Boycotting MW2/Activision by buying it used.. anyone?

MMaRsu said:
:lol The fuck Dave, really now?

I don't care what you do with your money ;)

The only reason to "boycott" a game is if you have no interest in playing it. I'm not sure I'll ever get round to playing MW2, I'll probably stick with L4D2. But the man who says "I like the game this publisher is spending their money to make, but I'm not buying it because I hate this publisher that's making games that interest me" is an idiot. You're boycotting a company for making something you want.
 
JKBii said:
How can you say pirates don't harm the industry because they wouldn't have bought the game anyway, yet say you're harming Activision by buying the game used? And why is the main reason for buying it used to spite Activision (as opposed to the fact that all video games are overpriced and will come out used on Ebay within 24 hours of being released)?

So they can have there cake and eat it.

Like i said if these guys had any courage of their convictions they would refuse to buy the game full stop but their is always compromises that mean they can play the game,but do so in a way that makes them feel that their poking Activison in the eye when in reality in their hearts of hearts they know their full of shit.
 
ghst said:
the pathetically low standards of you and your 10 million bottom feeding ilk are not my concern.

And the pathetic assumptions of idiots like you, are not the concern of anybody.
 
I guess console gamers aren't aware of the best thing about dedicated servers is the community that is built around a particular server
 
WanderingWind said:
And the pathetic assumptions of idiots like you, are not the concern of anybody.

It's ghst. You'll learn to ignore him.
 
If you're going to boycott the game, boycott the game...Don't support something that is arguably just as exploitative as Activision by feeding money into a gaming establishment's rip off fund.
 
ghst said:
the pathetically low standards of you and your 10 million bottom feeding ilk are not my concern.

Nobody cares about your concern, the discussion was whether activision cares. And they don't, so deal with it.
 
I wasn't going to buy it in the first place, but I did convince my Dad to not buy it (and it didn't take much convincing with a $60 price-point, and I know the lack of dedicated servers would kill it for him regardless and he doesn't know about that yet).

If I was going to buy it I would buy it for the PC. And Activision and IW obviously don't give a fuck about the platform, so I'd stay far far away from it. Its probably illogical for me to feel offended by their decisions, but I honestly don't care if it is. It pisses me off, and its not something I'd sit there and take.

I'm a man of principle!
 
domlolz said:
I guess console gamers aren't aware of the best thing about dedicated servers is the community that is built around a particular server

Well if that's all you know then i don't think they'll care.

I love dedicated servers for my PC game of choice CS:S great community that built up around it watching all the good players and picking up tips, leaving for months and coming back and seeing all the old faces there,it's great so i can see why PC CoD players are so pissed off. Matchmaking is so impersonal sometimes.
 
Personally, I'm not buying this game on the PC not because I want to make a point to Activision, but because they have actually made it a bad purchasing decision for me.

Man I fucking hate like every news item that comes out of this company.
 
Getting it second hand will mean waiting for a few days or at least a week in some retail stores. The ones I've gone to have said they already have a full list of pre-orders so anyone expecting to walk into a games store a week after release to find a used-copy might be in for a shock
 
Calcaneus said:
But I'm like right in the middle of my gamestop boycott, I'll get to this righteous action later.
I haven't shopped at Gamestop in, like, two years. :lol

Fuck that place.
 
if you're playing the game, you're not boycotting it.

when you play matchmaking, you're helping them.

1) you help by p2p hosting the game

2) you help by increasing the player base for matchmaking

it doesn't matter if you buy it new, used, rent, or even if you stole it.

there aint so thing as half-way boycott.

As already stated, only playing single player (so no DLC for me) and buying from CEX in the UK as this will have no effect on the games overall market impact. And just to restate I doubt any of people boycotting think this is going to bring Activision to their knees, it just makes us feel better :P
 
I just won't buy the PC version like I was going to. No one will notice if I buy it or not. No corporate decisions will be made over my purchase or lack there of.

