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According to Activision/Blizzard, gamers have purchased over 20 million map packs for Call of Duty games since the launch of the franchise.
"The Call of Duty franchise is unique in the world of entertainment and delivers one of the best multiplayer experiences ever," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard in a statement. "We are thrilled to deliver to fans exciting and engaging content that has the intensity they have come to expect from the franchise."
The first Call of Duty came out way back in 2003, and the series (as I'm sure you know) is among the most influential, important franchises in gaming history.
...So apparently those gamers calling for a boycott of Modern Warfare 2 over the price of the map packs, or the lack of dedicated servers, or insert-gripe-here didn't have much of an effect on sales. Not that I blame anyone -- Call of Duty is the gold standard of multiplayer, so if you're into shooters, you sort of have to play this game, no matter what the map-packs cost and who sets up the servers. In a way, Activision/Infinity Ward has created such a tight game that they have you over a barrel. The big question: In five years, will the franchise still be as big? With the main dudes at Infinity Ward having left, will Activision be able to continue carrying the torch?
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stamatt45
@Stephen Johnson you're remark about having to play MW2 because it's the best shooter is false. The game is good, but the community is made up of ppl who A) play like a 10 year old or B) are 10 years old, and the devs just want your money and don't care about you. There are good shooters other than CoD series
ianmarvinchua
300 000 000 dollars
ianmarvinchua
15 times 20 = $300 000 000 wow !!!
danosta
I downloaded the stimulus pack recently and deleted it after about 2 weeks. I could not believe how rampant the cheating was and how many players had prestige level 10. I can't tell you how many times I'd unload a full clip into an enemy and they would go down. Its ashame, I really enjoyed MW2's multiplayer and was hoping to extend its life with the map packs. Never again will I buy a map pack for a COD title. I'm really hoping MOH is good and EA can cap the cheating and glitches that IW clearly can't do or ignores.
Shiggidabop
Sounds like McDonalds counting how many cheeseburgers they sold.
Ponkie_Slayer
YEa I bought the FRiggin Map pack then my System Died last night........FML
AngelsandDemons
well...I sure as hell didn't buy the maps for MW2...so you can't thank me for contributing this time around
Tromavilcitizen
What I would like to see is IW stand behind there maps that we all paid so much for and FIX some minor GLICTHES such as the ROCK on FUEL. IW I love the maps worth every penny keep making new maps and we will keep buying them. It would be nice to see a REMAKE of PIPELINE.
One last thing why don't they have varible time's on the maps. Like playing carnival at dusk/night with all the lights on?
d0nni3
Remember people this is for all Call of duty map packs, it wasn't just for MW2. Still this has netted them a pretty profit with alot less investment than a full game. if all the map packs were sold for $15.99 then it's around $310,000,000 if my maths serves me well. As much as all our moaning sends out a message that were not happy spending $15.99 on map packs, the people that don't frequent these site are willing to drop the money on these things and unfortunatly we can't influence them
alpha100000
From where I sit as a PC gamer, I am used to all the custom maps that the players provided to the PC community. It was fun testing the new maps for the builders and everything. Once Modern Warfare 2 was announced and that it was going to be part of Steam and have VAC as their "Anti-Cheat" that became the downfall for the series for me. VAC is semi good for Valve's Games, but for others it is awful. With Dedicated Servers we could sit on a player and watch their movement and then decide whether or not they were doing anything suspicious and then either warn them or ban them on the spot. That made the game so much smoother in my honest opinion..
Back to the maps. The fact that they want me to pay $14.99 for 3 new maps and 2 remakes of maps that I thought weren't even worth their time converting is a waste. Honestly I'd rather spend $15 on something I know I will enjoy for the short amount of time that i would play the maps.
I was tempted to buy them at first but the fact that they decided to shaft their Consumer's that made their Game the best selling game and in the Record Books, is overkill to demand more money from the Consumers.
To me $15 to a company like Activison is like pocket change. They will keep putting into that glass jar after everyday and soon all that money in the jar will accumulate to be $300,000,000+ (if my math is right) and then realize that they just made over $300 million, and since they made $300 million since April. That means minus the sales of the game they have almost made $500 million on their title since the release which was in November. Odds are that when November rolls around that they will most likely have made that $500 million mark and then some. That's a bit ridiculous.
erosennin987
well all i can say is the MW2 maps really sucked.... i almost cried bc i payed $30 for 5 maps.... i will never buy another CoD game...
5 pretige. semi noob.
MightyGeekzilla
i did not and will not be buying any map packs because i don't play MW2's multiplayer very much and therefore see no value in them but if you play the multiplayer a lot i can see why someone would buy it. But even then 20 million people still play the much COD multiplayer
Mr_Eko_73
I'm not the biggest C.O.D. player in the world. My hours of gameplay on COD4/MW2/WaW are paltry compared to my friends. Strangely, I never once thought $15 was too much to pay for a map pack. $15?..$15?!!- Hell I pay that everyday for lunch and dinner. 15 bucks for added hours of gameplay- I just don't see what the big deal is. Now- $5.00 for an Avatar outfit- no thanks- I'd never buy it. It just depends on who you are and what you're into- This just in- Hobbies are 'effin expensive.
BlackenedPickle
i got the cod 4 pack and the third one on WaW. hopefully black op packs will be 10 bucks.
Mr.Rager
I bought the map packs and I found them very enjoyable, you can't call someone a "sucker" just because you don't like the price, don't buy them solves all your "problems".
troopershades
Still havent bought Mw2 and never will :-)
theantigzus
personally i didnt buy the map packs but i only played the game online once, i havent like the call of duty franchise since modern warfare 1, not because of the game but because it felt like everyone was jumping on a bandwagon.
gtamaster503
This game is boring.
austin43
So it's 30 bucks for 2 map packs, 10 maps. Sure 4 of them are recycled but if you get hours upon hours of enjoyment out of them who cares? People complain and complain about mw2 and yet continue to play it. 30 bucks is too much you say? Don't buy it... It's the way capitalism works get used to it. If you can't afford it then I don't know...get a job?
firefist
20 million suckers and counting.....
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