Overview
- The PlayStation ports went live on Thursday, July 9, as straight ports built by Iron Galaxy that bring Campaign, Multiplayer, and Zombies to PS4 and PS5 without remaster-style upgrades.
- Each base game is listed at $39.99 with a limited PlayStation Plus discount halving the price to $19.99 through August 6 and season passes for original DLC sold separately around $29.99.
- Several original features are missing from the PS builds, including Wager Matches, Theatre mode, leaderboards, crossplay support, 120 Hz refresh rates, and FOV options, which fragments player pools and functionality.
- Black Ops II’s emblem editor is retained and players have posted offensive emblems such as swastikas, creating immediate moderation and safety concerns for Activision and platform moderators.
- Early player reports are mixed with some saying PSN-based matchmaking reduces the hacking seen on Xbox backward-compatibility lobbies while others report input-lag and responsiveness issues that may require developer patches and wider platform decisions on Xbox/PC support.