Call of Duty fans brand MW3 a $70 DLC
Call of Duty fans are not best pleased with the Modern Warfare 3 progression from past instalments, branding it a '$70 DLC'.
11th Oct 2023 17:35
Activision
Call of Duty fans brand MW3 a $70 DLC
Call of Duty fans are not best pleased with the Modern Warfare 3 progression from past instalments, branding it a '$70 DLC'.
11th Oct 2023 17:35
Activision
There are only a handful of franchises worldwide that have the pull and audacity to charge fans $70 year after year to continue the series, and Call of Duty is at the top of the tree.
Yet every year the newest CoD game is on the best-selling games list, as fans empty their pre-Christmas pockets to enjoy which art of war is being painted.
This year though, fans are a bit cheesed off, as side-by-side comparisons with the current Modern Warfare 2 and the new Beta have left players feeling like MW3 is nothing but an expensive DLC.
Veteran CoD players brand Modern Warfare 3 a "$70 DLC"
Modern Warfare 3 is being built on the same engine as MW2, and with it has come a lot of similarities, only heightened by weapons and Operator skins being carried over.
Now, after a side-by-side comparison has been shown, players are branding the entire game as a DLC.
"This game could’ve been done with a single update in mw2," one fan said on Twitter.
"It can’t even be considered a DLC, it’s a $70 movement patch lol," added another.
A third also commented, "Stop trolling dude, it's the same game, they just changed the colour to blue."
But these whines seem quite familiar too...
Call of Duty fans have been moaning about the same problem for over 10 years
What makes this argument quite entertaining is that Call of Duty fans have been arguing about this for 11 years.
Back in 2011, CoD fans also labelled the original MW3 as a "DLC for MW2", and claimed that it was "the cheapest money grab Activision has ever done."
Nowadays, this might actually have more truth to it though, as the latest shift to CoD HQ means that any new game is effectively a DLC to the series.
In hindsight though, the live-service model also saves you from having to purchase a range of DLCs, like back in Black Ops 2, although these softened your wallet every so often, rather than emptying it every October.
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Jack Marsh
Jack is an Esports Journalist at GGRecon. Graduating from the University of Chester, with a BA Honours degree in Journalism, Jack is an avid esports enthusiast and specialises in Rocket League, Call of Duty, VALORANT, and trending gaming news.
