Call of Duty Elite—not yet available—is an additional service on-top of the Call of Duty games. So yeah, all the haters right now are just upset that they can’t

Call of Duty Elite—not yet available—is an additional service on-top of the Call of Duty games. So yeah, all the haters right now are just upset that they can’t use this service for free. I’m not necessarily saying that gamers hate the subscription model enough to not buy a product solely because of it. But it’s enough of a touchy subject on console/PC that I believe a web-based game would have to work much harder to convince the typical gamer to pay monthly for it. If given the choice between a subscription model (WoW), freemium (Global Agenda) or microtransactions (TF2), I think gamers would greatly favour freemium or microtransations over subscriptions.