ArtisticallyChill

Total Biscuit makes a great point regarding DLC exclusives set up by the publishers with shady retailers i.e. Game, Gamestation, and, of course, GameStop. As much as I love the Battlefield series, I don’t want to be nickel and dimed for my entertainment. Therefore, I will not be picking up Battlefield 3.

Sorry DICE, blame EA.

~ LoneWolf

I know that the title may be an exaggeration. I’m sure there are a lot of hardcore fans will be willing to throw their money away into Bobby Kotick’s wallet. But the Call of Duty franchise I grew up with, starting on PC, that grew my love for the military FPS genre, IS DEAD to me. Like Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, both franchises were milked to death, and now Activision is taking the milking of the Call of Duty franchise even further by launching a subscription service with the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 videogame.

Activision Blizzard Inc. plans to launch an online service called Call of Duty Elite this fall that will work with the next major edition of the game, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3,” and future installments of the hyper-realistic combat-simulation game. In a move industry executives describe as a first, Activision plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for the service, which will provide extra content that isn’t offered on game discs sold in stores, including downloadable map packs that give players new “Call of Duty” levels to play.

Read more: ‘Call of Duty’ Sets Sights on a Fee

It’s bad that we, gamers, already pay over-inflated prices for broadband, with meager download speeds, that isn’t always up when it should be.

Lucky for me, Xbox LIVE is costing me $25 a year now that I’m the family plan.

Paying for monthly service just for extra content for an overrated game? No thanks Activision!

~ LoneWolf