The Hypocrisy of Modern Warfare 2 Boycotters

YourEMGN Writes: "Remember the PC communities hate against the PC version of Modern Warfare 2? Remember the boycotts and complaining? the offering of cake and money to the (almost) rival game Battlefield bad company 2?

Well I guess you would be interested in this. In this screenshot I took it shows a small sample of the 915 members of the 'Boycott Modern Warfare 2 (WE WANT DEDICATED SERVERS)' steam group however it doesn't seem like many are doing so."

[Madusha]

Haha that's funny, I thought they were trying to boycott the game, not play it. Pretty funny stuff.

[Battlefield]

Lmao, pretty much all of them are playing the game...mint boycott

[X_iGame_X]

Lol, it's obvious no one can resist playing Modern Warfare 2, it's such an awesome game.

[Saaking]

Wow. If you're gonna boycott something do it. They bark a lot yet they don't bite.

[Noctis Aftermath]

but are they playing a paid or torrent version?

[Ares84PS3]

...that is why they didn't gave a damn.

Also is there a possibility that those people pirated the game???

[Valay]

It is pretty funny.

[Elvfam511]

haha that's probably the pirate version of steam

@below

I'm not to sure
but i know there's a Steam version out there
that's about it

[BRG9000]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Steam wouldn't recognize them playing a torrent version would it? I think this article is referring to legal purchases.

[SuperM]

there is a pirated steam version. and since you need steam to run it, it might be that version they are playing.

[evrfighter]

I guarantee you its the pirated version of steam. I've set mine up the same way. You can add non steam game shortcuts to steam and it'll show you playing the game. Take's all of 5 seconds to do. That's not even including Razor's rip requiring steam to be running.

For curiosity's sake I went back to mininova and added together total downloads and current leechers for the top 15 MW2 torrents. On this one public torrent site alone. There are 328,620 people that have downloaded or are downloading MW2.

328,620

[ReservoirDog316]

Like I always say, just cause some are hypocrites doesn't mean they all are.

Some boycotters are hypocrites, I'm not.

Some are christians hypocrites, I'm not.

[STONEY4]

Yeah, most of the rips so far require steam to use it. The only one I know that doesn't is SKIDROW's rip.

[KiRBY3000]

screenshots FTW!

[badz149]

I'm boycotting and will never ever touch the game EVER!

[lsujester]

Sort of like those guys "boycotting" L4D2. Weak.

[syanara]

but it doesn't change the fact that IW screwed the PC gamers out of a much better game.

[Syronicus]

The haters will... WILL buy the game. They just like to hear themselves whine about it. They can pitch and moan all they want but they cannot resist the game, PERIOD.

[Gun_Senshi]

I was boycotting MW2 but a friend bought a copy for me "he said xmas present" to play with me.

:/

[Syronicus]

Good on him. Friends don't let friends boycott great games. It's just a known fact.

[frostypants]

It's the #1 selling PC game on Amazon. Nice boycott, there...

As for the people pirating it, you guys are worse than just hypocrites. If you are playing pirated copies, then OBVIOUSLY you must like it and should pay for it. IW does not owe you sh**. But if you play their game, you owe them money. Period. Grow up!

Half the people b*tching about the game in this thread are probably playing it between posts.

[NateNater]

What the hell PC gamers!? If your going to boycott something, do it right! lol I find this hilarious!

[Ubergoober434]

most of the players actually didn't get the game, obviously out of 900 there are going to be some who did. In reality a small percentage of the members of this group got the game especially compared to the rest of the gaming community.

[Pandamobile]

Well, considering that MW2's PC sales were about 8% of the total, I'd say we're at least sending some sort of message.

[Pennywise]

Sending a message alright... don't even bother making the PC version next time.

[Redempteur]

if it's as crappy as this one . i guess pc gamers won't need the next ones

i can already hear it next year ..

We heard your complain ...here it is .new feature ! dedicated servers ..

I will laugh like crazy , then

[BRG9000]

Anyone know how that compares to other games that release on all 3 platforms? I can't imagine PC sales usually amount to much compared to console sales this generation.

Anyone have stats on how much of Dragon Age sales are PC? Or Borderlands?

[Noctis Aftermath]

The PC FPS genre has a large base of players, definitely worth the investment if you are selling a decent FPS game.

IW could have implemented just a few standard features to make PC gamers support it, instead they chose the greedy way out and are paying for it now with huge piracy numbers(just go check any major torrent site) and have no one to blame but themselves.

