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Last week, we brought you word that industry analyst Michael Pachter thinks Call of Duty's multiplayer will soon cost something to play, and that the release of Black Ops will likely bring this nickle and diming to us all. Obviously, gamers were upset.
Today we have a YouTube video that purports to show a MW 2 menu reading "no memberships available at this time." Check it out:
According to the YouTube poster:
"The title of the menu reads, "Modern Warfare 2 Membersh". The last word is "Memberships" according to the message given in the menu. Could Activision be planning on charging us for CoD multiplayer?
Was trying to join a friend's session when this menu popped up. I don't know what caused it to appear, and I haven't been able to get it to appear again."
I smell "fake" all over this. The timing is too convenient. Pachter (who has no official connection to Activision, BTW) mentions the possibility of fees for COD multiplayer late last week, and early this week a video appears? I'm not buying it. Plus, this menu just happened to appear while someone was capping game footage?
I am, however, buying the possibility/likelihood that Activision will start charging for some aspects of multiplayer shooting. When has a huge corporation ever turned down a guaranteed money-maker? And charging the millions of people who buy Black Ops a little extra for the "best" parts of the game seems like a no-brainer to me. It's sad, but logical...
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fordxfurry
This is so stupid, if they were true gamers or even cared about their fans they wouldn't do this. They sale enough copies alone to take extremely great care for them and their families and now they want to nickel and their followers just to make some more money because it's that good? REALLY? Activision is not in it to make great games but simply to take as much money as they can laugh at us and roll in our money. It was ridiculous when they charged $15 for maps and I bought them so i could play with my friends but I will deff wash my hands of them if this happens. They need to talk to Bungie, Valve, or even Bioware how to keep a fan base and keeping them happy by not just making the most money you can.
fordxfurry
This is so stupid, if they were true gamers or even cared about their fans they wouldn't do this. They sale enough copies alone to take extremely great care for them and their families and now they want to nickel and their followers just to make some more money because it's that good? REALLY? Activision is not in it to make great games but simply to take as much money as they can laugh at us and roll in our money. It was ridiculous when they charged $15 for maps and I bought them so i could play with my friends but I will deff wash my hands of them if this happens. They need to talk to Bungie, Valve, or even Bioware how to keep a fan base and keeping them happy by not just making the most money you can.
Virk18(PS3)
guys your in luck infinity ward and treyarch have both announced they willnot be charging fees for multiplayer
samdaman425
If they were to do this dont they know less and less will play.And when new comers come to purchase this game and fine out u have to pay to play online they will be less customer buying this and black ops if this is da same deal.
thatrandomdude
Sad but true. Probably fake, but its only a matter of time.
Xemenes111
As if we werent being charged enough
NinjaSaku
Indeed the pay-to-play rumors are untrue.
Modern Warfare 2 subscription plan rumors going around. For the record, nobody has to pay to play COD or MW2 multiplayer, nor will they, Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling said on Twitter.
His message was followed by one from Treyarch community manager Josh Olin. No, you will not have to 'Pay to Play' #CODBlackOps Multiplayer either. Rumor -> Squashed, he said.
COD: Black Ops is due for release on November 9, and Pacific Crest Securities analyst Evan Wilson has said that pre-orders for the game are tracking ahead of 2009 s record breaking Modern Warfare 2.
codgamer4life
Guys calm down!! Josh olin/Jd 2020 stated on his twitter that the pay to play rumor is not true. So dont cancel your pre orders. Go check Jd_2020/josh olins twitter if you still dont believe me or this.
poepoe29
Activision, Treyarch and Infinity Ward have all released statements over this video, stating they WILL NOT charge their games a subscription fee for Modern Warfare 2 and Black Ops. While they did not make any comments about future games after Black Ops, We know that their next game will still be free for the gamer (well except for map packs of course)
link to the article: http://www.computerandvideogam es.com/article.php?id=256367
prboi64
Both Robert Bowling & Josh Olin squashed the rumor of their title's (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 & Call of Duty: Black Ops) will not have a "pay to play" subcription fee. Even if they did, Microsoft & Sony (Mostly MS) wouldn't allow it. They don't make a profit out of it which is why this video is fake. If it was real, it would be in the games menu & not the 360 menus
Sureshot92
What makes me think its fake is the fact the text spans across the whole box. All Xbox text usually appears in the text box on the right, and never spans the entire dialog box.
Illuminate88
Capping is really easy to do and costs less than $20.
steveredd
LOl sold my Mw2 for reach. and bf2 Much better games. IMO.
Gear200
Haha, about time u MW2 retards got milked by infinity ward, took em long enough
Ckyline
ok. . . . . . 15 dam bucks for THREE MAPS, and now "this", whats next Activision?
InHumanMarine
I just bought Battelfield BC2 so I'm not afraid to dump your ass Activision or Respawn.
mahsess
I will not play CoD online if they charge for memberships. Plus there are a lot of other choices out there why pay. It is not like a mmo where you get a huge world with a ever developing story.
falseprophet93
This just might have been a glitch in the xbox live membership system. seriously I think Activision isn't dumb enough to make gamers pay to play online or at least I hope so.
mistacab
If the $15 map packs were an 8 out of 10 on the outrageous scale then this is registering at about a 20. It will be interesting to see how many people still play COD games "when" not if they go to this subscription.
I'll be laughing my arse off and pointing just like I did when people were b*tching and moaning about the map packs but bought them anyway(except for me). Either way I won't be participating in this little game. I'll be on the sidelines. BFBC2, L4D2, Medal of Honor, FTW!
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