Activision don’t get much good publicity at the moment as many people just see them as money grabbing greedy capitalists and this latest story really isn’t going to help them shrug off that image.
According to reports coming out of the latest BMO Capital Markets Conference, Activision are planning on introducing new ways to monetise their incredibly popular Call of Duty series with the first option being to charge for online Call of Duty play.
Now I am all for Microsoft and Sony charging a nominal fee to bring us a decent and integrated online experience but there is no way I am ever going to pay a single price for a game and then a monthly subscription to play that very same game online.
What I may do however is take the game for free and then pay to play online… but not while there are other free alternatives like Halo or Battlefield: Bad Company.
What I do support is introducing some sort of idiot tax where they can sell custom helmets and outfits for the real die hard fans, as long as it doesn’t give them an added advantage in game that is.
Source: CVG
PS: I realise they may only be talking about the PC version but if it happens on that platform it will cross over to platforms
PPS: I also realise Bobby has nothing to do with this statement but we don’t want to thin out our hatred by bringing someone else in from Activision now
Last Updated: November 16, 2009
WALL-E
November 16, 2009 at 08:09
The more money they charge the less camping sniper ho’s we get in the game. That can’t be a bad thing?
Q121
November 16, 2009 at 08:42
I wont be paying to play online…
Great game, but not that great. I payed R700 for the game and pay for LIVE… another charge will be crazy.
The sad thing is that you would expect them to give you free maps then… but you will have to pay for those too…
Fox1
November 16, 2009 at 09:56
Can Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1 and 2 stand on it’s own as a single player game?
bboy
November 16, 2009 at 10:00
yes, for about 4 hours. 😛
Fox1
November 16, 2009 at 10:02
LOL :biggrin:
IloveBobbyKotick
November 16, 2009 at 10:16
I like Bobby Kotick. He makes me want to pirate. :pirate:
Uncle
November 16, 2009 at 10:27
Jeez Activision really hates PC gamers. No dedicated servers and now they want to charge them per month? Really… this is how you repay a loyal fan base that made your franchise what it is today?? :face:
IloveBobbyKotick
November 16, 2009 at 10:30
World of Call of duty, anyone? But honestly, the only people to blame for this is us. We pay for xbox live, we buy into stupid micro transaction schemes (like avatar clothes.. vomit) and you honestly think they won’t want try to cash in on this? I sincerely hope they do this, hopefully this will spur on a revolution of open source and user created hacks.
VIVA LA REVOLUTION DE DIGITAL!!!
PS: When did Activision become so EA-like? lol, bastards.
TheMostAwesomeDude
November 16, 2009 at 12:32
Any1 knw the sale figures for MW2 on PC?
dreamhunk
November 16, 2009 at 13:22
MW 2 haked news up date
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/15/modern-warfare-2-hacked-to-reveal-dev-console-tweaks-etc/
MW 2 haked
Now, it’s not this blog’s intention to post every little bit of gaming news (or is it?), but this is a more signal event than all the PR out there. Modern Warfare 2 for the PC, which infamously lacks dedicated servers, a console, the ability to kick players, and other things integral to a good PC game. Infinity Ward, maddeningly apathetic to the needs and requests of their users, has said that no changes to the stated areas are forthcoming.
Well, you can’t keep a good PC gamer down. Certain cracks already allow some online play, and now the console has been enabled, allowing players to kick, change POV and FOV, and presumably do most of the stuff Infinity Ward decided had to stay in the cookie jar. Tut tut, developers. You didn’t see this coming? You could have made it easier on yourselves, but instead you turned a whole segment of your market against you.
dreamhunk
November 16, 2009 at 17:44
Oh I forgot one more link yea them pirates on the 360 they restarted their modded consoles agin.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/11/16/xbox_live_unblock_guide/