If mw3 has a pay to play model, does that mean 360 owners have to pay twice?

First I am NOT bashing xbox in this thread, I'm simply pointing out something that I think is unfair to the 360 consumer base.

As some of you know there are rumors going around that Modern Warfare 3 will charge a fee to play online, and while they are JUST rumors at this point, you still have to wonder if it will be true especially considering that this is Activision we're talking about here.

I don't play on 360 very much but I still think that IF there is an online fee to play mw3 online than that's just treating the 360 owners unfair, we are ALL gamers here and while we may have differeng tastes, I still think that there should be certain things were we draw the line as a community. And this is one of them.

360 owners already pay for Gold membership to play online so I think that mw3 should be free for them IF it has a seperate online fee. It simply isn't right to charge them again for something like that.

Anyways I know it's just a rumor right now but I remember during the E3 Battlefield 3 presentation EA mentioned something how they arn't going to charge an online fee to play BF3. So that's something to keep in mind, WHY would they say that?

Anyways go ahead and tell me what you think.

Of course they will. CoD sells the most on the 360, and I'm sure they'll be the ones to eat this "service" right up.

If they wan Elite, then 360 gamers will have to pay twice. Iantheone

Lol at your sig.

Of course they will. CoD sells the most on the 360, and I'm sure they'll be the ones to eat this "service" right up.

Da_lil_PimP

But why would they do that, I seriously doubt people would. Why would ANYONE pay for something that is free, it doesn't make sense. COD doesn't have any servers and it's always been free to play on so why would they start paying for it.

I think people are smarter consumers than that.

yea, seems to me money is no option to the lems

Looks a username and pic, yea............................... :ICB4McGusto

Ok just because I like ps3 more doesn't mean I hate 360, I'm simply stating how I think it's unfair to charge 360 owners againif they are already paying for it. And I think the vast majority of 360 owners would agree with me.

Modern Warfare 3 won't have pay to play online. Most of those rumors were probably hinting to Elite. (Which is mostly free)

Modern Warfare 3 won't have pay to play online. Most of those rumors were probably hinting to Elite. (Which is mostly free)

timmy00

Ok so there is another seperate mode to it that you pay a fee for. Well that's not as bad I guess, still pretty stupid though considering that they would have to pay again anyway. What does elite mode have like extra maps or modes or something because if so than that stuff is already free to begin with.

[QUOTE="Iantheone"]If they wan Elite, then 360 gamers will have to pay twice. Pug-Nasty

Lol at your sig.

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Modern Warfare 3 won't have pay to play online. Most of those rumors were probably hinting to Elite. (Which is mostly free)

ShadowMoses900

Ok so there is another seperate mode to it that you pay a fee for. Well that's not as bad I guess, still pretty stupid though considering that they would have to pay again anyway. What does elite mode have like extra maps or modes or something because if so than that stuff is already free to begin with.

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Of course they will. CoD sells the most on the 360, and I'm sure they'll be the ones to eat this "service" right up.

ShadowMoses900

But why would they do that, I seriously doubt people would. Why would ANYONE pay for something that is free, it doesn't make sense. COD doesn't have any servers and it's always been free to play on so why would they start paying for it.

I think people are smarter consumers than that.

[QUOTE="timmy00"]

Modern Warfare 3 won't have pay to play online. Most of those rumors were probably hinting to Elite. (Which is mostly free)

ShadowMoses900

Ok so there is another seperate mode to it that you pay a fee for. Well that's not as bad I guess, still pretty stupid though considering that they would have to pay again anyway. What does elite mode have like extra maps or modes or something because if so than that stuff is already free to begin with.

There's a video somewhere on GS front page you can watch. It's 19 minutes though so yeah. :P Also the comments section is filled with ignorant opinions. Just people talking about what they don't know and blindly hating. :P

The things you can pay for involves something with DLC and a few other unknown things.

Considering Activision isn't part of Microsoft why would XBL Gold members not also have to pay for CoD Elite? Activision isn't just going to give it away to people for free.

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[QUOTE="Iantheone"]If they wan Elite, then 360 gamers will have to pay twice. funsohng

Lol at your sig.

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They'er not going to charge for online or anyother parts of the actual game, they would be shooting themselves in the foot. You know how many people would say "F#@$ MW3 I'm going with Bad Company 3"? If they did that? Shielder7

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Lol at your sig.

Iantheone

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[QUOTE="Iantheone"]If they wan Elite, then 360 gamers will have to pay twice. Pug-Nasty

Lol at your sig.

Hahaha awesome sig!

Not pay twice. Pay 4 times. 1. Cable bill (your actual connection) 2. Xbox Live bill (middle man with no assets involved) 3. MW3 buy the game 4. MW3 online bill (either 3 or 4 is not necessary) If you pay for online, then game should be free. If you pay for game, online should be free. Paying both is the equivalent of saying your game costs $200-$300 to play. Like in the 2000's when all the games started going MMO, companies were thinking "Pay $15 a month to play a game" was a trend that would apply to everything. Consumers pulled back, most MMO's failed, oops. We are not as stupid as companies think. We will not be milked that easily (well, Xbox 360 users will, the rest of us won't.)ZombieKiller7

LOL

most MMOS go F2P because of WoW, it just made MMO to hard to be competitive enough. but other companys probably make more money off stuff you have to play for PLUS, since you can't get the full game without paying for something in MMOs, being F2P is pretty much not a strong point if your not Guildwars 2.

and again, PC online gaming can be free because the community pays for the servers you play on, something that consoles currently lack

I love how you were called out on having never used xbox live before except maybe at a friends house and now your posting every single time THIS IS NOT A XBOX LIVE BASHING thread...etc...etc when every single one is...

