Really? Kotick's Wish [to have] "COD be an online subscription service tomorrow"

Ironstar: So it's no secret that Activision loves the revenue the Call of Duty franchise generates for their company. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, being the most popular, has been hammered daily by fans of the online multiplayer.

[Otheros00]

What's next? We have to pay for every map, perks, weapons, and to access online mode that already is on the disk.

[deadreckoning666]

IMO, let him do it. Who cares? Just buy KZ3, BC2, or MOH instead?

[coolcut135]

yea i know. let him go ahead and fail. but if he succeeds we all have a huge problem.

[Jamie Foxx]

he even says 'hopefully its coming'....360 owners need to boycott COD if this greedy man does this

[FanOfGaming]

agreed @reckoning but it's truly shameless what they're doing

[bioshock1221]

The sad thing about is that most people will probably still pay for it. Just look at the COD black ops pre orders they are doing really good even though most people said they were gonna stop buying COD. Because of the stuff Activision has done lately.

@jamie Foxx not just Xbox live also PSN and PC.

[Imtey]

It IS subscription based at the moment...

Poor COD addicts have to pay $15 dollars every one in a while to play, but it's OK, because they get free maps too xD

[secksi-killer]

???

what do you think hes going to do? just make subs based on the 360, and leave the ps3 alone because knows hows serious its fanboys are or something.

i dont understand what you are talking about

[maddhatter123]

360 owners already pay a subscription so they would be paying twice just to play cod. it would be a problem on psn just not as big of one since it is free.

[X-Frame]

That's what I'm doing anyway.

[sikbeta]

Come on Pals, it's Kotick we are talking about, if it was for him, he would put the content of game in DVD9 on CDs and make you pay $60 for every Disc...

[UnwanteDreamz]

Doublepost

[UnwanteDreamz]

I have often wondered what it would be like if CEOs were honest. Now I know that they don't do it, because they look like as*holes.

[UnSelf]

we heard u the first time

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

Damn, that sucks for fans. I often wonder how it is, that I have yet to play Modern Warfare 2, lol.

[CobraKai]

They'll probably have us pay for virtual bullets

[UnSelf]

They'll probably have us pay for virtual bullets

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

What? Whats with you two?

[whydoyouask]

^^^
What? Whats with you two?

[nickjkl]

and whydoyouask

just failed by writing

^^^

in the comments section instead of title

[DarK-SilV]

and whydoyouask

just failed by writing

^^^

in the comments section instead of title

[UnSelf]

and whydoyouask

just failed by writing

^^^

in the comments section instead of title

[nickjkl]

youre all fags

[DarkBlood]

youre all fags

[maddhatter123]

i hope he does it just so people stop playing cod.

[jessupj]

Yeah, I really think sales will flop if he does that and rightly so. So I hope he does go ahead with it.

I can see it not being advertised at all and not being pronounced clearly on the cover. So I can imagine a lot of sheep buying the game, rushing home, poping in the disk, waiting for it to load, then this message comes up...

"You must pay Activision $15 every month as well as bending over while Activision has their way with you if you want to play online".

But we know there are a HEAP of kids that play the game so they'd just get their parents to pay. Hopefully the parents say no.

[Blacktric]

Black Ops will feature a system like this;

"You'll buy the "core" game for 60 dollars. Then you will buy each singleplayer campaign levels for 15 dollars each. If you want to save your game and have checkpoints you will pay extra 5 dollars for each level again. If you want to play multiplayer; you'll buy the maps you want to play for 15 dollars each and if you want weapons and perks, you'll buy them for 5 dollars each as well. Otherwise you'll be completely naked in the multiplayer without weapons."

So how is this idea Mr. Kotick?

[play17boy]

ROFL that's for the next COD don't worry.

[BleuStreeks]

This will be bad for gamers big time...I am already boycotting COD...there are a lot of better FPS's out there for me to enjoy...so I wont be losing sleep over this.

[DigitalHorror81]

I returned Modern Glitchfare upon learning of Kotick's plans to rake gamers over the coals.

I refuse to kill the gamers by supporting him.

[BeaArthur]

A nickel per kill for all.

[sikbeta]

"Make it a Dollar", would say Kotick...

[Yo Mama]

You're missing the point of what Jamie Foxx is saying. He's saying that he feels bad for 360 owners because not only would they be paying for LIVE but they'd have to pay a subscription to play COD on top of that. Whereas, PS3 and PC users will only be paying one fee to play COD online.

Was it really that hard to comprehend?

[BloodyNapkin]

If PSN had some of the features offered through xboxlive i would pay under 3 bucks a month for it also.

[Elimin8]

You already do.

[Persistantthug]

a year because lots of people like CoD.

He's a total douche and he won't be satisfied until people stop buying Activision's crap.

Personally, I've never bought ANY Call Of Duty game.

Now that I think about it, I haven't bought 1 single game this gen that Activision has put out since I bought my PS3 Jan, 2009.

