"'Call of Duty' Sets Sights on a Fee"

[hollowleviathan]

It's interesting that Activision is taking CoD into the freemium model at the same time as most MMOs are going into the F2P cash-shop direction, while World of Warcraft stays fully subscription based while also introducing a cash shop.

CoD will probably be able to implement this model, just as WoW is one of the few MMOs that has pulled off their sub-only model. I think it's a case where only the top dogs will have this luxury, while the rest of the pack will maintain the conventional release+DLC/expansion model.