BO2 In-game Microtransactions Start this Week!

via IGN

In-game purchases will be coming to the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II later this week, before being rolled out to the PC and PS3 at a later date.

According to MCV, as of tomorrow you'll be able to buy optional micro-items in the game that Activision’s Dan Amrich calls "either personal customizations or nice little luxuries”, which won't “affect gameplay” but rather offer “small, specific ways to enhance your online experience”.

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At the end of the day, all of these items are completely optional, and were created for players who’ve asked for more customization options.

He goes on to explain, "At the end of the day, all of these items are completely optional, and were created for players who’ve asked for more customization options. If that’s not you, that’s fine; everybody gets Nuketown 2025 for free, so definitely take advantage of that.”

Personalisation Packs, which will cost 160 MS Points each, will offer unique weapon camos, three targeting reticules and a Calling Card. Ten extra Create-a-Class slots will also be available for 160 MS Points, while a Flags of the World Calling Card Packs will set you back 80 MS Points. Rounding out the new items on offer is the Nuketown 2025 multiplayer Zombies map for 400 MS Points.

Activision has confirmed these items will be available on the PC and PS3 versions of the game at a later date; no word as yet on whether the Wii U will be seeing them.


Other new outlets confirm there will be a "wrapped in bacon" camo in one of the packs... seriously.

How do you guys feel about the beginning of microtransactions?

Between the lines: Our game sucks so we're going to try and squeeze as much blood out of this rock as we can.

Bacon camo +1

Boobs camo +1,000,000

20 custom classes???? The matches start before I could scroll down to the bottom!

i feel if the transaction gives you an advantage its total bullshit - planetside 2 did this very thing...allow HUGE shortcuts to unlock perks / equipment to vehicles and person

since this is allegedly not going to happen in bo2 i dont really care - the insta 10 create a class slots would be nice other than that they can shove it

If Treyarch would be smart, they would have extra prestige levels you can buy. That would rack up some $$ for them!

I agree Slam. They should really package all these things up into map DLC and stop the microtransactions before they start.

with BO3 it's going to be...

$200 M$ points for a FAL unlock for all attachments and camo...
$400 M$ points for perk "x y or z"...
yada yada yada...

I love the "which won't affect gameplay" statement. Do they really expect us to believe that?

If someone bought the "bacon" camo, do I see it when I pick up their gun? If I'm suffering from game lag will the bacon still be cooking when I pick up the gun?

I guess now I have to wait for a BO2 update to download that contains all these new possible packs.

Treyarch needs to spend more time worrying about showing me where the enemy is actually located instead of which camo I get to see. They are getting away from the basics that was a great game and trying to add too many extras. It reminds me of those stupid ass Taco Bell/KFC/Pizza Hut drive-thu restaurants. I just want a damn taco, but the asshole in front of me just ordered a large supreme pizza and now I have to wait for his stupid ass order to cook. Damn the Extras and Damn Treyarch for screwing with our game!!!

Whew...I feel much better after getting that off my chest.

Option for customization is pretty cool since it doesn't give an in game advantage. People will buy it and I am sure the gun camo will sell the best. Once you have unlocked 10 classes does anyone want another 10 more? If you haven't presitged then it is attractive.

I feel they stopped short though. Custom face paint should should be in there and customized uniforms should be there too. Most of the characters on each team have a different look so it shouldn't be difficult to give you the option to trick out your kid with whatever goofy look you want to go with.

Indy said it best. Fix your game before making it pretty. Talk about lipstick on a pig!

No no no.....distraction is a magician's best friend

Sad thing is we all know this will make them so much god damn money! They'll be sure to increase the microtransactions in all the following titles. It's all down hill from here guys.

Sr Slampiece wrote:

Indy said it best. Fix your game before making it pretty. Talk about lipstick on a pig!

Come on, you know once the game releases, there isn't much tweaking in gameplay. They aren't going to change game mechanics now. Horse is out of the barn.

walldoggy wrote:

Sr Slampiece wrote:

Indy said it best. Fix your game before making it pretty. Talk about lipstick on a pig!

Come on, you know once the game releases, there isn't much tweaking in gameplay. They aren't going to change game mechanics now. Horse is out of the barn.

