CoD Modern Warfare 2 to charge a monthly fee?

[CptStern]

According to a mysterious survey making the rounds, Activision is considering creating an online service that would bring timed exclusive content, as well as premium extras, to the multiplayer side of the Call of Duty franchise.

The survey -- of which we canâ??t verify its validity, but certainly felt interesting enough to pass on -- specifically mentions that the supposed service would â??enhance the multiplayer experience and provide exclusive access to a group of gameplay enhancements.â? This includes early access to expansions and betas, and exclusive access to character skins, enhanced stat tracking, game modes and even â??support for competitive play.â?Â

The monthly fee idea is especially interesting: in March, Activisionâ??s Bobby Kotick hinted at the possibility of a Call of Duty MMO.

"...when you think about other properties that we own and control, like Call of Duty, and what would be the natural evolution of a property like Call of Duty into a massively multiplayer environment, and how do you monetize that," Kotick stated .

you nickle and dime the customer to death of course

http://www.destructoid.com/activision-exploring-an-mmo-style-service-for-call-of-duty-135924.phtml


lol if true.

 

[CptStern]

lol no sooner do I post this story do I realise there's a follow up from the OP

Modern Warfare 2 will not have a subscription fee.

lol you suck destructoid

http://www.destructoid.com/modern-warfare-2-s-multiplayer-will-be-free-136669.phtml

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I wouldn't be surprised if activision somehow charge for the MP in the future TBH.

 

[xcellerate]

it won't go through, because one of sony's big selling point for it's owners is free online play, and there's no way they'd charge 360 owners and not ps3 owners, and then NOT selling to ps3 owners would lose them a lot of sales.

 

[jimbo118]

Cod's MP isn't worth paying extra for.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

it won't go through, because one of sony's big selling point for it's owners is free online play, and there's no way they'd charge 360 owners and not ps3 owners, and then NOT selling to ps3 owners would lose them a lot of sales.

Microsoft won't allow them to charge for 360 MP as 360 users already pay for Live and Microsoft are very strict when it comes to Xbox Live. Unless Activison give some of the profits to Microsoft they won't allow it.

 

[Dalamari]

Cod's MP isn't worth paying extra for.

I know plenty of people that would

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Modern Warfare isn't even part of the COD franchise anymore I don't think. Is it?

 

[bam23]

i'd call it a spinoff

 

[Lucid]

I almost almost flipped the fuck out.