(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In yesterday's analyst day at Activision, they mentioned some things in passing that are meant to stoke investor interest but they might have opened up a big-old can of worms.

The good/bad is the statement that Activision wants to "increased online monetization of Call of Duty franchise". How you ask? How about 3x the DLC of COD4. This sounds great but does this mean they will support the game with new ADDITIONAL content or does this mean they will keep the content tight and sell a game that out of the box is finished too quickly?

Even more controversial is what Activision call the "Day One Advantage." This is a "feature" that a gamer can purchase that will accelerate their experience point earning. Instead of slogging through the ranks, you can essentially just pay a couple of bucks to help you fly through it.

Now COD4 had a pretty easy ranking system that wasn't hard to get through. Before you knew it at the end of the first week everyone was a General. Now Activsion sees the opportunity to monetize this for the lazy gamers that need that sawed-off shotty sooner rather than later.

For many this will be great, something else Mom and Dad can buy for them. For others, this is nothing more than a developer sanctioned hack.

Now, if the weapons are balanced as they always stress they are, this will not really do any damage. However, if the higher ranked weapons are superior, this is going to skew the game right out of the box and likely hurt the near-term prospects of the game.

Time will tell.

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will it only be N00bs buying them or will evvery jump on the band wagon ???

God, I hate when developers do this, doesn't this take all the fun out of ranking up? You want to play to get XP, now they let you buy it, so ridiculous.
I mean why did you even buy the game in the first place, if you would just buy XP, and not play it?

hofully thery will put a limit of xp you are able to buy , so you cant spend £40 and go straight to the top :L

bad ppl will be at the top cause they got cash not fair......

Like they wont make enough money on this game , then they start selling XP. What next are they going to make you have to pay for the guns to play with.

lol ye i think they know its jsut filler until cod6 :L

bad news they have really spoiled cod5 now

Wow, i was not going to think about to buy cod5, but this just says: don't buy me, cause all the rich people have a super high rank with all the weapons you dont have!

I just mean to say so they can buy xp? Wth. Isn't it ment to be earned?

I Totally agree dude. The way you can tell if they actually earned it is if they totally play like Crap during the game and everyone wups them. They will have like, the best gun in the game and not know how to shoot...And btw where is COD5 take place in anyway?

Call of Duty mostly takes place in Japan Im think, because I heard something about that and stuff. So yeah, Japan
Im a 10th prestige in CoD4 and actually earned it, it was fun to get there. But now since you'll be able to buy it, I will probably give in and buy it, and then already be bored with the game... I hope they come up with a good solution for this "buy your rank" thing.:confused: