[cod] Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2

[Martin H]

of*

mates*

etc.

Anyway, the thing about buying it on steam is as soon as its pre-ordered
steam have your money and thats it. They dont do refunds. So for anybody who
is still unaware and pre-ordered on steam, you're buggered.

2009/11/6 Bong-Master <bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk>

> Quite a few tbh most ov my m8 dident have a clue untill i told them
>
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> From: "Midnight" <midowns at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:25 PM
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> To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org>
> Subject: Re: [cod] Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2
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>  I wonder how many PC buyers were oblivious to the lack of dedicated
>> servers and other features in MW2?
>>
>>
>>
>> John Kennington wrote:
>>
>>> True, but then, other sources sell the same game.  Just grasping at
>>> straws here.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Caleb Stephens <csteph9 at gmail.com<mailto:
>>> csteph9 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    I bought COD4 through Steam.  Steam doesn't equate to
>>>    non-dedicated servers.  Unless I missed your point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 7:46 AM, John Kennington
>>>    <jwkennington at gmail.com <mailto:jwkennington at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>        Actually, by reading between the lines, it does.  By not
>>>        selling the game, they do two things:  1) they will not
>>>        support steam, a rival company, and 2) they say that
>>>        distribution through steam is not acceptable.  That means, off
>>>        handedly, that they support dedicated servers.
>>>
>>>        John
>>>
>>>
>>>        On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:42 AM, Martin H
>>>        <rubb3r.side.up at gmail.com <mailto:rubb3r.side.up at gmail.com>>
>>>        wrote:
>>>
>>>            Doesnt really have anything to do with MW2 though. Just
>>>            that the retailers dont want to sell something that will
>>>            then act as direct competition. Pity, really. i was
>>>            looking forward to it being because of the game ^^
>>>
>>>            2009/11/6 Bong-Master <bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk
>>>            <mailto:bong-master at thesilverdagger.co.uk>>
>>>
>>>                yes very intresting
>>>
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>>>                From: "escapedturkey" <escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com
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>>>                Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:26 AM
>>>                To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org
>>>                <mailto:cod at icculus.org>>
>>>                Subject: [cod] Online Retailers Refusing To Sell
>>>                Modern Warfare 2
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>>>
>>>
>>> http://kotaku.com/5398259/online-retailer-refuses-to-sell-modern-warfare-2
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