Don't Pirate Modern Warfare 2

From HDWarriors.com:

For those who are angry but plan to play Activision's games anyway, it seems that their plan of attack is Piracy. All over the message boards of the gaming community, in private conversations, and the like, apparently this is the intent of many. Today we at HDWarriors (as much as we stand with you in outrage over where attitudes like Activision's lead) implore you not to Pirate Activision games in response. As far as making them hear our displeasure goes, there is a better way.

[Pandamobile]

Until it's priced like a normal game, I'll still pirate it.

[Cobalt40]

I don't want it cause I'm cheap. I want it because Activision is the new EA and bobbi boy is the evil emperor. Just remember bobbi, this is for you.

[kaveti6616]

Why don't you just boycott it? If you pirate the game you are hurting Infinity Ward permanently. If you wait for the games price to drop before paying for it, you will help Infinity Ward (hopefully) and hurt Activision (again, hopefully).

[Xistan]

Not the Pc version. Devs are already hesitating to put games on pc, we wouldnt want to worsen that with massive pc pirating, so Pirate the 360 version more.

[Pandamobile]

How is pirating the game going to hurt IW more than simply not buying it?

And I'll torrent the 360 version too. Just because.

[Timesplitter14]

The price isn't even a slight problem for me. It's the game itself. I won't touch this game because I don't want to support generic military shooters. I want more games with stories, strategy or role-playing, which are a dieing breed.

[adsaidler]

count me in! i'll "buy" it as soon as it gets "released" :D

[crazy25000]

f you Activition

[vickers500]

"Timesplitter14"

Then get off this article and go play one of those games. There are plenty of them out there. Game companies don't exist to cater to YOUR every whim. Game companies usually make what they are good at, and generally are not multi-talented, but they make the best of what they specialize in.

Go play Valkryia Chronicles or completely finish Fallout 3 or Oblivion. Oh right, I forgot, you are here to troll, not give out constructive criticism. My bad. Continue with the trolling I guess.

edit* How about you actually respond to my points, and tell me how they are wrong? Activision was not made to suck your d***. They are great at developing FPS games. Call of Duty 4 was one of the best FPS's ever created, and don't even give me the bullsh*t reason that it was over hyped. The reason it was so well received was because it was good, not because it had hype behind it (which it didn't).And you obviously don't like FPS's so you have no legs to stand on in any fps talk. Seriously, go play an actual game rather than trolling. It's a hell of a lot more fun.

[Timesplitter14]

You're the only troll here.

I was about to bubble you down, but then I saw you only have one bubble...

[cmrbe]

Mighty actually work. It might make acti think twice about messing with gamers again. If these publishers know that they will invite piracy with these stupid tatics then it might make them think twice about doing this again. It might work.

For those that are feeling sorry about iw. Don't, I am quite dissapointed with their dead silence on this issue and to think they stood up to EA when some of them were working for EA.

[SprSynJn]

The majority of the twits here would still pirate this game even if it were cheaper than the rest. Why? Because they think Activision, and the world no doubt, owe them. Sad how society works these days.

[NeoCloud]

I think MW2 will one of most pirated games ever.

[umair_s51]

While I am not in the favor of pirating games, I will buy a used copy of this.

[50CALheadshot]

the pirate is always right ARRRRRRGGHh.

[C_SoL]

they raise the price.....

Did I miss something??

[SuperM]

lol who wrote this article? First of all pirating is not stealing its copying. Its illegal copying but its not the same as stealing.

Besides we all know gamers suck when it comes to boycotting. Lets be honest, piracy is probably the only way we can make an impact on the sales of Modern Warfare, thus the only way we can stop Activision for overpricing their games. After all its Activisions own fault that we arent buying the game. Ultimately its their stupid descision that is behind your descision of pirating the game.

[Lich120]

How about, people who don't want to spend the money don't get it. Isn't it up to the person selling a product to determine what it's worth. The only reason most of you are saying you won't buy it is because you know you can pirate it.

I'll admit I think game price hikes are greedy with a title like this, but those who pirate it are no better than the greedy companies who practice such antics.

[badz149]

you're missing big time here bro! the petition is on and people are talking about buying it used or simply pirate the game altogether! by the way, here's the petition:

http://www.petitiononline.c...

[Lumbo]

@Lich120:
No, actually it's up to the buyer to decide the worth of the merchandise, the seller can only tell you what he wants for it, but you decide if it's worth that much by buying it.

[Millah]

I think Spore proved a little something that you don't want to piss off your entire consumer base. MW2 will = most pirated game of 09

And its a shame, because IW is a great developer and doesn't deserve to get caught under their arrogant CEOs idiocy.

[Cold 2000]

Why didn't you guys boycott the PS3 since it was clearly overpriced.
Sony considered that it was worth 600$ and just like Activision were pretty greedy because they knew that even at 600$ people would still buy it.

Its exactly the same thing: Activision's boss saying "If I could raise the price higher I would do it"
Sony saying "people will get 2 jobs to buy a PS3"

Why didnt you boycott the PS3 too or hijack a truck of PS3's or something ? Beacuse the PS3 was worth 600$ ?? Well MW2 is worth 65$ ! Unless you've played it and it sucks like no tomorrow.

I personally think MW2 is overpriced and that Activision are being greedy here so I signed the petition but if it doesnt work 'i bet it wont), I simply wont be getting MW2 or I'll get it used or when its cheaper, I wont pirate it.

But look guys MW2 will sell millions and millions and you guys will ses how completely stuck in your little world you are. And how pretty insignificant you are in the gaming industry.

[r3xmund1]

I have preorded CoD4-MW-PE but still i see that this article is wan-k

[vhero]

Pirate is definetly the only option for me for 360 version....

[gaffyh]

I think people should just pirate the game, copy it loads of times, and then just litter the streets outside Game, EB and Gamestop with the pirated copies.

[menoyou]

I'm not buying it and that's final. The single player looks crappy so I probably won't pirate it either.

[andron]

But I won't buy it at Activisions new premium price either.

