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[derder]

Wait, I thought there could still be dedicated servers for custom games. Which is all that really matters. They are just trying to balance the built in leveling to prevent farming, etc. The entire multiplayer experience centers around leveling your character to unlock stuff.

I'm pretty sure the added steam features will be similar to party play, thus allowing you to still play with your friends. If you want more, the custom games will allow that, without unbalancing perk progression, etc.

 

[Satanyoka]

I'm gonna rent it, play the single only then return. Played COD 4 PS3 online. holyshit.jpg
So fucking retarded, auto aim jacked up to 120%. Did not care for it one bit thank you very much.

 

[NIN90]

So buying it new you support the shitty Activision, however buying it used you support the much worse and SHITTER Gamestop...decisions decisions.

..or buy it on on Ebay for even less money?

Wait, I thought there could still be dedicated servers for custom games. Which is all that really matters. They are just trying to balance the built in leveling to prevent farming, etc. The entire multiplayer experience centers around leveling your character to unlock stuff.

Pffft, bullshit. CoD4 had unlocking on PC and it worked for the most part. Sure, you could download some dodgy .exe file and boost your rank but why would you that even matter that much if someone has rank 55 and you don't. It's not like he will stomp you into the ground. CoD4 has pretty well balanced in that regard.

 

[Benson]

The removal of dedicated servers for PC means I'm just not interested rather than boycotting it. Definitely won't be buying any version of it now.

 

[Davidion]

I don't really see the point of boycotting Activision...well, I would if I thought there was enough momentum to make any kind of meaningful dent in the sales numbers, which there isn't.

That having been said, while MW was fun, it wasn't some kind of mind-blowing evolution, and 2 certainly doesn't look like it's enough to live up to the standard issue hype. I'll consider buying it in a PC/online bargain sale.

Edit: actually, with no dedicated servers, might not even be worth a bargain bin buy. :lol

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

I might get it once it hits $20 or less like most games I buy these days.

Activision won't be losing any sleep at night if 30-40 people decide to buy a game used solely for the purpose of spiting them. Activision probably just writes off the PC version anyway because they probably know that 80-90% of PC gamers will pirate it, whether or not they fuck around with the PC gamer. Shit, Activision could offer a free blowjob if you buy the game and fucks will still pirate the shit out of it. Not worth it except just to have a version out for it.

The console versions are where the money is going to be made at for this game. The game will put up insane numbers overall. Boycotting it is more your loss than theirs.

 

[JdFoX187]

No dedicated servers, plus the price hike on the PC version just guarantees I won't buy it until way, way later. I'll still buy it Day One on the 360 though. I see it as a dick move by Kotick and Activision, not Infinity Ward.

 

[inner-G]

Boycotting it by not buying it at all.

I'm in.

 

[expy]

I'm not boycotting it exactly. But I'm not buying it.

 

[osirus]

I canceled my pre-order because of this whole debacle with PC version that makes me sick.

 

[Shalashaska161]

I'm not buying it, but it's more out of a general lack of interest than any boycott. None of my close friends are buying it, and I'm going to burned out on shooters after ODST, Uncharted 2 and Borderlands when it comes out. I'll pick it up when its cheap.

 

[Coin Return]

Nope, 360 version day 1 for me. I'll be sure to send you many, many messages on Live telling you how incredibly fun it is.

 

[LowParry]

Nope, 360 version day 1 for me. I'll be sure to send you many, many messages on Live telling you how incredibly fun it is.

I'm pretty sure people and their cups of care won't really...ya know...care. :lol

 

[Deleted member 47027]

I'm buying it used as well, I decided to based on the precedent it sets on pricing the PC version higher as well as the UK version (which is eating my friends in the UK) - I might not be able to make much of a statement doing it, but it's all I can do, so I'm doing it.

 

[Minamu]

Do you really think IW don't have veto rights on stuff like fucking the PC community? MW2 is Actvision's biggest release this year and Activion basically would have to bend over and take it in whatever IW wants to ram in there.

