On the official Call of Duty: Black Ops forum (since removed), courtesy of MP1st, a thread criticizing the support for the PlayStation 3 versions of the franchise caused a developer working on multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 to respond. The developer said the PlayStation 3 community should complain less if it wants developers to communicate with fans.

"[Complaining] that I tweeted about Xbox Live problems to Xbox Live fans is really a new low-point for you. When the PSN [PlayStation Network, Sony's online service] melts down, I'll be doing the same thing. Oh right, I did do that when the PSN melted down."

"In the meantime, I'll be doing the same thing I did last game, rolling with my own platform-specific game crews to check the health of the game in the real world. That crew won't include anyone from the PS3 community whose primary post count deals with taking jabs at me," game design director at Treyarch - David Vonderharr - said in the thread. It has since been removed.

Vonderharr also made comments when fans complained about platform favoritism.

"In this building are a lot of hard working people who care about Wii and work on it every day, just as we have many hard working people who fight for the PS3, or are constantly trying to make the PC game a strong PC game," Vonderharr added. He also said developers don't comment because time isn't available, as the team is working on making a solid game for the platforms.

A user, called Mizanur, also criticized Vonderharr for not mentioning improvements for the PlayStation 3 version of Black Ops 2. Another response followed.

"We haven't talked about this on any platform. It's not part of the communication strategy. We haven't even revealed multiplayer yet, let alone get into that kind of detail."

Mizanur then added "we [paid] for nearly half your wages."

"This is exactly the kind of comment I'm talking about. You can't seem to make a statement or point without getting a jab in. That sort of straight up negativity is why you are ignored. It takes one stale statement to ruin an otherwise perfectly reasonable conversation," Vonderharr added.

It's not great PR for Treyarch, and Vonderharr probably could have done a better job at criticizing fans in a way that's not aggressive.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 releases November 13 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and has been leaked - but not confirmed - for Wii U.