So the answer is to wait until the price goes down, not become a pirate and just prove Activisions point. Pirates only contribute to press the price up.

Buy it used if you must, you are at least still contributing to the gaming food chain in some way then.

My anti piracy in gaming comes from witnessing the Amigas downfall, which was partly due to rampant piracy....

[badz149]

no game is worth $65! stupid people like you who is willingly swallow every foul practice like this is making kotick so big headed!

[callahan09]

@ Cold2000:

But the PS3 wasn't overpriced, because they priced it lower than the manufacturing cost.

[JokesOnYou]

I can honestly say I have NEVER pirated ANY game. I have friends that do but its always been a strong belief for me that if I want something then I should pay for it. COD4 is one of my favorite games, Modern Warfare 2 is definitely looking like my kind of game but I want to join my fellow gamers and NOT support Activision...I'm not going to pirate the game but I definitely don't want to miss out on MW2. F#$k you Activision for putting me in this position.

We seriously need to fight this, $5 doesn't mean a whole lot to me but I don't like to think about where this could lead for future game prices.

JOY

[JsonHenry]

I think it sucks that it is gonna cost a little more, but would be telling a lie if I said I was not gonna buy it.

[DaTruth]

The PS3 was worth $830.00 when it launched. They sold it for $600. That is called a great deal.

Anyway, anyone opposed to the price have waited for the $400 model or are still waiting. I am opposed to the price of a Lamborghini, But if I had 30 million dollars, I would be a little less opposed and maybe enthusiastic; Maybe $600 is a lot for you, but it's not for some of us!

[f789790]

I'm so behind in getting games that I am able to buy games at $40 or less always. I'll buy uncharted 2 when it comes out though.

[mastiffchild]

Why do some of us seem to think that Infinity Ward aren't part of this scam? Have they said ANYTHING to indicate that they have some small seed of sympathy for us UK gamers being scammed like this? No.

They could've easily let it be known if they had a problem with basically stealing from the selfish and ignorant among the UK gaming community in the hope of getting it spread to the rest of the world next time up and they haven't done so. Activision are hardly ikely to drop their biggest cash cow developer, the COD "A" team of IW, are they? No. So their silence means they're complicit in all the dirty deeds Acti are pulling in my country.

Personally I won't pirate the game but as it stands of the now 30 people I've spoken to about this many are happy to do so and WILL happily download a freebie aand wait for either a pre owned for the online or until the stance is dropped. Why on earth should UK gamers ave to give Activision more profit than other nations gamers?

When UK has been hit worse than any other EU nation by the current economic crisis in terms of the GNP shrinking, our econy slowing down and, most importantly huge job losses I find their actions both silly AND despicable. Other luxuries ave been forced down in price and the fact that they're charging more for MW2 means that many people might not be able to stretch to buying further games-say from XBLA or PSN so it's bad for other pubs/devs too.

Whatever, if IW won't say they think this is out of line then why do peope feel the need to think of them as saints here?

EDIT: £5 is nearly 10 dollars btw.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

I don't believe for one bit the people that pirate it would have bought it at the lower original price. It's hard to compete against free.

Don't pirate, it is stealing period regardless of how you justify it.

[Hobadoon]

And I feel where you guys are coming from but all of this "pirate" and "boycotting" isn't going to effect IW or Activision at all. This game is still going to sell stupid amounts of copies and make an insane amount of money.

Sure it's all fun to believe you're making a change but it's such a minor blip on their radar. It's really only the hardcore goers that follow the industry closely online and off and I don't believe that takes up the larger percentage of those who play video games unfortunately. I dunno, it's kinda like saying "I'm not gonna buy Windows 7. Yeah that'll stick to Bill Gates!" ... End the end, that person still rolls around in buckets of money and you might (MIGHT!) be out of a decent product. (I couldn't say, I'm an apple user).

Either way, what I'm saying is that this needs to be really REALLY spread throughout the masses for it to show any decent effect.

[TruthbeTold]

1. People stay strong and faithful to their commitment not to buy, and don't break.

2. Spread the word like wildfire during online matches of CoD4 and WaW. Let the noobs know why they shouldn't buy MW2 as well. Let them know about better alternatives.

Legally voicing our displeasure, and explaining what's going on is well within our means through the very system we have in place already. That way no one is breaking the law or goes to jail. Gamers aren't painted as scum, and Activision can't use piracy as justification/excuse in the future.

[GameGambits]

Fire that f*cking D-bag and problem solved.

If you show to the consumers that you won't let dingle berries like him be at least in public ear and eye shot, then we know you give a crap about your image to us.

Seriously I'm renting the game when it comes out. I'm also highly thinking about just modding my 360 in general as it should RROD soon. If it does/when it does, after I get it back I'll mod it. No sense to pay for this hunk a junks software if it can bust out on me anytime.

[MEsoJD]

^_^Killzone 2 stole my heart^_^

The new one just doesn't seem that fun.

If anything I'll pirate it on pc just because Activision are bunch of a$$holes.

[Chubear]

lol, the gaming community is all talk and it's mostly BS.

Just watch, all these people saying they'll pirate or buy it used but the game when it launches will move over 5mill on each console it comes out for. Meaning, gamers just talk $#%!.

For me, I've decided to gamefly this puppy for the SP campaign and to support IW that way. Yes, some of my funds go to Activision but I'm doing this mainly for IW. At least Activision won't get 60bucks from me... or is it 90bucks now? I can't keep up with Activision's sudden need for greed.

[cmrbe]

Guys, acti is raising the price of MF2 because they see it as blockbuster game which it is. The question then is. What about other blockbuster games like FF etc ?. Acti is setting a very dangerous precedence with this move. What will stop square or take 2 from raising prices of FF or GTA in the future is acti is successful with this?. This sort of move will have major impact on gaming and it will not be beneficial to gamers. Imagine a gen where gamers could expect 2 game price hike. Not very good. Next gen I am willing to pay 5 more provided there is a huge difference but for this gen 60 a game
Is more than enough.

