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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I assume the release-a-year thing makes shareholders happy, and releasing every christmas benefits from making games that they can hype to crazy heights, but that people subsequently drop after a few months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not parting with your cash (and being vocal about your disappointment) is the only way you *can* vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Even if you were to burn your copy before opening the box, you’d already have made those shareholders happy (presumably the reason they don’t do demos anymore either).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Charles Goldsmith [mailto:wokka@justfamily.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday 9 June 2011 22:05<br><b>To:</b> Call of Duty server admin list.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cod] Believe it or not?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yeah, personally I'm putting my money where my mouth is. I buy a lot of games, but I have yet to buy anything past CoD: WaW and I haven't bought a BF game since BF2. If the MW3 or BF3 don't have dedicated and mod support, I won't be buying them.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>My measily $60 vote doesn't count for anything, but I still stick to my guns. If either of these games had a decent single player, I might consider them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Caleb Stephens <<a href="mailto:csteph9@gmail.com">csteph9@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>considering cod:bo was even more successful than MW2 ... they've long moved on from the GSP model (other than the preferred vendor model where they can exercise their control).<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Every time I hear PC gamers getting upset with the dedicated server scenario ... I just remember this screenshot:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://gamebane.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/boycotters-playing-modern-warfare-2.jpg" target="_blank">http://gamebane.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/boycotters-playing-modern-warfare-2.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cracks me up every time.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>PC players have demonstrated they have no influence and they'll never have any street cred because they immediately buckled when MW2 came out.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>