Call of Duty Elite - paid subscription service revealed

[Phatso]

first thing i noticed was the use of the words "BS" or "WTF" in BFBC2 were scarce, yes they were there but FAR LESS prominent!

I am REALLY not trying to start a flame war here, but thats the COD side of Battlefield coming out. Or its influence.

In BF2, the grandaddy of Battlefield games, bad language was not tolerated (lncluding acronyms). Admins monitored servers actively and actually cared. Players cared. People wanted to have a good time. Griefers were shown the door.

If we can somehow work out a similar structure for BF3, using responsible and respected players to monitor while playing the game they love, the community will thrive.

Except it was made by a new unknown developer. This is Dice we're talking about, they made the fantastic Bad Company 2. I have faith they can pull off their goals and judging by the footage I've seen so far it's going to awesome.

Did you play BF2 at all? If you thought BC2 was a gem for its time, BF2 made it look dismal in gameplay comparison (my 2c).

(i know i am hugely pro-BF2. But it being my first online FPS and me sinking 2500+ hours into it, how successful the competitive side was, it succeeding for a 5 years (!!!) AND me still having the friends I made THEN from my first days running around as a noobcake... It wins ).

 

[to0kenZA]

I am REALLY not trying to start a flame war here, but thats the COD side of Battlefield coming out. Or its influence.

In BF2, the grandaddy of Battlefield games, bad language was not tolerated (lncluding acronyms). Admins monitored servers actively and actually cared. Players cared. People wanted to have a good time. Griefers were shown the door.

If we can somehow work out a similar structure for BF3, using responsible and respected players to monitor while playing the game they love, the community will thrive.



Did you play BF2 at all? If you thought BC2 was a gem for its time, BF2 made it look dismal in gameplay comparison (my 2c).

(i know i am hugely pro-BF2. But it being my first online FPS and me sinking 2500+ hours into it, how successful the competitive side was, it succeeding for a 5 years (!!!) AND me still having the friends I made THEN from my first days running around as a noobcake... It wins ).

Dude, I think everyone knows BC2 was just a spin-off game, but the point it- it was SO good, even for a spin-off, that it could easily stand alone as one of the best games of the last 2 years, EVEN if it didn't have enough depth as BF2, or even BF3 for that matter! Just imagine what that is going to be like?! :O

Point is, DICE makes game's for it's community and people that really want to have a good time go play battlefield games

 

[wolvie]

Not really interested. On top of XBOX LIVE subscription? No ways. Kotick is really trying to milk gamers for all their money's worth. I remember when COD4 cost me R499.99 on Xbox360. Rather play BF3.

 

[JackBauer]

Sal maar sien hoe dit uitwerk, miskien word ek n BF player :|

"Bosbefokte Fokker"?

I will buy any COD that is not made by Treyarch and that is free to play.... Just love the series. Kill me, hate me, whatever.

 

[ashez7]

i wonder if mweb will get more COD 3 SERVERS WOOHOOO!!!

 

[Tempy]

http://www.callofduty.com/elite/video#register Is really quite a funny video though, if you have a chance to watch it, do so.

 

[fayainz]

Everyone just wants a piece of the recurring revenue pie. I sincerely hope people are not going to support this.

 

[Weasley]

SO glad COD:MW2 was my last COD not even true following any more what happens in COD land

 

[Necuno]

Call of Duty Elite - paid subscription service revealed

Activision is to launch a paid subscription Call of Duty portal along with Modern Warfare 3

Call of Duty Elite officially announced

Activision has dished the official dirt on their paid subscription Call of Duty service

It starts, only matter of time before fps goes the route of mmo/micromanagement

 

[czc]

Buy every bullet!

 

[Necuno]

/re-inserts

i guess after this and i don't think the other online fps won't go a similar route, we are at the point where they will charge an online fee to play. maybe not yet in the same amounts at mmos, but it's here.

now question is, will you be paying to play your favourite fps ?

QUAKE LIVE is back online after some scheduled maintenance for the formerly free online shooter. The new juice for the game seems to be the new pay subscription options ('Standard' QUAKE LIVE play remains free) where you'll get more maps, a new mode (Freeze Tag) and more fun features. You can check out the QUAKE Live August 6th Changelog for all the details. For $23.88 a year (that breaks out to $1.99 a month) you can get a 'Premium' subscription which includes:

For $23.88 a year (that breaks out to $1.99 a month) you can get a 'Premium' subscription which includes:
* Access to 20 QUAKE LIVE Premium only maps at launch with more to come. Premium maps are a combination of brand new maps and frequently requested community favorites from previous QUAKE games such as Aerowalk, Theater of Pain, Japanese Castles, and Realm of Steel Rats
* An all new 'Freeze Tag' game mode
* Exclusive premium level awards
* Create your own clan and join up to five separate clans
* Custom QUAKE LIVE profile wallpaper
* Match statistics stored for six months

For twice that much, $47.88 a year ($3.99 per month), you get a 'Pro' subscription which includes everything in the Premium level plus:
* The ability to start your own game server, specify a server location, determine the game mode and invite who you want to join you
* With the Pro Subscription, you can invite three friends with Standard level memberships to play with you in any Premium level map
* Exclusive pro awards
* Create your own clan and join up to ten separate clans
* Match statistics stored for 12 months

Free play in the standard version will continue as before with more than 40 arenas and five game modes. Friends lists, access to one clan, matchmaking, and in-browser stat keeping will also remain free.

QUAKE LIVE Premium Subscriptions

 

[Orihalcon]

So...it starts. Welcome to the monopolization of multiplayer in it's most basic form. As said earlier, you can play without paying, but most of the maps will be on the pay-to-play side (or the most enjoyable ones I bet).

I do wonder where this will lead. It is only step away from complete paid multiplayer. This ain't even an MMO!

 

[PenTanium]

I'm not paying monthly for a game. Sex maybe, but not games. Just... No.

 

[Blackhand]

I do hope for the sake of online gaming that this ends in such a dismal failure that no publishers so much as mention this under their breathe in back alleys for years.

 

[DarthMol]

I do hope for the sake of online gaming that this ends in such a dismal failure that no publishers so much as mention this under their breathe in back alleys for years.

I hope so too. I don't mind COD going over to the corporate darkside but I'll cry if something like the BF franchise starts doing the same

 

[Disco]

Im a huge cod fan but as much as i enjoy the game i would never see me buying a membership to play online!
If they decide to go ahead with this they loose all respect and following from most if not all die hard cod players.
bad step