Keyofx Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 COD sub-based by end of the year? Activision will charge gamers to play first-person shooter behemoth Call of Duty online by the end of the year, analyst Michael Pachter has predicted. "Unless and until the publishers come up with a business model that appropriately captures the value created by the multiplayer experience," the gaming clairvoyant told Industry Gamers, "we are destined to see a migration of game playing away from packaged goods purchases and toward multiplayer online. "While the shift has been great for consumers, who are enjoying an unprecedented, and largely free, game experience, it has been devastating for publishers and shareholders, who are seeing sales and profits decline. "We think that it is incumbent upon Activision, with the most popular multiplayer game, to take the first step to address monetisation of multiplayer. It is too early to tell whether that will be a monthly subscription, tournament entry fees, microtransaction fees, or a combination of all three, but we expect to see the company take some action by year-end, when Call of Duty: Black Ops launches." Pachter's prediction will be music to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick's ears. Tim Scafer's mate said last month that if he could do one thing, he would make Call of Duty "an online subscription service" as soon as tomorrow. "The company has the greatest experience of the Western publishers with multiplayer subscriptions, given its huge success with World of Warcraft, and we expect Activision to apply a WoW-type model to its Call of Duty franchise," Pachter continued. "It is likely that Activision will ease the pain of consumers, and will continue to offer some form of free multiplayer, at least for a while, but we believe it is imperative that the company begin to capture some value from the huge number of hours spent – 1.75 billion hours on Xbox Live alone through mid-April, and we estimate that this figure is approaching four billion hours combined through today on Xbox Live and PSN. "We are quick to point out that the average single player game has an expected play time of under 30 hours, suggesting that a staggering 133 million units of equivalent game play have been spent (so far) playing Call of Duty online, with Activision only seeing revenues from the original 20 million units sold, plus an estimated eight million map packs sold." [Horse] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 "While the shift has been great for consumers, who are enjoying an unprecedented, and largely free, game experience, it has been devastating for publishers and shareholders, who are seeing sales and profits decline. What seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I demand that we start banning people who make threads based on what Pachter says. A good example should be set by banning the thread creator ASAP. One of the new mods do us a favor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I demand that we start banning people who make threads based on what Pachter says. A good example should be set by banning the thread creator ASAP. One of the new mods do us a favor? So you think they won't try this? My naive child.. *kiss* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Oh it will happen. Its inevitable. This year? Not a snowballs chance in hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Oh it will happen. Its inevitable. This year? Not a snowballs chance in hell. Yea, the timeframe is a stickler. And besides, they would have outed it by now just so the shock sinks in before release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 He *did* predict Twisted Metal in development and Insomniac going Mult-Platform though, he has a lot of Industry contacts. COD MMO was hinted at, a lot of times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Yea, he's smarter than to make uneducated guesses in the press. Or so I'd like to think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 You want me to list the things he got wrong? Its called throwing sh*t at a board. Something will stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karooo Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 He wants Media attention, and he's getting it, His Patch-Attack show in GameTrailers is surprisingly very good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 He wants Media attention, and he's getting it, His Patch-Attack show in GameTrailers is surprisingly very good as well. EXACTLY. Which is why I think banning Keyo for making this thread will set an excellent example. Ban pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 +1 Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L33TWiZaRd Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Who in here cares? I for one have moved on to better things in life.... I love when people get banned, +1 for the OP ban P.S: Stupid spell checker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Pachter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Kaun ban-van ka baat kar rah hai bhai!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRMNTR Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Its called throwing sh*t at a board. Something will stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 I hope Pachter get hits by a truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Who is Going to Play this Carp sh*t When Reach and Geow 3 is Coming. They Didnt get profit even after selling COD MW 2 for 3.5 K?? Yea Riiight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Who is Going to Play this Carp sh*t When Reach and Geow 3 is Coming. They Didnt get profit even after selling COD MW 2 for 3.5 K?? Yea Riiight. Hell yeah I think India doesn't even qualify for that part of the equation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRch-0n Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Greedy f**ks Activision take this :chair: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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