Over one million Call of Duty players forked out for premium Call of Duty Elite memberships in the service's first six days of availability.

Elite memberships are included with the Hardened edition of Modern Warfare 3 or can be bought separately for £34.99/$49.99 through Xbox Live and PSN.
Since Elite's launch on November 8, over four million gamers have registered for the online service, which also includes a free tier.
More than 80,000 Elite clans have been created, 100,000 user-generated videos have been uploaded to Elite, and the service has had more than three million daily logins.
"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 Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.
"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."
Call Elite's launch hasn't been without its troubles though, something Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg acknowledged today.
"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. 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 early troubles, Elite premium Founder members are to receive an additional 30 days of the service free of charge.
Comments
17 comments so far...
bamozzy on 22 Nov '11 said:
I have mine
and founder status with all the badges and camo too. Seems a lot more stable now although I am only accessing via in-game.
middle finger on 22 Nov '11 said:
1 million suckers.
le_don on 22 Nov '11 said:
1 million hardened editions sold then... Must admit, was a genius move on Activisions part.
only_777 on 22 Nov '11 said:
I was going to write one million mugs, but you beat me.
mogel94 on 22 Nov '11 said:
Still not understanding why you would ever need an in depth analysis to a game like COD but hey hoh, hopefully that money Activision is making can go into stuff like Prototype 2 and WFC2
Very_Silver_Ownz on 22 Nov '11 said:
I like MW3 but not even I could justify Elite.
RustySpoon80 on 22 Nov '11 said:
I've bought it for the DLC. It works out less than buying them separate. Especially now PS3 only allows 2 machine account share.
thedubster on 22 Nov '11 said:
Regardless of the need for a stats tracker and whatever else Elite brings (including some shiny badges and emblems, gee), it makes sense if you're likley to buy the DLC as it comes out over the next 12 months
And you get it on a monthly basis
It's just a shame it doesn't work fully
Ali_ on 22 Nov '11 said:
Having tried to play the flick book that's calling itself MW3 online, I'll pass.
beaky09 on 22 Nov '11 said:
u took the words right out my mouth 1 million fools & its a crap game anyway lagg lagg fukin lagg & the maps are a campers heaven i selling mine
djreplay on 22 Nov '11 said:
Damn that's one less s**t player for me to kill.
Mmmmgrolsch on 22 Nov '11 said:
I'm a huge CoD fan and love them all pretty much.
But I fail to see why anyone would want to pay £35 for Elite???? All you're paying for is DLC upfront and let's face it CoDs dlc is f**king garbage.
Not only that I fail to see any point in Elite existing. Everything in it has been ripped straight from Black Ops playercard! There is nothing worthy of looking at in Elite, the only new thing I can see is Clan support and even that I have no clue how to use thanks for the very unfriendly interface with no explanation of how I can invite my friends.
Elite is bulls**t, why can't it be in the game instead of some app that just makes it a massive pain in the arse? I just want what was in Black Ops in the game. There is simply no reason for them to take it out the game....... Oh wait yeah because if they didn't rip it all of the game like Black Ops had it then Elite wouldn't exist
KK-Headcharge78 on 22 Nov '11 said:
All working now for me and well worth the money the clan levelling and rewards is awesome, game is working fine too for me now, then again I'd buy the dlc going on the last few games so a wee saving is in order.
And yes some will say I'm a mug or whatever but guess what I don't give a f**k, I'd rather be a mug enjoying his gaming immensely rather than some stupid prick going out of their way to tell me I'm an idiot, you must be really bored
azz72 on 22 Nov '11 said:
BattleLog
bamozzy on 22 Nov '11 said:
My sentiments exactly
And the game is running well - no lag and Elite seems to be working too - Although I only access it from in-game.
How can anyone say it is not worth it at the moment! I don't know if it is going to be worth it yet but early indications are that it will be worth every single penny. It costs LESS than all the DLC for Black Ops. If you are not interested in DLC or online play then this is definitely not for you but to all of us who do play this game online and would/will purchase DLC then I think it will prove to be very valuable and worth every penny.
Much of what elite does (free) is no different from what battlelog has to offer but even Elite in its present condition is still running better than battlelog is currently - so I don't understand why Battlelog keeps being mentioned! It certainly doesn't offer a better service than the free part of elite they are both free so offer the same value for money.
Even if Elite is not up and running at its optimum yet, it has had no negative impact on the game itself and certainly hasn't affected my enjoyment of online play.
As to those that hate the game and trade it in - thank F@<K for that - at least it will get rid of the crap, lone wolf mercenary whingers who keep getting their asses kicked from ending up on the same team as me.
Papzotic on 22 Nov '11 said:
LOL, money from CoD into these games? LOL LOL LOL LOL
The Bossman on 23 Nov '11 said:
I only got the hardened edition for the DLC, not the rest of the s**t that comes with it. Just as well too, the maps in the game are garbage, there's about 3 or 4 maps I enjoy. If they make much larger maps, I'll be happy.