Analyst- Activision Must Begin Multiplayer Fee's. Pay to Play basically. - Polidicks

"We estimate that a total of 12 million consumers are playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for an average of 10 hours per week on the two platforms' respective networks, and the continued enjoyment of this game (along with an estimated 6 million Halo online players, 3 million EA Sports players, and 5 million players playing other games, such as Battlefield, Red Dead Redemption, Left 4 Dead and Grand Theft Auto) has sucked the available time away from what otherwise would be spent playing newly purchased games" Here's a solution, maybe instead of churning out the same piece of shit games YEAR AFTER YEAR MAYBE YOU COULD MAKE SOMETHING NEW AND INTERESTING AND ACTUALLY GOOD HOW ABOUT THAT HMM?

Activision sucks now, I liked them about 10 years ago! :saddowns:

There's not a chance in hell I would pay to play, that's the point of Gold.

[QUOTE=Grim Joker;23433148]This analyst is an idiot. [editline]04:22PM[/editline] Activision doesn't have any power over Bungie. They just pay them to make games. If they stop paying them or try to threaten them, Bungie goes "Fuck you." and goes to EA or something. Activision has absolutely no power over them.[/QUOTE] I really hope so, I believe that's what they will do, but Act tends to destroy everything good in the gaming world.

[QUOTE=Beetle179;23432493]So, if I'm reading right, Activision is making Modern Warfare 2 p2p so people will have more time to play other games? Okay, I re-read it, and now I'm gathering they're planning to add subscription fees to future games because they aren't getting enough money from just the sales of the games themselves. If that's correct, then great. Now all we need to pay for is the console, then the game, then the online service, then the OTHER online service. Fan-fucking-tastic.[/QUOTE] God I love Valve and steam. Though I do have an xbox because no one I know uses PC's.

valve circlejerk incoming

[QUOTE=Thomo;23432681]Activision Nazivision[/QUOTE] You don't seem to understand Fascists.

ha, fuck that

[QUOTE=Thomo;23436391]Politics has nothing to do with my post. 'Nazi' in a general sense means bad/nasty thats why I said it.[/QUOTE] Wrong again

Gawd. I refuse to pay a subscription just for multi-player.

So basically all my gay friends who think Black Ops is cool, aren't going to get it cause you have to pay. I win.

I can somewhat understand paying a subscription fee for an MMO. Otherwise, charging people for enjoying an older game instead of buying a new one would be a bigger mistake than IWnet.

Hey guys, we all know that the endless amounts of money that are flowing out our assholes right now isn't enough, so how about we charge players for firing their guns! 1 bullet = 20 dollars! IT's FUCKING BRILLIANT

Halo failed as an MMO because they didn't think enough people would pay the subscription fee in order to make up for the cost of development. If Call of Duty goes subscription, you can watch that 12 million userbase turn into a gigantic failure because no one will pay the subscription. Christ, it's hard enough for developers to get people to pay subscription fees for MMOs, and those offer regular content (for free) plus gigantic worlds to explore.

This is bullshit.

[QUOTE=Murkrow;23432538]Save us, Valve (Refer to Gabe's "What have I done for my customers today" speech)[/QUOTE] valve isn't going to save anyone [editline]10:56PM[/editline] also, don't buy the shitty game, i know i'm not

If you think I`m going to pay an Internet service provider, monthly sub to Live, AND a sub to play ONE game online... I`m just saying, you`re a fucking retard. I won`t even pay for xbox live.

Activision are faggots. This is not news

They won't follow through with it anyway because they know the community will get pissed as fuck.

Also, meanwhile at Valve: -So, are we ready for giving out Alien Swarm for free ? -Yes, everything is ready -Hey, guys heard the news ? Activision will make their super awesome and fun games pay to play -HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Okay fine. I don't need Call of Duty that badly.

[QUOTE=Gubbinz96;23432472] And they wonder why gamers hate them. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] What gamers are you exactly talking about? Modern Warfare 2 was the second most sold game of all time. The only 'gamers' that actually hate it are a bunch of picky assholes that hate it when people enjoy shit they dont, aka 90% of facepunch.

Suddenly, PC gaming doesn't seem expensive anymore.

[quote]If the videogame industry is going to rebound from its decline in software sales, publishers will need to look at monetizing online multiplayer, said Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter in his latest investor report[/quote] What the fuck does activision need to rebound from? wasn't modern warfare 2 one of the highest grossing games of all time? This isn't a "rebound" thing this is a :regd08: kind of thing.

And the reign of single player rose once again. It was glorious.

This is literally the worst idea in the history of the gaming industry

After re reading this I get "we really overspend and under produce so why not charge for games so they won't play the game as long and buy new games they have to pay to play anyway" YUP BEST IDEA EVER

Those analysts need to get their heads out of their anal tract

If this shit flies, I'm buying stock in Activision.

What they need to do to pull gamers off of the other games that they play for ages is to make games that are good enough, not a carbon copy of current games that most places keep pumping out, as soon public interest will die. you need to start making newer more in-depth games. just like the film industry each game succeeding, needs to be better to get the interest, currently there not delivering.