Call of Duty: Ghosts dispute causes UK retailer to stop stocking Activision games

In the end, Activision still makes their money. Why not just let the guy send out the games 3-2 days early to ensure Release day delivery? Personally I fine release "days" wrong, Our world is big and complicated and anything can happen to post / logistic packages. So what some people get it a week or days early? Does it really bother the global population these people just "HAVE" to have the game so early? Let them have it if they don't have a few days patience. Poor ShopTo is just trying to satisfy the customer with Activisions product and their future products, Activision should thank them for that.

Activistion doesn't want to release it a day earlier and Shopto they don't want to have to pay employees more so that's the big disagreement?

I don't think I would be a successful business man because I want to strangle both CEO's of Activision and ShopTo (Never heard of them though)

Though using the word "business" is nothing more than a big f*cking excuse for being greedy selfish assholes.

Who is ShopTo? Eh...doesn't matter.

BURY CoD

LOL "Everyone was expecting us to make modern warfare 4 which would have been the safe thing to do but we are not resting on our laurels" Woww activision you are sooo bad-ass!! upgrading from an 8 year old engine!! SO HARDCORREEE

come on guys this is a new ip and activision is trying to handle it the best way they can.just stick to the plan and lets get along fine.shopto's refusal will in no way affect the sale of this game.they rather stand to lose.there are outlets who are dying to be given the chance.

So you think Shopto have the right to ignore Activision's release date and send the game out early? OK I think you haven't thought this through properly, never mind.........

no cod bashing? i had popcorn and everything :(

Well done Shop To.

People wouldn't want to pre-order a game and have it arrive a day later, than anyone else who hadn't pre-ordered it? I know I wouldn't.

So then, what would be the sense in pre-ordering at all? In fact, put an end to pre-ordering completely, then the world would be a slightly better place!

Both sides of this argument have legitimacies and breaches for their respective positions as you could sense, profits centered by rapport, in the end comes before ethics for both parties. For me, Bollocks with Activision.

I am with ShopTo on this one. Been shopping with them since 2 of my preorders from game, and 1 from Play, arrived 2 days after launch. So all my friends who went and got the games at midnight or in the morning and got the day one offers that usually launch alongside titles, I decided to go somewhere that could almost guarnatee that I wouldn't be penalised for pre ordering.

never even heard of shopto lol

Shopto games are from abroad anyway, hence you cannot trade in the majority of them at game, my experience recently with there barcodes.

Why is everyone blasting the retailer? They're just trying to ensure timely delivery on new releases so as to not upset customers. What's wrong with that?

That's the main reason of not allowing retailers to ship the game more than a day earlier is to control the game's release. I remember when people were getting Black Ops 2 that Thursday or Friday before release and were already posting video of gameplay on YouTube or even selling their copy for a profit. Basically, ShopTo is saying they don't want to pay extra on employment to get a the game out and so they want Activision to take the hit. It's ShopTo's prerogative if they want to sell Activision games or not. But, if people can't get their Activision game from ShopTo, then they will just go somewhere else. And they don't think this will make people think they are unreliable.

Of course the real reason is that Shopto are notorious for delivering games 1-3 days before they are supposed to, some people got black ops 2, 4 days before release so I have to really side with activision in this, as any game employee will tell you its probably going to hurt shopto because they wont be selling a major release.

WTF did I just skim through? I get the jist of it, but don't they know Activision is evil and will send someone to break their bones?

**** both of em.

Call of duty sucks

A company in with ethics, in the game industry.

I am pleased

People still care about call of duty 15?

Where has creativity gone?

I know what kind of mark-up retail stores get for games, so if ShopTo aren't willing to absorb the cost of staff and same/next-day delivery then that is their problem. It is not something the software publisher should have to fix for them. There'll only be one loser here and that won't be Activision. Their customers will just buy the game from somewhere else.

Well done ShopTo. I've used them before and they're pretty good. I'm glad they're sticking to their guns on this one. It's like Activision actively want to kill retailer control and just go fully digital download (as I'm sure they'd love to one day).

Pleanty of online retailers have next day delivery, if they can't manage that then it's their own fault... My guess is it's one of those that rely on people spreading the word that they "got the game before release" to get sales and don't bother with decent shipping.

@SIDEFX1 You think you are clever? This retailer is trying to take advantage of Activision, but Activision stood up to them. I applaud Activision.

okay then...

A shame, as signed-for had good premise for this.

Activision being Activision.