Perhaps so. I'm buying it on 360 so it doesn't really concern me. And besides, it just looks like the PC community is screaming bloody murder over almost nothing. As far as I know, IW haven't told you guys *everything* about their battle.net equivalent (?) yet. I believe this is the typical story of fans not knowing the whole plan & thus can't see the full picture. I get the feeling that some guys are just very misinformed.

 

[speedpop]

Nope, 360 version day 1 for me. I'll be sure to send you many, many messages on Live telling you how incredibly fun it is.

Way to miss the point Eggbert.

This thread, and the other, are practically for the PC crowd. The issues surrounding the game have nothing to do with the console iterations.

 

[MikeE21286]

Asshole publisher

Awesome developer

If we had an "asshole" and "asshole" situation here, I would be aboard. But Infinity Ward is to awesome to boycott this by buying it used.

 

[Kosma]

I might get it once it hits $20 or less like most games I buy these days.

Activision won't be losing any sleep at night if 30-40 people decide to buy a game used solely for the purpose of spiting them. Activision probably just writes off the PC version anyway because they probably know that 80-90% of PC gamers will pirate it, whether or not they fuck around with the PC gamer. Shit, Activision could offer a free blowjob if you buy the game and fucks will still pirate the shit out of it. Not worth it except just to have a version out for it.

The console versions are where the money is going to be made at for this game. The game will put up insane numbers overall. Boycotting it is more your loss than theirs.

They sold over a million of MW1 on PC.

 

[Kintaro]

Nope, 360 version day 1 for me. I'll be sure to send you many, many messages on Live telling you how incredibly fun it is.

Considering the OP is planning on getting is used, it won't take long to become available. 2 days tops at his local GameStop.

Perhaps so. I'm buying it on 360 so it doesn't really concern me. And besides, it just looks like the PC community is screaming bloody murder over almost nothing. As far as I know, IW haven't told you guys *everything* about their battle.net equivalent (?) yet. I believe this is the typical story of fans not knowing the whole plan & thus can't see the full picture. I get the feeling that some guys are just very misinformed.

Ditching dedicated servers, which have been a standard on PC for many, many, many years for FPS is not nothing. No matter what shit they want to try with some battle.net wanna be. Of course, console only players wouldn't know anything about superior online gaming. =P

On top of that, any misinformation comes from the horse's mouth anyway. So, if IW has anything that needs clearing up, they better speak up.

 

[Coin Return]

Considering the OP is planning on getting is used, it won't take long to become available. 2 days tops at his local GameStop.

Those two days are going to be a sad crawl to the finish for him, laden with gleeful notes about how Modern Warfare 2 is the greatest game of all time.

 

[LowParry]

Those two days are going to be a sad crawl to the finish for him, laden with gleeful notes about how Uncharted 2 is the greatest game of all time.

That title's already taken. I'd say MW2 may turn up to being the GOTY in terms of MP though.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Perhaps so. I'm buying it on 360 so it doesn't really concern me. And besides, it just looks like the PC community is screaming bloody murder over almost nothing. As far as I know, IW haven't told you guys *everything* about their battle.net equivalent (?) yet. I believe this is the typical story of fans not knowing the whole plan & thus can't see the full picture. I get the feeling that some guys are just very misinformed.

How is it over nothing? What are they leaving out that makes it ok? They said no dedicated servers, nothing about battle.net can fix that. Seems you're the only one misinformed.

 

[Vercingetorix]

They sold over a million of MW1 on PC.

I would assume that they sold much more than a million on PC, given that they sold 14 million overall.

If they sold 14 million copies total and only 1/14th of that was on PC, they wouldn't even bother with a PC version of MW2, I would guess. Especially with piracy and whatnot.

 

[ZealousD]

Will you be doing the same with Starcraft and Diablo next year?

Uhhhhh... you can't exactly buy PC games used?

 

[Cowie]

Those two days are going to be a sad crawl to the finish for him, laden with gleeful notes about how Modern Warfare 2 is the greatest game of all time.

If he hangs out in the official thread, maybe. But then the same is true of any official thread.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Those two days are going to be a sad crawl to the finish for him, laden with gleeful notes about how Modern Warfare 2 is the greatest game of all time.

No one would ever believe something so silly so I'm sure he'll manage.

