Pay for stats? and Pay for groups? What the hell activision? are you really all out of money because you keep blowing it all on franchises you've run into the ground? 15 bucks for map packs is as far as ill ever go in terms of paying for something in CoD, but to pay for STATS? something which one of your brand new developers did for free for a previous franchise known as halo? I'm sorry but im calling it, this is going to fail from the kick off. no one in there right mind would pay just to see statistics and groups.
the meeting probably went something like this:
Bobby Kotick: So are there anyways we can milk more money today gents?
Board Member 1: release new property and take risks in developing new concepts?
Board Member 2: Nah man thats gay lets make em pay for stats in CoD
Board Member 1: make them pay for something other companies have done for free in the past?
Board Member 3,4,5,6 + Kotick: YEAAAAAH PAY FOR COD STATS ITS AWESOME
and the board member 1 resigned out of utter depression for working with a bunch of ridiculous RETARDS.
paying for a subscription service that comprises completely of statistics and the ability to join a group is just stupid, and no matter how they try and put it they will of course release Premium Maps for subscribers only.
Dont take from anything ive said that i hate CoD, because i dont, i actually enjoy it, but its this stuff thats making Battlefield 3 look like the november shooter im going to pay for. Nuff said.