Modern Warfare 2 is going P2P.

Detrimentum · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:25

Call of Duty is going P2P.

I'm unsure if there are any CoD'ers in this here forum, but in-case there is I will post this here.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a245153/call-of-duty-charging-by-end-of-2010.html

I'm also unsure how accurate that article is, but if it is, then I think that will be the end of the Call of Duty franchise for me...

Can't really say I never saw it coming though. I know they have been toying with the idea for some time now.

jackthezipper · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:28

It's not mw2, but future games.

Will Lucky · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:30

In regards to consoles, I'd say Microsoft would veto, I'd also say Sony will. And together both would force Activision not to. Nintendo though are really not a factor in what happens.

But the PC then they can do it as its more open, no one can veto that option. But I'd say it would be a COD MMO, not Black Ops in which case they could charge on all three platforms.

VeNT · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:36

silly.
tbh if you can't make a profit from selling the damn thing for £40+ to 30million people plus stupid DLC etc then you don't deserve to be in business

apeZ · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:38

VeNT said:
silly.
tbh if you can't make a profit from selling the damn thing for £40+ to 30million people plus stupid DLC etc then you don't deserve to be in business

I agree its silly, but this is Activision.

It's not about just making a profit, its about maximising it.

Edit: Also, this isn't just COD. Activision have screwed over many other franchises, even WoW has gone downhill since the takeover. Have a read of this: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=128252

Puppetmaster · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:40

I cant see this happening. Take for example wow. You pay £9 a month (or less if bought in bulk) for a pretty decent game. It has decent support, constant updates etc etc.

With cod being sub based, well which of the above do you have? If they charged people a sub they need to provide a service to go with it and activision do not have a hope doing that imo. Activision are just plain greedy.

chris_uk333 · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:41

Charging to play a FPS online? Oh dear...What the?

I don't even think COD is good enough to pay for.

Kmodo · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:42

Lame. No way my casual gaming friends would pay a sub, this will fail!

Columbo · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:47

Speaking to Industry Gamers, Pachter said that consumers are increasingly shifting from packaged video games to online multiplayer, which they can enjoy for free.

Last time I looked I had to pay for the sodding game in the first place, does he seem to be forgetting this?

Detrimentum · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:48

ManCuBuS said:
Last time I looked I had to pay for the sodding game in the first place, does he seem to be forgetting this?

I think he means the multiplayer aspect is no additional cost from the immediate unit cost.

Alex_6n2 · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:48

I don't mind paying £40 for a game for a good multiplayer experience but it's NOT worth an extra subscription. Especially if we still have to buy and run our own servers (If they let us have them :/)

Some of the points in that article are complete tosh. They are losing money because they've sold 20m units set out to be 30 hours but people have played more than that? Wtf :/ Seems like they just want to grab as much cash as possible and screw the end user to me. They won't bring us any extra content for the extra cash they want us to spend.

craig3000 · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:49

Stop playing after COD4 anyway

Puppetmaster · 18 Jul 2010 at 13:49

I think so. What i wonder is, when we have to pay £10 a month to play online, do they consider dropping the game pice down? Considering they wanted to charge £50 / £60 (i think, was awhile ago) for mw2 on release for consoles to pay a sub on top of that is mental.

Rroff · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:01

Just gives the homebrew stuff more breathing space IMO... good riddance to the mass market rubbish.

Deific · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:02

I said summer last year this was going to happen. Acitivision wants your money <3 Diablo 3? Be prepared to subscribe

Naff8000 · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:03

COD is vastly inferior to Battlefield. Never going back. Plus I like not having ringing in my ears from flash grenades

Kenai · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:04

VeNT said:
silly.
tbh if you can't make a profit from selling the damn thing for £40+ to 30million people plus stupid DLC etc then you don't deserve to be in business

They make profit easy enough but remember this is Activision and Bobby ' we want to make eery $50 purchase a $500 purchase' Kotick you're talking about.

Rroff · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:06

Naff8000 said:
COD is vastly inferior to Battlefield. Never going back. Plus I like not having ringing in my ears from flash grenades

rubbish... different games, tho BC2 has become much more COD like than previous games :S MW2 is a very polished experience if you like "arena" style combat with modern weapons.

Will Lucky · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:10

Deific said:
I said summer last year this was going to happen. Acitivision wants your money <3 Diablo 3? Be prepared to subscribe

That is my biggest fear, I wouldn't put it past them to somehow charge for Diablo 3 online.

Sinny · 18 Jul 2010 at 14:10

according to analyst Michael Pachter.

Michael pachter is the so called "mystic meg" of the gaming world, no credibility what so ever yet he gets paid to predict stuff.

I don't ever see this happening. not with Medal of Honour coming out.