Care to explain this? History has shown it's the consoles that hold back the progress of computer games, not the reverse.

That is why I said this was only good for console games. But you can buy used pc games via places like flea markets, craigslist, ebay, etc. Of course, when looking to buy a newer used pc game, you better know what kind of activation/drm bs is used for that game.

Whether you like Activision games or not, a lot of people do. Prototype was a great, fun game and it had a good PC version as well.
You can choose not to buy MW2, but don't wish for it to fail and for me to never play the next one. That's just being silly.

It's not being silly. When, in the future, I wish to buy a game when it comes out, I want it to be $50, or less. I don't want games to be $60. If MW2 is successful, it is far more likely that games will be $60 in the future.
So is it being silly to want it to fail? No. Is it being silly to buy a game for $60, when that purchase will actively hurt the gaming community. Yes.

The game is worth $60 if you play the multiplayer religously... let people make up their own minds about what a game is worth.
PC has always been the home of more varied pricing for games. New adventure games come out at $20-30, foreign games like Cryostasis and Necrovision at $30, games like Risen and Red Faction launch at $40, others launch at $50 or even higher. Back in the day FMV games and blockbusters would release higher, in the $70 range often times, like Under a Killing Moon.
The important thing for the consumer is that they buy the game when the price is what they think the game is worth. I bought Empire Total War for $70 the day it came out, but Wanted and Tomb Raider Underworld had to wait until they hit $20. I spent what I wanted to.
If you don't think MW2 is worth $60 then don't buy it for that, but hoping it fails is another thing entirely... in an age where PC ports are less and less common, we don't need massive blockbuster hits failing on PC.

I wouldn't say I'm desperate in any way. I enjoyed the first Modern Warfare, so I'm looking forward to the sequel...nothing more, nothing less.

WTF!!!!!!!!
Fucking America gets the good end of the stick.
In Aussie and NZ, new games are pretty much always $100.

first one was crap, World at War is an overpriced gem, and the hype around this is terrible.
I hope activision and bobby kotick drown in their collected baby tears.

Group hug time.
Where are the daisies?

He was specifically talking about console games.

The game is worth a LOT more than that. Ol' Bobby actually has a point. World of Warcraft is the #1 played game on Xfire, and it costs $15 a month plus the cost of the game. COD4 is the number 2 game, and it cost $50. I would argue that CODMW2 could likely be priced at $99.99 and sell just as many copies as it would have at $60.

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the Call of Duty series, though nowadays it seems like Activision is treating the CoD franchise like it's the new corporate cash cow (which it is) and they're churning out games every year since 2004 or so. I'm getting it on the 360 but I'll probably get it on the PC when it's NOT $60 a few months later, mostly for the multiplayer and the mods that the consoles dream of having. And besides, map packs on the PC for COD4 didn't cost a thing, so... there's that.

As great as I'm sure MW2 will turn out since it is from The Infinity Ward, I just have no interest in it right now. I'm currently eyeballing a lot of new IP stuff -- Borderlands; Torchlight; Dragon Age: Origins; and Risen.
If there's a sequel I really want to play, Divinity 2 is definitely on the list.
It really is "blah" for PC gamers that MW2 is not dropping the same day as the console versions. Same can be said about Borderlands, as well.

I will throw UbiSoft one bone -- Prince of Persia (2008) did not come w/ any DRM on it.
Though, damn UbiSoft for not releasing PoP: Epilogue on the PC.

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Is it delayed or isn't it? Infinity Ward don't seem to think so. Unless Activision have taken the step themselves which means that MW2 is going to be ready the same time as the console versions so any delay is purely down to Activision.

And in that case, you don't seem to be the kind of person I'm talking about.
I mean those people who are practically dying to have it the instant it is released, and if the PC version is delayed, they'll go out and buy the console versions instead, US$60 price tag and all instead of just waiting a bit for the PC version to release and the price to drop.