Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will cost at least $70 or €69 even on PC and previous generation consoles. Gamers have been quick to criticize Activision for this change.
We’re just months away from the release of Modern Warfare 2 on October 28, and pre-orders are live on Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, and Battle.net. After releasing the reveal trailer on June 8, Activision revealed all Modern Warfare 2 editions and their prices.
Players can either purchase the standard/cross-gen edition of Modern Warfare 2 for $70/€69 or the Vault Pack for $99/€99.99 which includes the Battle Pass, exclusive skins and more. This confirmed that the cheapest version of MW2 will cost almost 70€ and the reaction was immediate.
While current-gen titles have embraced the $70 price tag for quite some time now, PC and previous-gen titles have stuck at 60 for the most part. However, previous-gen players can only purchase Modern Warfare 2’s €70 cross-gen bundle, and the PC version has also been priced up.
“There is literally no justifiable reason for this”PTRCrispy said on Twitter, while Stariz called the move a “flight” because'”they make more money than ever and still charge $10 more”.
They’ve made more money then ever with the new micro transaction system and the battle pass system. They’re making more money then ever and still charging $10 more. Robbery
— Stariz (@starizmp4) June 8, 2022
Call of Duty makes the majority of its money from microtransactions like Shop Packs and Battle Passes, and many have raised this point in response to Modern Warfare 2 costing at least $70.
Big L seeing as it’s gonna be filled with MTX and battle passes anyways. This new “premium” price should be for games that don’t have MTX or little DLC, to even justify the price increase.
—Edco (@cloud154532) June 8, 2022
“70 dollars for a game full of microtransactions and a season pass? I do not think so”said “Fanta”.
The more time passes, the more the games increase. In addition, the dollar / euro conversion is becoming increasingly cumbersome and is clearly not justified in this type of case.