Call of Duty Elite mobile app delayed

By Fred Dutton Published 14 November, 2011

Activision doesn't want to overload stressed servers.

The launch of the Call of Duty Elite mobile app has been pushed back until the new stat-tracking service is stable, Activision has announced.

The app was meant to launch late last week, but that didn't happen. A new FAQ on Activision's customer service site offered the following explanation:

"Since we do not want to add even more stress to the back-end servers, we are holding back on launching the Elite mobile applications until the service is stable and our players can easily access it.

"We will have the apps ready to launch as soon as we are comfortable the experience will be a great one, and will update with more information soon."

Elite has got off to a rocky start, with many users complaining that they've found it impossible to log on to the site. Last week, Acti blamed the problem on exceptional demand for the service and announced all premium subscribers will receive 30 days free usage as compensation.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 6 months ago

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  • coolbritannia #1 6 months ago

    I wanted to purchase it, but seeing as though it doesn't work, I haven't bothered. I wonder if the illusive founder status will roll over until it's actually working?

  • sir_smooch #2 6 months ago

    lol funny they don't want to over stress the servers, they didn't have any probs taking the money and they still weren't any better yesterday evening. The game still has the same off and on lag probs too :( but i guess cod is cod. good when its good and terrible when its bad, altogether.....a bit fishy

  • xuiton #3 6 months ago

    more ways activison can charge you for shit, go ahead and buy it.

  • jtodroc #4 6 months ago

    They said that the were extending founder status for another couple of weeks. Don't know the exact date but I think its towards the end of November.

  • Gunner63 #5 6 months ago

    Still haven't gotten my founder status and can't even log into Elite.

  • linksdad #6 6 months ago

    Still not working properly and for some reason the gun descriptions are in german when they finally show.

  • Nico4 #7 6 months ago

    Ironic that they make you pay $35 for something that doesn't even work. Glad I'm not among the peeps who actually wanted Elite anyway.