Robert Bowling Sympathizes With Modern Warfare 3 Fans Over DLC Exclusivity

[Heisenberg]

Infinity Ward Creative Strategist, Robert Bowling, comments on the negative response that the recent Call of Duty: Elite Content Drop 3 trailer has been receiving. If you haven’t seen the newly revealed Overwatch map As of right now, the YouTube video of this trailer is at an almost 50/50 split between likes and dislikes. In a conversation with fans on Twitter, Robert Bowling mentions, “I would assume that accounts more for distaste for our non-Xbox players having to wait for the content, which I agree with.” If you look at the current set up that Activision has set up for DLC, CoD: Elite Premium members receive DLC before Non-Premium members. Xbox 360 Elite Premium members receive DLC before anyone else, even before Premium members on other platforms. This is obviously the result of a marketing deal between Activision and Microsoft. Now, Xbox 360 CoD: Elite Premium members number at around 1.5 million players. Compare that to the 20 million Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players. Naturally, the 18.5 million players who aren’t CoD: Elite Premium members on the Xbox 360 are going to be pretty upset and according to Bowling’s conversations, he agrees. What does this mean? Nothing really. This type of marketing scheme is out of the hands of Infinity Ward, Sledghammer Games and Raven Software, all developers of Modern Warfare 3. However, at least this proves that Modern Warfare 3 fans aren’t crazy after all, and that at least one person over on the other end of the developmental wall feels the same way.

It looks Call of Duty fans around the world will simply have to wait until the day DLC is dropped simultaneously across all platforms. Unfortunately, given the current trends in the videogame industry, this doesn’t seem likely. Bowling also sympathizes with fans when it comes to Modern Warfare 3 updates. Lately, the recent patches have also been released at separate times with the PS3 and PC versions constantly being delayed. ”I wish we could get to a place where its day and date updating,” mentioned Bowling. Meaning, he wishes he could give us actual dates for incoming patches. He added, “DLC is one thing but patches should not be delayed.”

Agree with just about everything he said, and they charge so much for the elite premium service anyway. The DLC calendar is really shit too and they promised much more DLC to be released.

Should of just stuck with the normal ways and release them for MSP to everyone 4 maps in a pack at a time instead of doing these stupid little horrible services.

 

[EffectsofRaven]

Cod has really fallen apart this year, hell I know more people in the community asking me if I can teach them how to play Gears of War III just because of how bullshit the CoD Elite is and everything else surrounding CoD.

Could this be the end of MW and the CoD series?

 

[Heisenberg]

Highly doubt it as the elite service was pretty success upon release and the Call of Duty series has a lot of fanboys. I was a big fan of the previous games but MW3 wasn't that good and didn't have that 'it factor' and I got sick of it pretty quick. I prefer BF3 over MW3 now.

There's already another CoD in development anyway:

Call of Duty 9 is an upcoming first-person shooter, to be developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, and to be released late 2012. It will be the ninth installment of the Call of Duty series. The game was officially confirmed by Activision during its fourth-quarter earnings call on February 9, 2012. Eminem, Daniel Radcliffe and Channing Tatum are going to be featured as voice cast in this game.

Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick stated on November 8, 2011 that Call of Duty 9 (working title) was in development for a 2012 release and will be the newest installment in the franchise.

 

[EffectsofRaven]

Thing with CoD is they just turning it out each year and they don't spend enough time perfecting it...

Gears of War, I think released first one in ummmm, 2006?... Then 2008 and finally in 2011, ya know they spent years working on the game and Gears of War III Multiplayer is much CoDMW3 current game, COD is the masses because you can be a noob and get somewhere... Gears of War III, you gotta be good at the game to get far.