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

[Caleb Stephens]

Lets not forget, the only thing this strategy is going to do is sell
consoles and put GSP's and all of the fringe projects out of business long
term.  Not to mention data centers.

This isn't IW's strategy.  This wreaks of antitrust violation from you know
who.  GSP's need to be up in arms.



Open source is a great idea.  But anyone care to guess how much it costs to
develop a game like COD4/MW2?  We're consumers.  Opensource will never
provide that.

MaydaX - great - where do we get pre-order cancellation numbers? - good
point re duplication, but accurate enough.


Businesses that don't listen to their customers fail.  Or should.


On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:25 AM, escapedturkey <
escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com> wrote:

> Yes, I completely understand that we vote with our dollars. That's why I'm
> advocating we go the open-source route or support a developer / publisher
> that will support us back -- i.e. Valve's Source engine. Begging
> Activision/IW seems a bit demeaning and giving them too much power. The
> communities need to lead our hobby not the corporations. Perhaps I'm not
> making my opinion clear. Sorry.
>
> Caleb Stephens wrote:
>
>> Over reliance?  This isn't about reliance.  We vote with our dollars.
>>  Corporate strategy is measured in profitability.
>>
>> These petitions won't do anything other than give a head count number
>> showing the impact of this corp strategy.
>>
>> This is a huge petition w/ over 50K signatures already collected (approx
>> $3.5M of value zapped out of the entire supply chain):
>>
>> http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?dedis4mw
>>
>> It seems to be collecting 2k sigs per hour.
>>
>> We need a list to track all the lists.  LOL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 1:24 AM, escapedturkey <
>> escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com <mailto:escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>    *Stands up to podium*
>>
>>    *Clears throat*
>>
>>    *Drinks a sip of water*
>>
>>    As far as petitions and ranting goes, I think as a community we need
>>    to show a bit of self-respect. All this pleading and begging just
>>    shows an over reliance on a corporation's decision making on the
>>    state of our gaming experience. We need to re-focus this energy into
>>    alternatives that will make us less dependent on the "suits"
>>    determining the direction of our favorite hobby.
>>
>>    Does anyone else agree or am I alone in my opinion?
>>
>>    *Stands down from podium*
>>
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