Remember when we would joke about video game companies charging extra for things like save slots, visual improvements and audio... Yeah we would joke about that.
IGN also conveniently leaving out the fact that the game literally comes with the universal profile for free "UNIVERSAL PROFILE Available to all players for free, Universal Profile is your entry vector to a deeper level of spatial awareness and accurate 3D sound. Fine-tuned to the unique sound world of Call of Duty, every explosion and footstep are perfectly balanced so you can hear every detail of the battlefield with precision. "
Toxic positivity is what has led to this, and it's not even just a video game industry phenomenon, although it's probably the most overtly observable one. "Why is this that big of a deal? You can just ignore it." "Just be positive about it, everything will be fine." "You don't get to tell me what *I* should buy, in fact I'm going to buy this game because you don't want me to, just to get back at you!" "So? Who cares?" "Voting with your wallet doesn't work, just accept it" "I think it's useful for some people", etc etc
They already tried remember capcom wanted to put ads in street fighter 5 I think it was but thank god the community shut that down. I’m sure another greedy company will try the same thing at one point to see if they can get away with it
Anyone who pays for this is the reason we are getting gouged for nearly everything in this economy. Show some restraint and respect yourself enough not to become prey for these corporate vultures.
I do because that literally what it costs for Immerse Spatial audio on both Cyberpunk and FF14..... Also if IGN did their research the game by default comes with Immerse Audio universal profile for free it's only if you wanna customize everything that you need to pay. Also this isn't Activision selling you something it's literally a third party thing just like Dolby Atmos which games have partnered with for years to sell subs.
IGN isn't gonna be able to tell you that because they can't even do proper research to inform users that the game literally comes with the universal profile free for everyone....
@@t3chfx13 Universal, as in default presets? So what about people with biased hearing, where one ear is weaker than the other? They have to pay to get the same experience right? Since its taking face structure into account, that means disfigurements would affect the experience too. Thanks for highlighting the free profile. Now I know that its even shittier than IGN are making it out to be.
Clearly none of you are watching the video because Activison/MS isn't selling you anything it's a third party company and to top it off there is literally a free version included with the game which IGN conveniently leaves out.
YOU should do your research, the only reason there's a "free" profile is thanks to the backlash. They were originally gonna charge you $55 bucks and only give a out a "free" trial for it... 😂😂
@@MMchikito I can't find anything about a $55 backlash. Either way it's not Activision who are charging you for it, it's Embody because it's a 3rd party product in the same way you have to pay for Dolby Atmos for Headphones. Clickbait video.
Yeah AAA gaming at this point is a joke I say we give money to developers that actually work hard and care about their consumers. These big companies are just greedy and we as gamers should stop supporting this bs. Hit them where it hurts their pockets. It’s some of the players fault that accept shady practices and let them get away with it, already bad enough we get unpolished unfinished games just hope more people wake up
To be fair, if the production of that audio tool is really expensive and is only used by 5% of the whole player base why should every user pay for it? They only charge the users now. You got the complete game with all content for the normal price now instead of a raised price for a useless function for most gamers
Remember kids save for rocky developements, Space Marine 2 is an established favorite in the mainstream, Helldivers 2 still has a great population, and I think the Metro franchise is on sale for dirt cheap.
This is very funny that cod now charging for better audio clearly cod can’t milk you enough. This folks is possibly the game pass affect because they will be loosing out on so much money
@@nootsgaming5517 Maybe. But no one is more greedy than Craptivision. They would sell us the Campaign Extra, the Multiplayer Extra, even Multiplayer Modes extra. I already see all of that coming
I had to pay for Dolby Atmos support since it was a third party driver. The fact that BO6 supports a new sound driver is fine, so is the fact that you have to pay for it if you want to use it. It's a third party app.
They stated in the black ops 6 patch thats it is free they I quote "We’re excited to introduce our best-in-class audio experience coming to Black Ops 6 with the introduction of HRTF (Head-Related Transfer Function) via Universal Profile in Enhanced Headphone Mode, which is available to all players for free." This was pulled directly from the patch notes posted today by call of duty please stop spreading misinformation
Once again, they only did that thanks to the backlash from the community, they were originally going to charge $55 bucks and only give out a "free" trial...
