Activision may have cleared it up Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2The PS4 and PS5 versions will be simple ports as opposed to full remasters, but fans remained excited about their arrival nonetheless. Unfortunately, Call of Duty: Black Ops fans have been less than thrilled at the thought of being able to pay for DLC maps again, which is a real possibility after some recent store updates.
Prior to this potential discovery, PlayStation fans were excited at the idea of gaining access to these beloved gems. While the remaster of Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 3 (2023)'s collection of classics, remastered MW2 maps meant that these games lived on through the newer PlayStation consoles, the first two Black Ops games have remained isolated. Sure, PC gamers have had access to them just fine, and backwards compatibility meant Xbox users were in the clear too, but PlayStation fans? If they wanted to play BO2 or BO1they had to dust off their PS3 consoles. These ports are long overdue, but their costs could prove highly controversial.
Due to the PS3's complicated architecture, the PS4 was not backwards compatible, which is why BO1 and BO2 been stuck on the old hardware for so long.
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Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2 DLC prices have just changed ahead of the big re-release
Although it is important to note that Activision has not addressed Black Ops 1 and 2 DLC prices yetnor has it clarified the prices and potential packaging of the games themselves, the timing certainly seems telling. Of all the occasions for DLC prices to change, having them drop a month before the release of the PS4 and PS5 ports speaks volumes. You can safely assume that Black Ops fans will have to repurchase the slightly cheaper map packs for these classic games, with the ports containing only the base map lineups for multiplayer and zombies.
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Guess the games from the emojis.
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As indicated in the Reddit post above from user RdJokr93, map pack prices have been dropped from $14.99 to $9.99 USD on the Steam and Xbox storefronts, likely to be similar in cost to the upcoming PlayStation prices. The Black Ops 2 Season passes have been reduced from $49.99 to $29.99. This means that, to access each map in Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2players may have to pay an additional $70. This is because the original Black Ops lacked a season pass, so its four packs had to be purchased individually. Of course, gamers are reacting as you'd expect given that they'll not only have to fork over whatever Activision charges for these ports, but potentially an entire game's worth of DLC on top of that.
The only silver lining with the DLC prices being lowered is that all the camo packs for Black Ops 2 have gone from costing $2 each to being completely free to download. There is also a world there BO2 Season passes and maybe even the individual map packs for both games are discounted, as the former has happened temporarily on several occasions. This news is especially annoying for fans of Cod Zombies mode, as Zombies maps could not be purchased individually until now BO3. That means if they want to replay beloved maps like Mob of the Dead on PS4 and PS5, they may have no choice but to pay extra.
For now, everyone Call of Duty fans can do is hope that Activision surprises them and that these DLC price changes are somehow completely unrelated to the upcoming ports. At least one bundle that contains both Black Ops games and all their DLC would be a healthy middle ground, or a loyalty discount for those who bought the PS3 versions, although there's no telling if either will happen.
