Call of duty - pay to play online

Now, if they were to charge a monthly fee AND they made the game cheaper to buy at launch (unlikely I know, Activison are robbing b***ards) AND they update the game regularly with free content such as a new map every couple of months and maybe new game modes or new weapons etc then I could possibly see it working and many people that pay for an MMO wouldn't see it that much differently, but if they roll out the same rubbish they've been doing since MW2, at the same launch price and the same features and want to charge just for the privilege of playing online than I hope they fail in such an epic way that in future years whenever someone fails epicly they say they've done an activision.
 
People have a very odd sense of value if they think new map packs are worth what they charge, if only a few hundred people bought them then maybe but as tens or hundreds of thousands do they're making millions off of a few little maps, think about how much company's are raping the wealth of people, it's not about how much something costs to you individually that matters, its how much greedy profits they make over all from everyone, do they deserve it for the work done?

If they were being reasonable these map packs might cost a few quid, they would still make a huge profit as if anything more would buy.
 
Sayso said:
all i can say is B F 3...whoever buys COD over that is an idiot and deserves to be fleeced.
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Nobody knows enough about BF3, I wish people would stop assuming it's the second coming. As much as I am looking forward to it, it's illogical to base assumptions as many do with the information at hand.
For all we know, they've decided to go the MW/COD route to generate more sales, with more "RANK UP! MASTER SERGEANT OF THE SERGEANT MASTER EXTREME". Purely because it makes more money as the OCD kiddies eat it up.
But at least we can agree on the same thing, that COD is bleep.

Radiation said:
People have a very odd sense of value if they think new map packs are worth what they charge,.
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Yeah, I've never bought a map pack in my life, never will. I don't see them being worth it for the lack of work it takes, I mean you've built a game and have all the inhouse editor tools, then you just take already made textures, buildings, destructables, everything and arrange them in a map you thought of over night or used from a previous title. It's like that warcraft mount, how long do you think it took one guy to texture it and re-use animations from other models? A day?

Hey guys, we need a quick few million!
 
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I'd only buy it if it was perfect, with no BO spawns, stable servers like on CoD 4, about 1,000 guns to choose from (all with their own characteristics) and things like instances which would feature working with a small group to take down hijackers or planning and executing missions.

It would have to have WoW-size content within an FPS environment. Not sure how they'd do that.
 
Pachter has been saying this for years. I'd be very surprised if they did an exclusively subscription based service. I can definitely see micro-transactions for perks and weapons though. Maybe there will be the option to pay a monthly fee for which you'll get all dlc free and some extra stuff. It would be very risky for activision to force consumers to pay to play though. Would decimate their market share.
 
I honestly despise this Pachter guy he really is a total muppet and it wouldnt be surprised if he gets kick backs to plant this seed into gamers minds so that when it does happen they go yeh we thought as much
 
ChrisJSY said:
Nobody knows enough about BF3, I wish people would stop assuming it's the second coming. As much as I am looking forward to it, it's illogical to base assumptions as many do with the information at hand.
For all we know, they've decided to go the MW/COD route to generate more sales, with more "RANK UP! MASTER SERGEANT OF THE SERGEANT MASTER EXTREME". Purely because it makes more money as the OCD kiddies eat it up.
But at least we can agree on the same thing, that COD is bleep.
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Erm...

Battlefield invented that.
 
I'm waiting for the boycott CoD group :p

Real boycotters just don't buy it, they don't join a ****ing facebook group then probably buy it anyway.
 
Battlefield 3 sales will rocket if this is the case.

I like COD, but not enough to pay a monthly fee :S It'd have to have a considerable amount of content to include this. Which is fairly limited considering it's an FPS and most of it's been done before.
For example, look at blackops, loads more customisation features than MW2. Facepaint, Clan tag, Emblem, lots of new weapons/perks etc. Yet still people go back to MW2.

Damn money grabbers
 
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