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5/25/2011 9:29:06 AM

hahhahahahah

5/25/2011 9:49:30 AM

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/05/24/ign-rewind-theater-modern-warfare-3-reveal-trailer as always the only thing good on ign anymore

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

5/25/2011 12:08:36 PM

Gonna start charging a fee.

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304563104576355310423496054.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop

5/30/2011 10:54:57 PM

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" 404 - File or directory not found. The resource you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. "

5/30/2011 10:57:58 PM

Fucking phone browser. Just go to WSJ's site. Its on their home page.

5/30/2011 11:04:22 PM

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"Consumers are used to paying $60 each for videogames that run on consoles like the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Now the publisher behind the industry's biggest videogame franchise— "Call of Duty"—is about to find out whether it can get them to pay a monthly bill, too. Activision Blizzard Inc. plans to launch an online service called Call of Duty Elite this fall that will work with the next major edition of the game, "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3," and future installments of the hyper-realistic combat-simulation game. In a move industry executives describe as a first, Activision plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for the service, which will provide extra content that isn't offered on game discs sold in stores, including downloadable map packs that give players new "Call of Duty" levels to play. Activision executives said they haven't yet figured out how much to charge for the service, but they expect the cost to be less than fees for comparable online-entertainment services, such as a $7.99-a-month Netflix Inc. movie subscription. Portions of the service will be free, including features inspired by Facebook Inc. that will let "Call of Duty" players meet for online gun battles with others who share various affiliations and interests. Another feature of the service will give "Call of Duty" players tools, modeled on those from stock-trading websites, to analyze their performance within the game, gauging factors such as which weapons have been most successful for them in killing enemies. The plan—which comes a week ahead of the videogame industry's big E3 trade show in Los Angeles—is a potentially risky bet by Activision that it can further milk profits from consumers, who could feel the $60 they spend on "Call of Duty" in stores is enough. Charging a monthly subscription fee is more common for multiplayer games that run on personal computers. The most successful of those is "World of Warcraft," a fantasy game from Activision's Blizzard division that has over 11 million subscribers, who typically pay $15 a month for the service. For players with a Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 console, a Call of Duty Elite subscription will come on top of the $9.99 monthly fee they typically pay for Xbox Live, the online game service that provides players of all Xbox games to meet and compete against others online. Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console owners don't pay a monthly fee to play against others online. The PlayStation Network that provides those multiplayer capabilities recently suffered an outage of more than three weeks after a hacker intrusion on the service. Players of PC versions of "Call of Duty" don't pay to play others online. In an interview, Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said he isn't worried about pushback from gamers about the Call of Duty Elite fee because players will still be able to compete against each other online without subscribing to the service. While he is coy about many of the offerings that will be included in the service, Mr. Kotick said Call of Duty Elite, and the customer-service operation that will be needed to support it, wouldn't be possible if the service was free. "This is an enormous investment," he said. "Call of Duty" is in a unique position to seek a monthly fee from customers. The game's previous installment, set during the Cold War and called "Call of Duty: Black Ops," was the best-selling game last year, with global retail sales of more than $1 billion during its first six weeks on shelves. Since Activision first began publishing the series almost eight years ago, it has accounted for more than $3 billion in retail sales, according to the company. Unlike hit movies, new versions of "Call of Duty" come out every year, with "Modern Warfare 3" due to arrive in stores Nov. 8. "It's probably the biggest entertainment franchise in the world," said Dennis Durkin, corporate vice president in Microsoft's interactive-entertainment business. Just as important is the degree to which "Call of Duty" has become the biggest online-game hit on consoles. While many gamers still play the old-fashioned way—by themselves against enemies operated by the game itself—"Call of Duty" has been the most successful console game at getting players to battle other human-operated opponents over the Internet. Jamie Berger, Activision's vice president of digital for "Call of Duty," said the company has about seven million daily players of the game who spend, on average, about seven full days a year playing the game against others online. Players often use headsets to communicate verbally with other online gamers. Like other publishers, Activision has earned money selling "Call of Duty" map packs and other digital content for one-time charges, but subscriptions to its new service could give it a continuing way to capitalize on the online popularity of the game. Rob Dyer, senior vice president of publisher relations at Sony's U.S. games division, said only a few games have the audience loyalty and size to support a subscription service like Call of Duty Elite. Mr. Dyer said he is "very confident" other publishers will follow Activision's lead. "There's money to be made there," he said."

