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vx70GTOJudgexv
United States3161 Posts
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
It'll be released in 9 days anyway. | ||
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
On July 18 2010 20:56 vx70GTOJudgexv wrote: So Blizzard is so generous, they sent me my opt-in invite. Today. This is just cruel. Ouch. | ||
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Brazen[six]
Canada203 Posts
On July 18 2010 15:46 HaVoX wrote: Man Noob tubers and Modded controllers have completely ruined MW2 for me  and BC2 isn't my type of game so I'm screwed for a week D=I really enjoyed BC2... much better imo than MW2. I enjoy the squad based play. Well, both had their pluses either way, but my MW2 disc got scratched and I haven't bothered replacing it. I've also been buzzing through Darksiders as well, hah. | ||
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Nexrad87
United States57 Posts
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QueueQueue
Canada1000 Posts
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Wrongday
Canada1 Post
I just wanted to share a bad new i found this morning Damn activisionhttp://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a245153/call-of-duty-charging-by-end-of-2010.html Activision will start charging gamers for playing the Call Of Duty series online by the end of the year, according to analyst Michael Pachter. Speaking to Industry Gamers, Pachter said that consumers are increasingly shifting from packaged video games to online multiplayer, which they can enjoy for free. He called on publishers to create a business model that "captures the value created by the multiplayer experience" or face declining revenues. "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," he said. "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, micro-transaction 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." Last month, Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick said that if he could have one wish, he would make Call Of Duty "an online subscription service tomorrow". Pachter said that Activison can tap into plenty of experience in creating successful subscription models via its partner Blizzard, which runs the World Of Warcraft series. "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," he said. "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 20m units sold, plus an estimated eight million map packs sold." | ||
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krowe
United States184 Posts
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balistix
Croatia63 Posts
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quasit
Sweden49 Posts
Well, hope the campaign will released by the scene this week. | ||
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risk.nuke
Sweden2825 Posts
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moon`
United States372 Posts
On July 19 2010 01:22 quasit wrote: What happened to the two week long phase 2? That's what I read some weeks ago at least. Well, hope the campaign will released by the scene this week. It's Blizzard. Their time frame is on a whole other level.  | ||
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IvoryTower
28 Posts
On July 18 2010 23:44 Wrongday wrote: Hi, I just wanted to share a bad new i found this morning Damn activisionhttp://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a245153/call-of-duty-charging-by-end-of-2010.html Activision will start charging gamers for playing the Call Of Duty series online by the end of the year, according to analyst Michael Pachter. Speaking to Industry Gamers, Pachter said that consumers are increasingly shifting from packaged video games to online multiplayer, which they can enjoy for free. He called on publishers to create a business model that "captures the value created by the multiplayer experience" or face declining revenues. "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," he said. "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, micro-transaction 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." Last month, Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick said that if he could have one wish, he would make Call Of Duty "an online subscription service tomorrow". Pachter said that Activison can tap into plenty of experience in creating successful subscription models via its partner Blizzard, which runs the World Of Warcraft series. "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," he said. "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 20m units sold, plus an estimated eight million map packs sold." Michael Pacther has been, in his life, correct about approximately one thing. And that's a generous estimate. He doesn't work for Activision-Blizzard, and he doesn't have any say with anything they do. He was also the one who predicted that the Nintendo Wii would be a terrible failure 3 months out from its launch as the $600 PS3 would take off and be the most popular console in history. | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
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mutantbagel
United States22 Posts
On July 19 2010 01:27 IvoryTower wrote: + Show Spoiler + On July 18 2010 23:44 Wrongday wrote: Hi, I just wanted to share a bad new i found this morning Damn activisionhttp://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a245153/call-of-duty-charging-by-end-of-2010.html Activision will start charging gamers for playing the Call Of Duty series online by the end of the year, according to analyst Michael Pachter. Speaking to Industry Gamers, Pachter said that consumers are increasingly shifting from packaged video games to online multiplayer, which they can enjoy for free. He called on publishers to create a business model that "captures the value created by the multiplayer experience" or face declining revenues. "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," he said. "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, micro-transaction 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." Last month, Activision chief executive Bobby Kotick said that if he could have one wish, he would make Call Of Duty "an online subscription service tomorrow". Pachter said that Activison can tap into plenty of experience in creating successful subscription models via its partner Blizzard, which runs the World Of Warcraft series. "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," he said. "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 20m units sold, plus an estimated eight million map packs sold." Michael Pacther has been, in his life, correct about approximately one thing. And that's a generous estimate. He doesn't work for Activision-Blizzard, and he doesn't have any say with anything they do. He was also the one who predicted that the Nintendo Wii would be a terrible failure 3 months out from its launch as the $600 PS3 would take off and be the most popular console in history. Very true. But back to the ending of the beta, still no info on the time the servers go down yet? | ||
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Deathstar
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arb
Noobville17921 Posts
On July 19 2010 12:20 Deathstar wrote: Wow way to be vague. Monday for what country? It ends the 19th, thats all you need to know. Its going to end someone tommorow(USA time i assume) Or just whenever Blizzard says its going to end | ||
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Sokalo
United States375 Posts
In preparation for the launch of the game on Tuesday, July 27, the beta servers will be brought offline by Monday, July 19. They used "by" and not "before". That's kind of muddy language. So I'm hoping that means it'll be running throughout Monday. This is Blizzard though. Phase 1 was ending on the 1st. Phase 2 was starting in early July and running for a couple of weeks. Not even going into their history with past games. Here's to hoping Blizzard fails to follow through one more time.  And back to laddering... | ||
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apm66
Canada943 Posts
On July 18 2010 23:48 krowe wrote: Don't worry, 10 days is fair enough to wait, then we can play all we want with no interruptions :D That's going to be one of the longest 10 days of my life! Q_Q | ||
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Polar_Nada
United States1548 Posts
On July 18 2010 23:48 krowe wrote: Don't worry, 10 days is fair enough to wait, then we can play all we want with no interruptions :D until they shut down the server for maintenance... | ||
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