Maybe it's time you all did the same

[Kain81]

i have not bought one game from Activision this Gen...and if they proclaim this shit, it seems that i will not buy anything from them in the future too

[BloodyNapkin]

Yeah well they do not miss your sells trust me. They are doing just fine without your money.

[DARK WITNESS]

at least we can't blaim him for Bobbies business practice, it's those millions who have bought it that are the mugs... myself included.

[Baka-akaB]

So were are those "kotick is a nice fella" guys ? (after that lame "infomercial interview")

[Baka-akaB]

@exnihilonihilfit
seriously , aside from the blizzard part , i dont see them and havent for years .

Cod4 was a blip on a personal radar that didnt care since quake 3

[jaredhart]

with Activision.

[BeaArthur]

I'm not going to go that far. There are some good games published by Activision but if this guy thinks I'm paying a subscription for any CoD game he's on crack.

[exnihilonihilfit]

I mean really, what game does Activision publish that you can't do without, aside from Blizzard games?

[SuperbVillain]

if this succeeds,it isn't this guy whos an idiot,it's the people that actually pay for it.

[asyouburn]

it should be done, but if they wanted a monthly sub for cod they should've had the model ready to go after the first modern warfare, while the iron was hot. not to say the iron isn't hot now, but its all downhill from here

[AbyssGravelord]

Bobby Kotick, President and CEO of the inferno abyss we call Hell.

[electricshadow]

lol and you know what? CoD kiddies will pay for this too. Keep paying for a crappy shooter year after year and then charging to play it. Keep it up Activi$ion, hopefully you'll soon go away.

[whydoyouask]

No one would care if we did.

[Karum]

Go ahead Bobby, see how that works out for you with games like BFBC2 and the new MOH around.

[Akagi]

"I think our audiences are clamoring for it".

Pfffhahahaha. Seriously?

[Baka-akaB]

well they kinda are . still 14 millions of sheeps buying stuff like mw2 , and they arent even punishing them for their ruined mp .... numbers of players are constantly high , and the dlc maps are always top downloads .

Even at its lowest level of quality guitar hero is still a big franchise

They just really pushed the limit too far with the XXX band games , dj hero and tony hawk ride

[MysticStrummer]

This guy's stupid comments were partially responsible for me skipping MW2. I want Black Ops mainly because of the possibility of more zombies, but I may end up skipping it as well.

[PRHB HYBRiiD]

i have a felling black ops will be the last cod title ill buy

[Gamer_Z]

I was thinking the same thing, time to move on to bigger and better games.

[karl]

ppl said the same about MW2...

we shouldnt buy black ops really..

[thehitman]

This is a joke topic why even right an article about it. If this ever happens CoD would die faster than a pen drop because no one will pay to play when they can get a clone of CoD or a better game for free. Activision will just fuel the next big shooter franchise whether it be Medal of Honor, or exclusives like gears/kz/socom.

[kewlkat007]

COD MMOS...

[djfullshred]

I stopped buying Activision games a while ago, because I realized they keep trying to find new ways to gouge their customers for more cash.

[silvacrest]

i wish he would

then everyone leaves and plays bad company

[pinkyxyz]

and with that, people came come back to earth and play BC2, MOH, SPEC OPS, OR KILLZONE 3

[BX81]

Kotick is a fucking cunt!!!!!!!!!! Let's see how many agree with me!

[asyouburn]

he wants monthly charge for laggy-ass p2p multiplayer 8v8! hahahahahahahahahahah trendy kids get your wallet out!

[Harelgur]

i wish he was dead

[Excalibur]

Paid for the Over priced under contented DLC helped pave the road for this kind of crap.

A sucker is a sucker in this idiots eyes.

[Baka-akaB]

i wish i could care about their fate , but serves them right .

The only problem is when that kind of successful moves are emulated by other publishers , and of course they would if it works

[Ps_alm3k]

everyone will still buy it.
He knows that too.

[galgor]

So it seems you didn't make enough off MW2 mr.kotick, you greedy son of a bitch.

[Rubberlegs]

He's basically talking about an MMO Call of Duty and not so much the current CoD's. People are looking at it the the wrong way. Like what he's says with so many people playing it today it has the type of fanbase to make an MMO out of it.

Not that I want to see it but it would interesting to see how well they would handle it. With a fee in place you shouldn't have to pay for map packs and they would be pushing out more content then just maps.
I'm almost sure they are going to make one in the future seeing that a new CoD is coming out each year.

[ZombieNinjaPanda]

Okay Kotick.

Best solution is to not buy your games anymore.

[marioPSUC]

if it was up to him, we'd probably be paying for each time we level up

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

is that video game industry is highly competitive. As soon as that subscription hits, other game devs will be able to use that to market their games. Cuz in all honesty medal of honor and BFBC are equally good as Cod. The deciding factor then would be the subscription.