5/30/2011 11:40:51 PM

could be a good business move, i'd endorse it if I worked for Activision

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"For players with a Microsoft Corp. Xbox 360 console, a Call of Duty Elite subscription will come on top of the $9.99 monthly fee they typically pay for Xbox Live"

$10/month for XBL? wut? its less than $5/month for Gold

also if spending $15 each on 3 map packs for game, give or take, is 'required' for full online gaming access, $10/month for 5 months, including free map packs, would be about the same for many

i just hope they don't require you to buy the service to get online play...or there will be other game franchises stealing the shit out of the COD customers with free online play

5/30/2011 11:48:11 PM

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"In an interview, Activision Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said he isn't worried about pushback from gamers about the Call of Duty Elite fee because players will still be able to compete against each other online without subscribing to the service. While he is coy about many of the offerings that will be included in the service, Mr. Kotick said Call of Duty Elite, and the customer-service operation that will be needed to support it, wouldn't be possible if the service was free. "This is an enormous investment," he said."

5/30/2011 11:50:26 PM

yeah i saw that

BUT YOU CAN'T ANSWER ALL MY QUESTIONS

5/31/2011 12:09:30 AM

So when do yall think the monthly fee will be mandatory? I'm guessing the COD after MW3.

5/31/2011 12:14:34 AM

should make PS3 players pay before XBL

5/31/2011 12:33:07 AM

if they'd give us dedicated servers and regular updates/tweaks, i might would consider paying a monthly fee.

5/31/2011 12:55:59 AM

with the first few months of bs in MW2 and the craptastic party issues and stupid glitches (dumb gunship comes to mind) in Black Ops, no way in hell I'm giving them any more goddamn money than what the disc costs until they prove that they are willing to fix shit.

5/31/2011 12:59:28 AM

^, ^^, ^^^, ^^^^.

5/31/2011 1:54:15 AM

^^so you're gonna shell out money every weekend to fly across the country and get your ski lift tickets and fuck supermodels in snowy resorts, but you're too cheap to pay $60 for 6 months of COD?

c'mon...don't bullshit me

5/31/2011 1:56:38 AM

The bullshit is if you think he's fucking models

Seriously though, I'd need dedicated servers if I were to pay for this. No more of this patch it once or twice in the first month and then forget about it shit

5/31/2011 7:52:12 AM

I can go ahead and guarantee you that I will not buy this game if there is a monthly fee associated with it any kind of way.

5/31/2011 7:58:52 AM

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/117/1171511p1.html

Full COD: Elite details.

5/31/2011 9:15:52 AM

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"Call of Money: Wallet Warfare 3"

5/31/2011 11:15:03 AM

yeah i think i'm done with COD as a franchise. infinity ward disbanding was the worst thing they could have done to it and now they continue to make shitty decision after shitty decision...

5/31/2011 11:19:14 AM

http://www.callofduty.com/elite

You can sign up for the beta now that starts later this summer.

5/31/2011 11:25:09 AM

doesn't sound like it'll be worth a subscription, who wants facebook in their CoD

5/31/2011 11:33:18 AM

5/31/2011 1:09:20 PM

If that's all Elite is, it will be an epic fail.

Seriously, who wants to pay for that shit?

5/31/2011 4:58:34 PM

kids who have matches tonight

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5/31/2011 5:10:30 PM

CoD is not software as a service

5/31/2011 5:11:34 PM

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"so you're gonna shell out money every weekend to fly across the country and get your ski lift tickets and fuck supermodels in snowy resorts, but you're too cheap to pay $60 for 6 months of COD?"

I fuck supermodels? If only my CoD skillz were that l337

5/31/2011 7:46:58 PM

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"Mr. Kotick said Call of Duty Elite, and the customer-service operation that will be needed to support it, wouldn't be possible if the service was free. "This is an enormous investment," he said."

