My thoughts on timed exclusives? Well, Rayman comes to mind all of a sudden that should of had it. As for COD, I admit, i'm a fan of the game. I'll get these maps, but i'll tell you that this will be the last COD game that I purchase.

Exclusive timed-released DLC... Its always not fair. Totally unfair in my opinion.

I really thought the contract between Microsoft and Activision was supposed to end in 2013...unless it got renewed?

Still need to get my season pass.  This is the one instance I'm kind of glad for the timed exclusive - it gives me a chance to spare $50 for the season pass.

Ahoy! Another Call of Duty is on the horizon off the port bow. Load the money cannons but don't fire the wad until you're within distance of the new opponent.

Nice. Die Rise is awesome. You PS3 Zombies players are gonna love it. Little tip, if you kill an enitre kung fu monkey round (you'll see) with just melee, you get a free perk.

I can't begrudge Microsoft for buying out the temporary exclusivity on CoD DLC, it's a smart move - the deciding factor for many consumers who might otherwise be on the fence about what platform to pick it up for. It tipped the scales when I had half my friends on PS3 the other on 360; World at War, MW2, Black Ops and MW3 all ended up being 360 purchases though. BO2 however was the first game in the franchise I picked up on PC instead so... yay for it being 4 weeks later now - I've been excited for the every element of Revolution, zombies withstanding.

It's not a good idea from the perspective of a gamer because it's like showing favorites. But from a business standpoint it makes total sense. If people will buy it no matter when it releases for their system and one company is willing to pay for the early release they're making even more money, with almost the same amount of work.

No WiiU news yet, huh. I hope we get it at the same time. I'm not ok with timed exclusives because people only loose that way. Just look at the hold Micro has on Ubi with the whole Rayman incident. WiiU players get totally screwed because dumb-**** Microsoft won't allow a port to be released early on another console. It's a Dick move but for some reason people love Micro. "That's right, charge for online play. Sell me a broken system and then only fix it once so I have to buy a new system when my warranty expires!"

I honestly thought they were going to ditch the timed exclusivity (giving Activision too much credit I guess) because of the season pass implementation. I figured if consumers shell out another $50 on the game, that they'd have immediate access. I was dead wrong on that one, and had to wait another few months before I got compensation for that investment. But I still can't wait for it. I skipped MW3 because I thought it was the same as MW2, but Black Ops II so far has been amazing.

People still buy these?

Looking forward to playing Die Rise. Multiplayer maps look like fun.

OOH! Really? We're worthy of paying Activision 15 dollars for what Valve would consider half of an update to TF2? YAY!

Seriously, these delays are just silly at this point.

LOL CoD.

I'm waiting for the Wii U DLC. Which I'm sure will happen, I hope it happens soon though. I think it would be a mistake for Activision to skip over the Wii U, I wouldn't even mind paying extra for the content.

Didn't see any mention of the peace keeper.  

I have been ready for the DLC! Lol I am pretty excited!

Exclusives are always a bad thing for the players. Having a choice is always better than not. I suppose it could be a good financial decision, or something. I'm sure Microsoft is getting something out of this.

And?

I may have considered buying it when it was first released, but at this point, I couldn't really care. If people getting screwed stop buying the time-released exclusive DLC then eventually they will stop doing it.