Conveniently IGN either didn't do any research or purposefully left out the fact that the universal profile is free for everyone to use or if you wanna tweak settings to personalize this THIRD PARTY software you can buy a $20 license for 5 years. "UNIVERSAL PROFILE Available to all players for free, Universal Profile is your entry vector to a deeper level of spatial awareness and accurate 3D sound. Fine-tuned to the unique sound world of Call of Duty, every explosion and footstep are perfectly balanced so you can hear every detail of the battlefield with precision. "
So, let me get this straight... $70 game, $10 battlepass, $30 black cell, store full of pricy bundles, and now $20 for better audio... This isnt just greedy, this is egregious and feels borderline illegal. When almost all other games at AAA price have no further transactions.
And get this. These games try to fight injustice with skins decals etc .. while letting the honest players get trampled by cheaters, charging 25 for stupid skins etc etc
After decades of game I cannot believe I'm actually saying this but I genuinely think gaming is about to die. And it's breaking my heart. Because this $20 for audio better audio??? How lower are these companies going to go?
Wouldn’t this make gaming more harder to do. I.E pick up and just play. I wonder what effect this might have on sales over time and competitiveness in the market
Best way to handle that is to not pay the extra 20 bucks and go over to the next game that uses that service for free, plus points if it is a multiplayer ego shooter
Ok the fact they want to charge money for better audio which is something that should come free. People need to stand up and stop paying these companies for stupid things like this. Please let's Make Gaming Great Again.
The future in which we're being charged for extra ammunition in a shooter based video game feels like it's getting closer. Edit: I forget if the charge per bullet thing back then was some joke on aggressive monetization or if it was an actual idea that got shot down.
It's new to me lmfao You are paying 70 for base game, Extra for season Pass, Extra for premium sound, and micro transactions. You are literally making executives rich lmfao and you believe you are getting "Value" for "Premium" sound. You keep these bullshit ass virtual nonsense. I'll keep saving for a house lol
Sadly people will buy the game regardless so they don’t have to learn from their greed from the time you people allowed Sony tocharge u for online it’s been spiral for gaming every since so I don’t feel for y’all anymore…
Haha thanks Microsoft bro not even Activision was that greedy before buying them.. good thing i quit playing COD after Cold War because of file size being 200GB so now it's near 200GB plus sometimes pay to win content in the store and says ops we sorry after backlash and now pay for better audio
Just when buying save slots was wild then I heard this greedy decision. What’s next buying for controller support, graphic settings, or audio language? Also I wonder how many sckers can the day before “devs” fool this time
They aren't charging you for hardware, they are charging you for access to sound that's already a part of the game, you just can't have access to it. Not because CoD developers are struggling, not because you couldn't hear things before. Because you'll pay for it lmao
@@darthrex6267 Thats wrong - you have to pay a license for an external audio tool because your hardware provider didn't pay the license. Guess why the PS5 doesn't have Dolby Atmos - they didn't want to pay the license. So, if CoD supports Atmos you expect to get it with CoD? 😂
Once again, the internet shows it's ignorance. Activision has made some baffling decisions but the immerse social audio integration isn't one of them. What the devs have done is incorporated an API into the audio pipeline of their game that allows gamers to use a third party audio plugin. Yes, it's third party so you need to pay a subscription. There is nothing unusual or unfair about this at all. If you want to use Dolby atmos on pc, you have to pay for that too. If you want 4k Netflix you pay for that. If you want an elite controller, you pay for that (even though that's still first party) Now, if you want to complain that it gives subscribers an unfair audio advantage you mightve been remiss to learn that audio quality is by far the most variable thing across a player network, and will likely only affect a small proportion of players. It's not a big deal, but I guess it's something for content creators yo whinge about for clicks. Chill out everyone...
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Remember when we would joke about video game companies charging extra for things like save slots, visual improvements and audio... Yeah we would joke about that.