[magnifier]

Kotick really doesen't understand gamers at all. Sure, he wants to make more money, but if Activision and the devil himself keeps this up, they will most likely/hopefully see a decline in their income

[STICKzophrenic]

No thanks.

Just sell me the campaign separately for $30 and you can do whatever you want with the MP portion since I rarely take CoD games online.

If it's implemented with Black Ops, I'll just buy a used/cheap copy and play the campaign, because that looks to be pretty good.

[Knightofelemia]

Well my interest in COD Black Ops just went down the tubes I'll just have to wait for Gears of War 3 and Killzone 3 now.

[thief]

With my lack of skill at gaming, I would love it if he introduced a pay-per-kill pricing where you are charged say $5 for every 1000 kills. So if some dude kills me 5 times, the joke will be on him instead "thats gonna cost you"

[scar20]

keep milking the franchise r.i.p. cod 2002-2008

[gamingisnotacrime]

MoH for me, BC2 meanwhile
2011 KZ3

Conclision, who gives a sht about Kottick's CoD

[BABY-JEDI]

What a GREEDY B*ST*RD. Leeching off of gamers you shm*ck. (you can tell I'm annoyed LoL)

[bjornbear]

ahh i feel sorry for those who still play MW2 ='3

[asyouburn]

this.

[lil boy blue]

If he tries it on the wii I bet you he wont see one copy sold. No 1 will ever pay for a sub fee for a COD on wii or any system for that matter. for any wii owner we will just okay conduit 2 so who cares

[CrippleH]

One word.

Kodick.

[hilyou]

no this can't be happening! soon every online game u will hav to pay
everyone wants to make money like everyone copied activision with their modern warfare idea!!!! it can't be 120 dollars per year!!! why can't people stop playing mw2 then this won't happen, people who play mw2 will support this!!!

[Deios]

If this happens, then I'll be $60 richer every year.

[drzmvp554]

i'm probably gonna buy the game, but theres no way in hell im paying for subscription.

[DigitalAnalog]

But the COD fanboys......... They have the potential to destroy gaming altogether. They already forced the devs for Killzone 2 to include the "High-precision" mode. WHY-O-WHY do you do that?

-End statement

[Spenok]

Now i havent read many of the comments (theres just to many of them) but it seems people dont understand what this guy is trying to say. IN MY SOLE OPINION, i believe he is trying to say that he would like to make a COD MMO. Not charge for people to play MW2 or WAW online. Look at what he says:

"When you think about what the audience's interests are and how you could really satisfy bigger audiences with more inspired, creative opportunities, I would love to see us have an online Call of Duty world."

and

"I think we could do a lot more to really satisfy the interests of the customers. I think we could create so many things, and make the game even more fun to play"

Im pretty sure that if this whole subscription based COD were to come out it would be more akin to a traditional MMO. With TONS of extra features. More guns, More levels, equiptment, character custimization, and bigger persistant world.

......

But at the same time i could be wrong and he could want to charge for what your already getting. If i right then you people need to calm down, he's a business man in charge of one of the biggest game corporations around, im sure he know's what he's doing. But if im wrong then this guy is a huge dumbass.

[stonecold1]

never buy the cod games

[MetalFreakMike]

People like him need his ass beat with a commonsense stick. I am so sick of this asshole always trying to find ways to get more money out of people for the same products. He better hope that Activision keeps him around until he retires because I really do not think any other company would want his greedy ass. Also the day he leaves Activision, people will be waiting outside with bass knuckles and some rope to hang his ass.

[Alcohog]

hopefully he does. That will be the end of COD. Its a shame that Activision killed such a great franchise, but it was dead the moment they decided it was a good idea to roll out a new iteration every year. RIP IW, COD1 is still the best.

[fullmetal297]

I actually want this to happen so I can see Bobby's ass get fired when sales down and stockholders begin to panic.

[Vip3r]

Go for it. I want to see Activision die a long and costly death.

[ForeAllEternity]

He's taking the term "milking" to a new height(low?).

[BubZ-SkullY]

if he does dat, i dont think i'll be playing any more COD tbh, i'll stick with KZ3, BBC, MOH, RAGE, BRINK, CRYSIS(if it has online), BULLETSTORM, SOCOM...the list is ever growming, it'll be good to cos at least other games can get the full playability they deserve, bad thing to say IMO

[Darkfiber]

You know people wont stop playing it if he does. The Stockholm syndrome will kick in like it always does with exorbitant video game fees, and people will all be like "I'll gladly pay $15 a month cause that means I'll get lots of free content like an MMO and I wont have to pay for map packs anymore" even though they will probably still charge for them.

This doesn't affect me. I've never played a Call of Duty game in my life and have 0 interest to start. Modern Warfare is boring, I don't even want to watch it on the news or read about it, why would I want to spend hours playing a video game about it? Besides, they aren't realistic at all. If it was, the only objectives would be to rush into a peaceful town, murder hundreds of innocent women and children and take their oil back to the states so fat Americans can drive their SUVs to McDonalds.