Modern Warfare 3 Signs up for Steamworks

[Sectan]

I used LAN basically every night with the original CoD:MW. Steam kind of kills that. I bought Black Ops and got to play it solo. I tried random servers and it just got old. More fun to play and people shouting from across the hall. Also I'm not going to buy 3 copies of a game to play LAN over Steam. That is my only complaint with Steam.

 

[5t3v0]

Some of the other places I have seen we aren't too worried about origin (before you stop me, no, I do not claim to speak for the entire internet). Scanning the registry is still no different from what some other services (some not even game related) do, and I'm pretty sure the escapist has our IP addresses too, and don't even get me started on google. I still think the origin complaints are mainly from people who have to look for some problem with Battlefield, but that comes from the perspective of a self-confessed battlefield fanboy.

Other than being a (possible, Never used it fully, and when it has been running in background I don't seem to notice) resource hog and another advertisement crammer I really do not see a problem with it. Not to say that I love it and that all games should be sold on it, I still prefer steam for that, but I still think its just a case of looking for a new Gaming Emmanuel Goldstein after MW hate has gone stale (I still plan to buy MW3 despite the fact that I know the Frustration in MP is going to be immense as the last one I got[MW2])

 

[5t3v0]

I used LAN basically every night with the original CoD:MW. Steam kind of kills that. I bought Black Ops and got to play it solo. I tried random servers and it just got old. More fun to play and people shouting from across the hall. Also I'm not going to buy 3 copies of a game to play LAN over Steam. That is my only complaint with Steam.

well that sorta isn't steams fault. In reality, Steam was only an alternative to the norm (though can be a contributing source, might I add.). Personally, I would blame activision for changing the system from something that already worked into something that they believed would combat piracy because they can't seem to grasp that there still are legitimate customers that buy their games, and have to make those customers suffer. Although, not as bad as Ubisuck, mind you.

 

[Phishfood]

steam is currently eating up at most 200 mbs of ram on my pc. i recon in game layout occupies prolly another 200 AT MOST with exageration. :/

dunno whats wrong with impulse, that it needs 2 fucking gigas to run.

Yeah, its probably some glitch somewhere. Still, steam doesn't do that to me. Runs on average about 90MB for me, wonder what the difference is?

 

[LittleMikey]

Personally, I love steam. I think it's the best digital distribution platform out there, with Impulse coming a close second. My only problem with Steam is the huge price differences between America and Australia (which Steam claim is the developer's choice and not theirs). I'll probably end up getting MW3 when the price drops. Currently it's sitting at $100AUD. (On the US version of Steam it's only $59.99)

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

Shame they marked it up to $100 in Australia. Possibly the most expensive non-simulator game there at this point.

That's a mark against it. But that's just Activision being Activision I suppose...I guess I should consider it a character quirk at this point since I'm not planning on getting this either way.

 

[joshthor]

good. im honestly not sure if i will buy this game for the pc, (im definitely picking it up for xbox), but if i feel like a shooter on my pc, i honestly have to choose this over battlefield. I have no desire to ever use or sign up for origin. hopefully EA realizes origin exclusivity is dumb from a consumer perspective and allows battlefield 3 on steam again, or at the very least doesnt give any other game origin exclusivity.

 

[joshthor]

Some of the other places I have seen we aren't too worried about origin (before you stop me, no, I do not claim to speak for the entire internet). Scanning the registry is still no different from what some other services (some not even game related) do, and I'm pretty sure the escapist has our IP addresses too, and don't even get me started on google. I still think the origin complaints are mainly from people who have to look for some problem with Battlefield, but that comes from the perspective of a self-confessed battlefield fanboy.

Other than being a (possible, Never used it fully, and when it has been running in background I don't seem to notice) resource hog and another advertisement crammer I really do not see a problem with it. Not to say that I love it and that all games should be sold on it, I still prefer steam for that, but I still think its just a case of looking for a new Gaming Emmanuel Goldstein after MW hate has gone stale (I still plan to buy MW3 despite the fact that I know the Frustration in MP is going to be immense as the last one I got[MW2])

battlefield looks awesome. but i dont wanna sign up for yet another service and EA is the most annoying with thier services. i dont want steam AND origin AND impulse running on my pc, not to mention all of the stupid extra programs ea seems to install with my game (gamespy advisor, punk buster, ect)

if they dropped the price on all thier games by $5 on origin - it would totally be worth it. however, origin is just a way for EA to get 100% of the money from a sale and step around the retailer. as it is, they arent giving me anything extra for the money, not to mention games are only guerenteed for one year

 

[bootz]

I'm just getting Red orcherstra 2 It looks sweet and the first one was so fun.
I'm not getting BF3(because of orgins) or MW3 but I know my step dad is getting MW3.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

this is why modern warfare 3 will ultimately win over battlefield 3

Not really because Battlefield 3 will still blow away MW3 for pc sales. CoD games have comparitively sold like shit on the PC.

Here is the sales charts for the PC sales of the last three Call of Duty Games, compared to Bad Company 2, from Vgchartz.com.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 = 621,438
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 = 702,102
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare = 1261419
Call of Duty: Black Ops = 1166936


Battlefield hasn't come close to matching them on the PC.

 

[ForsakenUK]

Me and my mates all see it as a good thing when a game has steamworks.

Not that I'm gonna get it tho.
United Offensive was the best CoD game for me..... so many good memories on that game.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Here is the sales charts for the PC sales of the last three Call of Duty Games, compared to Bad Company 2, from Vgchartz.com.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 = 621,438
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 = 702,102
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare = 1261419
Call of Duty: Black Ops = 1166936


Battlefield hasn't come close to matching them on the PC.

I have to say VGchartz is probably the least reliable sites I have ever seen. MW2 actually sold more copies then that for the PC on the very first day.

Then why are you saying that BF3 is going to "blow away" MW3, if you suddenly start saying that these tallies are inaccurate and that the actual total is even bigger?

 

[6unn3r]

Now if they can just bring down the price....?

 

[Frylock72]

Man, it's amusing and kind of disappointing that Activision is going the way the customers want, while EA is trying to establish itself stand-alone. I guess we'll see which one sells more on the PC, though I'm not sure if that will be an accurate count, considering some might buy either game despite its distribution platforms.

I just refuse to appease EA and Origin. It's a shame, but it won't be the first game I play apart from my friends.

 

[GeorgW]

This isn't as much of an announcement as it is a big middle finger to BF3 and EA. I like it, let the war begin!

 

[mjc0961]

Tell us again how you're going to outsell MW3 with BF3, EA? You're going to do it by not putting your game on Steam? Wait, now you're only claiming that you'll just take some market share? Good luck with a gimped console version and a PC version that watches everything the user does. Not that I like Call of Duty enough to really hope it "wins." I just hope you lose, EA, because you're a bunch of dicks.

 

[thiosk]

Awesome. I would rather have steam support than anything else.

Agreed. Steam has become a selling point for a game. I don't really like to have so many passwords to remember, so three cheers to activision for sticking with steam and not making yet another distribution platform.