WilliamRLBaker

I would love if MS and Acitivions announced a deal where all users get the elite at no extra charge, would be huge.

Considering Activision isn't part of Microsoft why would XBL Gold members not also have to pay for CoD Elite? Activision isn't just going to give it away to people for free.

Ly_the_Fairy

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[QUOTE="funsohng"] lol haha agreed. I need lyric for thisfunsohng

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cows shouldnt be saying anything after ps3's horrible version of black ops and all the network issues

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Considering Activision isn't part of Microsoft why would XBL Gold members not also have to pay for CoD Elite? Activision isn't just going to give it away to people for free.

tormentos

*Assuming you're implying that you pay to Stats with CoD elite though.

MW3 isn't pay to play.

I guess so. Good thing I don't use my xbox for online.

COD doesn't have a pay to play model though. And Elite =/= pay to play.

One, there is no pay to play model for mw3, of course EA would try to start a rumor (they're called rumors for a reason like Christopher Nolan filming Inception and Batman in 3d, that never happened did it?) like that. Second, Elite has a free model that includes the stat tracking and clan/group stuff that is already free for every other game so Activision won't be stupid enough to charge for that in the first place and the paid subscription parts of it have not been revealed yet because they are related to MW3 stuff. Third, EA has been recycling games since before 2002 (its called the EA sports division, all they do is add a new number to every single sport game they make with a slightly better engine which which surprisingly they've gotten away with it so far, no one seems to realize that. Fourth, people who buy preowned copies of EA games like Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have to buy online passes to get the most out of their online play. Unfortunately, no BF fan is going to get this through their thick skulls while the MW3 fans have to suffer because the BF people spend elaborate amounts of time creating and supporting sites like modernwarfare3.com dedicated to bullying Activison and its fans. Y'all BF fans need to chill out and get a life.

One, there is no pay to play model for mw3, of course EA would try to start a rumor (they're called rumors for a reason like Christopher Nolan filming Inception and Batman in 3d, that never happened did it?) like that. Second, Elite has a free model that includes the stat tracking and clan/group stuff that is already free for every other game so Activision won't be stupid enough to charge for that in the first place and the paid subscription parts of it have not been revealed yet because they are related to MW3 stuff. Third, EA has been recycling games since before 2002 (its called the EA sports division, all they do is add a new number to every single sport game they make with a slightly better engine which which surprisingly they've gotten away with it so far, no one seems to realize that. Fourth, people who buy preowned copies of EA games like Medal of Honor, Dead Space 2, and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 have to buy online passes to get the most out of their online play. Unfortunately, no BF fan is going to get this through their thick skulls while the MW3 fans have to suffer because the BF people spend elaborate amounts of time creating and supporting sites like modernwarfare3.com dedicated to bullying Activison and its fans. Y'all BF fans need to chill out and get a life.

Gbanduser45

Not everyone hating on MW3 in this thread is a BF fanboy.Most people are former COD fanboys are weren't interested in the franchise in the first place.

PC online gaming can be free because the community pays for the servers you play on, something that consoles currently lackgamer-adam1

Of course they will. CoD sells the most on the 360, and I'm sure they'll be the ones to eat this "service" right up.

Da_lil_PimP

I dobut it because they would lost consumers. And most people wouldn't want to pay twice.

MW3 won't be pay to play. Activision will never charge for CoD multiplayer. The features and services that are currently free will remain so for all eternity. Because they want to grow their 30 million strong userbase and sell them additional content and services.

This vilification of and severe mistrust in Activision is quite misplaced. No online pass, no pre-order BS, no paying for cheats, AFAIK no locked content on the disc, no spamming your friends to unlock a thing, no content withheld under the pretense that it's "free maps" etc. It's EA who is always at the forefront of these dubious schemes. They're wallowing in that ****, they love it. Yet it is always Activision that people complain about and toss feces at regarding these types of things.

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[QUOTE="timmy00"]

Modern Warfare 3 won't have pay to play online. Most of those rumors were probably hinting to Elite. (Which is mostly free)

timmy00

Ok so there is another seperate mode to it that you pay a fee for. Well that's not as bad I guess, still pretty stupid though considering that they would have to pay again anyway. What does elite mode have like extra maps or modes or something because if so than that stuff is already free to begin with.

There's a video somewhere on GS front page you can watch. It's 19 minutes though so yeah. :P Also the comments section is filled with ignorant opinions. Just people talking about what they don't know and blindly hating. :P

The things you can pay for involves something with DLC and a few other unknown things.

agreed

people wont have to pay 2 times to play MW3 on the 360

they wont even need to pay to use elite (only parts of it, that we dont even know yet)

people need to stop talking about "elite", IF THEY DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS!

MW3 or any other CoD will never have a fee for playing the multiplayer.

It's not a pay to play model so it doesn't matter :).

If they wan Elite, then 360 gamers will have to pay twice. Iantheone

Of course they will. CoD sells the most on the 360, and I'm sure they'll be the ones to eat this "service" right up.

Da_lil_PimP

MW3 will not be pay to play. They would destroy their fanbase if they did that.