Valve have got to be singing their praises as many of the people who were previously going to buy the game will torrent it and then buy LFD2 when it comes out.

Back on topic, yes this looks to prove a bunch of people are hypocrites but unless someone says otherwise i'd think that alot of those players are playing the pirated version.

[OpenGL]

I don't think the PC boycott has worked all that well. I mean, I'm sure there are some people who would have purchased the title that decided against it due to the lack of dedicated servers, but at the moment Modern Warfare 2 is #1 on Steam's Top Sellers list.

I had no interest in Modern Warfare 2 before the details about the gimped PC version surfaced, and I've never understood what makes the series great. The hype it receives from the console crowd is a turn off for me as well. Perhaps it comes from the fact that Call of Duty is extremely popular with the teen and tween crowd. To them it seems that every new game they get is at that moment "the best game ever made".

A friend of mine is going to bring the 360 version over, so I'll give that a try. CoD4 didn't blow me away and I do not expect the sequel to either, but it is only fair to Infinity Ward to at least try it before passing judgment on the game's quality.

[evrfighter]

Like I've said before. All MW2 did was take certain scenes from cool war/action movies and somehow tie them all together. Threw in a little Hanz Zimmer music and bam it's suddenly the

BEST THING EVARRR!!!11!!

I couldn't believe how short it was. I felt ripped off and I didn't even pay for it...

lawlz.

[mastiffchild]

Well, Pennywise, it's a damn shame that more console gamers didn't have the nous to boycott the game and demand dedicated servers too. The sad thing is that IW/Acti knew what a sappy community we are so treated us accordingly. They only care about the bottom line and knew the cast majority of gamers don't think past the next big game they want to play let alone consider that the industry runs on OUR money and dies without us.

I'd prefer the online game of the year ran on dedicated servers whether I was buying it for whatever system or PC, wouldn't you? I'd prefer more players per match available too, wouldn't you? I'd also like it at the same price as most games seeing as games are expensive enough already and know about 40 people who game that have been made redundant over the past year here in the UK(that the retailer4rs sucked it up this time in their own MW2 greed rush whether it be as a loss leader or in the hope of making more on pure sales bulk makes no odds as the hike still worked for them and means we'll pay more next time-wherever you might ,live)-I do NOT like Activision playing us like fools and laughing while we argue and some of us even from their side!

IDK what this article shows as I've no idea whether a piraed version(of whatever kind) would register on Steam or not as I've never pirated a game in my life but will say that a lot of my PC gaming mates ARE pirating MW2 AND playing it too. That said I daresay a few people were stupid enough to sugn a petition and then fold immeddiately-but can't see it being this rife if I'm honest. Not going by the PC dales anyway.

The thing is I honestly would have expected MW2 to have dedicated servers and not least on PC where it's practically an unwritten law. Maybe if the PC boycotters had taken a different tack with console only gamers, appealed to them saying that THEY should also ask for them and explained just why there would have been more support and less of the console gamers laughing like it was just PC gamers turn or even something they somehow deserved. Why, just because console gamers, and I include myself in that number these days, expect to ppay more for our games and always get fewer services and P2P more often than not?

It's nearly 2010. P2P is a creaky and limited system for online gaming which can put you at greater and greater risk of host advantage, crappy connections ruining things and all manner of cack from the lag sack. Why, when they wanted £55 from me for this game(which had I bought it for the PS3-which I would have if I was buying it-probably wouldn't even have worked online)would I not expect a better service than most games? Why wouldn't PC gamers expect, for more money than least time, more services than last time?

It isn't just PC games that lost out here-we all did. What's worse, imo, is that we lost a big chance to show the industry that the days of us just swallowing high priced games with poor feature sets and terrible QA or no beta testing were over. We should have showed them we know what we want and how to ask for it but we didn't. We fought among ourselves while some of us, just because we like the game(and why wouldn't you want it even better?), started being apologists for IW/Acti! They must think it's hilarious! We're the wealest, meekest bunch of consumers in existenve. I've seen heroin addicts with greater willpower!

All I can get out of the whole MW2 furore(apart from the awful way IW and Acti conduct themselves these days)is the sad notion that gaming is as far away today from having any kind of coherent community as it ever was. We're so divided and easy to control it's a little embarrassing-FFS the biggest game of the year didn't work online on two of it's platforms! Can yopu imagine that kind of thing happening in any other industry and them getting away with it? It's a joke because WE'RE a joke and we have to forget our differences and learn to use our power together if we want the quality of gaming to get better in future-being honest the way IW have shipped this game partially unusable on PC and PS3(for a sizeable number of gamers)is really bad-expect more of the same for as long as we remain so weak and pathetically grateful to the people WE pay the wages of.