[uie4rhig]

i bet activision is reading all these forums and going to try and sue everyone that says im going to pirate it.. well guess what activision, FVCK YOU WITH YOUR LAME OVERPRICING BULLSHlT! PS3 is not pirateable so i am going to either import it (very unlikely) or buy it second hand. As soon as this game comes on torrent, i will pirate both the 360 and PC version.. and no i wont be playing it on my pc simply coz i doubt my pc will be able to handle it, and i dont have a 360.. activision, you suck c0ck and you need to stop being as gay as EA used to be.. man, even EA saw their mistake.. boycott this game everyone.. let activision suffer so no other company, nor activision, does this every again!

[DarkSavior]

It's only in the UK, not US, and look:
http://www.gamestop.com/bro...

[TruthbeTold]

is an injustice anywhere.

[glennc]

all you retards who say they are going to pirate it because it is too expensive STFU you were already going to pirate it, that is what you do. no one is going to mod their console just for this game and go back to paying for everythinjg else. idiots

we have to send a message to these guys... whatever. what about all the other games you pirate? messages all around i 'spose.

[DW]

see topic

[Pandamobile]

Holy crap, I've never seen 100 agrees on a post before. Let alone my own :O

[theEnemy]

They are taking too much advantage of the success of CoD4.

Jeez..

[Ninji]

People don't just want to boycott it. They want to boycott it but still play it so in a way they are just boycotting the hiked price of the game and not the actual game itself (despite 50 Cent being in it as that alone is a good reason to boycott the entire game).

[Kleptic]

yeah the whole 50 thing sounds dumb...but whatever...

i'm still sticking with the buying it used tactic...if I buy it at all (knowing GS even the used price will be above 'normal' retail)...so whatever...I have never bought a used game that is regularly available...yet this is the first game that I will not buy new at an inflated price simply out of principle...cod 4 was great, but not that great...mw 2 will be no different...

[air1]

50 ftw!

[Sunny_D]

I wish I could pirate it. :( Since I don't have a 360 or a gaming pc. I cant pirate it for the ps3. Well, Sony just had to make the ps3 hack proof and pirate proof for now. It's a blessing and sometimes a curse ;). That's what happens when you have the most powerful console.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Is that what you think?

[DelbertGrady]

Blu-Ray is too cumbersome to pirate because of it's size. Would take forever to download games. But whatever makes you sleep at night. If you want to believe it's cause the PS3 is powered by Peter Pan then go ahead.

[Guitarded]

Is it not obvious that the droids do not think.

Anyone who "pirates" is a thief of information. You are expected to pay for the information before obtaining it. If you steal, you will be stolen from. You reap what you sow. The golden rule, live by it for a better life. Seriously, be a decent human. If you wouldn't want any person or group to do it to you, don't do it to them.
Activision is not holding a gun to your head forcing you to purchase their product. If you want to play the game so badly that you feel the need to steal it, then it is worth the asking price. Otherwise, wait for a price drop. Thieves are losers.

[Baka-akaB]

No ... it doesnt stop people from downloading 8-15Go pc games , or Blu ray rips ranging from 6 to 20 gb .

And no , i'm not talking about a select few with huge connection , but many many people not caring about the hassle , since it's free .

[xaviertooth]

@Guitarded

yeah, tell that to PP.

he likes to steal psp games at the expense of thriving developers. and he openly admitted it. and he's an xbot.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

http://www.n4g.com/NewsCom-...

[MGOelite]

i hope the people with pcs and 360 pirate the living fuk outta this game, just to annoy activision.

[Kamikaze135]

Lmao

[ChickeyCantor]

what "norm"?
I mean some games were 5 to 10 dollars more expansive than other games.
Of course we all want a lower price, but its not really a reason to pirate. If you pirate this game, then i take you have pirated other games too(and price tags were not the issue)?

Wouldn't the "norm" be that people either buy the game or not?
And not pirate it? Hypocritical.

But whatevsss. Eventually people will buy the game anyway.

[kaveti6616]

You're basically stealing it, dude. Yes, Activision is effed up for raising the price. The game is not worth the higher price. So your logical step is to steal it? What is this generation coming to? I'm not trying to be the self-righteous prick here, but Infinity Ward makes great games, and they don't deserve to be punished because of Kotick's d!ck moves.

[SuperM]

Its not infinity ward that is getting all the money though, its Activision. And piracy is not the same as stealing. Although people who are against it claim it is. The act of stealing implies that you take something from someone, and that someone you took it from lose the item. This is not the case with piracy. Piracy is copying.

When it comes to piracy the only thing that matters to me is my own moral. I support good developers, i support developers that make great games. But the d1cks at Activision has made alot of bad moves lately, among other things their attack on Brutal Legend, their whining at Sony for cutting their prices even though their own products are overpriced. Bobby Kotick has proven himself to be a hypocrit, i dont support that sh1t, and i wont feel bad about it if i deside to pirate modern warfare2. I havent made that descision yet though.

[edhe]

SuperM - taking something from someone - yep, that's the case when you play someone's game you didn't pay for.

You stole that experience, you took it without giving them their due.

Stinky little pirates don't know what's good for the world. Whilst i disagree with the price hike an en masse pirating will only give them more reason to punish the real buyers of the game with higher prices to make up for the lost revenue on units copied.

How about you just don't buy something that's overpriced, then buy it when it's not.

[DaTruth]

I'm sure all the painters got a little pissed when photography, photocopying and printing were introduced... That's life and the only people who haven't figured it out, are spoiled rich people who think they are entitled to be rich.

Are there any shortages of painters? People will still sing music even if it doesn't make you rich and it will eliminate all the people who sing only to become rich and we will only have to listen to those who are passionate about their work!

I had to watch Hip-hop get destroyed by the likes of 50 cent and these losers who make music to sell and not to listen to. I had to stop listening to that crap. They sold out making good music to sell music to the largest demographic, now I listen to Reggae.

If this game is good, please buy it; But if you buy crap, like a lot of companies have been selling, we will be in a $h1t load of crap! If you can't afford it, wait for a lower price, buy it used or pirate it!

