Call of Duty 4 Map Pack Generates $10-Million

Posted by Chris Jensen | Apr. 18, 2008 08:30AM PST | 296 views | 0 comments

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The recently released map pack for the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 has shattered revenue records for Xbox Live, serving up 1-million sales in 9 days for a grand total of $10-million...for 4 freaking maps.

Remember when you played shooters on the PC and simply downloaded maps for free? Yeah, those days are over.

From IGN:

"Infinity Ward is extremely grateful for support from our loyal Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare community around the world," said Robert Bowling, community relations manager at Infinity Ward. "From the beginning, we were committed to do our best and that continues now with the Variety Map Pack. We can't wait to get back online with everyone."

Congratulations to Infinity Ward. Now about the removal of the new map playlists...

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Infinity Ward Irritates CoD4 Players by Removing Map-Pack Playlists

Posted by Chris Jensen | Apr. 10, 2008 09:22AM PST | 2316 views | 1 comment

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A few weeks ago I posted an article called 30 Things That Suck About Call of Duty 4, which proved quite popular. Well, I have #31, which arrives courtesy of Infinity Ward.

As any CoD4 player worth his or her weight in bullets knows, the exceptional map-pack was released last week to much acclaim. With it came several new playlists that allowed owners of the pack to play the new maps exclusively without bothering with the old maps. That was great and welcome. Unfortunately, now that the Double-XP event has ended, Infinity Ward has decided to remove the new playlists, adding the new maps to the original playlist rotation.

This means that if you want to play the new maps then you're going to have to get lucky and hope it loads up on your next round. This is a lame decision on IW's part. It's bad enough that there's no map filters in CoD4, but to take away a map-pack playlist is head-scratchingly dumb.

I don't see what is so difficult about adding a playlist that has every map available in the rotation while maintaining a second playlist for people who just want to play the new maps.  What's the harm? Having a choice is a good thing. Having no choice is dictatorial and defies logic.

Want to have your say? Join the fray at the official CoD4 forum.

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