Modern Warfare 2 Makes a Resurgence With Five New Maps
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True, but there are indeed still plenty of smart people NOT getting it, too.Crunchy English said:
As an outside observer who doesn't really give a crap about Modern Warfare 2[footnote]I shan't abbreviate it, as "MW2" is now and shall forever be Mechwarrior 2, praise be to Battletech. Now get off my lawn whippersnapper![/footnote], I'm content to watch, and mock, and laugh. A paltry 5 maps... for 15 dollars - that is institutionalized highway robbery, and it's almost painful (but still kind of funny) to see people actually paying for that.
See, on the PC, with any non-intentionally-crippled FPS, if developers/publishers tried to pull that crap they would just be laughed at, and the mod community would resume making their own damn maps for free - if you want PC gamers to pay for your "professional" maps, they better be bundled with something of substance. 5 new maps is the sort of thing you get for free.
Which is why it's so tragic(ly funny) that the console audience - existing as they do without a viable alternative for content additions and thus 100% reliant upon official DLC - are collectively being sodomized by Activision and then thanking them for it. You can't even really blame Activision - sure, they're malevolent money devouring robots devoid of human compassion, but they can't take your money away unless you ask them to. And they're never ever going to stop, because all the people who bought their ridiculously overpriced "content expansions" have aptly demonstrated they can get away with that level of predatory pricing without any repercussions.
See, on the PC, with any non-intentionally-crippled FPS, if developers/publishers tried to pull that crap they would just be laughed at, and the mod community would resume making their own damn maps for free - if you want PC gamers to pay for your "professional" maps, they better be bundled with something of substance. 5 new maps is the sort of thing you get for free.
Which is why it's so tragic(ly funny) that the console audience - existing as they do without a viable alternative for content additions and thus 100% reliant upon official DLC - are collectively being sodomized by Activision and then thanking them for it. You can't even really blame Activision - sure, they're malevolent money devouring robots devoid of human compassion, but they can't take your money away unless you ask them to. And they're never ever going to stop, because all the people who bought their ridiculously overpriced "content expansions" have aptly demonstrated they can get away with that level of predatory pricing without any repercussions.
I cannot blame Bungie because it was the fans that wanted it. Bungie delivered. Activision however...are jerks.Legion said:
Quetzalcoatl... This is ridiculous.
I refused to buy the first DLC, and now that Activision's given me enough of a moral ground (Even if the whole IW thing's been resolved) not to buy it, and 15's bloody ridiculous for them, I most definitely refuse.
Though I will take advantage of the inevitable Double EXP week that comes with it if I decide to prestige.
I refused to buy the first DLC, and now that Activision's given me enough of a moral ground (Even if the whole IW thing's been resolved) not to buy it, and 15's bloody ridiculous for them, I most definitely refuse.
Though I will take advantage of the inevitable Double EXP week that comes with it if I decide to prestige.
Na-huh, sorry, guys, doesn't cut if for me.
Especially when you made the main part of my favorite studio leave.
Thanks, but no, thanks.
Especially when you made the main part of my favorite studio leave.
Thanks, but no, thanks.
im just wondering with all these maps would it dilute the pool? i mean i download the pack the day it came out (ps3) and have only touched overgrown maybe twice in rotation since it came out.
In 4 and WaW, maps were indeed forced into rotation, and players without them were forced out of lobbies. As far as I know with MW2, the game checks whether you have it or not when matchmaking, and matches you with other players who don't have it, too. I could be wrong, as I don't have the game anymore.Starke said:
Yeah, actually. But I don't give a shit about the map packs, which I bought neither of, so I can put that $30 to better use.Not G. Ivingname said:
Well... I'm not exactly poor and Vacant is one of my favorites...
Make way peasants, I and all the other millions of MW2 fans are getting this (bizarrely enough, you probably will too. Just you'll ***** to high heaven, which is fair enough I guess).
Make way peasants, I and all the other millions of MW2 fans are getting this (bizarrely enough, you probably will too. Just you'll ***** to high heaven, which is fair enough I guess).