[LordMarius]

Not interested in this game
I cant pirate it since I only have a PS3 but if I was interested I'll just buy it used(you should too)

[Cobalt40]

Hooyah, thats the way to go. If I want it bad enough I'll just get a used copy.

[LordMarius]

lets be realistic, the sheep are still going to give this title million of sales, so finding a used copy wont be hard, its better buying it used instead of getting it illegally thus you dont miss out on the game while still boycotting Activision

[lsujester]

There's no difference between not buying it and buying a used copy. That other person is going to buy it regardless, so that's one new sale whether you end up with it or not. If he doesn't buy it, then that copy will just sit on the shelf, having already made Activision some money.

[Kushan]

Someone will buy it anyway, so buying it used does make a difference. A used sale is a lost sale as far as Activision is concerned and that's good enough for me.

[ChickeyCantor]

Mostlikely if you pirate it the next installment has to have a high price to recover from this damage.

[KingKionic]

It`s going be pirated heavily...just look at cod4 on xbox360...lol

[mrblacknut]

All of this over $5? Some of you gamers are a joke. Just don't buy it.

[TruthbeTold]

The British pound is close to twice the value of the dollar so you're looking at closer to $10 extra rather than 5. And no it's not o.k. At least not without a voicing of displeasure. Otherwise it won't stop until we're down the ability to buy a game or two a year simply because of rising prices. F that.

[poopsack]

i guess ur used to people pulling ur balls mrblacknut

[snoopgg]

If one lets these companys charge $5 more already in this generation of games, then I guess you won't mind paying $80 a game in the next generation. With the amount of games sold, there is no reason to jack the price up even more.

[Pandamobile]

It's $10.

And it's to stop the price hike across the board. Unless you feel like paying $70-80 for a new game in the next couple years, keep up that attitude.

[cmrbe]

What if you have to buy every new game 5 bucks more?. Think About that for a minute.

[evrfighter]

I'm guessing it's going to be $10 more on steam. A platform where there is no physical media, no instruction booklet and no case. Here I was thinking DD was gonna be cheaper....lol feel bad for Activision.

[heroicjanitor]

Are screaming blue murder on websites hoping to rally people, but they will get the game themselves, we know how it works. Hope everyone else does it so you won't have to. Hope other people support companies so you can pirate. Everyone is very selfish these days. I'm undecided on whether to get it but my brother will probably get it because cod4 was his favourite game for a long time.

[TruthbeTold]

As the article says, agreements to boycott are only as good as the honor of those agreeing. People need to either toughen up, buckle down and not buy it, or bend over, take it, and stop complaining since that's their choice. The only reason companies have power to do this is because we give it to them. Take that power away by spending your money elsewhere.

[dktxx2]

Stealing the game isn't justified. Not buying it is.

Your still a thief if you pirate this game, even if activision is in the wrong.

[Johnny Rotten]

I'll just wait for COD8.

[Saaking]

I won't pirate the game because I'm anti-piracy; however I will wait and buy it second hand.

[Finalfantasykid]

Ya I think that would be the ultimate punishment for Activision. The gamers get what they want, and Activision gets nothing from that second purchase. But this strategy will be useless if those people end up buying DLC for the game...

[Guitarded]

Though I still intend to mock you for preferring the PS3.

[MetalGearBear]

activision is more worse than MS!!!! DAMN!!!!!
I will steal trucks with full of games, I give to everyone for free.

[cmrbe]

You are robin and boby is the sherrif. Remeber me LOL

[badz149]

I'm also one of those poor villagers! I want 1 too eventhough I don't even plan on buying it in the first place! hey, it's free, right? If I get a free copy, I'll sell it back to buy some bread!!

ps: bubbles for you dear Robin Hood!

[kaveti6616]

All I know is this. Two wrongs don't make a right. Activision wronged gamers. And now gamers want to hurt Activision. They have no sensibility. All you guys are going to end up doing is pissing Activision off further. The more times CoD MW2 gets pirated, the more reason Activision will have to raise prices in an attempt to "overcome piracy." Yes, I know it doesn't make sense, but that's the reason that Kotick is going to use to raise prices even further, and then innocent gamers like me will have to pay even more for the games we want to play.

[gamejediben]

Kotick will pay out the ass for this. No, I will not pirate MW2, but I will buy used and I will write letters demanding the immediate resignation of that asshole.

[wxer]

lol
that pic. is full of WIN
lol

[LukaX23]

now that you mention, i'm sure even more people will pirate it. good job!

[jack_burt0n]

"Activision is a business, and a business as its bottom line is to make as much profit as possible. "

Activision think your stupid and they dont even try to hide it.

Judging by this site they might be right, these increases are not based on value they are BASED ON GREED.

You people defending activision are really quite messed up. You scare me.

[titomister10]

This artcile is retarded! Now that you've mentioned dot you think more people are thinking about pirating?

[Run_bare]

I never believe in piracy, i have preorder this game from EB. No matter how much i don't like the way "Bobby Kotick" conduct his business and how he goes about it, there still plenty of nice people at Activistion that deserve credits.

I just hope he step down and let others run Activision the way it should be run.

[Kleptic]

at this rate he won't 'step down'...he'll simply get knocked off...depending on the severity of the backlash to his recent statements...he may not be the big man at act for much longer...

[Quikchicken_Fly]

lol as if there will be no pirated games there are over thousands music and movies but seriously can you stop piracy there are over thousands downloading at websites like
watch-movies,pirate bay,mininova,etc... torrents...

and your not my mom

[Sigh]

judging by all the comments in here, including me, this article is just helping to provoke us to pirate activision's MW2 even more. Kodick is just a selfish azzhole to raise the price of the game during this time.

[PS360PCROCKS]

http://www.petitiononline.c...

SIGN! SIGN! SIGN!!

[TruthbeTold]

I won't until some minor fixes are made. If we want them to take it seriously we have to fix the spelling in those few instances where mistakes occur. Please don't see this as nitpicking. We just don't want to give them any reasons to laugh in our face right?

apauling = appalling

"Than your CEO" = Then your CEO

wont = won't

[FantasyStar]

Sometimes a crime is justified. MW2 will be the "Spore" of Consoles. If ya'll catch my drift.

