Is your mind blown by the headline? It should be. Activision revealed today that there are four million people signed up for Call of Duty Elite, with one million of those users ponying up the cash for the premium service.
Activision compares the one million attach rate figure with other services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Sirius XM, and Xbox Live, all of which apparently reached one million paying subscribers roughly one year after their launch. They also note that 80,000 Elite clans have been created and over 100,000 user videos have been uploaded to the service. Elite has roughly three million daily logins.
It still does not work for PC gamers.
"The audience response to Call of Duty Elite's premium service has been beyond our expectations, and we want to thank Call of Duty players around the world for their unprecedented enthusiasm," said Bobby Kotick, CEO, Activision Blizzard. "The number of gamers who have registered for Call of Duty Elite further illustrates how this service is poised to redefine social gaming and set a new bar for interactive entertainment."
"The demand for Call of Duty Elite at launch was so overwhelming, that for the first several days, the service did not perform up to our or our fans standards. I want to personally thank our fans for their patience. Our teams have been working around the clock to get the service scaled up to meet demand," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing. "I'm very pleased to announce today that the service is now performing stably and anyone who wants to try Call of Duty Elite is now able to do so. Due to the scaling challenges we encountered at launch, we are giving all Call of Duty Elite premium Founder members an additional 30 days of the service free of charge."
"The demand for Call of Duty Elite at launch was so overwhelming, that for the first several days, the service did not perform up to our or our fans standards. I want to personally thank our fans for their patience. Our teams have been working around the clock to get the service scaled up to meet demand," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO, Activision Publishing. "I'm very pleased to announce today that the service is now performing stably and anyone who wants to try Call of Duty Elite is now able to do so. Due to the scaling challenges we encountered at launch, we are giving all Call of Duty Elite premium Founder members an additional 30 days of the service free of charge."
Activision compares the one million attach rate figure with other services such as Netflix, Hulu Plus, Sirius XM, and Xbox Live, all of which apparently reached one million paying subscribers roughly one year after their launch. They also note that 80,000 Elite clans have been created and over 100,000 user videos have been uploaded to the service. Elite has roughly three million daily logins.
It still does not work for PC gamers.
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