I know it feels like the beast that is CoD Elite is still getting up on its feet, but the folks behind the subscription service are already planning for a relaunch in sync with this falls annual Call of Duty release.
"We're already hard at work on Elite 2.0, with several innovative features being developed to work hand-in-hand with our new Call of Duty release"
This fall's new Call of Duty just may prove to be the true test of Activision's Elite service. How they handle the transfer from an established community to the next iteration should be interesting. I'd like to see them travel further into digital territory, preferably with some sort of à la carte pricing model. One can dream.
For the time being, they've promised "additional features in the next 60 days" so keep those peepers open for some meaty new content to help you kick more ass.
'Call of Duty Elite 2.0' in development for new CoD [CVG]
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1:00 AM on 02.10.2012 | 
Wouldn't be surprised if they made you buy it again to get the "Upgraded Service".
also, seriously, you people paying for this? you guys are poison to the gaming industry. i don't care how awesome or rich or stoic or bro or apathetic you think you are to the whole issue, you fucking suck and you are blindly/stupidly ruining fun on a basic level. seriously.
love,
tek
I'm pretty sure that clears up a bunch of issues.
P.S. Ripping on a game because everyone else does doesn't make you a badass.
sounds like u dont get the point og CoD or mayb dont have anybody to play it with bud
you aren't serious are you? Ugh, people who bitch about other people enjoying something they don't the way they want to are the real people who are "ruining" this industry.
Because no matter how shitty the new CoD is, sellouts like Jim Sterling will always give it a perfect 10/10. And the CoD fanbase will eat it up.
The 10/10 is well merited. Clearly CoD has become the perfect game. People are as dedicated to this game as they are to sports. While I do not enjoy the games in any capacity, it would be folly to pretend that it does not cater exactly to a massive segments needs. Activision would be stupid not to rehash every year. That would be like the Madden games giving their roster updates for free, instead of charging $60 for new rosters every year.
I've noticed more and more people comparing Activision's treatment of Call of Duty to how they ran Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero into the ground. Not CoD detractors, mind you. I mean CoD fans for whom Modern Warfare 3 and Elite have set them over the edge. Activision still advertises Elite features that aren't present. MW3 devs still haven't fixed the completely broken lag compensation system. MW3 devs are too busy adding new features and DLC content to fix the broken parts of their games. MW3 devs show little to no coding ability or even common sense (botched patches, obvious problems, even bugs from MW2 that had been patched came back, the whole idiocy of the legal boosting that is Infection), and are more concerned with appealing to the most casual audience than in getting a working game (just look at some of the Infection idiocy). The game is a mess, and the devs are arguably making it *worse* instead of better.
Also, I do not love you tek. I hate you. You sound like a horrible little troll and I want nothing more to do with you. Good day.
Because MMS games influence the industry way more than that they should. It's one of the reasons why we have so many goddamn MMS FPS games.
I could go on for hours but I'm not in the mood right now, lets just say that it's not because you guys are having ''fun'' playing MW3, it's because they influence big companies as well as Indie devs into thinking ''oh boy lets make another MMS game! cod can do it so why can't we!?''
Bungie does ''Elite'' for free(they'll probably change it considering 343 and all), and why again should you pay 60€ (yes, 60 euro, fuck your goddamn dollar but that's a story for another time) for a sloppy stat tracking system? Because of that thing is so goddamn popular we're gonna have it spread across all over the industry, oversatuation ftw but hey atleast we're having fun right? Tis not asif we're influencing other devs/pubs to do the same cheap shit ever year.
You could say it's capitalism but Kotick is practicing his bullshit on the edges of it, I'm quite shocked on why he hasn't done Disc Locked Content yet
Hope you get my jist but man I'm hella salty right now.
@Kanten +1
k I'm really done, As much as I hate cod it's just a dumb shooter where people want cheap fun but realize they're getting exploited (yes exploited) by a publisher that performs on the fringes of ''capitalism''
And please @tcazz1 don't make me laugh, playing competitive shooters on a console is like drinking tea without sugar, it just doesn't work.
Bungie does "Elite" for free? You do realize that the stat tracking/heat maps for Elite is also free right? People are paying for Elite for the monthly MP content drops and weekly online videos (though I imagine most people are in it for the content)
Again Activision is providing a service. You pay 50$ for 9 months of game content. It's no different than these season passes.
I mean really, what's wrong with a content subscription/season pass for a game you know you'll play over 12 months or so.
Gears and La Noire did it (with a discount for buying all) - COD essentially does it with a free, "not so amazing yet app" - but one of the things that makes it interesting is rather than dropping 4 or so maps every quarter, you get one a month, which keeps the playlists interesting - as opposed to "everyone's playing these 4 maps for the next 3 months".
I can see why people rag out on COD - I got a bit fatigued by it all after COD4, and didn't really play for a coupla years (and new releases became new backlogs as new domestic situations evolved) - but have been having a bit of a lash on MW3. Iss OK. It's like Pac-Man with guns, relies a lot on muscle memory and is mostly pretty brainless cowboys and indians/cops and robbers. BF3 (which I also own/play) is much deeper, with many more ways to approach a round - but each bring their own specialties to the table. If BF3 is like a steak, MW3 is a cheeseburger. And sometimes I feel like a cheap and nasty cheeseburger.
Anyway - Elite is a glorified content subscription, and priced about in line with what the DLC would cost. I paid %60 more on top of what MW3 was worth new (maybe also due to crazy Australian pricing - $110 for the game - $170 for the Hardened/Elite version) for all the content that will be released. I'd do it with more games and probably save money if it was an option. I would have saved a ton if there was a Dragon Age 1 "Elite".