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What Would Make You Pay A Subscription Fee For Call Of Duty Or StarCraft?
Earlier today, we ran a story about analyst Michael Pachter predicting that Activision will be announcing subscription plans for Call of Duty and StarCraft II by the end of the year. Even though this is just an analyst prediction and not by any means official, there was very strong, negative reaction to the idea. Reading through the comments on that story got me thinking: What would make you open to paying a subscription fee for these games?
Again, I want to stress that although this rumor keeps popping up, we have yet to hear any sort of official announcement from Activision that subscription programs are in the works for Call of Duty or StarCraft. In fact, various Call of Duty developers have squashed this rumor multiple times before.
That said, if Activision were to introduce a monthly fee for online multiplayer in the next Call of Duty or in StarCraft II's next expansion, what else would they have to add or guarantee to make you even consider signing up? Would monthly new maps be enough? New weapons or units? I'm curious what (if anything) would be worth a recurring payment to you.
Let me know in the comments!
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