I only replied to you on this one pennywise as I didn't think you'd be one of those happy that IW took the pi55 out of us all.

Proud non buyer of MW2. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't make it right-not for me anyway. I just hope that EA dropping new IPs isn't a sign that we're set for a LOT more treatment like we've just bent over for.

[ReservoirDog316]

Exactly! Like you said, EA appearing to revert back to its old ways is probably because of this. We lost good EA because so many people showed that they will buy anything that has a name that they recognize. So, this is our fault for being a weak community. We lost Mirror's Edge 2 and many others because we bought mw2.

Disgusting huh? Well, at least both of us can go into this without a guilty conscious huh? Course that means we're being punished for them.

[ChozenWoan]

mastiffchild
ReservoirDog316

Amen!

My cousin has been trying to convince me that MW2 is all this and that but I've set my mind. He's talked about the graphics and new interface, which by the way reminds me of R6V2, but I'm not impressed. As for the maps, I've played Soccom:C which has some pretty huge maps that go on for days so that is a mute point.

This game is just a time bomb. Soon all of the glitches and tricks will be running rampant just as before, and people will be surprised when nothing is done about it until 3-6 months before MW3. Thus I will continue to stand my ground and refuse to buy, rent, or even pirate this game. Besides, there is too many games and not enough time to play them all to get caught up in the hype, just to be disappointed in the end like I was with MW1.

Anyway, Game On with whatever game makes you happy for the time being.

[Captain Tuttle]

Pennywise nailed it.

[pangitkqb]

I'm with you. Proud and honest boycotter right here. I didn't buy it and I'm certainly not going to pirate it.

[D4RkNIKON]

I am boycotting it and it is KILLING ME! All of my friends are playing it on PSN and there are only about 2 of my friends who are with me on the boycott. I know the game is going to be fun but I don't want to support devs that treat their customers like that. I am waiting to find a used copy and all of this hype is tearing me apart. I do believe the game is not what it should have been and for that I stand my ground. Any one else who is boycotting this game for PS3 add me on PSN and we can play something else like Uncharted 2 or Killzone 2. ID - D4RkNIKON

[pangitkqb]

Good for you for sticking to your decision. It's not always easy. This may sound funny, but I refused to buy a 360 until it included a Hard Drive bigger than 20 gig and an HDMI port. I bought mine the second it had those. It was hard watching my brother and many friends play online together, but I now have a better (and significantly more reliable - ALL of them have had the RROD now) 360 that I play all the time.

[Noctis Aftermath]

I have found it easy to boycott MW2, and i'm a ps3 only owner(using a crap lappy to write this) but i feel the actions of activision and IW were unjust and instead of trying to please their customer base they bend them over, i have gamed alot on PCs (battlefield 1942,vietnam, warcraft 3, world of warcraft to name a few) and i share your anger so stand your ground and continue to boycott MW2 otherwise i will feel like i'm supporting a bunch of gutless hypocrites.

[Digitaldude]

This is hilarious!
You realize its only due to the hype. I bet they all originally didn't plan to buy it, but since everyone is talking about it and giving it hype they bought it.

[hayzer]

I decided it to get it used for my PS3 but thats after I get UC2

[maniacmayhem]

I bet half the people that complained don't even game and probably dont even own a comp. capable of anything higher than solitaire.

Once again the internet stirs up a bunch on hype and nonsense and in the end all falls flat.

Keep gaming everyone, let the haters hate. In the end they loose.

[pangitkqb]

The internet is full of hype (and liars, and fanboys, and total dbags!), but me choosing to not buy MW2 for my PC doesn't make me a hater. I've enjoyed many COD titles (COD4 on PS3, COD5 on 360). This time around I simply didn't like what was done to the PC version of the game. Less players than COD4 on PC? No dedicated Servers? No mod support? All of these features were included in COD4 on PC, and it was $10 USD CHEAPER!

In the end, you are right. Let everyone game as they wish and have a good time. I'm not against MW2 or Infinity Ward, I simply chose to not participate this time around.

And yes, my PC, built specifically for gaming on Oct 9th 2009, handles much more than Solitare ;)

[bjornbear]

Even boycotters of one game are playing games that others have boycotted. In the end its fanboyism taken to another level.

[mastiffchild]

In waht way, if you homnestly stand up for other gamers is this any kind of fanboyism? That makes NO sense whatsoever.

