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.
One major hiccup to all of this is what I will refer to as the 'HOST FACTOR'. Without dedicated servers, all this info will mean SQUAT. You can be the best of the best, that split second difference in host will make the difference between you're BESSS team losing against a NOT AS BESS team. So for us outside the US, this is going to be that much less effective.
So.....basically, it's Facebook for Call Of Duty? I get what they're trying to do here, but is it really worth paying a monthlysubscription fee?There were sites that offered extensive stat-tracking for Bad Company 2, for free.I guess what's on offer here would have to MIGHTY compelling to get gamers to pay.We shall see.
For a second there i thought it was Modern Warfare 2. My bad.