[jack_burt0n]

That would b very very funny, they dont have girl gamers to fall back on either.

[TruthbeTold]

Places that sell used games such as Game Stop tend to gouge too. They'll do so all the more if fewer people are buying it new and used copies are more rare. I don't think that's a solution unless one is simply satisfied with the fact that Activision doesn't get your money.

[Lumbo]

In this case i don't care that Gamestop gets fatter by me getting their ripoff preowned version. As long as Actiblizzard ain't getting my hard earned cash i'm fine.

[Shnazzyone]

What he is saying is Pirating just gives them excuses to go after piraters. Then activision can pretend the loss in sales is all on piraters and nothing is accomplished other then hurting file sharing further.

Just exercise intelligent self control and work in unity to boycott Activisions greedy ambitions. You know how embarrassing it would be for activision to release their overpriced, overhyped FPS then see as noone comes to their online servers. Servers that are supposed to be payed for by game sales when the game isn't selling. Now that is a hit right there. That is what this article is asking the gaming public. To unite for a common cause for once and teach an overblown gaming company an overdue lesson.

Boycotts work! Organised boycotts of Mobil/exxon lowered gas prices on more then one occasion. (it's just a shame people can't stick with it) You pirate and your only hurting your own freedoms to share your information further then they have been hurt already. Don't give activision the chance! Let them suck on pure failure from a unified cause. In the end it could win endless respect for the gamer in the future.

Though I suppose it is way easier for me. I don't own an HD console anyhow. I'll have muramasa, metroid prime trilogy and tat vs cap to play while this whole thing explodes outside my peripheral vision.

[FantasyStar]

Anyways.....I do see your point. However when I think back on it. Blaming piracy for loss of sales is very easy and doesn't need much proof to it unless you get the bunch that's really anal regarding sources. The media can twist this into a anti-piracy campaign and totally pad on MW2 good news. However I think gamers far outweigh the media, so there's no worries there.

Activision can indeed blame piracy for the loss in sales, but it's not like "not pirating" it will make a difference. Either way, Activision loses money and the message boycotts want heard is heard. I don't know if you remember this, but back then when gas prices were high, some folks stole a large amount of gas and gave it out to everyone for free. It's the effect of "not paying" that really sends damage to companies. As long as Activision isn't making money: boycott, piracy, buying-used, rental: they all work towards the common goal the boycott stands for.

[tawak]

i just sold my cod4 and codwaw on my ps3 on ebay
no more activision games on my ps3
however
....already got the blank dvd dl ready for my 360
so aye mate!count me in! hurrah Bobby Kotik!!

[Some_Guy]

Boycott, spread the word! Facebook has about 4 Boycott groups and twitter has reported the boycott about 1 million times. This boycott is growing fast :P at this rate, the game wont sell at all for the first week.

[badz149]

to give the link of those group from facebook? I'm on facebook at least once a day but don't know where to find these kind of activities! tq in advance

[darkstar]

Ill probly buy it day one. Just being honest.

[Pandamobile]

Enjoy your overpriced piece of sh1t.

[muddygamesite]

"Ill probly buy it day one. Just being honest."

I though the famous and intelligent "L" was smarter than that.

[Campy da Camper]

but who really gives a shhit? Your cause in life is to not buy a video game so the "man" gets it in the arse and then be exiled to an island never to sell anything again?

What doesn't go up in price? Who the fuk isn't greedy when it comes to big business? All compianes exist for one thing and it's NOT customer satisfaction. It's to make a profit. Investors, vendors, employees, money money money.

Jesus, stand on the soapbox if you must but for fuks sake, the world is melting, armies are fighting, disease is rampant, people are losing their homes and even the Myans had a notion the whole dam thing is going to Hell in a hand basket in a little over 3 years.

It's only a game. Not needed to sustain life. Just to enjoy it a little more.

[badz149]

yes...even games go up in prices but that is after a generation! there was never occurred before a sequel in the same fvcking gen goes up in price for no reason! plus, the price hike for MW2 is not justified at all!! they use the same damn engine from 2 years ago - with no upgrades!, the game is sub-HD, the game only in development for 2 years, probably only come with 4 MP maps at launch, the game is definitely not any bigger than any other game (smaller in size instead?), the disc price is going down be it DVD or BD, and even the printing cost is going down because we are still in the same fvcking gen! so...what's the price hike for actually? no other than GREED and that bastard (kodick) is extremely annoying as hell!

[JonnyBigBoss]

How about I don't play MW2 at all? I played COD4 thoroughly, how could I possibly be missing out on much? MAG all the way.

[cmrbe]

All of this could have been avoided if they will release this game at normal retail price.

[Rifle-Man]

Fück Activision and fück Kotick. All of my casual gamer friends are going to buy this game day one – they don't even know or care that these guys are total shítheads.

[badz149]

how about you spread the words to them!!

[Mr Tretton]

Remember this year.

I think Activision will be heading to a point of wearing it's tired stuff out in the coming years, and people will start going elsewhere. That's why they are going on the defensive lately despite their success. Because they have run out of ideas, and they can't just keep popping the same stuff out every year into eternity. The market will give at some point. Maybe not right away, but soon enough.

With that being said, I think, unfortunately, MW2 is going to break sales records anyway.

I am buying MW2, (don't get me wrong, the CODs are fun) used, as soon as used copies hit the shelves, which will be the next day. IW/Act doesn't need my money or 'vote.'

Uncharted 2 however, is paid in full.

[roguewarrior]

And A Bottle Of Rum A Pirates Life For Me uncharted 2 pre ordered looking sweet

[God_of_War]

YOu wana lick activision balls...u do it alone, dont make us a apart of it

[MadforitUK]

Tescos has MW2 at £36 for the 360 pre-order http://direct.tesco.com/q/N...

The ps3 version is too @ http://direct.tesco.com/q/N...