Personally I'm going to wait until I can find it for cheap down the line on PC or just borrow a console copy and play the SP. I have zero interest in CoD's multiplayer.

 

[Kintaro]

Those two days are going to be a sad crawl to the finish for him, laden with gleeful notes about how Modern Warfare 2 is the greatest game of all time.

Dragon Age, if he picks it up, is more than enough to last him until there are plenty of used copies of MW2 that GameStop off loads in December for $29.99 on a holiday special sale.

 

[strem]

I was sooo looking forward to getting this on the PC this year. I finally have a beefed up PC that would run the hell outta the game.

Now those plans are out the window and I'll be waiting to buy it used for the 360.

IW and Activision should be ashamed for what they are doing to their PC audience

 

[drakesfortune]

Buying used still removes a unit from the supply, which helps new sales as well by keeping the used supply lower. Sorry, but supply and demand principles still apply here.

 

[Coin Return]

No one would ever believe something so silly so I'm sure he'll manage.

Personally I'm going to wait until I can find it for cheap down the line on PC or just borrow a console copy and play the SP. I have zero interest in CoD's multiplayer.

Pffft, I'll bet your favorite game is Okami or something equally as lame.

 

[xemumanic]

I'm just not gonna double dip and get the PC version alongside my 360 copy that I was was gonna get anyway.

Boycott my ass, the game is gonna sell no matter what.

Additionally, I've played COD4 on PC in a LAN, and it had the stupid 'the guy you thought you had the drop on saw you there the whole time' lag-hiding the console versions had anyway.

 

[Ysiadmihi]

Pffft, I'll bet your favorite game is Okami or something equally as lame.

Actually, I think Okami and CoD MP are equally boring

 

[strem]

No dedicated servers, plus the price hike on the PC version just guarantees I won't buy it until way, way later. I'll still buy it Day One on the 360 though. I see it as a dick move by Kotick and Activision, not Infinity Ward.

I'm not gonna let IW off the hook so fast. They are a big and powerful developer who can tell Activision that this is BS. But they are playing ball so screw them to.

I remember listening to an interview with a lead from COD4 on a podcast and how they were gonna support COD4 like no game has ever been supported before. 2 or 3 map packs later and that was all.

Its really sickening because this whole thing is about sucking a bit more money out of everyone.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

Hey guys.. so after Kotick's remarks, and the recent no dedicated servers for PC debacle, I have decided to say fuck you to IW/Activision by buying used. This will be a hard thing to do for me personally, because a lot of my XBL friends are going to bitchslap my ass for not buying it day one. If I can get it day one used, then hell yeah I will. Doesn't really matter if it costs me close to a new copy.

I know especially Eric WK is going to bitch to me about this but whatever.. Borderlands will do fine till I can get this second hand. I was hoping some more people would do the same and support the cause .

Let it be known that I have nothing against the IW devs in particular, I mean they work hard on this game but yeah.. the publisher doesn't give a fuck about it's customers, and apparently neither does IW about the PC customers ( where the company has it's roots ).

I'm sure they'll really care.. :lol :lol

 

[speedpop]

Uh oh. The ignorant and misinformed legion has arrived. Time to ditch this thread.

 

[Lostconfused]

Uh oh. The ignorant and misinformed legion has arrived. Time to ditch this thread.

Really I am just surprised how many people are trolling this thread.

 

[MMaRsu]

I'm sure they'll really care.. :lol :lol

Yeah as much as I care about you

Really I am just surprised how many people are trolling this thread.

Some people are just idiots, and there are so much more on gaf than I used to think :\. Maybe it's the influx of new juniors but I really don't know anymore. The way Activision is treating the gamers yet they are still willing to bend over backwards and take a load in the ass is amazing to me. I mean sure do what you want with your money but don't bitch about it when the sensible people decide not to buy new 60$ or 60euro copies of your game.

Buying used still removes a unit from the supply, which helps new sales as well by keeping the used supply lower. Sorry, but supply and demand principles still apply here.

Way to read the thread. Ebay or don't buy from a store. I'm buying it from someone on a site similar to craigslist or a forum I frequent.

