Welp, that made that choice so much easier

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I know that people will buy games that are fun, and nobody can make your choice for you. But please, if you were considering MW3, take a moment to reconsider. Voting with your wallet is what will determine if publishers will try and follow this horrible model - if MW3 does well (saleswise) you can safely bet that everything that this model can be applied to, will eventually follow.

Just waiting on the BF3 preorder bonus specifics for NA now. Blackops really will be the first and last CoD I'll ever own.

 

So they're going to possibly charge a subscription fee for multiplayer? Not cool in the slightest. I must admit that I'm not even remotely interested in MW3. I got so sick of the same old formula after MW2 and didn't even bother picking up Black Ops. $60 for a 5 hour single player experience? No thanks. Why not hold off on developing the same game four times and try to create something with a little innovation, strategy and a fun single player experience?

 

With BF3 coming I don't know how people are even considering buying Call of Duty 35. Especially PC community, Call of Duty has always been garbage compared to the BF series.

 

It's getting very easy not to buy these. The last CoD game I played was the original Modern Warfare.

 

Lol, CoD'ers gonna be scammed so hard.
But im targeting BF3 so no problems here.

 

While we're getting the vote out: don't buy BF:BC3 (er... BF3) either. Save your money for ARMA 3.

 

So well thread have been started. Modern Warfare is a awesome game to play. I have played this one last year but I don't know about about any Battle field game.

 

To be honest, I'd probably pay a monthly fee for Battlefield series considering the amount of time I put in, Over 1500 hours between BF 1942, 1942 Vietnam, BF2 and expansions, BFBC2. But they would need some significant perks and content and maps changing all the time. I'd prefer a free game with a $10/mo subscription or something like that. But $60 + $15/mo would push it. Ultimately $50-$60 for the game with free to play is good. Although wouldn't a monthly fee tie you to only EA's servers? The nice thing about BF is that there are so many different servers and variations on those servers it keeps the variety high and chance of finding a low ping server good.

 

You know, "further online monetization" could just mean charging $1 for an exotic character skin. I wouldn't assume the worst just yet.

 

Bobby Kotick has long said, that Microsoft owes Acti for how much traffic CoD brings to Live, and that he'd like to see it become subscription based.

 

I'm with you on this one. Their is no way in hell they are going to make this an MMO and charge monthy fees. Maybe in the future, with the standard and feature setup working in the console market, but not on PC and not in this generation of hardware.

I could definitely see this in next-gen online FPS gaming.

* it will more than likely be online store for skins, hats, emblems, etc.

 

If they charged a monthly fee they shouldn't make you pay for the 60 dollar game, that said they probably will. I bet they will have an online password in new copies of the game, if you buy it used like BFBC2 you will have to pay for the code extra, this way they don't lose money. Oh well, I predict we will become like Korea, the land of free to play, until you want new guns, Theres already that battlefield free to play, Counter Strike free to play.

 

Millions of people will gladly pay a monthly fee, especially if dedicated servers are provided. Activision knows this, as do we.

I'm not saying that's what they're doing, but it would be madly successful, if they did.

 

I agree it would be succesful, I just don't believe with the amount of time that IW and Sledgehammer have been working on this title -- less than 2 years -- that this is what is going to be implemented in the next installment.

That said if IW offered really good support, modability for competition, rolling updates, a lot of content (maps, guns, balances, server settings, etc.,) then I would be all for it. I mean lets face it, this type of model is the future of gaming, just not yet for such a mainstream game that caters to the casual player -- especially those that play on the consoles.