Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's Special Ops Survival Mode will be exclusive to PlayStation 4 players for a year, and fans are not happy.

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During Sony's latest State of Play livestream , Activision took the opportunity to reveal a brand new story trailer for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare , giving us our first real look at its “ripped from the headlines” campaign . Following this trailer, a screen popped up with the text "Special Ops Survival Mode, play first on PS4" with much smaller text at the bottom that read, "Timed Exclusive Content Until October 1, 2020."As Modern Warfare hits PS4, Xbox One, and PC on October 25, this means this mode will be locked out on competing platforms for just under a year, by which time the next Call of Duty will likely be out or nearing release.Check out Modern Warfare's story trailer below.

Naturally, fans noticed this fine print immediately, and word spread fast. Not only are Xbox and PC players upset about the exclusive mode, but PS4 players generally aren't particularly pleased with the exclusive either, especially with Modern Warfare being crossplay enabled — even if other Spec Ops modes don't appear to be timed exclusives. Even with previous Call of Duty games often having timed exclusive content on PS4, this appears to be one step too far for fans: here's how they've been reacting.

Fans React to Survival Mode Exclusivity



Fr? A full year?? I’m gonna be done playing this game by the time I can play spec ops... — Tom Schnagl (@SchnaglT0m) September 24, 2019

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While it's entirely understandable that fans would be upset over this news, Infinity Ward studio narrative director Taylor Kurosaki responded to a fan on Twitter , saying Survival is only about 1% of the game, and that the other 99% is "simultaneous day and date across all platforms."

For more on Modern Warfare, check out how players in its recent beta reported cross-progression, or how (at least) one former U.S. Marine feels about the cruel realities of white phosphorous.

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