Bullshit. Bungie has been doing this flawlessly for the HALO games for years, at no extra cost. They keep all of your stats and history, sortable by weapons, maps, vehicles, etc. They also host video and screen caps. Hell, they even trace where on the map all your kills are. Granted, they're exclusive to Xbox Live, but they don't charge anything on top of the XBL dues.

Sorry Mr. Kotick, but you're full of shit. Also, there's no way in hell I'll pay for this, despite the sad fact that I'm a COD addict.

6/1/2011 9:33:06 AM

http://kotaku.com/5805959/the-modern-warfare-3-files-team-perks-no-nukes-new-killstreaks

6/1/2011 9:06:06 PM

If they coughed up two new maps, and two new guns, and two new perks every other month I'd kick 5 bwns a month to them.

6/1/2011 9:53:43 PM

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"Point Guard: Every two assists count as a kill towards your killstreak."

Fry just came.

6/1/2011 11:05:27 PM

New guns as DLC would be the tits.

Especially if they started putting out stupid overpowered shit when the game began to wane in popularity.

6/1/2011 11:27:47 PM

^^lolololololol

i kinda wish they'd bring the nuke back, just make it for non-objective gametypes only.

6/1/2011 11:38:18 PM

^
I agree, that was the biggest issue with Nuke. If you made it for TDM only, it wouldn't be so bad. Although most people are still campy as hell to get one.

It sounds like MW3 will be very similar to MW2 and have very little to do with Black Ops. I was just getting to love BO too...

6/2/2011 3:13:36 AM

Meh...not too impressed by those killstreaks.

6/2/2011 7:46:27 AM

I kinda want to start back playing BO. I just need some encouragement. There is a lot of games out there that I to try out, so I might restart my Gamefly sub ... what is a guy to do in the gaming world these days? I also am on the verge of building a gaming rig ... whats currently on your gaming plate?

6/2/2011 7:51:49 AM

I play a good bit of Black Ops, but I still use my Gamefly. Variety is the spice of life.

Working on Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom right now (pretty Zelda-esque) and Singularity is in the mail.

6/2/2011 8:00:14 AM

if only this game didn't have a shitty leveling system to unlock multiplayer powerups.

6/2/2011 9:05:34 AM

Every COD with a leveling system has given you great guns and perks to start out with.

6/2/2011 1:19:46 PM

mw3 looked hella lame at e3.

6/7/2011 5:46:49 PM

Summer is good for catching up on games. No real sports and very few new TV shows to infringe on your gaming time. I hope to finally tackle Borderlands, La Noire and Bioshock 2 after the Finals end next week.

6/7/2011 5:52:05 PM

^indeed, I think my gaming coma has lasted a month now. nonstop gaming for all of the games that have que up over the last year.

I think it's stupid for them to charge for map packs AND then the service... merge the new map packs in with the service to keep the user base active, otherwise it sounds stupid. I honestly hope COD MW3 is a piece of shit and everyone gets fired so who ever makes MW4, it'll be where it's suppose to be... actually fun and a good game... for $50.

6/7/2011 7:05:20 PM

if you buy the service you get the map packs free. apparently all the stuff they've revealed about elite so far is free. you won't have to pay for any of that.

6/7/2011 9:16:52 PM

Slave, would you want to buy my copy of LA Noire for ps3? Even if you don't play ps3 much, the fact that you only have 1 disc and it's single player is enough to consider.

6/8/2011 10:12:40 AM

Hell no goddammit

6/8/2011 10:20:02 AM

fine then be that way. we could have exchanged it over a meal of fried chicken.

6/8/2011 10:38:35 AM

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"if you buy the service you get the map packs free."

...until you stop paying for the service

6/8/2011 10:44:11 AM

http://kotaku.com/5821230/

i like the sound of this.

7/15/2011 6:41:49 PM

About 20 min video demoing Elite.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3/video/6323642/call-of-duty-elite-demo?tag=topslot;thumb;2

7/15/2011 6:52:19 PM