Activision Announces Call of Duty®: Ghosts PlayStation Upgrade for a Suggested Retail Price of Just $10
August 21 2013 - 2:00AM
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Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq:ATVI), today announced further details
surrounding Call of Duty®: Ghosts’ participation in Sony’s
PS3 to PS4 upgrade program. The upgrade program is completely
optional and allows consumers who purchase Call of Duty:
Ghosts on PlayStation®3 to upgrade to the
PlayStation®4 version of the game for a limited time at a
suggested retail price of only $10, €10, or £10 depending on
territory. More details will be shared in the weeks to come.
"Today we’re announcing that anyone who buys Call of Duty:
Ghosts for the PS3 will be able to upgrade to Call of Duty:
Ghosts for the PS4 for a limited time at a suggested retail
price of just $10, €10, or £10," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of
Activision Publishing, Inc. "Retail programs, announced by Amazon
and GameStop allow our players to upgrade from the Xbox 360 to the
Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts for $10 as well. We
have also previously announced that for a limited time our players
will bring all of their Season Pass Content and all of their
in-game progress with them within a console family, for no
additional charge. We have the best fans in the world, and we want
to make this transition as seamless and easy for them as possible.
And there’s more news to come on that front. Stay tuned."
Published by Activision Publishing, Inc. and developed by
Infinity Ward, Call of Duty: Ghosts will release on Xbox 360
game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3
computer entertainment system, PC and Wii U™ on November 5. The
title will also release on the Xbox One, the all-in one games and
entertainment system from Microsoft, and PlayStation®4 computer
entertainment system later this year. Call of Duty: Ghosts
is rated M for Mature (Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence,
Strong Language) by the ESRB. For more information, please visit
www.callofduty.com/ghosts, www.facebook.com/CODGhosts, or follow on
Twitter @InfinityWard.
About Activision Publishing,
Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision
Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher, and
distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, Brazil,
Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South
Korea, mainland China, and the region of Taiwan. More information
about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s
website, www.activision.com.
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Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies
regarding the future, including statements about the expected Call
of Duty: Ghosts release date of November 5, 2013, are
forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision
Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially from those
expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this
release include unanticipated product delays and other factors
identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s
most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this
release are based upon information available to Activision
Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release,
and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes
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Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and
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actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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