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Call of Duty Elite, a premium social networking/stat tracking service for Call of Duty online gaming was unveiled this week. And while Activision has yet to reveal, or even decide, which features will cost you every month, and which will be free, it’s not been met with open arms.
But allow me to play devil’s advocate here for a moment. Why shouldn’t Activision try to wring its cash cow dry of milk? If anything, we owe it more money.
As the saying goes, you’ve got to pay to play. In a surprise move this morning Activision Blizzard Inc. revealed plans to launch a paid service dubbed Call of Duty Elite. The new service will launch in tandem with the November release of Modern Warfare 3 and looks to put our allegiance to the franchise to the ultimate test — our bank accounts. Will you pay the online multiplayer tax for Call of Duty Elite?