Activision says that Gamers WANT to pay more for Content

It looks like Activision, being the money whores that they are, are explaining why they always want to make money whenever they can. They want to monetize fucking everything. Well, they’re saying that there are tons of features and experiences for Call of Duty some of their other games that gamers would actually pay for. So what are they going to do? Being Activision, they’re going to charge out the ass for content and features that should be offered free or on the disc.

“It’s definitely an aspiration that we see potential in, particularly as we look at different business models to monetize the online gameplay,” says CFO Thomas Tippl. “There’s good knowledge exchange happening between the Blizzard folks and our online guys. We have great experience also on Call of Duty with the success we had on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. A lot of that knowledge is getting actually built into the Battle.Net platform and the design of that.

“I think it’s been mutually beneficial, and you should expect us to test and ultimately launch additional online monetization models of some of some of our biggest franchises like Call of Duty.”

“Our gamers are telling us there’s lots of services and innovation they would like to see that they’re not getting yet. From what we see so far, additional content, as well as all the services Blizzard is offering, is that there is demand from the core gamers to pay up for that.”

Bullshit.