10 Biggest Video Game Blunders Of 2016
6. Modern Warfare Remaster Gets Locked Behind Purchase Of Infinite Warfare
When announced many fans couldn't believe it, as they had finally gotten the one thing they had wanted from the Call of Duty series in awhile. The game that redefined the genre and changed everything, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was getting a beautiful remaster, multiplayer and all, for next gen systems. It would however, come with a catch, a pricey one at that.
If fans wanted to play the Modern warfare remaster, they would be forced to buy a more expensive version of the most recent Call of Duty in Infinite Warfare. At a minimum fans would be paying 30% more than the cost of a full price game just to play the remaster. Of course they would get Infinite Warfare along side it, but fans went out of their way to show just how much they didn't want the game.
As of writing, Infinite Warfare's reveal trailer is at the #2 spot for most disliked video of all time on YouTube with 3.4 million dislikes, sitting only behind Justin Bieber's "Baby" music video. Fun fact, Infinite Warfare's trailer is the ONLY video game related video in the top 100 most disliked YouTube videos ever.
Adding insult to injury, Activision just recently added microtransactions to the remaster, a game which originally never featured such a thing. Which goes to show the remaster was never about fan service, but simply a cash-grab from the start.