Robert Bowling has just posted a blog referring to the video that was widely reported throughout Monday. It seems that on top of his refuting the existence of a CoD subscription model via his Twitter feed he also wants to categorically deny that any such plans are in place for Modern Warfare 2 or any other Call of Duty game.
[the video] does not… prove a pay-to-play subscription model is in the works for Modern Warfare 2, because no such plan exists for this or any other Call of Duty (including the upcoming Black Ops).
So, that’s no subscription for Modern Warfare 2, which is hardly surprising – it would be crazy to think that a subscription was possible to impose on a game which has already been sold.
Not only that but it also quashes any rumours that Treyarch and/or Activision (everyone’s favourite greedy-publisher-stereotype misconception) are going to try charging you a subscription fee to play Call of Duty: Black Ops too. Thanks for the big squashy boots of common sense Robert!
Can we please all stop with the ridiculous assumptions that everything related to Activision is motivated by greed, avarice and an unhealthy desire to castigate their target demographic? It’s really tiresome now, they’re a business – they make money. If you don’t like it, stop buying their products by the barrow-load.
