Modern Warfare 3 will be $70

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#1 HaloinventedFPS
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also they will not allow pre-owned copies to play online, just like EA do, you will need to pay around $30 for a new key

you know im right, also $20 DLC has a good chance aswell

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#2 lafiro93
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......i bet it is.....

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#3 PurpleMan5000
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That would be a good business strategy for Activision to pursue, but I would only Charge $15 for the online activation.
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#4 UnknownElement4
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Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

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#5 Lto_thaG
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Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

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I think you underestimate the COD market. People said that with the map packs of MW2 and they sold millions right?
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#6 Legendaryscmt
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Activision isn't the greatest, but I doubt they're THAT dumb to charge $70 per copy.

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#7 PurpleMan5000
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Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

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Being priced at $60 didn't hamper its pc sales much. I don't see why console gamers wouldn't pay $70. You have to consider that a TON of gamers only buy COD, Madden, and maybe one other game every year.
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#8 streetridaz
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[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

also they will not allow pre-owned copies to play online, just like EA do, you will need to pay around $30 for a new key

you know im right, also $20 DLC has a good chance aswell

It has been so long since I've bought a pre-owned copy of a game. EA really charges you to re-activate the game for online? Thats nuts but then again doesn't really suprise me either....yet again it does. lol
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#9 lundy86_4  Online
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There are quite a few new games launching for $70 CAD, so I wouldn't be surprised.

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#10 vashkey
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I remember Kotick talking smack about EA requiring people to buy new copies of their games for the multiplayer so I doubt Activision will do it. And Call of Duty hasn't changed it's prices in the states at all all these years, what evidence do you have that it will change?
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#11 PurpleMan5000
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I remember Kotick talking smack about EA requiring people to buy new copies of their games for the multiplayer so I doubt Activision will do it. And Call of Duty hasn't changed it's prices in the states at all all these years, what evidence do you have that it will change?vashkey
It has increased by $10 on pc. A $70 price point would be suicide for most games, but I don't see sales of a COD game dropping by a large enough number to offset the extra $10 per copy of pure profit.
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#12 foxhound_fox
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Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

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I don't doubt almost everyone who bought it at $60 will buy it at $70 and justify it with arbitrary reasoning that doesn't actually justify the increase in price (much like the XBLG price increase).

I wouldn't put this past Activision. I'm surprised MW2 and Blops weren't $70 already. I am quite glad I stopped supporting Activision back when I did.

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#13 vashkey
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[QUOTE="vashkey"]I remember Kotick talking smack about EA requiring people to buy new copies of their games for the multiplayer so I doubt Activision will do it. And Call of Duty hasn't changed it's prices in the states at all all these years, what evidence do you have that it will change?PurpleMan5000
It has increased by $10 on pc. A $70 price point would be suicide for most games, but I don't see sales of a COD game dropping by a large enough number to offset the extra $10 per copy of pure profit.

Yeah, but that was really just the PC matching up in price to it's console counter parts. I really don't see this being as legit evidence. You could say the same for many blockbuster games like Halo and Gears, but it hasn't happened yet. I really wouldn't make such a call unless Activision started dropping hints. I mean at this point what makes this year's game any more likely a canidate for a price bump than last year's?

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#14 HaloinventedFPS
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[QUOTE="UnknownElement4"]

Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

PurpleMan5000

Being priced at $60 didn't hamper its pc sales much. I don't see why console gamers wouldn't pay $70. You have to consider that a TON of gamers only buy COD, Madden, and maybe one other game every year.

MW2 sold poorly on PC compared to COD4 and BC2

Black ops sold okay on PC, still could have sold better if it wasnt $60 and unplayable... its still pretty bad on PC...

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#15 dunl12496
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Nope.

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#16 RoyalDeath
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I really hope they don't charge it like that. Im gonna switch over to Battlefield Bad Company 3.
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#17 PBSnipes
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Originally I was going to call bull****, but after thinking about it plenty of people pay $70 for new releases here in Canada (due to the exchange rate and/or price gouging, depending on the time/publisher). I still don't think it'll happen, but I wouldn't be shocked, either.

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#18 PurpleMan5000
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[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"][QUOTE="UnknownElement4"]

Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

HaloinventedFPS

Being priced at $60 didn't hamper its pc sales much. I don't see why console gamers wouldn't pay $70. You have to consider that a TON of gamers only buy COD, Madden, and maybe one other game every year.

MW2 sold poorly on PC compared to COD4 and BC2

Black ops sold okay on PC, still could have sold better if it wasnt $60 and unplayable... its still pretty bad on PC...

Did COD4 sell 20% better? That $10 price increase represents more than 20% of the profit margin on each game sold.
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#19 DoomZaW
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And i'll bet the sun will come up tomorrow, the odds of being correct are the same as yours :P

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#20 -Big_Red-
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LUL WUT? Why're you making these claims when you have shown no evidence to back it up, and your username makes you seem like a very bias source. Not to mention that the next MW will probably be future warfare.
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#21 CRUSHER88
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NHL launches at $69.99 every year in Canada. Fable 3 is $69.99 right now. If those two games can sell at that price point, MW3 could easily do the same.
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#22 X360PS3AMD05
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Make it $100 might as well
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#23 Jeronimo99
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[QUOTE="HaloinventedFPS"]

[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"] Being priced at $60 didn't hamper its pc sales much. I don't see why console gamers wouldn't pay $70. You have to consider that a TON of gamers only buy COD, Madden, and maybe one other game every year.PurpleMan5000

MW2 sold poorly on PC compared to COD4 and BC2

Black ops sold okay on PC, still could have sold better if it wasnt $60 and unplayable... its still pretty bad on PC...

Did COD4 sell 20% better? That $10 price increase represents more than 20% of the profit margin on each game sold.

well after Bad COd :BS start i will think twice before pay 70$ for game that will lag!
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NHL launches at $69.99 every year in Canada. Fable 3 is $69.99 right now. If those two games can sell at that price point, MW3 could easily do the same.CRUSHER88

Canada officially sucks. Furthermore, Amazon.ca never has as sales as good as .com and you can never get the same stock :( I'm stuck with FS/BestBuy and EBGames!

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#25 PurpleMan5000
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Make it $100 might as wellX360PS3AMD05
Believe me, if Activision thought they could still get half the sales they are currently getting, they would not hesitate to price the game at $100.
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#26 ultrapc
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Good , i even hope they make it $80 and another $15 to activate online play , and increase the price of DLC untill people just realize they're buying the same reskinned game over and over .

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[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"][QUOTE="UnknownElement4"]

Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

HaloinventedFPS

Being priced at $60 didn't hamper its pc sales much. I don't see why console gamers wouldn't pay $70. You have to consider that a TON of gamers only buy COD, Madden, and maybe one other game every year.

MW2 sold poorly on PC compared to COD4 and BC2

Black ops sold okay on PC, still could have sold better if it wasnt $60 and unplayable... its still pretty bad on PC...

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/modernwarfare2/news.html?sid=6241052

"The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has actually outsold the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in it's [sic] first week. Making it the most successful PC version."

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Not Suprised

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#29 coolkid93
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That's stupid (and greedy but I forgot this is milkavisions game) to charge people for that much. CoD is good but it's not that good. They can kick rocks.
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#30 DealRogers
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I wouldn't be surprised.

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#31 Flame-Eternal
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Doubt too many people would buy it at $70.

UnknownElement4

LOL. there are few games people will pay $70 in mass for. Call of Duty is one of them. you need to look at the sales figures again.