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Late last year rumors emerged suggesting that Activision might implement a subscription model for Call of Duty online multiplayer. Although the company was quick to tell customers it would "never, ever charge" for multiplayer, it didn't outright deny the possibility of a premium service tier for extra content and features not found on the retail game disc. And that's just what the company has revealed today, under the moniker Call of Duty Elite.
Launching in beta this summer, the new service will work with the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, as well as future installments of the combat-simulation game. Activision says it hasn't yet figured out how much to charge for the service, but it has been suggested the price will be below $7.99. Players will get to access a sample set of features for free, such as the ability to join interest groups and team up with like-minded players for online battles, while those who pay the monthly fee get additional features including access to map packs and other perks.
Besides the usual leaderboards and other statistics, Call of Duty Elite will also provide users with tools to analyze their performance within the game, keeping track of which weapons have been most successful for them in killing enemies, or showing a blueprint of a level with heat map information about where they killed and got killed. Additionally, users will be able to log into the service on Apple's iOS portable devices and Activision says that an Android app is on the way.
The company will likely continue offering map packs and other digital content for one-time charges, but as rumored months ago, the move will give Activision Blizzard an additional way to capitalize on its millions of Call of Duty players. More details are expected to emerge next week at E3.
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COD really is a terrible game, I don't understand how it's so popular. Battlefield destroys it tenfold.
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I swear ive been a gamer for years never paid one dime for xtra content of any form in any game. My question is where does this mentality come from to keep feeding these companies money for little to nothing and its cool to do so.....crazy.
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yRaz "You would PAY for dedicated servers? Hell PC has had them forever and you don't have to pay monthy for Live....Not to mention better gameplay and graphics on PC. Did I mention online play was free?"
Most PC games with dedicated servers are actually users paying to run their own dedicated server. Just because you play on the server for free doesn't mean it's actually free, the owner just made it publicly accessible.
Most popular provider (for individuals) that comes to mind would be: http://www.gameservers.com/
To see an example of what it costs, select a 100 Tick (fastest) Counter Strike Source server, then put say 24 slots (for 12 on 12), and you're at $35 a month. Now consider how many people are online at any given moment, so there has to be like 40,000+ dedicated servers... Of course they would run the servers themselves... but it still would work out to a lot of money that they could otherwise avoid.. and people STILL buy the game.
If they're charging every user per month for dedicated servers, doing the math, they shouldn't charge more than a dollar or two per user (per month). I'd happily pay $20 a year for access to dedicated servers. But we're talking about greedy bastards here... so you can only expect them to over charge by at least 500%.
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I seriously hope this game flops.
If it doesn't, gaming as we know it is dead.
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r3claimer said:
I think people are being a bit overly dramatic here. You can whine about how bad the game is forever, but all you have to do is not buy it. Sure the franchise isn't what it used to be, but the same is said for all franchises. I still log on and play CoD:UO because its gameplay is unique. Find a different game or play the old one. Complaining about the issue does very little, especially since most people that post on here that Activision and Blizzard are terribly corrupt companies will go ahead and buy the game contradictorily. If Activision and Blizzard can make more money, they're going to do what it takes. Obviously most the people complaining about how these companies are "Money grubbing" have never actually held a job before. When your actions directly affect your standard of living, come back and complain then.
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