They're going to ride that horse to death all the way to the bank. I actually like BLOPS2, but I feel this is bullshit and that between pointless crap like this and the recent dumbass nerfs (SMR , PDW) they're starting to burn up any goodwill I might have for the next series.

^^^Yeah all the weapon tweaks are what i don't understand. I never felt that the weapons they keep messing with were OP or weak. If you looked at the original TTK and damage charts everything was pretty damn even. Wonder if they're just trying to get people to start using the other weapons more or something? You think they'll make some of the attachments have a noticeable impact on in game performance now? Id like to feel a difference when i put on a front grip.

or better yet i wonder if some MLG try hards need to use a particular weapon or they want them to STOP using particular weapons? eh? eh?

Yeah don't fix the lag issues or anything lets just give them some new weapon camo.

This is the last negative COD post ill read in the clan some people still love COD fn bad apples

Anyone actually want to talk about the microtransactions? If not, feel free to complain about other things in the complaint thread.

Guest wrote:

This is the last negative COD post ill read in the clan some people still love COD fn bad apples

Who the f' is this guy? Take a hike.

@Walldoggy: Totally agree. I started this thread to see how the x30x community felt about the addition of microtrans. I do my complaining over in the other thread.


So does anyone think they'll start doing more a la carte micros for all DLC in the next titles? Meaning no more bundled map packs and zombies maps etc.

Example: "I'll buy Map X for 200 M$... Map Z for $200 M$... skip may Y, i dont like it... and pick up these weapons in this 3 weapon pack for $100 M$"etc.

Would this be a good thing... or bad thing? I'm personally against it.

Here it is

The only thing I'm getting is the extra Classes. Can setup something for almost everything now with 20 classes.

The only micro transaction I'm interested is the ability to rent dedicated servers to host games.

Although, being able to purchase Nuketown zombies for 400pts is a nice option since I didn't buy the season pass on the xbox.

Still, I've played it enough on the PS3.....and Die Rise is more fun anyway......

Maybe they will start releasing all the zombie maps individually eventually. That'd be nice since I'm no longer interested in multiplayer.....or new maps for multiplayer.

This is better than Battlefield where they really do sell things that give a real advantage during gameplay.

Maverick9227 wrote:

The only thing I'm getting is the extra Classes. Can setup something for almost everything now with 20 classes.

I pretty much thought the same thing with 10 classes. But I guess you can be extremely specialized for game situations. If I have to set up 20 classes I'm not going to want to prestige again and set them all up and rename them all again.

I don't think I'm too interested in weapon camos or other stuff. Somebody else on here(can't remember right now) would like to see soldier customization, and I agree. I kind of liked the facepaint from BO1 and the ability of other FPS to make your soldier LOOK unique. Instead of all this weapon camo.

What I find ironic is that the majority of people playing this game who'd PAY for more weapon camo are the same ones with, or trying for diamond camo. So they put all that effort into their diamonds only to go out and buy bacon camo? I guess having the lastest and greatest isn't that important to me.

FightingOkra75 wrote:

The only micro transaction I'm interested is the ability to rent dedicated servers to host games.

Although, being able to purchase Nuketown zombies for 400pts is a nice option since I didn't buy the season pass on the xbox.

Still, I've played it enough on the PS3.....and Die Rise is more fun anyway......

Maybe they will start releasing all the zombie maps individually eventually. That'd be nice since I'm no longer interested in multiplayer.....or new maps for multiplayer.

This is better than Battlefield where they really do sell things that give a real advantage during gameplay.

Ooooo forgot about that! I need Nuketown, that's awesome. And Okra... Die Rise easter egg this weekend buddy?!

oh, and I completely agree with you on the BF unlocks. That shocked me that they did the fast track stuff... basically pay to unlock stuff. That was crap if you ask me. The equivalent of being able to pay to unlock rank levels in BO2.

Gun,

Been playing Die Rise nearly every night with some irl friends on the PS3.....having a blast.

They don't do the easter eggs though.....just try to survive endless waves of the undead.

Damn monkey humpers are a bitch!

^^^ Well me, you, camel, and whoever wants to be our 4th will figure that shit out this weekend! lol I've watched like 20 video walkthroughs on the high maintenance easter egg and we seemed to be doing it all correct. They do it by going down for the keys first too it looks like. Then making way to power, sliquifier, then do roof to get back to #1 and build tramples then keep it on round 2-3 for the elevator stuff. We got this haha