Its not pay to win. Its stupid, but it is not pay to win. You get equally as good information from stereo headphones.
If this is pay to win, then having a 7.1 or higher surround sound system is pay to win, and that can be applied to every game.
Man I wish that was an onion post.
Is that a multiplayer feature? I only play campaign single player, zero online playtime.
I’ve never used spatial audio in a CoD game - does it really give that much of an advantage in multiplayer? I doubt it but idk
I cant speak to CoD specifically, but being able to locate opponents, shots, activity etc by sound is a massive advantage in many multiplayer shooters. I can personally vouch for its relevance in CS, Apex Legends, Arma 2&3, The Finals, DayZ, and Battlefield.
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COD is so twitchy I’m not sure it matters that much.
Enhanced Headphone Mode will be available to all players for free.
$20 is for 5 years subscription of Personalized profile for EHM.
If the personalized profile actually provide higher precision audio then yeah it is probably ‘worth it’ if Cod is the only game you play/or play competitively.
After all a good pair of stereo headphone is more ‘pay to win’ and also cost way more.
So dumb, just sell me the game, don’t nickel and dime parts of it.
Want better graphics? Oh that’s 20 bucks a month for Nvidia optimized drivers??
Don’t give Nvidia any ideas
I am not defending Activision. The title made it sound like the whole audio system is locked behind paywall but it is actually just the personalized profile that is.
Less shitty but still shit nonetheless. I can’t imagine it being worth paying and any improvement should be minimal. But hey I am sure there will be fanboys who swear the difference with and without is night and day.
Yes it is dumb. We are now one step closer to pay to reload and I am glad I don’t play modern COD.
