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It’s not just gamers who are struggling to accept Activision’s Call of Duty Elite service, but rival game developer Zombie Studios too.
Jared Gerritzen, lead designer of the upcoming free-to-play online shooter Blacklight: Retribution, told Gamasutra that he simply doesn’t agree with Activision’s new business plan to charge a monthly fee (albeit an optional one).
“I don’t agree with it. Right now, if they could, they’d charge 60 bucks [for the game], then 20 bucks a month for a map pack – or even just one map – and then $9 to upload game movies to YouTube,” said Gerritzen. “They see this massive fan base, and why aren’t they spending that money and evolving the game even more?”
“They’re amazing games, but looking across the last four games, was there anything really new? That’s the sad part. Think about if they tried to spend that money that they’re trying to milk from the fans,” he added. “It’s sad. It’s really weird. But there’s always going to be that guy; there’s always going to be the jerk.”
Gerritzen’s disdain for Elite is matched on message boards across the internet, but such feelings do seem misjudged – after all, Elite does offer a great deal of extra functionality for no cost whatsoever.
