‘Call of Duty’ franchise to turn into MMO? Maybe
Talk of COD being turned into a MMO dominates web
Could the Call Of Duty series could be turned into a massively multi-player online game (MMO)?
A source close to Activision claimed that a MMO adaptation is currently being discussed by the company with the inclusion of a third firm. Developers Infinity Ward and Treyarch have worked on the entire Call of Duty series and there is no word on who the mysterious developer is.
Rumors on a possible Call Of Duty MMO has also been fueled by Activision CFO Tom Tippl’s comments regarding charging gamers:
“It’s definitely an aspiration that we see potential in, particularly as we look at different business models to monetise the online game-play. There’s good knowledge exchange happening between the Blizzard folks and our online guys,” he said during a business conference.
“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 monetisation models of some of some of our biggest franchises like Call Of Duty.”
During its first five days of release, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has generated over $550 million in woldwide revenue.
