Monetization of gaming content

Topper · 17 Sep 2008 at 13:54

Aside from using the word monetize (is that a word????) Activision appear to be about to revolutionize the way we experience new multi-player maps. Isn't that nice of them.

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/09/17/0215213

platypus · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:00

Griffith added that Activision "plans to increase online monetization" with CoD5, offering "3x the amount of content available for download and premium content called 'Day One Advantage.'"

God, reading that article just made me cringe. I can see it now, most players will spawn with a rope, a piece of chewing gum and a box of cigarettes, and then meet the guy who's spent $4.99 on a rocket launcher..

uv · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:01

platypus said:
most players will spawn with a rope, a piece of chewing gum and a box of cigarettes

More like a bar of soap. Which they promptly drop.

Cheers Activision!

bledd · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:04

platypus said:
God, reading that article just made me cringe. I can see it now, most players will spawn with a rope, a piece of chewing gum and a box of cigarettes, and then meet the guy who's spent $4.99 on a rocket launcher..

"time to kick ass and chew bubblegum"

Schnippzle · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:11

bledd. said:
"time to kick ass and chew bubblegum"

But in this case you will be "all outta gum".

KNiVES · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:14

In other words, pay the full retail price - and then a bit more. **** off, no buy from me, take your repetitive and shallow Call of Duty somewhere else.

Dist · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:46

platypus said:
God, reading that article just made me cringe. I can see it now, most players will spawn with a rope, a piece of chewing gum and a box of cigarettes, and then meet the guy who's spent $4.99 on a rocket launcher..

In the hands of Macgyver, the rope, piece of chewing gum and a box of cigarettes is all a person will need to take on a person with a rocket launcher. Im sure people will be able to cope fine without having to buy this additional content.

jr1104 · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:49

Wait a minute, so people have to buy martydom? They are going to make so much money, since that's the only way most people get kills.

Topper · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:52

I'm all for progress but this is one precedent I'd rather not witness. I do sometimes find myself saying a private thanks to the map designers when I play really cool new one thats been released as part of a patch, but this is just smelly. Kind of reminds me of gamesworkshop 40k battles. Got bigga gunz??? gonna win the match

Dist · 17 Sep 2008 at 14:53

The Day one content is only a high-level rifle for people who pre-order, or a LMG for those who pay extra to get the collectors edition. Most hardcore gamers could unlock these within the first day or two of playing anyway if its as easy to level as CoD4, and casual gamers within a few weeks. Its not as big of an advantage as people make it out to be, since unlocked weapons are not always more powerfull then the starting weapons, sometimes they are just different, like in CoD4 the starter LMG had a much faster fire rate and better accuracy then the first unlocked LMG, but less dmg.

For many years games have been giving out special ingame stuff to people who pay for a collectors edition of a game. This is not something new.

Participant · 17 Sep 2008 at 15:11

jr1104 said:
Wait a minute, so people have to buy martydom? They are going to make so much money, since that's the only way most people get kills.

Grenade drop > martyrdom!!

blix · 17 Sep 2008 at 15:22

Activision also announced that for Call of Duty 6 they will be going back to Infinity Ward for development, the company who developed the first, second, and fourth offerings in the series

w00t.