shooter series makes sense. Despite it being critically panned and sales numbers down,Modern Warfare 3was still able to generate enough players to keep consistent updates going.
I think playstation doesn’t like it’s cod fans anymore.
WithBlack Ops 6on the horizon, you would think putting the current game on the free multiplayer weekend would be great to give players one last hurrah for the game.
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Instead, the free weekend features the outdated game that was released almost two years ago.NBA 2Kfeatures the newest entry, so why did the famous first-person shooter franchise get shafted?
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The internal dealings of whyMW2is featured on the free multiplayer weekend is unknown publicly. One may assume Microsoft and Activision may not want to play nice with the competition but that doesn’t really make sense.
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Sales for the game are less than the previous entry and a free multiplayer weekend would help bump the player base up. In addition,Modern Warfare 3is already on the way out with many fans enthusiastic about the upcoming titleBlack Ops 6.
Treyarch’s return to the franchisewill be available on Xbox Game Pass Day 1 while PS users have to purchase the game outright. Xbox are already leveraging the Activision Blizzard deal to its benefit.
Something must have gone down behind the scenes to not allowModern Warfare 3available for this upcoming multiplayer weekend. If you’re still looking to try outModern Warfare 3on your PS4/PS5, you have to pay for it.What do you think of this free multiplayer weekend lineup? Let us know in the comments.
Travis Vuong
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Travis Vuong is a games journalist and content creator. He’s been a YouTuber since 2008 and continues to create videos under the “tvsonicgaming” banner. All social media accounts and his podcast: allmylinks.com/tvsonic
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