Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Free PS5 Upgrade Might Be Locked Behind More Expensive Versions

Seems this is publishers crafty idea of getting around the free upgrade to next gen system, control publishers have come up with a BS speech of so called reason why and now Activision which isn't to anyone suprised it coming up with new ways to do it as well

Seems like this is the common trend with alot of publishers now . The best solution is to just wait for the next gen versions to come out and not buy any of these games on current platforms.

Ahh, the wonderful future of gaming. Don't you just love it? Get a good whiff, you'll be smelling a lot of this crap in the near future.

The whole cross-gen phase is always the worst part about a new generation. Just going to have to put up with this at launch and probably next year as well.

Or you can just wait for the PS5 version, problem solved.

Or, just have a little patience & just buy the PS5 version in the first place. That's what I did with Black Flag & Battlefield 4 at the PS4 launch. Its not hard.

They will probably be cheaper on PS4 anyway so an upgrade should only cost the difference between the two copies if Activision are playing fairly

Activision being extremely greedy and arrogant? Well color me shocked!

Simple, you just don’t buy the game, carry on with COD MW under the back compat mode if it works, and buy the next COD when they release a cheaper PS5 version, last thing you want to DJ is line EA and Activisions pockets!

It's only going to be expensive if you make it expensive for yourself. Lack of info for both systems I know but with the latest games you may as well wait for the next gen versions, I know I am!

Sooo not exactly a free upgrade then XD

At least this info is out before the release of the game, you now know not to buy the PS4 version & just wait for the PS5 version. That's what I'll do anyway.

Buy it on ps5 when it come out, or buy the physical ps4 version and sell it when ps5 version come out.

@Ichiban I remember when I preordered black flag on ps4 it came out before the ps4 console even did same with cod ghosts, so had two games I had sat on the shelf for a while.

Money grabbing *****! All they think about is money.. it used to be you would get a free upgrade if you had purchased the last gen versions no matter what version it was! Either they’ll make a killing with people paying for the more expensive version or micro transactions or both! Activision suck!

@Flurpsel exactly!

I’ll just hope the rumours are true and SOCOM is coming out on launch day with PS5! That’ll be me set

@iceno1 I would love that to be a reality I really would!! Or the old Desert Storm games they were GOOD childhood moments.

Absolute shocker, Activision have found a way to cash in on this too.

I am being a BOOMER here? But why on Earth do people expect to essentially get 2 games for the price of 1? If you want it on PS5, wait and buy it there.

I don't see what the big deal is. It takes work to optimize games to new consoles, therefore studios need to be compensated for that work. If you want to pay the regular price then buy it on one or the other. No one is forcing you to buy the expensive bundle.

Of course Activision does this as well. I won't buy then. I'm always on the fence about each new release anyway.

I'll be grabbing this Cod when it's a tenner in CEX tbh

@Salohcin I think what bothers people is that a lot of devs are offering the next gen upgrade for free. So it doesn't seem like it's such a hard thing to do.

When the Devs from Control (that has been out for quite a while) locked the upgrade behind the most expensive version of the game, it was quite weird. And now, I guess people feel like more and more companies will follow

Yeah, I guess you can see this as "2 for 1". But so many companies are going down the free upgrade road. Why would it be so hard for others to do the same? Specially in a game that's gonna have loads of season, add ons, skins etc

@jamberino93 ohhh I loved they games.. blast from the past right there.. they were amazing.. even Full Spectrum warrior was a great game.. graphically amazing at the time.. really need games like this again and call of duty seems like the only military game out.. ghost recon has lost the plot compared to OGR/GR2/Summit and graw series

@Salohcin that’s what’s gonna happen but console gen change shouldn’t be a big deal for big company’s just to supply a free upgrade for the new console.. money grabbing *****.. Activision, 2K and Ubisoft are scum of the earth these days.. micro transactions and dlc they rip the proper piss out of gamers.

@iceno1 They put time and effort to making these upgrades. And they are fully giving you the opportunity to only buy what you want. they aren't forcing you to buy one version then the other. You can wait to get the better version.