CoD: Ghosts Season Pass - $50?!?! What the hell.

[papamudd]

A_C_E said:

papamudd said:

A_C_E said:

para182 said:
Not surprised, people are dumb enough to buy them. lol
I didn't get the pass to Bo2, hit 8th prestige in Feb haven't played it much since.

If people buy something they like, they're dumb? So if I don't buy it my IQ will highten, magically. Awesome!!!

While the OG quote may be a little harsh there is some logic to it. The more important question is why do they like it? If it is because of "hype" then yes IQ / intelligence should come into question... Being easily manipulated by the media and being a "blind consumer" does not neccessarily directly reflect IQ, but I would wager that a majority is a result of "blind consumerism" (bought without a thought due to media)... Now I have bought the season pass for BOPS I and II, but only because I really like zombies (i am zombie fanatic) so I would have bought them seperately and spent extra for it. I don't feel this last season pass has been worth the price though (play time / fun for me / interest) as such I am unlikely to buy another TREYARCH COD... I won't ever buy a IW COD again (since MW2, traded in after 1 month) 

All in all if you actually think about whether or not the purchase is of actual value of you before purchasing (disregarding monetary concerns, and final decision) then yes your IQ is probably a bit higher than the average COD consumer.

One's personal preference doesn't necessarily have a whole lot to do with one's IQ, so we agree/disagree there a bit. The presence of prefence has no influence on how you learn/attain knowledge. Liking CoD or being hyped for CoD isn't going to drop my math skills. I don't see the connection between preference and IQ. There are over 30 million unique CoD players, I'm sure of those, plenty of them are genius', wealthy people (Kobe anyone?), successful happy people. You name it and CoD or any other $60 game will reach out to someone who wants to play it and/or try something new.

As far as blind consumerism goes, we all fall into it. The market would be flat if it wasn't for people buying into something they may or may not like, no matter how expensive. Whether it be a 5 cent candy you've never tried or a $60 game, if your friends are taking part in something and you want to be a part of it - hence-forth falling under the column of blind consumerism - then go for it. I'm as blind as a bat.

The fact is, I know what I like and I like CoD's formula, I think it will be worth it to buy that $50 season pass as well.

B1: Completely agree...

B2: IQ and math skills is a weird way to word what you meant to say and your point as IQ doesn't really affect that as much as it references your ability to learn / attain new knowledge at 'x' speed... IQ doesn't mean how "smart" someone is but rather how quickly they can learn or how well then can retain knowledge quickly. (or at least that is my possibly flawed understanding) My IQ puts me in the top 20% (+- 15<) of global population (1998), but that doesn't mean I am smarter than anyone by any means at all. 

B3: (opinion) market has fallen flat I think due to over consumption of the COD franchise and companies putting to much money into game studios rather than advertising... It's not neccessarily that COD is a great game that makes it successful, but rather the great PR and advertising the game has had this gen that makes it successful. However, if less people bought COD and spread the same cash flow around to different games the industry overall would be doing much better. So NO blind consurism does not help the industry, but there is only so much that can be done in that regard.

B4: After writing all of this and remembering what I bolded... thist statement was the one that made me question your IQ/intelligence because it has no real qualifiers... FUN is qualifier enough, but saying "formula" indicating a higher intelligence than the average 12 year old playing the game and not stating what you like about the formula is giving me blue ballz :-/ 

COD formula is good for easy causal online fun... accuracy as a war game not at all... so if you see yourself being able to enjoy cheaply produced DLC that really only add the bare minimum of addition to online play for almost the same amount as the cost of the orignal game by all means buy it! However, please note you are only adding to the problems that haven't truly been addressed for consumer rights and concerns, there with to are part of the problem.