[Death2494]

They just owned themselves. I'm now not even going to buy the freaking game. I was on the fences at first about MW2, but now that the Ceo just put his foot in his mouth. I rather just give 40 bucks to Zipper Interactive and buy M.A.G.

Congrats Activision, now ps3 owners are just going to buy M.A.G. instead of MW2 because it's only going to be 40 bucks

[tomdrum6]

id never buy a COD game in my life anyway. too average. this is where id consider pirating a game to try it out

[kasasensei]

Piracy is not the solution.
Pirated games spread well across the net and, like trial versions, they push consumers to buy the full game to play online.
Do not pirate it, ignore it.

[Gun_Senshi]

Lowering the price of game you are asking people to buy it, even pirating. If games where cheap people wouldn't even bother wasting time to download and crack.

On the other hand, highering the price for 5 hour SP game that is expansion of COD4 is asking to pirate the hell out of it.

I'm going to download MW2 b oth PC and X360 over and over, delete and redownload, just so activsion see increased numbers of piracy

[DiffusionE]

I don't support piracy, but right now, if it wasn't for piracy, those douchebags would never take our boycott seriously. Right now, they're at least a bit scared because they know if we're unhappy with their product, we can always pirate it. And that's what is giving us the edge, that's their fear and our safety net. Without the threat of piracy, we don't have leverage.

No honest buyer wants to switch over to the dark side, but those greedy bastards crossed the line first. When their product fails, they can blame piracy all they want but deep down they'll know they screwed with us first. They wanna play dirty? Well, so can we....

[Gun_Senshi]

In europe it costs 97 USD

[PirateThom]

I'll be pirating every possible version (including Wii Warfare). I have no intention of playing it and will delete the downloads straight away, but to make a point that no game is worth what Activision are trying to charge.

Operation Flashpoint is getting my money.

[Hercules]

oh well..im getting uncharted2 anyways...never was good at fps games..but its a shame that a company who made a billion bucks in three months wants raise a price on the game..just doesnt make sense to me..just lower some pay...lol

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

pirating game should be legal only when its activision :)

[kai_h]

Basically, the more Activision raises the price, the more the game will get pirated, and it's just going to keep escalating until one party decides the back down.

The thing is, is that it's difficult to get thousands (or millions) of gamers to stop pirating or boycotting, while it's easier to set a lower price.

[Automat]

piracy kills music...
not games.

BTW: standard price for a game in Norway is 599 NOK, equal to £55-60, equal to 90 USD...

[Ischan]

Getting it used is still too much. So thinking to get the "private" one.

[DriftMax]

Cant wait to see this game break new sales records.

Cod4 is still the best online ps3 game to date.

[edhe]

It's not got much competiton :D

*baboomtish!

[pikeypaul]

I'm gonna sell at load of copies of this at my local car boot sale, obviously its gonna be a big seller, so I think I'll put a few extra quid on it to cover my pirating costs....... LMAO

[piramides30]

I'm one of them. Priced up in Crisis?.. This people is crazy.
Download it day 1. :))

[kornbeaner]

just don't buy it. It's really that simple business runs on numbers, if you pirate a PC or 360 game and it goes undetected and you manage to play that game online it's still a plus 1 for Activision because you are playing the game. IF you don't play they will have to start taking gamers and the general consumer more seriously and stop playing us as suckers. I on the other hand will most likely pass this game up, there are other games coming out at around the same time from dev's I respect a lot more that I plan on investing my 60 shells on. IW is alright but I feel they are way overrated as a dev and they have done nothing ground breaking since Medal of honor and the first CoD game. Not to take anything away from CoD2 and MW1 but if you look at the formula they used MW1 and plan on using MW2 its the same formula they've used since they did Medal of honor. Hit a trigger, kill the enemy, move on. And the way they add difficulty is by adding what I like to call "Jesus bullets", bullets that hit you out of nowhere, instead of making the A.I. smarter they result to cheap tactics to make the game "Harder". IW is overrated and the only reason people think they are 1 of the best is because they spoon feed the masses and the masses defend them blindly.

[Baka-akaB]

the only time it's a plus one for activision when you play a pirated copy , is when they annonce the numbers of active players in their usual PR bull ... wich most people dont care about .

It's not a plus , they dont get that money period .

[TheMART]

"Pandamobile - 6 hours ago

Until it's priced like a normal game, I'll still pirate it."

People saying this now, have always pirated. They don't suddenly start pirating it because a small price increase.

BTW games overhere are always 60 to 65 Euro since some time. What are the UK people crying over 55 pounds?

And this one:

"tawak - 3 hours ago

i just sold my cod4 and codwaw on my ps3 on ebay
no more activision games on my ps3
however
....already got the blank dvd dl ready for my 360
so aye mate!count me in! hurrah Bobby Kotik!!"

Dude, be honest, you never bought COD4 and COD5. As you already are talking about a blank DL-DVD for your 360, its capable of reading those, thus you already hacked your 360. You had a pirated COD4 and COD5 and sold nothing.

[tawak]

i never brought it on my ps3?
you sure bout that buddy?
add me up my psn "tawak"
compare trophy if you wanted too
see it for yourself before being a such mr. i knew it all

[lonix]

but i hAVE an xbox 360 for games which arent worth payong for
and a PS3 for games which are worth paying for

unfortunately mw2 does not count on the worth paying for category

i like id software so i might consider buying wolfenstein after the price drops considerably

[PirateNinjaBunny]

...however I will only buy it used. I remember picking up God of War 2 the day after it came out...USED(Which now having a better understanding of how that impacts developers I would shoot my old self in the foot). It won't take a long wait to get this game used, and that is exactly what I plan on doing. If I cannot find a used copy, I will never buy this game. Trust me, I have a pleanty big enough backlog and plenty of games to look forward to. I really do want this game, but after hearing what Kodick said I don't plan to buy ANY activision title new in the forseeable future. (also guitar hero sucks anyways...get rock band)

[Evocation]

Somewhat we only have ourselfs to blame, Cod4 was still selling for over £30 in most places even after COD:WaW was released, they saw people would pay over the top prices for COD4 and thought they could cash in even more this time around.

