Therumancer said:
Understand, right now it's the PS-3 users getting shafted apparently. However given Activision's track record, next time it could be you. Sitting there and saying "oh quit the whining" is exactly the kind of response you WOULDN'T want to get if you were the ones feeling wronged. Sadly it's a lack of any kind of solidarity even on important issues or when we're being exploited that allows this kind of thing to happen.
Exploitation? Solidarity? What are you, some oppressed minority, or a 19th century factory worker?
Games are GAMES PEOPLE. To try to elevate them to the same level as genuine civil rights or worker's rights issues is ludicrous and insulting to people who have genuinely suffered throughout history.
Activision published the game. Treyarch is owned by Activision. Activision has the right to charge XYZ for it.
Did any tax payer money go towards making Black Ops? I don't think so. Did you, personally, invest money into Activision to make Black Ops? Are you a shareholder? If you are, you should be ecstatic at the return you'll be getting for your shares!
Games are luxuries. Not necessities. They aren't a fundamental right. Only someone with a shaky grasp on reality would elevate Games to the same level as a civil right.
Look, I'm all for consumer protection and competition. I don't like it when companies scam customers. But charging what they want for a game they published and helped make, isn't evil. It's not immoral. It's not illegal.
If you really think Activision is "oppressing" you, then you haven't really lived. You're naive as hell, and have certainly, CERTAINLY never really been oppressed.