I would have double dipped (PS3/PC), but seeing how I'll be getting the same game now, I'll just get the PS3 version.

Dedicated servers are the only reason I'd be buying the PC version anyhow.
 
LazerRanger said:
As already stated, only playing single player (so no DLC for me) and buying from CEX in the UK as this will have no effect on the games overall market impact. And just to restate I doubt any of people boycotting think this is going to bring Activision to their knees, it just makes us feel better :P

Yes, I'm sure you're gonna resist the temptation and refrain from playing the MP. I have faith in you.
 
TheSeks said:
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So... you're boycotting the 360 version because PC users are crybabies and losing a "feature" to be close to the console versions? Therefore you're boycotting the 360 version because of PC users? Does not compute.

If you're going to boycott the game, boycott it for reasons of your own for the version you're getting.

You are missing the point. While I am currently gaming on 360, I used to play PC games quite a lot. The fact that Activision removed dedicated servers from the PC version is a ridiculous and sickening move. They are doing just to enforce payed DLC on you, you cannot play custom maps and forget about clan matches.

And PC users are crybabies because of this?

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Well, the online community would be all I would be buying it for (other than two or so days worth of single player....), so I'll just skip it now. None of this "I'll buy it used" instead. There are other games I can spend my money on.
 
ghst said:
the pathetically low standards of you and your 10 million bottom feeding ilk are not my concern.

I imagine ghst wakes up each morning imagining new ways to make himself feel superior to random unseen people on the internet.

Why do you have such deep-seated issues? Serious question.
 
Johann said:
This is very foolish of you if you want to hurt Activision. They get money by shipping the game in bulk to retailers. Your personal payment is not wired directly to Activision. When you purchase a new or used game (at say Gamestop) you will show demand for the game.

-snip-

I like your post because it is not written like an aggresive idiot like some people here. Anyway, the problem with your post is I'm just buying it from someone else who has gotten sick of it. No middleman involved, so it doesn't show demand in that case.
 
Oh man, just saw the dedicated server thing. Yeah, no sale here.

Man, no L4D2, no Modern Warfare....when does Bad Company 2 come out?
 
eznark said:
Oh man, just saw the dedicated server thing. Yeah, no sale here.

Man, no L4D2, no Modern Warfare....when does Bad Company 2 come out?

Wait, why do we hate L4D2 again? Clue me in here, I haven't kept up with this stuff.
 
Buying used or doing the Gamefly thing with it. I didn't like IW's bullshit last time, their arrogance towards the community, and now this. IW is just as guilty as Activision here. The game will still sell millions, but any chunk of sales they don't get is better than them getting the max possible sales they can get.

And when I get it, the open-mic terrorism/griefing will begin.
 
MW2 was the only game I was considering buying day one/new in the remainder of the year.

Now it's being bought in the January sales/ebay with the others (Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2, etc).
 
No dedicated servers on PC? WTF, did I wake up in an alternate universe, dogs & cats living together, mass hysteria?

Talk about PC games suffering from consolization, turning a once-great PC shooter with dedicated servers into a peer to peer, pin the tail on the ping, pray for no packetloss lagfest is a tragedy of epic proportion.

No sale here.

In what universe does it make sense to a) raise the price of the PC version, and b) remove the most important feature of that version? I guess in a universe where your company doesn't want to make PC games or for people to buy/play PC games.
 
industrian said:
MW2 was the only game I was considering buying day one/new in the remainder of the year.

Now it's being bought in the January sales/ebay with the others (Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed 2, etc).

Uncharted 2 is worth the asking price
 
Dr. Light said:
Wait, why do we hate L4D2 again? Clue me in here, I haven't kept up with this stuff.
I don't hate it, I'm just waiting til next year to get the superior L4D3 with updated rosters and online franchise mode.
 
It's hardly a boycott when there's only one option available. That said, I'll probably buy it either used or during a sale on Steam.
 