We gave them the idea
@@matsta177 Bethesda started it with the horse armor bull crap
jokes like that are just giving these corporation ideas
Vote with your wallet.
Just when you think you heard it all.
Haaa
Buh-dun
Only if you have $20 😂
bruh 4real😂😂
This has got to be the one thing that we point at that makes the bubble burst. Are you freaking serious with this nonsense?
Blame the idiots who actually pay for this stuff
No I will blame the devs for creating the horrible audio that needs a 3rd party fix
@@MrML4L Why not both?
@@HatsCaliber both is good
"bro how did you not hear him behind you!' "I'm broke, dude, send me $20."
Imagine charging for audio....AAA gaming is dead
@@tyroneisrael5631 how is aaa gaming dead
You don't need to know @@beesechurger1
Isn’t this essentially pay to win? Having better audio is a pretty big deal for multiplayer 💀
hmm yeah actually, you are right it's sort of p2w feature for PVP modes
@@ScrubTheNub it's doesn't change the audio. You're not buying better audio like all the witch hunt streamers are trying to make it out
That's why they doing it.
IGN also conveniently leaving out the fact that the game literally comes with the universal profile for free
"UNIVERSAL PROFILE
Available to all players for free, Universal Profile is your entry vector to a deeper level of spatial awareness and accurate 3D sound. Fine-tuned to the unique sound world of Call of Duty, every explosion and footstep are perfectly balanced so you can hear every detail of the battlefield with precision. "
@@t3chfx13this is a lie. Are you an Xbot?
At this point, it's just straight up the gamers fault. They will continue buying this crap and then wonder why companies keep ripping them off.
yeah so many people buy microtransaction stuff they just don't care unfortunately🤦
There's just way too many apathetic sheep in the community unfortunately.
We would get better products if most people were not stupid enough to buy these scams
You're not wrong
Toxic positivity is what has led to this, and it's not even just a video game industry phenomenon, although it's probably the most overtly observable one. "Why is this that big of a deal? You can just ignore it." "Just be positive about it, everything will be fine." "You don't get to tell me what *I* should buy, in fact I'm going to buy this game because you don't want me to, just to get back at you!" "So? Who cares?" "Voting with your wallet doesn't work, just accept it" "I think it's useful for some people", etc etc
May as well charge a nickel for every bullet fired
A fraction of a penny
EA has thought of that too already
@@SethTheCommenter don't give them ideas
Shh don't give them any ideas 😂
Lol, that would pretty much just turn COD into a melee game.
Imagine charging for better audio but letting cheaters and hacker run rampant.
Maybe they'll charge for "less cheater experience" later.
WTF this is crazy 20 bucks extra for better audio
we are doomed guys
*Spiderman's Jonah Jameson laugh*.... Wait you're serious?!?!? 🤣😂🤣😂
$20 to save your face in a data base.
you pay 20 they have you data, then they sell that data
If your face has ever been seen via a camera then sorry to tell you but, you are most likely on a database already.
@@general_GAS Meta apps, The Feds, Apple, Android, & Google all have that covered already. 😂
I wouldnt be surprised if they start adding ads to video games and make us pay for ad free
Doesn't call of duty pop up ads for the season pass and character skins lol
I said the same thing long time ago. U wait
They already tried remember capcom wanted to put ads in street fighter 5 I think it was but thank god the community shut that down. I’m sure another greedy company will try the same thing at one point to see if they can get away with it
@darthmalgus4446 m8 you are too slow to read... The EA CEO said they would try to insert Ads into the next Battlefield 🤣.
We're really living in one of the worst eras of gaming
For AAA, yes. Indie and AA are better than ever though.
so for 20 bucks they get your facial data and tell you that its for better audio. thats hilarious cause razor does the better audio part for free
Anyone who pays for this is the reason we are getting gouged for nearly everything in this economy. Show some restraint and respect yourself enough not to become prey for these corporate vultures.
And why?? For a 100 dollar game already we have to shell another 20?
The fucking audacity. Are they really that oblivious that people don’t like their franchise because they keep making bad decisions.
To support different Audio options... Horrible decision 😂
The Audiocity indeed!!