 

[NIGHT-]

Lots of tears in this thread.

 

[Coin Return]

Uh oh. The ignorant and misinformed legion has arrived. Time to ditch this thread.

:lol

The only thing more lame than boycotting a videogame is announcing your exit from a thread. Bravo, sir!

 

[El-Suave]

I'll eventually buy it, but I sure as hell won't buy it at launch. I'm not looking to save some money, because with CoD that's not going to happen for a long time - but at least I can deny Activision one copy sold for the the inevitable press release about how huge their launch was. Those numbers will be rounded rounded anyway so one or even a couple of thousand copies won't matter matter, but I don't need to support them anymore than I "have to".
Two years ago I got CoD first and waited to buy Assassin's Creed till I had time for it in the new year, this year I'll just switch.

 

[Son of Godzilla]

Considering the OP is planning on getting is used, it won't take long to become available. 2 days tops at his local GameStop.

Not hardly. The game is getting a 3+ million initial run and they aren't stopping. There will be stolen copies everywhere, and Gamestop will unquestionably lap them up. I'd expect people at the midnight launch to get asked if they want to buy used.

 

[Ken Masters]

boycotting by buying it used is laughable

 

[Kai Ozu]

I will never understand why people are hyping this game to the leave that they are. Or any annual franchise for that matter.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I will never understand why people are hyping this game to the leave that they are. Or any annual franchise for that matter.

Infinity Ward =/= Treyarch

Some people are just idiots, and there are so much more on gaf than I used to think :\. Maybe it's the influx of new juniors but I really don't know anymore. The way Activision is treating the gamers yet they are still willing to bend over backwards and take a load in the ass is amazing to me. I mean sure do what you want with your money but don't bitch about it when the sensible people decide not to buy new 60$ or 60euro copies of your game.

You're confused because you're incorrectly assuming that everyone shares your interests.

Personally, Kotick hasn't done anything to me other than give me a few laughs with funny quotes like "We've taken all the fun out of making video games."

Activision Blizzard makes several excellent games that I will buy without question, like Starcraft II, Modern Warfare 2, etc. They also make many games that I don't care about at all, like Guitar Hero and anything related to that.

I could care less if Satan himself is the publisher of a game, if the game is good enough to warrant my money and time, it is purchased.

There isn't any way you can claim that's not rational or sensible. That's the very cornerstone of how the global economy works, and has always worked.

 

[Mooreberg]

I will buy it, play it, and have fun. I don't purchase enough Activision products to be impacted by much of what they do (don't care about music games, Tony Hawk, etc).

The lack of dedicated server is a real ball buster for people that were planning on getting this for the PC and I could see people passing on that version as a result of this. That seems to be par for the course these days on PC versions.

 

[Kai Ozu]

Infinity Ward =/= Treyarch

It still comes out every two years.

 

[guise]

Fuck that. day one its mine.

Trading in ODST because of the terrible netcode.

 

[Zzoram]

I would assume that they sold much more than a million on PC, given that they sold 14 million overall.

If they sold 14 million copies total and only 1/14th of that was on PC, they wouldn't even bother with a PC version of MW2, I would guess. Especially with piracy and whatnot.

I think you forget that for basically every game, selling 1 million copies total across all platforms makes enough of a profit to warrant a sequel. 1 million units sold is a lot to ignore.

 

[Vercingetorix]

It still comes out every two years.

And? I don't buy or play many games by GAF standards but I still like a new game every 2 years. Hell, I like a lot more than one new game every 2 years.

COD4 may have a lot of replayability, but my friends and I are tired of the maps and weapons by now and want to see something new. MW2 fits the bill perfectly.

 

[J-Rzez]

That title's already taken. I'd say MW2 may turn up to being the GOTY in terms of MP though.

Heh, I agree. It's unfortunate for many other devs that U2 hit, making their work look let's just say vastly less attractive. It's a shame MAG got pushed back to Jan. If it didn't, I wouldn't even bother renting/buying used MW2. Unfortunately, I need a shooter fix, and I need to make my teammates cry (yes, it happened more than once lol) through verbal terrorism :lol