NinjaFridge said:
Uncharted 2 is worth the asking price

1) I'm trying to work through a backlog of games I brought with me to Korea instead of adding to the pile.
2) Working + working out + socialising leaves little time for games.
3) Really can't be arsed going to Yongsan to buy it.
4) Uncharted 1 was a good game. That's all. The sequel looks fancy and all, but it can wait.
 
Lostconfused said:
But you would totally miss out on the christmas/end of the year steam sale.
Actually, I am going to jump in then most likely. While I feel burned for buying Left 4 Dead, the full podcast press the last week has me back on board.

I can't really complain that much anyway, I buy a new MLB The Show, EA NHL and Madden game every year.
 
I'm not boycotting the game exactly, but I'm not buying it simply because I didn't care for COD4, and so I'm not interested at all in this one. Activision not getting my monies is a bonus.
 
If you can't avoid playing their products, don't claim to be boycotting them. That's ridiculous.

If you're going to boycott, don't buy their games at all. Otherwise these "boycotters" would just be demonstrating their weakness to Activision Blizzard.

Tobor said:
Same here. I'm really glad I have no interest in this series.

Out of curiosity, how many gaffers are legitimately not interested at all in any Activision or Blizzard titles? Ie you don't like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Modern Warfare, etc?
 
Dr. Light said:
I imagine ghst wakes up each morning imagining new ways to make himself feel superior to random unseen people on the internet.

Why do you have such deep-seated issues? Serious question.

i find it compliments the champagne and handjobs.
 
Tobor said:
Same here. I'm really glad I have no interest in this series.

Yeah same. It seems a lot of people I know that realize what complete douchebags Activision are and how bad they are for gamers will make an exception for Modern Warfare. Luckily I couldn't care less about it or any other forthcoming Activision game.

But if one ever comes along, which I doubt, then I'll be sure to buy it used.
 
Vercingetorix said:
Out of curiosity, how many gaffers are legitimately not interested at all in any Activision or Blizzard titles? Ie you don't like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Modern Warfare, etc?

Me, I genuinely do not care in the slightest about any of those games.
 
Woo-Fu said:
No dedicated servers on PC? WTF, did I wake up in an alternate universe, dogs & cats living together, mass hysteria?

Talk about PC games suffering from consolization, turning a once-great PC shooter with dedicated servers into a peer to peer, pin the tail on the ping, pray for no packetloss lagfest is a tragedy of epic proportion.

No sale here.

In what universe does it make sense to a) raise the price of the PC version, and b) remove the most important feature of that version? I guess in a universe where your company doesn't want to make PC games or for people to buy/play PC games.

For real. So say the hoster has a shit game. He quits the game and the rest of the server has to find a new game?
 
I dont care about this shitty, generic, overrated series in the first place. I am so pissed that this unoriginal crap is delaying my Bayonetta.
 
Vercingetorix said:
Out of curiosity, how many gaffers are legitimately not interested at all in any Activision or Blizzard titles? Ie you don't like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Modern Warfare, etc?
*Raises hand*

Don't forget Guitar Hero either.
 
WanderingWind said:
When you are assured of selling more than 10 million copies of a game, you're probably not too concerned with what a fraction (boycotters) of their smallest targeted demographic (PC gamers) think about their decisions.

Such a shame that despite that assurance, they can't be bothered to tighten up the graphics in level 3.
 
Vercingetorix said:
If you can't avoid playing their products, don't claim to be boycotting them. That's ridiculous.

If you're going to boycott, don't buy their games at all. Otherwise these "boycotters" would just be demonstrating their weakness to Activision Blizzard.



Out of curiosity, how many gaffers are legitimately not interested at all in any Activision or Blizzard titles? Ie you don't like World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Modern Warfare, etc?
I stopped playing WoW well before the Activision merger, but Diablo might be an issue for me. I'm a Rock Band guy, and I can't stand Tony Hawk games.

Other than Diablo, I can't think of any Activision games I'm interested in. What else are they releasing this fall?
 
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