Comments on: Call of Duty to get “additional online monetization models”

By: sickpuppysoftware

sickpuppysoftware — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:03:26 +0000

I don’t mind paying for DLC if I think it’s worthwhile but I’m certainly not paying a monthly fee.

I haven’t played an MMO since the original UO for that very reason.

The day monthly fees become the norm is the day I give up on modern gaming and stick with retro titles.

And I’m certainly not paying money for a shinier (or more likely, a better gun.) Maps and modes added at a later date I can get my head around. Horse armour I cannot.

By: OlderGamer

OlderGamer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:53:37 +0000

This could be the new DLC. As long as you pay, new content will be added periodicly. Probably premature. This is kind of how a I see cloud based services going. Think one part Gametap, one part xbLIVE, all subscription fees. Except the games, you will mostly likly still need to buy those at full price.

By: scuz

scuz — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:43:45 +0000

no shit! clever bunnies, announcing the slaughter of dedicated server, release the game. then tell us you’re going to rip us off..nice.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:28:10 +0000

The most beautiful term this industry has ever known: ‘monetization model’.

By: mescalineeyes

mescalineeyes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:13:19 +0000

I’d pay to get Soap as a playable character in multiplayer :>

By: JonFE

JonFE — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:04:21 +0000

Took them longer than expected actually…

By: Freek

Freek — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000

Monthly fees: confirmed :p

By: Cort

Cort — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:23 +0000

It’s things like this that made me decide to never buy a brand new copy of an Activision game ever again. I’m not saying a company shouldn’t be able to make profits: of course not, that’s what they’re in the business to do. But Activision are profiteerers, not profit-makers.

By: Bojangles

Bojangles — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:52:30 +0000

I hope people start to complain about this. I could do with a giggle.

By: ultrabrilliant

ultrabrilliant — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:41:15 +0000

When I was a teenager, playing my SNES, I always dreamed that one day there would be online monetization models. And now those prayers have been answered. *gunshot*

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:24:39 +0000

It’ll be like paintball, you get your first 6 cannisters of ammo free, then you’re Koticks bitch.