Modern Warfare 2 Was 2009's Most Pirated Game

[DoctorObviously]

HAHA YES! Good job, pirates, I wish everyone in the world pirated the game instead of buying it, that'll teach Infinity Ward for being so FUCKING arrogant.

 

[Hiroshi Mishima]

My cousin got the Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 combo package, and he said he beat it in 2 days. He also said he would have beaten it in one, but he felt that would have been pathetic and dragged the experience out for another day.

So yeah, I didn't miss anything, not that the game interested me much in the first place. None of this surprises me after Spore's pirated success.

 

[dwoo21]

What the heck! Stop crunching numbers and start catching those 4.1 million people. Get on it!
Yeah not possible.

 

[SnipErlite]

Doesn't surprise me

Dirty pirates

 

[alinos]

Hehehe...Man, that is a whomp of cash that Infinity Ward didn't get for those 4.1M copies. 245,959,000 in bills, by my calculations, but that's assuming a 59.99USD price on each copy, so it's gonna be more than that, not to mention that that's only the PC version. *Whistles* Hell, with that many players on pirated games, they could come up with their own damn server system.

your assuming that each pirate would have = a sale


which is a stupid assumption since some people will pirate because there was no demo
some of which may have led to sales but in my belief if you played it before you wouldnt have purchased it

i regret my purchase of the game and havent played it since the 2nd week after release just went back to cod4 instead

plus theyll be a lot of "FUCK YOU" downloads

oh theres also the whole buying a key of allcdkeys and downloading the discs to install it for the ones who were unaware the game ran through steam(the files also may not have been on steam day one since there was a 2 day delay beffore steam purchases could play either

 

[alinos]

And PC players still wonder why many developers are moving to consoles, those damn pirates are ruining it for the rest of you, yes I know console pirates exist too, but the PC makes it way easier to pirate. Not that any of this matters to me, I didn't play MW2, nor do I plan to, illegally or otherwise.

irrelevant in regard to MW2 they stripped out any reason to have a PC version before it was released

same arguement with dragon age or sumthing fair enough but the PC version of MW2 is just the console version

also the only reason its harder to pirate on consoles is because people are lazy morons i mean whoa you actually have to burn the discs instead of just mounting them

"Piracy as protest" is a garbage concept invented by those who wish to appear noble while breaking the law, because all pirating a game tells the publisher is that you're too cheap or don't have the money to make an actual purchase. NOT pirating the game, hell, not PLAYING the game at all is a better measure of protest.

yup but remember they also upped the price which again is something they done to screw people over

 

[Arcticflame]

And yet Modern Warfare 2 is still in the top 5 constantly on steam for most sold game since release.

I have no doubt that they have made good money on PC sales, and yet still complain about the threat of piracy.

If they weren't selling it for 90$ US to australians, I might even give it a go, as it is I doubt I will ever purchase the game. Regional pricing sucks.

 

[AWAR]

I am proud to say i downloaded the pc version. IW treats us pc gamers like s#it and the games deserves to be pirated.

 

[JusticarPhaeton]

i overheard some fellows talking about how they had to re-download the game (illegally) to get the new multiplayer crack. whether this crack cheats IWnet and lets you play online or if it's a dedicated server, i don't know. But with IW fixing the cracks and having it cracked again, i would not be surprised if the actual number of pirates is far less.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

ya-har looks like those scervey dogs tried to steal the booty of infinity ward YA HAR alas was their any fines giving to these privateers RRRRR??

 

[Slayer_2]

Who cares? IW has gotten fat and greedy, they deserve what (little) retribution they get for being cocks. I find a disturbing trend is emerging where game devs totally ignore their community. You know, those nerds who will actually PLAY the game for longer then a day. However, since MW2 is such a generic, money-grabbing game, I even heard my school football team discussing it on far more then one occasion.

CoD4 was a great game, the only time I play MW2 is on a friend's console, and even then, it's mediocre at best. I believe it's the next Halo. Notice how MW2 is obsessed with dual wielding... I think it's a sign

 

[Bat Vader]

HAHA YES! Good job, pirates, I wish everyone in the world pirated the game instead of buying it, that'll teach Infinity Ward for being so FUCKING arrogant.

How exactly were they arrogant? Because they wanted to make their game a certain way?

Actually, in this specific case, I'd argue it does.

I don't. I mean how does stealing or pirating something make is justifiable? If a person has to steal food to feed their starving family I consider it justifiable because it is a need to survive. If a person steals something that is not needed to help them or their family survive I cannot see how it is a justifiable act.

I understand though that these are merely our differences in opinion.

I still stand by what Mr. Funk said. "If you don't pay, you shouldn't get to play."

 

[Trotgar]

A bit off-topic: The sensible only reason I can think of IW raping the PC's multiplayer is that they're gonna give the dedicated servers in an expansion, so more people would buy it and IW'd make more $$$.

OT: I don't have MW 2 and I don't really care if people torrent it, but I have to quote Max Payne in this one: "You play you pay, you bastard".

 

[Olikunmissile]

Good. I'm glad they lost out that much money.

You are happy people pirated the game? That still means people pirated it and liked it which means they could support IW in the future by paying for their products. If your going to be happy for them not receiving money support the people who did not pirate the game and did not purchase the game.

I liked what the Arkham Asylum designers did to the people who pirated Arkham Asylum. Than again IW pry knew their game was going to be pirated yet also knew that they would most likely make big money on the game as well which shows they don't care all that much about the money lost.

I fail to see what you're getting at. Yes, I am happy they lost out that much money because they spared the UK price hike. I neither brought nor pirated the game as I chose to stay well away from it.