Although the reception of the gaming public on Call of Duty: Elite may be lukewarm, Wedbush Securities is predicting that the new Activision service will be raking in the big bucks come next year.

According to the analyst firm, "We expect that at least 1 million will sign up for the premium Elite membership by year end. The Call of Duty network effect may be amplified by premium Elite, such that if a gamer's friend purchases premium Elite and gets access to premium maps, the gamer may feel compelled to purchase Elite in order to compete as early and as often as possible."

Their fearless forecast: Call of Duty: Elite will be raking in a whopping US$ 50M by 2012, and luring in as much as three million subscribers by 2013. On top of this, the analysts firm does not think that Activision will be increasing the price for the service, at least not for its first two years, or until it's gained some footing.

Activision confirmed just recently that Facebook will be integrated with the Elite service. The PS3 beta is also set for this summer, although none has been confirmed for the PC.

Via [Gamasutra]

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