Michael Pachter, a bean counter from Wedbush Morgan in Seppoland, has a plan. A plan so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel (thank you, Blackadder). This fella basically analyses what you and me spend - or don't spend - our money on and advises businesses on the best way to cast their trawler lines and where to lay stinky but attractive burley in strategic locale to net the largest possible profit margins. Bastard, I know.

Mr Pachter, in all his wisdom, decided that Online Multiplayer wasn't nearly enough of a vampiric experience for everyone so he's starting to ramble on to Activision - of all people - about the benefits of subscriptions, or such, for paying more for the experience. People like Mr Pachter and Activision see hosting servers without vast financial returns as silly. Silly, like buying your family Christmas presents, silly.

Yes Mr Pachter, that's a genius plan. My internet isn't free, and Telstra ain't giving me reachrounds for that, my XBL experience isn't free, nor are the GAMES, and Activision is ALREADY shafting us with DLC. Please Mr Pachter. STFU.

Sourced from IGN.