@@Maxrepfitgm The idiocity indeed!!
Unwashed dudebros only play Call of Duty
It's like they're in a competition with other developers to find new ways to PISS OFF the people who actually PLAY their GAMES!!!....SMH......
Oh yeah, remember when Cyberpunk charged $20 for their enhanced audio? No? Me neither.
Remember them giving awful free dlcs?
@@SeriousDragonify not really, all the free DLC that they have launched is straight fire tbh like the Edgerunners missions
@@MMchikito It seems that sarcasm has flown over your head.
I do because that literally what it costs for Immerse Spatial audio on both Cyberpunk and FF14..... Also if IGN did their research the game by default comes with Immerse Audio universal profile for free it's only if you wanna customize everything that you need to pay. Also this isn't Activision selling you something it's literally a third party thing just like Dolby Atmos which games have partnered with for years to sell subs.
@@MMchikito Fire?
Like that awful car and alt Johnny outfit?
What youre smoking, bro?
COD fans deserve this. They game every year no matter what the devs do or say.
Note to self don't buy call of duty EVER again I'm done
$20 for a five-year license to hear better audio are you kidding me? 😂😂😂😂😂
The sad part is that if they actually end up charging for better sound quality, people will most definitely pay for it 🤦♂️🤦♂️
buying the better audio will probably add another 50GB
I will stick to space marines buy COD for 29.00 on black Friday ❤❤
Audio software now records your face data for sound reasons? come on.
The gamers are to blame, I havent bougth a single COD game since the MW1 remake?
Activision have some nerve. Them. Ea and 2k need to be Investigated for illegal practices.
If it’s $20 per game. Then what’s the point of a 5 year license.
IGN isn't gonna be able to tell you that because they can't even do proper research to inform users that the game literally comes with the universal profile free for everyone....
@@t3chfx13 Universal, as in default presets? So what about people with biased hearing, where one ear is weaker than the other? They have to pay to get the same experience right? Since its taking face structure into account, that means disfigurements would affect the experience too.
Thanks for highlighting the free profile. Now I know that its even shittier than IGN are making it out to be.
paying for audio?this is insane bro.well its activision after all
Unbelievable! Hope there’s massive push back, or we’ll see it on other games too. For sure
No one should give in for the black ops audio so these companies don't start charging us for audio
Lol. People will give in. We're gamers!
Call of Fortnite: "wanna be able to jump in our game? That'll be 20 $" 😂
Believe me, soon you'll have to pay for better framerate, 60+ and up 9.99 $/month
What a scam worst than ea
If this happens, Activision is literally worse than EA back in the day.
Pay to win audio🤣
MS just came out with a new headset. Coincidence I think not 🤑
Clearly none of you are watching the video because Activison/MS isn't selling you anything it's a third party company and to top it off there is literally a free version included with the game which IGN conveniently leaves out.
@t3chfx13 but to get on par with the best you'll have to buy it and tweak it
“Pay-to-hear” that cracked me up good
It a cruel world we live in
MAKE IT $80 DLC.
No, make it $80 PER MONTH subscription.
@@davidsentanu7836 AND A DLC.
I will never be playing a COD ever again.
Remember when Konami charged you $10 if you wanted to make a new character save in Metal Gear Survive.
Didn’t Crapcom do that as well with Dragons Dogshlt 2?
@@worlds_greatest_detective6667 Yup.
people gota stop buying this trash
I’ve had so much fun playing older games recently and now I remember why. This is nothing but greed at this point.
Do your research next time! It's free - you only pay if you want a custom profile build just for you.
Bro stfu. They are still charging people and you are one of the problems for supporting this crap
YOU should do your research, the only reason there's a "free" profile is thanks to the backlash.
They were originally gonna charge you $55 bucks and only give a out a "free" trial for it... 😂😂
@@MMchikito I can't find anything about a $55 backlash. Either way it's not Activision who are charging you for it, it's Embody because it's a 3rd party product in the same way you have to pay for Dolby Atmos for Headphones. Clickbait video.
