Kotick Wants Call of Duty Subscriptions "Tomorrow"

[ChucktownK]

Kotick Wants Call of Duty Subscriptions "Tomorrow"

Activision has talked about adding a subscription service to its Call of Duty franchise in the past, but now CEO Bobby Kotick is itching to make it happen soon. How soon? Tomorrow, if possible.

When asked by the Wall Street Journal what he would do with his company if he had one wish, he replied: "I would have Call of Duty be an online subscription service tomorrow. When you think about what the audience's interests are and how you could really satisfy bigger audiences with more inspired, creative opportunities, I would love to see us have an online Call of Duty world. I think our players would just have so much of a more compelling experience."

He left out that it would also generate millions of dollars, but that's pretty much implied. Kotick added that this kind of service is "hopefully" coming, and that he thinks "audiences are clamoring for it."

But this isn't just about making money, it's also about expanding the Call of Duty experience and creating something bigger, if Kotick's further comments ring true. He also said: "I think we could do a lot more to really satisfy the interests of the customers. I think we could create so many things, and make the game even more fun to play. We haven't really had a chance to do that yet."

It wouldn't be crazy to expect a subscription service somehow associated with the Call of Duty franchise sometime by the end of 2011 if the top dog of Activision wants it to happen "tomorrow." I'm wondering exactly what this would mean, though Kotick's comments hint that he wants a persistent world that is still experienced through consoles rather than PCs. You never know, the MMOFPS genre that hasn't typically lit the online PC world on fire could be a perfect fit for the millions of people playing Call of Duty on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

[ChucktownK]

[necroplasm]

Buying Map packs, paying to play online on Xbox and now paying for a subscription.

fuging awesome!!!

[Kurb]

F U COD you aren't that good of a game.

[Acewalker]

Yeah if they were to do that I def wouldn't buy CoD.

[God]

go to hell cod fug you

[ChucktownK]

I stop playing it a month ago. There's THESE issues plus all the kids and suxxorz that hack. Done with it....

[Mesmer]

I think the title is misleading. As is every article written about Bobby Kotick.

Also that picture is kind of retarded seeing how Call of Duty is the only one of those games that's out and sold anything.

For the record I haven't touched CoD since MW2 released.

[TerriblePizza]

If they go subscription, I'd drop CoD. I still play it to spell BFBCII. I believe they'd lose a lot of gamers if they went subscription.

As for the picture, I think shooters are running out of material to use. So, inevitably, they're going to start looking exactly the same.

[Implied Volatility]

I wouldn't pay 2 cents to play COD online. I haven't played MW2 in 4 months (I bought the game in December).

I got to level 43, now it just sits on my desk collecting dust.

[Razzy]

Is he talking about like an MMOFPS with a persistent online world or just a lame reason to make people pay you ore money. A world-war 3 themed MMOFPS would be very interesting, but MMOFPS has hardly worked in the past as a genre.

[The Faceless]

call of newbie TBQH. Sold MW2 after 2 months and picked up Killzone 2

[mmmbeans]

that's fantastic.