Personally I've gotten pig sick of the way gamers are treated this generation and almost as frustrated at apathy like you display here.

This year alone I've missed out on a couple of games because devs are either acting like tools or ripping us off-and I've done it for both myself ANSD for you and other gamers. I don't look down on you for buying any game I don't feel comfortable buying either so don't see why you should insult(inaccurately)anyone who decides to make a stand either.

You must see that PC gamers were getting less game for more money here, no? Would you also say that the supposed best online game of the year should also have the best server set up in this gay and age esp if they want to charge more for it? So, how is sopmeone like me being a fanboy for advocating we get our money's worth? ALL of us deserve to have dedicated servers for MW2-it would single handedly have improved on the last on consoles and works wonders when it is used by devs for their MP sections.

If anything I could accuse all those too weak to stand up for what I consider right to be the fanboys in this, people who stuck up for a company who couldn't care less about them over their own and their fellow GAMERS interests-but I wouldn't do that as I don't know you oranyone's reasons for what they do. Still, I don't see whyanyone would be happy that gamers lost out again-maybe I'm missing something.

You CAN disagre without rushing to call me a "fanboy" you know. People's reasons for boycotting(though I don't sign up to anything personally)vary as well-which is why the situation you refer to happens or maybe the boycott is platform specific(which I'd argue was evidence of our weak community across the platforms becayse of fanboys)so to generalise is just a little harsh fella.

[bjornbear]

Boycotting =/= fanboyism, but there can be a correlation

However, in gaming, I still find it silly to see all this boycotting. The best way to boycott is just not to buy the game, and enjoy other games. Done

Why such a big deal? =/ Does it really achieve anything?.....

And by boycotting i mean publically making a big deal out of the fact that you won't be buying a game because a) b) c)

This isn't apathy, but there's a line between just being a fair headed gamer (I didn't get MW2 cz I'm not satisfied with what IW did for the PS3 version and EVEN the PC version, and i just don't want to invest my money in them) and being down right over reactive over it - like these guys did

[BRG9000]

I suck at this posting thing.

[peeps]

the thing is i can understand why ppl feel cheated by mw2, especially pc gamers, but for some1 like myself who was always planning on buying it, i've already clocked 18 hours online. i'd say i'm getting my moneys worth even if i am playing a game on a 2 year old engine etc etc.

point being it's fun lol and to all the ppl holding out for bfbc2, fair play to ya but for me i'll play mw2 to death and then when bfbc2 comes out, move on to that...

[magicwalnuts]

I saw this screenshot. It sucks and I'm ashamed that they would give into the hype. I'm sure its a really good and refined shooter, but the package offered to us is unacceptable. No lean, no kick, P2P lagfest connection, another 5 hour long campaign, no mods, no clans, all this for the price of a standard PC game plus 10 dollars for Activision's greed. Sorry but F*ck that.

I will play the tons of other good PC games that are out now and then pick up BFBC2 when its out and know that I'm getting my moneys because all of you CoD fanboys clearly never played BF2.

[bednet]

amen to that.

BF2 rocks the socks of MW any day anyways.

[frostypants]

I've played BF2. It was cool when it came out, but is still a glitch fest and is has long been overrun by dolphin-diving morons. BF:1943, even though it's sort of a "light" version, is better. And every CoD game is better.

I tried re-installing BF2 when they put all the expansions into the latest patch for free. It has not aged well. Every player was still dolphin diving with heavy machine guns, the graphics suck, and it's still jerky despite my hardware being insanely over-spec'd for it and an awesome internet connection. No thanks.

[cpuchess]

Who didn't see that coming? Once all their buddies start playing it and they are left with playing old stuff then they cave in. Activision even said they weren't worried for that reason.

[mastiffchild]

And it's exactly that weakness that makes the phrase "the gaming community" a sick little joke. There IS no community just people too eager to play the next big thing that they fall over themselves to push us towards even worse treatment in future. Would MW2 have disappeared if we'd stood up to the bully's at IW dfor a week or two?

Of course not but we didn't, as a "community" even try and we REALLY should have, imo, if we want to see the quality of gaming grow instead of being asked for more and more cash for fewer and fewer features and less and less effort from devs. Buggy games, P2P, few tech updates from iteration to iteration, more yearly "same old" franchises, fewer new IP and emptier pockets fr the privelege. That's what I think we've saved up for ourselves by continually lying down for the industry.

