kotaku.com - 14 days ago
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On an earnings call today, Activision president Mike Griffith said his company is "not overly concerned" about gamer complaints regarding the lack of support for dedicated servers in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 . "We're, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to ...
kotaku.com - 14 days ago
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kotaku.com —
Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that
the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 -
won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course! Activision's shooter includes ...
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Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
playstationlifestyle.net - 14 days ago
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Over the past year, Bobby Kotick , CEO
of Activision Blizzard , has frightened and angered many
gamers, particularly PS3 fans. A few months ago, before the September price cut, he publicly threatened (whether his words had substance is another story) Sony to cut the price of the PS3, or ...
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PS3 Game Sales Insert Foot in Kotick’s Mouth
gameinformer.com - 16 days ago
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Activision "Not Overly Concerned" By MW2 PC Furore
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
... , he said that Activision has been watching the situation very carefully, "But we're not overly concerned about it", reports Kotaku ."One of the problems with our PC SKUs in the past is that it has not been as friendly a consumer experience in terms of matchmaking and online play as the consoles have allowed it to be. Our solution here improves that consumer experience overall by a significant margin. And so we we think that the benefits we will see are going to far outweigh any negatives that seem to be surfacing."
Activision nonplussed by Modern Warfare 2 PC concerns
Destructoid —
... in the home of many a computer game fan. Activision has largely kept quiet on the whole situation, but recently confirmed that it's not really bothered by the situation. ...
Activision apathetic to Modern Warfare 2 PC concerns
Destructoid —
... in the home of many a computer game fan. Activision has largely kept quiet on the whole situation, but recently confirmed that it's not really bothered by the situation. ...
Activision 'Not Overly Concerned' With Modern Warfare 2 PC Backlash
1UP RSS feed —
... "We're, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to it," said president Mike Griffith during an earnings call (via Kotaku), in response to a question about whether the backlash could affect sales. "But we're not overly concerned about it." ...
Modern Warfare 2 PC gets several downgrades, Bowling labels it their “most feature-rich PC game yet”
That VideoGame Blog —
... we’re not overly concerned about it.” Griffith continued saying, “One of the problems with our PC SKUs in the past is that it has not been as friendly a consumer experience in terms of matchmaking and online play as the consoles have allowed it to be. Our solution here improves that consumer experience overall by a significant margin. And so we we think that the benefits we will see are going to far outweigh any negatives that seem to be surfacing,” reports Kotaku. ...
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[MW2] Activision Not Overly Concerned About Dedicated Servers
totalgamingnetwork.com 15 days ago — I am sure this is a big surprise to you all and hopefully are sitting down (and chances are that you are) for this news from G4tv:
The response to Infinity Ward's decision to remove support for player-run dedicated servers from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and embrace console-style ...
Modern Warfare 2 Steam Release Bumped Back & Forth [Activision]
kotaku.com 10 days ago — PC gamers choosing to get their Modern Warfare 2 fix through Steam were expecting to have to wait until November the 12th to fight the global virtual war on terror. As of right now, they'll wait a little less. While the Steam release of the Call of ...
What To Play While Boycotting Modern Warfare 2 [Boycott Helper] —
Kotaku
Yes, we understand that you'll be boycotting Modern Warfare 2 because you want dedicated servers , and feel Infinity Ward isn't listening to you anymore. What will you be playing instead? Here are several suggestions. With a goodly portion of the gaming community tied up playing Modern ...
Modern Warfare 2 limited to 9 vs. 9 on PC —
Joystiq
Poor PC gamers. First they hear the soul-crushing news that Modern Warfare 2 won't support dedicated servers , and now Infinity Ward has broken their hearts yet again. During a Best Buy online chat, the developer fired off a string of bad news, affirming a 9-vs-9 player limit, the ...
PC gamers speak up against Modern Warfare 2, again —
I’ve tried to chronicle what’s happened to Modern Warfare 2, from the lack of dedicated servers, to the PSA being pulled, and now we’ve got this. PC gamers are bombing various websites with extremely low user ratings. IGN, Metacritic, and Amazon all have a user rating of ...
Nevermind on Modern Warfare 2 —
I was planning on being real busy playing it next week. But after reading this , I’m canceling my preorder. I was already somewhat miffed about the lack of dedicated servers, so I’m now forced to speak with my wallet. If they just wanted to make a console shooter, they should have ...