We've talked about it, even argued till 3 in the morning but there may be no stopping it.

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Michael Pachter a game industry talking head points out the obvious in an interview recently. One, that we like to play multiplayer on line and 2 that Activision wants our money for it. Chech out his comments:
“We estimate that a total of 12 million consumers are playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for an average of 10 hours per week on the two platforms’ respective networks, and the continued enjoyment of this game (along with an estimated 6 million Halo online players, 3 million EA Sports players, and 5 million players playing other games, such as Battlefield, Red Dead Redemption, Left 4 Dead and Grand Theft Auto) has sucked the available time away from what otherwise would be spent playing newly purchased games.”
He added: “We see this as a continuing problem, and think that unless and until the publishers come up with a business model that appropriately captures the value created by the multiplayer experience, we are destined to see a migration of game playing away from packaged goods purchases and toward multiplayer online.
“We think that it is incumbent upon Activision, with the most popular multiplayer game, to take the first step to address monetization of multiplayer. It is too early to tell whether that will be a monthly subscription, tournament entry fees, micro transaction fees, or a combination of all three, but we expect to see the company take some action by year-end, when Call of Duty Black Ops launches.”


He's saying in the remark "the first step to address monetization of multiplayer" is that they want money when we play their game on line. We already do that, How many people do we have to pay to play?



I've said it a dozen times. Once you buy a game you can't charge to use it. I buy shoes, every time I wear them I don't pay 9 West again. It's against the law and someone needs to sue. 0o