Can't wait to pay $100 for 4k
That should kill Black Ops 6. Cheaters are bad enough now you have to pay for an even playing field.
There are gamers so addicted to being the best they will pay for this bull.
soon we'll be paying for ammunition
if that’s the REAL saint michael x denim tear hoodie, that’s a $2,000 hoodie you’re rocking akeem. i thought i was the only one who owned one lmaoooo
Sweaters ugly af and only a fool would pay that much for cloth
so, in CoD, it's no longer "pay to win" - it's "pay for basic features that should already be in the game".
Lol. I’m rolling at the audacity 😂😂
Free $20 update 😢
Yeah AAA gaming at this point is a joke I say we give money to developers that actually work hard and care about their consumers. These big companies are just greedy and we as gamers should stop supporting this bs. Hit them where it hurts their pockets. It’s some of the players fault that accept shady practices and let them get away with it, already bad enough we get unpolished unfinished games just hope more people wake up
Was that $20 for the audio…for 5 years only? A 5 year license…
Isn’t this potentially pay to win? Isn’t sound essentially in cod
Spatial audio has always been free in other games wtf this is crazy
This can't be real😂
Thats a new pay to win function
To be fair, if the production of that audio tool is really expensive and is only used by 5% of the whole player base why should every user pay for it? They only charge the users now. You got the complete game with all content for the normal price now instead of a raised price for a useless function for most gamers
Knowing DrDisrespect he would buy the $20 audio tool 😂
“WHERE’S MY AUDIO?!”
Remember kids save for rocky developements, Space Marine 2 is an established favorite in the mainstream, Helldivers 2 still has a great population, and I think the Metro franchise is on sale for dirt cheap.
Can we just get a mass production of just remakes for the next 4-5 years please. New games are not cutting it.
i hate video games..
This is very funny that cod now charging for better audio clearly cod can’t milk you enough. This folks is possibly the game pass affect because they will be loosing out on so much money
I'm pretty sure that this is the reason
@@schwubmexx it’s not like they don’t profit heavily off the battle passes and micro transactions
@@nootsgaming5517 Maybe. But no one is more greedy than Craptivision. They would sell us the Campaign Extra, the Multiplayer Extra, even Multiplayer Modes extra. I already see all of that coming
Well Dolby does the same thing.
Although I think that $20 or something is a life time subscription
I had to pay for Dolby Atmos support since it was a third party driver. The fact that BO6 supports a new sound driver is fine, so is the fact that you have to pay for it if you want to use it. It's a third party app.
They stated in the black ops 6 patch thats it is free they I quote "We’re excited to introduce our best-in-class audio experience coming to Black Ops 6 with the introduction of HRTF (Head-Related Transfer Function) via Universal Profile in Enhanced Headphone Mode, which is available to all players for free." This was pulled directly from the patch notes posted today by call of duty please stop spreading misinformation
Once again, they only did that thanks to the backlash from the community, they were originally going to charge $55 bucks and only give out a "free" trial...
The the pay to hear moniker 😂
Next thing we know, future COD base games will be mute by default with optional audio DLC.
It’s crazy that people are actually going to buy the “enhanced” audio too
Wasn't IGN the channel that originally pushed this game with the first showcases.
Conveniently IGN either didn't do any research or purposefully left out the fact that the universal profile is free for everyone to use or if you wanna tweak settings to personalize this THIRD PARTY software you can buy a $20 license for 5 years.
"UNIVERSAL PROFILE
Available to all players for free, Universal Profile is your entry vector to a deeper level of spatial awareness and accurate 3D sound. Fine-tuned to the unique sound world of Call of Duty, every explosion and footstep are perfectly balanced so you can hear every detail of the battlefield with precision. "
So to have the best tweaked audio you have to pay still. Putting you at a disadvantage if you dont
So, let me get this straight... $70 game, $10 battlepass, $30 black cell, store full of pricy bundles, and now $20 for better audio... This isnt just greedy, this is egregious and feels borderline illegal. When almost all other games at AAA price have no further transactions.
