Modern Warfare 2 is going P2P.
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Aye the options are laughable.
Honestly i think i'd rather everyone say they'd go for it so activision can spend a fortune implementing it, then no one buys it and they get burnt badly.
Now you see as much as I want that to be the case I just can't rule it out at this stage. People bought the game regardless of what they done to it and it is still well played so there may just enough "mentally retarded" as you put it to pay for that. In regards to WoW reference, I think people would actually be glad to pay for it for a year and then move on as they would see it as a sense of progression almost like the add ons Blizzard release. I haven't seen figures for the rip off DLCs they churned out recently but at a guess they have been enough to warrant Activision to take it up a notch.
I highly doubt they would be talking WoW style £9 a month sub here but probably an annual fee of let's say £20. People who play the game a lot would see it as a sound investment when they offer them the a pink mohawk or whatever else worthless object (look at that silly mount in WoW that was £15 and sold over a hundred thousand in few hours and that's for a reskin really). I know people here mostly against such ideas but I don't really feel like this forum is representative of the whole community especially when you look at other on the internet.
Skiping across the conversation as a whole, lets not forget that activision were threating to pull on the uk when they found out no tax breaks were coming their way.
While it effects far more than just activision, it was them making those noises. I find it replusive that a company that makes millions in profit wants to pull on the public purse to suck even more cash money.
Personaly im done, ill cherrypick the short of what i like, and take a backseat watching these guys and others following the lead suck you for every penny they can.
Whats currently going on is quite in insidious, there's Zero regulation in the industry.
Activison and the like are doing what they will and wish as they like, while other electronic/telephonic services and mediums are subject to public oversight and goverment regulation to guard against being ripped off and blooded like a stone.
While it effects far more than just activision, it was them making those noises. I find it replusive that a company that makes millions in profit wants to pull on the public purse to suck even more cash money.
Personaly im done, ill cherrypick the short of what i like, and take a backseat watching these guys and others following the lead suck you for every penny they can.
Whats currently going on is quite in insidious, there's Zero regulation in the industry.
Activison and the like are doing what they will and wish as they like, while other electronic/telephonic services and mediums are subject to public oversight and goverment regulation to guard against being ripped off and blooded like a stone.
maybe they will release the game a bit cheaper.
play the game and when you have x amount of experience they will want you to pay them so you can access the stuff you unlocked.
what is it 50 levels ? so 50 payments
other than those who bought mw2, i can't see that many pc gamers stupid enough to go for it.
play the game and when you have x amount of experience they will want you to pay them so you can access the stuff you unlocked.
what is it 50 levels ? so 50 payments
other than those who bought mw2, i can't see that many pc gamers stupid enough to go for it.
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Sadly, millions would though.
If they decided to go P2P tomorrow I'd be willing to bet a hell of a lot of people would still carry on and pay for it.
As much as most of us moan about Activision and what a terrible company they are (I'm in that camp) they are still one of the most profitable around and sell millions and millions of copies across all formats.
So you think it would work out less than it does now do you? Fat chance. The release was upto £40 and the map packs were £10+ each, thats a £60 price. Even those laughable lists showed there level of greed. Almost $100 for access to things we already get? $5 a month on top of buying the game for nothing extra than what we already got? Its ridiculous you even think it could work out. What they will simply do is offer less up front than they already did and use that to try and justify a subscription by releasing it periodically. So essentially we're getting what we already got but for twice the price.
lol? They mean 99-100% certain, it's got nothing to do with how many people chose it ._.
I just used the figure for the sake of argument that it won't necessarily be as high as what MMO games ask for and it's not really ridiculous to think that this would work taking into account how many people bought the game despite it being stripped down (on PC anyway) and still play it. I'm not saying it will definitely work but you can't deny there's a chance it might (look at how much money those silly Facebook games make with micro transactions which could be the route they take). At this point I also wouldn't be surprised if Activision announced their own digital distribution or even Live like service in the next few years.
I don't think the bottom option shown there is the least likely option. Looks shopped, pixels, seen things like this before, yada yada. There'll be options straight down to 10% chance or lower, if for no other reason than to see if they can actually get away with it.
That was mainly a comment aimed at the console market which don't always have dedicated servers.
No need to get your panties in a twist. A regular sub is very different to occasional map pack sales so I have my doubts whether this will be a success.
At the end of the day activision are a normal corporation trying to maximize profits. You may not like it as a gamer but if you were a shareholder it would be different. If enough 'retards' pay money for this then you can't slate activision for trying, they're not a charity.
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I normally get the COD games but I can honestly say I would not again if they added a sub to play the game.
I switched over to play BF2 a few months ago and havent gone back since but I wouldnt even bother picking up the game if it was subbed to play. There are plenty of other games out there that arent subbed so I will just switch to them. Hopefully everyone does this before we are paying for all FPSers.
I switched over to play BF2 a few months ago and havent gone back since but I wouldnt even bother picking up the game if it was subbed to play. There are plenty of other games out there that arent subbed so I will just switch to them. Hopefully everyone does this before we are paying for all FPSers.
You have to look at a corporation in context of the field that they are in & to whether they are normal or not in the field that they operate in & in that case they are not normal as we would not be here talking about it.
The shareholder & charity argument does not hold because there has to be a line drawn & boundaries at some point because they are not owed a living .
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Yes but it's insane how blatant they are about it. Reading those options is like them saying: 'Hi, how much money can we shaft you for? Please hurry with your responses so we may begin shafting.'
If all corporations tried to maximize profits in that way then most people would be only be able to pay for one tenth of the things they they have bought & paid/paying for & the average standard of living would be much lower.