[DriftMax]

Good one bud, I don't think he will be doing it alone though. Maybe add another 10 million to that, give or take a million or so. So that means you can be in the minority of people not licking his balls.

You have lots of fun playing your inferior Killzone 2 and MAG, lets see if they can last 2 years and still be as active as the day they came out.

[beavis4play]

illegally copying games (or movies/music) is not something someone does on a limited basis or, with good intentions. it's done to steal a product. and if you do it, you're no better than kotick (who's trying to steal from the gaming public)
it's so simple: don't buy the games........ i'm not. nor do i feel any reservation about NOT having MW2, or any activision title. it isn't like there aren't MANY quality games coming out to begin with. having fun gaming is possible WITHOUT playing activision games.

[Amir51]

just buy it used.

[Wozzer]

I and everybody I know have agreed not to buy this game until the prices are reasonable or we can buy second hand. This kind of s**t has got to stop, greedy corporate rapists.

[Ingram]

Find another Publisher and destroy the Evil Empire, you deserve to be the star of the show.

[Bluemaster77]

is that the PS3 and 360 fans can put their differences aside and unite for once as they should in the first place. I tottaly agree that these dudes are really full of them selves its sad IW is in the cross fire i live in the US so i wont even be facing the pricw hikes on the reg version but im outraged for my UK brethren

[Baka-akaB]

"dont hurt IW" ??

And why shouldnt we ? It's funny how activision is turned into the bad guy (with it well yeah actually is ...) ... but no one complains about IW .

Where the heck did people ever get the impression they were cool and nice guys ?

We are talking about a studios with a great game indeed , but it's quality got nothing much to do with their attitude . They never seemed once to questiondaddy's activision decisions , and seems even quite happy with it .

They never throw freebies , but overcharge lame map packs with half being reused sp ones ...
They had all the time in the world , with threyarch covering them for a year with COD 5 .... and yet they comes up with basically cod4 again .

Some people are such hypocrites sometimes here , valve and L4d's studio , despite having done far more than IW and others in dlc and free contents for their games , get constantly bashed for releasing l4d2 a year after with mild changes .
Yet a scamming and greedy company does the same 2 years later , and most people are still in love ...

[Many hats]

if you are into Military shooters - i know some aren't.Still,on this occasion i think piracy is morally justified.I know many may feel legality and morality are one and the same, but i don't think so(Apartheid was legal, but moral??). Activision are simply trying to exploit gamers by charging such an outrageous price,no two ways about it.Personally, i don't give a monkey's what some Activision A**hole says, but exploiting people, just because you can is indefensible! Pirate and be damned,i say!!

[DanSolo]

This isn't just about MW2 being over-priced, its about a concerted effort of all the big games companies trying to push prices up.

If you look back over the last few months there have been various statements coming out from various people all trying to implant the idea of prices going up.
Statements of costs rising, needing to charge more for this reason or that.
All these statements are designed to put the idea out there that this is something that "has to happen".
The reason its MW2 leading the hike in prices is quite simply that they know there is such demand for the game that plenty of people will put up with it. And once its accepted once, it will raise the bar permanently.
Its just the way these things work.

Its like when you hear prices like £60 or £70 a game thrown around.... that just means they want to hike the price up to £50 and by saying they want to price it higher, people will be more willing to accept it when it comes out less than that.
Its the same reason the price of a barrel of crude rocketed up to $150 the other year, its because back then $50 a barrel was considered the top end, the oil companies wanted it to be more like $70 or $80 as the accepted price so there was an effort to push it waaay higher than they actually wanted it, so that when it came back down to where they really wanted it people would sigh with release.... and get charged more.

[TiKiMaN1]

Activision is already giving Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the shaft on PC. I fear if this game is pirated as much as people are talking about, then Activision will respond by making NO PC VERSION OF CALL OF DUTY IN THE FUTURE. :(

You can say what you want, but pirating this game in large numbers is likely to hurt especially PC Gamers in the end.

[Allowen]

I will get a pirated copy of it to play the single player mode on my "old" PC.

If at least it had a decent coop mode like CoDWAW ,not to mention a more fair price I would get it oritinal for my PS3.

[Ninjamonkey]

I dont want to be buying this game at the higher price.

Tbh i dont see how COD6 will heugely improve in multiplayer so i'll stick with COD4.

And for singleplayer there are so many better games coming out.

[rguilamo]

wow, now they ask us not to pirate the game, what really did they expect would happen... Gamers complaine about the actual prices and they pretend to raise them...

Activision better think of it, alot of gamers are going to pirate the game....

[xboxlover]

Here in Nova Scotia (Canada) If you want to buy a new game, say fight night Round 4, after taxes, it is 75.00

[Avenged Sevenfold]

i'll buy it. but i'll also pirate it just to piss activision off a little bit. or i'll just steal it lol.

[asyouburn]

anyone thinking of pirating this game is only thinking in the short term, but what if, theorectically, activision sells 15 copies of MW2, but online, they have 50 people playing on their servers, they're gonna start trying to find ways to get $$$ from all the pirates which could lead to higher prices or even pay to play online. think about it, they could charge monthly fees so that even if you dl'ed the game, your still paying for it. it only took me five seconds to think that up, you dont think activisin will think of it too? i dont care either way, im not buying it, but you pirates are digging your own holes.

[Baka-akaB]

Thing is making every multiplayer game a mmo (as in $$$ to play , rather than "massively multiplayer") is probably already on most big publishers agendas .

And not as a knee jerk reaction to losing (imaginary) money , but as a way to maximise profits .
Just like some corp would always fire people regardless of the year's benefits , in order to keep increasing profits , rather than stagnating .

It has nothing to do with piracy , it's just to tempting and juicy to not got that way .

Things keep getting worse , regardless of us respecting laws tailored for corporations such as Activision or not ... so i say enjoy breaking them while you still can

[asyouburn]

is very real money, as evry pirated copy is a copy not sold. when you pirate, chances are you wanted to play it. i agree that most companies are already looking at the mmo business model, but losing profits is a good way to jump start something of that nature. especially when they are upkeeping servers for millions who never actually bought it

[Baka-akaB]

Yes it is imaginary money , in many cases . It would be very easy to bet than half of pirated copies are for people who wouldnt buy the game in the first place .