And get this. These games try to fight injustice with skins decals etc .. while letting the honest players get trampled by cheaters, charging 25 for stupid skins etc etc
Modern gaming certainly is heading to "death sentence"
A 5 year license? As in, it'll carry over to the next cod releases? Or will the license only apply to BO6? Who's playing the same cod for 5 years?
In future games it's used. But still lame and a money grab
After decades of game I cannot believe I'm actually saying this but I genuinely think gaming is about to die. And it's breaking my heart. Because this $20 for audio better audio??? How lower are these companies going to go?
I wonder what kind of call of duty we would get if sucker punch or insomniac were the ones making cod?
The studio must have been taking notes from Konami, after the MG Survive debacle.
Wouldn’t this make gaming more harder to do. I.E pick up and just play. I wonder what effect this might have on sales over time and competitiveness in the market
Best way to handle that is to not pay the extra 20 bucks and go over to the next game that uses that service for free, plus points if it is a multiplayer ego shooter
Ok the fact they want to charge money for better audio which is something that should come free. People need to stand up and stop paying these companies for stupid things like this. Please let's Make Gaming Great Again.
The future in which we're being charged for extra ammunition in a shooter based video game feels like it's getting closer.
Edit: I forget if the charge per bullet thing back then was some joke on aggressive monetization or if it was an actual idea that got shot down.
Why would anyone help fund the devs of The Day Before after the major failure of disloyalty.
I hope people don't pay for that audio.
Dolby Atmos costs money as well. It's not new.
It's new to me lmfao You are paying 70 for base game, Extra for season Pass, Extra for premium sound, and micro transactions.
You are literally making executives rich lmfao and you believe you are getting "Value" for "Premium" sound.
You keep these bullshit ass virtual nonsense. I'll keep saving for a house lol
Don't even try to play Devil's advocate for a stupid practice
Going in dark and for an extra 20 pounds you can now see your surroundings
We dont have this crap in the older call of duty titles, we play to have fun
Sadly people will buy the game regardless so they don’t have to learn from their greed from the time you people allowed Sony tocharge u for online it’s been spiral for gaming every since so I don’t feel for y’all anymore…
Haha thanks Microsoft bro not even Activision was that greedy before buying them.. good thing i quit playing COD after Cold War because of file size being 200GB so now it's near 200GB plus sometimes pay to win content in the store and says ops we sorry after backlash and now pay for better audio
Just when buying save slots was wild then I heard this greedy decision. What’s next buying for controller support, graphic settings, or audio language?
Also I wonder how many sckers can the day before “devs” fool this time
It's a external audio solution - like Dolby Atmos for Headphones.
But hey, CoD dares to support different Audio options so let's trash CoD.
They aren't charging you for hardware, they are charging you for access to sound that's already a part of the game, you just can't have access to it.
Not because CoD developers are struggling, not because you couldn't hear things before. Because you'll pay for it lmao
@@darthrex6267 Thats wrong - you have to pay a license for an external audio tool because your hardware provider didn't pay the license.
Guess why the PS5 doesn't have Dolby Atmos - they didn't want to pay the license.
So, if CoD supports Atmos you expect to get it with CoD? 😂
In the end software sales more than hardware. Will it be worth it? Any difference?
It’s $20 DoorDash be like $40 for meal from McDonald’s
Is that really the best intro y'all can come up with?
Deaf people will enjoy this game.
Once again, the internet shows it's ignorance. Activision has made some baffling decisions but the immerse social audio integration isn't one of them.
What the devs have done is incorporated an API into the audio pipeline of their game that allows gamers to use a third party audio plugin. Yes, it's third party so you need to pay a subscription. There is nothing unusual or unfair about this at all.
If you want to use Dolby atmos on pc, you have to pay for that too.
If you want 4k Netflix you pay for that.
If you want an elite controller, you pay for that (even though that's still first party)
Now, if you want to complain that it gives subscribers an unfair audio advantage you mightve been remiss to learn that audio quality is by far the most variable thing across a player network, and will likely only affect a small proportion of players. It's not a big deal, but I guess it's something for content creators yo whinge about for clicks.
Chill out everyone...
And when the game fails in sales they will blame the devs and fire them.