After officially revealing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Infinity Ward addresses the elephant in the room by confirming how the studio plans to handle future cosmetics and collaboration after the game launches. For most online shooters these days, especially in the case of big franchises like Battlefield and Call of Duty, there's a lot of pressure to ensure that the games continue to churn out content to keep players coming back and logging in. It seems that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 aims to stay true to player expectations, though the type of content it offers may be a bit different than normal.
Cosmetics continues to be big business for live service games as studios constantly add new outfits, weapon skins, and other personalization items that players can purchase using some sort of premium currency, in-game credits, or some combination of both. Serving as a way to generate revenue, it has become a big focus for many games regardless of genre, though how each studio approaches this mechanic can be wildly different. For example, Battlefield 6's DLC plans attempted to stand apart by offering only realistic and grounded style outfits and while it has managed to mostly stay...
