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Modern Warfare 3 Elite content tied to one console and user

By • January 26, 2012

Say what McFly?  In a bid to secure even more money from Call of Duty fans, Activision has apparently locked the Call of Duty Elite content to one console and one user.  That means that even if you have multiple profiles on your console, only the one who actually purchased the Elite content will be allowed to play it.

Thanks for the tip guys.  Users on the COD forums are chiming in …

“I got the Elite on my main profile but not on my second profile why is it not allowing me to use the dlc with second profile on the same 360 if you think I’m gonna pay you 50$ for each profile on the same console that’s ridiculous any way around this or what?”

I hope this is just an oversight.  I emailed my buddies at Activision to see if it’s just a glitch or done by design despite the content purchase saying the contrary.  Those who purchased were told it could be enjoyed by all users on the same console. 

I suppose we’ll see.

[Update] – Infinity Ward responds to the issue.

“We understand that ELITE Premium Members on Xbox Live who purchased the latest DLC Content Drop for Modern Warfare 3 are unable to access that content while signed into other profiles on the same console that originally downloaded the content,” Bowling said. “This is unintentional and we will work to get an update out as soon as possible that corrects this issue and allows you to continue to enjoy the new maps.”

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12 Responses to “Modern Warfare 3 Elite content tied to one console and user”

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    Dangerdoll Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 8:56 am

    um…O.o


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    DeaconBlade Says:

    January 26th, 2012 at 9:08 am

    exactly


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    Nanakai Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 10:47 am

    Activision’s greed aside (which it obviously is), why would anyone who has Elite even need to use a different profile to play?


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    USB Cable Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 10:48 am

    I doubt they made a mistake but if enough people complain I’m sure they’ll go “Woops, sorry guys we’ll totally fix that odd glitch. Programmers be trippin, am I right?”… To fix it though it doesn’t sound as easy as a box to check unless they planned ahead when building the system.

    I know lots of COD people that use multiple consoles so I hope they do fix it.


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    USB Cable Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 10:49 am

    I meant console/profiles up thur ^


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    DeaconBlade Says:

    January 26th, 2012 at 10:56 am

    we get it USB :)

    and Astrid .. what if they have little brothers etc?


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    Nina Sharp Says:

    January 26th, 2012 at 11:21 am

    Little brothers should NOT be allowed to play MW3 ANYWAYS because of it’s rating, ie content.

    DUH!

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    DeaconBlade Says:

    January 26th, 2012 at 11:59 am

    well what if you have a big brother Nina


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    BPD 007 Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Re-read what you posted, Deac. you said LITTLE brothers, not BIG.

    DUH


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    DeaconBlade Says:

    January 26th, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    oh Nina


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    IRISH Says:
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    January 26th, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    I’m absolutely shocked that such a transparent and stand up publisher like Activision would do something like this to the millions of loyal consumers that made them billions of dollars …

    [/sarcasm] < —- was that even necessary though?


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    DeaconBlade Says:

    January 27th, 2012 at 12:28 pm

    haha Irish


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