So, do we, as an Internet, owe Michael Pachter an apology for doubting him? 

That video is horribly unfunny

There we go ... first step to payed multiplayer in CoD. 2012/2013 at the latest.

Weird, is anybody really that interested to find out how well their friends are doing?  I can't remember the last time I even looked at a leaderboard, let alone bungie.net

To me it sounds like a bunch of crap but I know a lot of people are going to pay for this.

I wasn't really inclined to get CODMW3 before and this hasn't budged me... 
 
Also this guy was incredibly funny, as in funny stupid not funny har har.

I don't see how viewing statistics will improve people's play, unless it's just a static page that says, "pull left trigger, aim, pull right trigger." Guess you can hit up the ultra-mature community and find out how they pull the left trigger to shoot dudes in the face.

The narrator of the promo vid is fucking awesome. Can he please please please be a big part of the final game???

That video is like a terrible machinima and gamestop ad 
 
Of the comparison to Netflix at 7.99 holds they aren't getting my money for years worth of this it would cost roughly 95 bucks. COD map packs if they release 3 in a year would just be $45.  
 
The free stuff sounds interesting there making a new centralized hub good for them but how will they get people to pay for it. 

Youtube exists for watching machinima and gameplay video 
The appstore already has loads of stat tracking apps for call of duty 
The game gives you stats about maps and weapons 
 
What is the point of this! This is a waste of time! Yes I have signed up for the Beta! Poor Beach Head 

Worth pointing out that battlefield 2 did this way back in 2005 pretty perfectly. They even released the info to the public so that a bunch of different stat sites emerged that used your data in different ways.

The only advice you need in a call of duty game:

Camp more.

For anyone who missed the Wall Street Journal article that broke this news (how telling is it that Activision's dealings are being reported first by business publications and not gaming ones?), the supposedly "comparable" service that Elite's price will be based on is Netflix, at $8/month. 
 
Anyone with more than 4 brain cells can obviously figure out that those services are not actually comparable...

As I said in the forum thread yesterday, it's probably irrational but this doesn't sit well with me in terms of its potential to shape the direction of the wider industry. Then again, if it causes a bunch of Internet drama I could see EA/DICE capitalizing on that drama the same way they did with BC2 and dedicated servers - offering a similar service for free to further drum up the CoD 'vs' Battlefield ridiculousness.

ugggghhh

Paying for stats? No thanks. This is going to be a giant bomb.

And credit goes where it's due:  Michael Pachter has been predicting a Call of Duty subscription service for a while now.  Everyone loves to give him shit when he's wrong, but here he called it.

Here's some clarification about this service if anyone still has some questions
 
The most important thing for me "COD Elite is NOT going to sell players competitive advantages with microtransactions"

It's about freakin' time COD caught up to everything Bungie is doing. Since I'll be buying MW3 for Campaign and Spec-Ops mode and will simply play MP from time to time for the lulz, I won't be buying this, but I have to say, that video was pretty damn funny.

@schattenwolf86 said:

Here's some clarification about this service if anyone still has some questions
 
The most important thing for me "COD Elite is NOT going to sell players competitive advantages with microtransactions"

...until they realize that no one is subscribing and try to get people to lay money down.

This is going to be a huge success. For the average, stoned COD player they'll love the idea of this, despite the fact that Bungie already does this for free with Halo.

It just occurred to me that they may try to charge for this on PC as well.  And THAT is funny, since steam does all these announced things for free so far other than map packs (and depending on developer, those are free as well), and stat tracking is available in some form for most good FPSes for free already.

if i was a bro, i might be into this

This video tries so hard to be clever and funny. And it's not. At all.

I found the tone and comedic attempts of the video to be quite annoying. I hope there isn't anything informative past the 1:30 mark, because that's where I stopped.
 
From what Jeff wrote, I'm having a hard time caring about CoD:E

OK so off topic from the Elite thing...that was the best video ever made from any game. It was amazing! And the MW3 thing at the end was great. But on to the Elite thing. I think that since it's completely optional, and not a subscription to PLAY THE GAME like we though..it may actually work. We'll see how much they want for it first

Remember the days when you could buy a game and own all of it forever? Hell, you didn't even have to buy it. 'Borrow' your friend's copy and forget to give it back and you got the entire experience. I love the additional content but I need to start making more money if I want to keep up.

That video is so stupid.

I can see it now," DOUBLE XP WEEKEND... only for call of duty elite members..." 

Fuck you, Activision! Bobby Kotick= the rapture incarnate!

As someone who plays Black Ops way too much (Rank 50, Prestige 15)...I have no interest in this service at all. This isn't worth paying for.

Jesus, did they make that logo with elements 3? That is hideously ugly... 
 
Besides that, this just seems like a total rip off. As someone who has friends that are pretty good at most games I've ever wanted to get into and I can just spend a few hours playing with them to pick up the important skills I need through tutoring, which would be a million times more personalized and effective and I'd get a hell of a lot more enjoyment playing with the guys vs reading how I'm bad at head shots or that I need to shoot, THEN sight in. And somehow I doubt it'll even get so in depth as to be able to tell that last one.

I see no harm in signing up, since that part is free. 
 
Just have to wait and see what they are charging for and what is hidden behind the pay wall.

Won't personally sign up for this, but curious to hear how the final product ends up. I like the CoD games, but I never play enough multiplayer to make this worthwhile.

Is the Legend of Karl Steve-o?

I no longer care about call of duty! The franchise peaked at COD4 and has been in decline since. I'm sure that there are plentry of people out that that will pay extra though.

Seems like a neat idea, obviously done before and definitely not worth paying for. 

Fuck you Robert Kotick. Fuck you. I want to fly to America and punch that cunt so hard in the face that it becomes permanently disfigured.

So basically....Call of Facebook.....

In game video looks so bad with COD.

Thank god companies like Valve exist, so there's still not bad companies making dumb decisions to charge customers for something that should be free.

i don't think i'm bro enough to handle this trailer 
 
i think i actually got dumber just by watchin this

I get it that they are trying to expand their whole "group" communication by adding this feature but didn't Halo already do this?Plus it was a free service along with that they had theather mode which I don't see why it took COD so long to jump on that train doesn't seem like a hard feature to include.I wish they would focus on something new instead of what their competetitors already accomplished.Next thing their include will be destructible enviroments and drivable vehicles jajaja that would be funny.

This is retarded...

So they form clans, like we did in the 90s. That's ok.

IT'S LIKE ORGANIZED SPORTS IF ORGANIZED SPORTS HAD ORGANIZED SPORTS
 
I like how the narrator in the video gets spawn-killed a whole lot. Lets everyone know how quality a game this is.

Wait...pay for service where I get shitty stat tracking and an additional medium to give all those racist, homophobic, children another opportunity to berate me for not killing them first?  
 
Sign me up!