Activision is some greedy ass motherfuckers

Call of Duty Elite , everyone has heard about it and likes it and wants to know more information about it. Well I just found out that you have to pay to use Elite, which is retarded. Here’s what I found:

Call of Duty Elite, a subscription-based Call of Duty service, will launch this fall with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, according to The Wall Street Journal. Activision Blizzard confirmed the service today, saying that Elite players will have access to extra content, like map-packs. A subscription to Elite won’t be required for multiplayer.

Activision hasn’t revealed the price of the service yet, but according to the WSJ’s report, it will be less than fees for “comparable online-entertainment services” like Netflix.

Parts of COD: Elite will be free, including socia/matchmaking aspects of the service, although full details on how these will work,haven’t been revealed yet. The WSJ article also mentions game analysis tools “modeled on stock-trading websites” that delve deeply into your game, “gauging factors such as which weapons have been most successful” for gamers… interesting.

Activision head Bobby Kotick told the WSJ that he isn’t worried about “pushback” from gamers, because Elite won’t be required to play online. While Kotick didn’t reveal specifics, he did say that the Elite COD service represents an “enormous investment,” and will provide things that would have been impossible without a pay service.

Activision’s plan here is obviously to further monetize one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time, but its success will be determined by how willing players will be to give up the credit card digits, so, players, let me throw it to you: Are you going to sign up for “Elite” when it launches this fall? Answer in our comment section.

GRANTED; you’re able to get access to extra content like map-packs but that’s probably it. They said it’s going to be cheaper than Netflix, Netflix now is like $8-$9 already. What $7 a month for CoD:Elite? Alright if you do the math it’s like $84 a year +tax. Nah, I think I will pass on CoD:Elite. You can view your stats on FOR FREE, upload videos on the internet and link it to your Facebook FOR FREE, find new friends to team up with FOR FREE. Waste of money and thank you Activision for fucking a chance to make the game better instead you wanna fuck Infinity Ward up and rape little orphans.