Especially when many pirates actually buy many games , but with so many out there , abusive prices practices such as activision's , they reserve their money for games they feels deserves it more ... like some underdogs (like many atlus games) , or studios that gives so much support for their game they deserves a break (like criterons with burnout paradise , with free added motorbykes support , so many free dlcs , patches and changes , besides pretty cool paid dlcs) .

Hell i know i sure as hell wouldnt have bought the latest prince of persia , knowing it would be short , have very little replay value , having more priorities , and not feeling compelled to invest money in it , instead of a more valuable game .

Ok i was interested enough to not ignore it completely and still play it for free . But had it not been available , i sure wouldnt have bothered anyway .

PS : of course i'm a thief , d bag or whatever ... i cant say i care for the laws , when a game cost 120-130$ in my country . For extra costs anyone have yet to properly explains , besides pure greed from guys like Activision , with stuff like crappy translations and dubs .

[TruthbeTold]

1. People stay strong and faithful to their commitment not to buy, and don't break.

2. Spread the word like wildfire during online matches of CoD4 and WaW. Let the noobs know why they shouldn't buy MW2 as well. Let them know about better alternatives.

Legally voicing our displeasure, and explaining what's going on is well within our means through the very system we have in place already. That way no one is breaking the law or goes to jail. Gamers aren't painted as scum, and Activision can't use piracy as justification/excuse in the future.

[feejo]

Well lower your game price.

[-Mezzo-]

I'll freakin' pirate it.

[lizard81288]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

$149.99!
*spits out drink*
ಠ_ಠ
holy crap!

the cheapest i could find was $55-$60, for a PC game. thats pretty pricey

[bigjclassic]

Now its automatically $65 without tax, so maybe around $69 is what the total should be. Ive been gaming for a long time now and i always thought that $50 should be the norm. Very few games are actually worth $60 during this HD era cycle. And now for Activision to make it $65 gives other companies a green light on keep charging higher fees. And no offense but as a CoD4 hater its not even worth $50.

[reckoner]

The game itself looks really fun.

[tk262]

The fact is... people are still going to buy the game regardless of this "price hike". I'm sure way more people are just going to buy the regular $60 version than people buy the two other versions (mostly the Veteran Edition.)
Many people just want to get straight to the game and don't want to have to worry about some night vision goggles that they will use maybe for a few hours and get sick of, or go through an art book and DVD for a few minutes just to put them away and collect dust.
It seems (in my opinion) they are trying to do what Halo 3 did, only bigger. The main problem with this is that Halo 3 to many hardcore fans has a lore that has deep story which includes novels and comics. I for one own many of them. So even though I'm a huge fan of Halo I still didn't buy the priciest edition because I honestly didn't feel it was important enough. If you truly want more than a game get the Veteran Edition, but really? How many people do you actually think are going to buy it?

[Becko]

yes, everyone that wants to play this game should either buy a used copy or just pirate the game, this massive action will be a mark in gamers power over activision unfair practices and a message to the rest of the gaming industry as well.

[josh14399]

just buy used copies

[TomMcBaum]

If it doesn't sell well at the higher price, it will quickly drop to whatever level it takes to move the inventory. Ultimately, the most important thing is to NOT buy it at the full retail price if you want to see this "pricing experiment" fail.

[Zikron]

The article addresses the problem but fails to find a solution to it. The article states that if I boycott the game some of my friends are still going to play it which in turns makes me feel left out. I can try to buy it used but I live in a highly populated area and it will not be easy to come by. So that only leaves one solution that is not nearly as dangerous as this article makes it sound… or so I heard :)

The fact of the matter is that Activision has no one to blame for this except themselves and unfortunately they are going to make Infinity Ward pay for it as well.

[SpitFireAce85]

is a fu@king greedy sh!t head this game will sell like 15mill easy
and he wants to raise the price even more.I would love to fu@k that
mofo up.kick his fu@king teeth In.

Ps.piracy all the way

[Colieo_87]

you know the thing that still smells a little fishy is that there willing to explode the Dl content on this game for the 360 but leave the ps3 gamers othe shelf waiting. Sad really cause wouldnt you be giving development full tilt to the the system that doesnt really have pirating issues like the ps3 besides pc and xbox. But i gusse its muilt plat so they will still make there cash cow on this game anyways... O and another thing can you say money hungery wovles withere limied special ed pack for thins game @ 150 kiss my ass

[leetugz]

i dont no how 2 Pirate, but if i did boooooooooyyyyyyyyy this game would be the 1st

[WeeMadBadger]

You don't have to boycott it for too long - Activision has a lot riding on MW2. They delayed few games, there's big hype. Let's say people decide to buy it 3 months after release; what would happen? As soon as the word would spread that MW2 doesn't sell, the stock price would plummet and someone (the idiot CEO Kotik who can't keep his mouth shut) would have to take the fall.

[I-SEE-YOU]

They already Milking this franchise, its not worth mentioning again this game.

HAPPY PIRATING! Hope your wearing your eye patches.

( Spend your money on those games worth your money )

[leetugz]

hope your wearing your eye patch, that comment cracked me up lol

[Maisay]

Do what I will do: buy it used. It'll be cheaper for you, Activision will get zero money and you can still play it online. :)

[turgore]

what a poor article . the game deserves to be boycotted especially in the UK.

[TruthbeTold]

didn't even read it. :p

[DarkSavior]

http://www.gamestop.com/bro...

See no price hike!

[7zark7]

Oh yes, we will pirate, WE WILL PIRATE THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN! AND WE SHALL BE REMEMBERED IN THE ANNULS OF HISTORY AS THE MOST PIRATY PIRATES EVER! AND WHAT WE PIRATE IN LIFE, ECHOES IN ETERNITY! ARE YOU WITH ME MY GAMING BROTHERS AND SISTERS!