[cod] Sorry have to vent, Modern Warfare 2 on the PC

[Darren]

Do you realy think thats enough to stop them advertizing it? There isnt even 
a post on the steam website saying they will be supporting it, Maybe this is 
all just one big hoax fingures crossed.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Landi" <jim at landi.net>
To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [cod] Sorry have to vent, Modern Warfare 2 on the PC


>I would assume, Steam requires them to list min. system specs. which they 
>haven't released yet......
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> Jim Landi
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> Darren wrote:
>> If this is all true does anyone no why you cant pre-order Modern warfare 
>> 2 on steam? it seems very odd to me.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "escapedturkey" 
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>> To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [cod] Sorry have to vent, Modern Warfare 2 on the PC
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>>> Matt | Pointy BestGN wrote:
>>>> Dev's hearing harsh feedback and reacting in such a way that may 
>>>> possibly
>>>> result in a drop in future sales is something im sure they do not want, 
>>>> so I
>>>> doubt a reverse boycott is on the cards - if it were, who would buy the
>>>> game?  Lol
>>>
>>> Unless the developer has alternative means, especially in this rough 
>>> economy. If PC gaming is only a fraction of their income and requires 
>>> too much work to support, it's no surprise they are shaving off the bits 
>>> and pieces that aren't cost effective or too frustrating to manage. It's 
>>> business and profit.
>>>
>>> Am I happy that MW2 support for dedicated servers is being dropped? Not 
>>> at all. However, it doesn't come as much surprise and there a lot of 
>>> alternatives, such as modifying games to be just like it or better 
>>> (example: the Source engine).
>>>
>>> In the future I hope we can show greater appreciation to the developers 
>>> (such as Valve) that do give us free support, Linux binaries, etc., 
>>> instead of threatening boycotts, name-calling, and being rude to them.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, this is off-topic from the discussion of COD server 
>>> administration. I've said what's on my mind. :)
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