We need to grow up, think just who's side we're on and grwo some backbone-then we MIGHT have what could be termed "a gaming community".

[amrasmord]

Activision knew this all along. They knew that PC gamers wouldn't be able to resist playing MW2 because of some stupid "boycott". The only reason I haven't gotten it yet is because I'm still playing Dragon Age, lol.

[4point7BillionLoss]

Sales for the PS3 version are way down, you'd think they boycotted all their other games too ...

[kingdavid]

I dunno about that. The ps3 version has still sold well over 1.5 million copies so far. Id hardly call that a boycott. Its more down to marketsaturation.

The reason why 360 is selling ps3 2:1? The 360 has had few decent exclusives released this year whilst the ps3 is coming off uncharted 2 and others.

[Trunkz]

You do Realize that their most likely playing the Pirate version that allows to play MP online right?

[KimoNoir]

You don't need steam to play the pirated version, I'm playing it right now without starting up steam.

[frostypants]

COOL STORY, BRO!

Congrats on helping to drive the nail into the coffin of PC gaming.

[Pandamobile]

Pirating MW2 will help PC gaming more than hurt it.

[DigitalAnalog]

Now they can do WHATEVER the hell they want to the gaming community and nobody can complain.

-End statement

[vfwmonster]

Yeah I signed the petition, but like it's really gonna do anything, but in the same sense Activision and IW need to know that people care about stuff like that. I still bought the game, primarily for the single player experience on the PC, I mean come on I wanna play the game as much as the next guy, but voices need to be heard irregardless. And I'll buy the 360 version version later on (used of course, they're not getting my money twice) so I can play with my brother and other friends and btw, got it for $50 on sale at good ole Fry's Electronics instead of $60. Eye candy is definitely superior on the PC on my 22" monitor at 1680x1050. The MP!!!!!! I like the game play and tweaks and everything, but IW.net sucks. I mean, we were told no lag......riiiight. Lagging more than it should (got cable internet top package) and oh I'm in the middle of a firefight and "bing" lost host.....searching for new host....WTF!!!!!! Acceptable on console not PC, hence DEDICATED SERVERS!!!!!!!!! Hope that gets ironed out cuz like I said the MP play is pretty good. I'll still be playing COD4 MP for a long time, never had lag issues ever. And never really had to deal with cheaters and such on COD4, most servers were good about that. I think that IW just needs to man up and say they now hate PC players, instead of beating around the bush and downgrade the MP portion and say its for the best. Whatever!!! They're just tired of the PC community headaches because of stupid cheaters and pirates (may they burn in hell). I don't blame them one bit, but just man up to the truth, that's all I ask. I foresee that IW's next game will be console only and that's fine, there will be plenty of up and coming and current developers that don't want to pay console royalties and just deal with making a good PC game. Oh don't console players cheat and pirate too? Could've sworn I just read Microsoft banned like a million accounts or something ridiculous like that. Point is, it will be an issue on any system.

[Captain Tuttle]

A business cares much less about your signature than they do about your money.
You're either a sucker or a sheep, probably both. You're definitely hypocritical.

[Bobby Kotex]

It was on this very forum I read a user who boycotted the PC version, so he got the 360 version. LOLOL. I guess he didn't see the point.

[KRONie]

*facepalm*

[PirateThom]

So... PC gamers are just as weak as console gamers?

Nice one.

Still haven't bought it personally, and never will.

[Knghtz]

Never submit yourself to absolutes, Thom.

[matto26]

Would be funny if IW allowed dedicated servers in a bit with adding special pc perks (scoreboards for clans or solo fighting might be an idea). I bet pc gamers would probably go and buy it original and everybody would be happy. takes a simple thing like that really not hard to implement.

[robedias27]

It's funny that people are so quick to point out "hypocrisy".

It's also funny that your "screenshot" only shows a handful of PC gamers. Most of my friends use the excuse "someone bought it as a gift..." or "they wouldn't cancel my pre-order"... (that doesn't mean you have to install it...)

Keep in mind that not EVERYBODY in the PC gaming community was boycotting this game. Serious PC gamers haven't bought it...and will not buy it unless IW/Activision changes their attitude. In my humble opinion, it's not the game that's messed up, it's the way the PC gaming community has been treated. I think the game looks great. I won't lie. I'm not buying it because of the way IW has acted throughout the development of the game. Personally, I hope there are some changes made...because i'm sure the game is great. ...not as great as the hype makes it out to be...but good nonetheless.

...stinkin juveniles.

[frostypants]

"Serious PC gamers haven't bought it"

Prove it.

For those who truly haven't bought it, good for you, that's the way to express your anger with a company...it speaks louder than any petition ever could.

The people pirating it, however, are simply encouraging IW to take an even bigger dump on the PC crowd in their next game. I know someone will disagree, but it's a simple fact. Why would IW want to cater to a bunch of thieves?

[saimcheeda]

that these boycott threats are stupid, the idiots who threaten to do it, just make an attempt to scare the manufacturer

[Vip3r]

Here's another one.

http://www.blighty-renegade...

[pangitkqb]

Kept his word. I haven't even seen MW2.

[bozebo]

i tried not to see it but my flatmate left his door open when I walked past :(

ps: the textures in the environment are so bad lol :D

[ironcreed]

I was not active in boycotting the game or anything hilariously futile like that, but I had resigned myself to the fact that I would not be picking this game up, mainly due to the fact that I have been burnt out on arcade shooters. However, after watching various streams of both the campaign and multiplayer, I could not deny that the game just looks like a blast...short ass campaign and all.

While I do understand the gripe PC gamers have and I in no way condone the antics of Activision, I am still not going to let that get in the way of playing a great game. Hate on it all you want, there is no denying that it is an extremely polished, top shelf production.

Put it this way, if you choose to skip out on this game out of spite for Bobby Kotick at Activision and/or Infinity Ward, do you really think it is going to put a dent in the sales figures or hurt this game in any way, lol? The bottom line is that you will not be hurting anyone but yourself by opting to miss out on what you know is a great game that everybody else, save a minority is playing.

In closing, I know hating on popular games is TEh coOl thINGz to do and all. Have fun with the drama, complaining about about something you cannot change. As for myself and many others? We just want to have fun and enjoy another great game...which MW2 clearly is.

[bozebo]

very true. but how many of them will pay for dlc?

also, out of 915, how many people are not online and are doing something else because they didn't buy mw2? many I suppose.

tbh the ones playing mw2 should be banned from the group and removed from every1's friends. since mw2 came out I have noticed an increase in cs:s players online, if my net wasn't dire I too would go back to good old cs

[amolang]

seriously, why can't all these people that signed this actually stand to their word, freakin hypocrites. this actually annoys me quite a bit because they are so weak they can't resist buying a game. that is lame.

[stvw74]

are all around us ..

I honestly can't say I'm suprised by the news ..
if I say I'm going to do something then I'll do it!
I certainly have what it takes, do you? .. obviously not!!

Bobby Kotick made a mint from all you fakers, congratulations, you just made him more powerful than you can possibly imagine ..
shame on all you fake ass dark-side b1tches ..
Hate leads to fear, fear leads to MW3!!

Go DICE/EA & BFBC2 .. that's where my money's going ..

[corneliuscrust]

So many kids, so much talk

PS3 sales QUADRUPLED PC sales, 360 sales doubled PS3 sales. No wonder IW cares more about the console crowd

[QQcrybaby]

That's the result of the boycott. PC gamers in general don't want games like MW2. 9v9 with no mods and lag is failure to us.

[frostypants]

@16.1, no, the PC accounted for less than 10% of the original MW's sales as well.

MW2 is also the #1 selling PC game on Amazon.

The "boycott" is not doing squat.

Still, I admire those very few who stuck to their guns (no pun intended) and didn't buy it if they promised not to.

[Jamaicangmr]

I Pirated it on the PC as a protest to Activisions illtreatment of the PC gamers. Rather than bring the consoles up to the PC they brought the PC down to the consoles to save a buck.

However i bought it for my PS3, can't wait till it gets here. lol!

[frostypants]

That's like saying "I stole a car because I hated how it looked".

BS. You'd have pirated it anyway.

Unreal...

All you people admitting to it are making yourselves targets, btw. Don't think for a second that the feds couldn't trace your posts back to you if they were so inclined.

[QQcrybaby]

I boycotted, haven't purchased and will never purchase. With so many other games to play I couldn't care less about MW2.

[orange-skittle]

I hope they still support Bad Company 2 because it is a much better game. Hopefully the fun wears off in 5 months

[robedias27]

I agree 100%. There are so many great titles out there that get shoved in the dirt because someone...I wonder who...keeps hogging all the media attention. Again, i'm sure it's a good game. But my brain wonders how many sales are produced simply through marketing and hype. I feel the same way about Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2. The longer they wait and tease their fans...the more sales they'll generate because of the anticipation.

I just wish gaming was gaming...without the politics.