Why is Modern Warfare 59.99 on PC?

LMAO, Infinity Ward isn't going to sell a dang PC version with that pricing scheme.

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-Pc/dp/B00269QLJ2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1245184700&sr=8-2

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9276543&st=Call+Of+Duty+Modernwarfare&lp=4&type=product&cp=2&id=1218073195024

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umm Modern Warfare is 39.99 on steam.

umm Modern Warfare is 39.99 on steam.

Fizzman

DD is generally cheaper :P

Modern Warfare 2, sorry

umm Modern Warfare is 39.99 on steam.

Fizzman

umm Modern Warfare is 39.99 on steam.

Fizzman

This is MW2. Make sure you check the links first. :P

Looks like good ol' Activision wants to raise the price of PC games...after all they've done lately, doesn't surprise me at all. I mean, why shouldn't they? This is going to sell incredibly well even at that price.

ohh Modern Warfare 2....if only you had linkified them cause im too lazy to copy n paste.

LMAO, Infinity Ward isn't going to sell a dang PC version with that pricing scheme.

http://www.amazon.com/Call-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2-Pc/dp/B00269QLJ2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1245184700&sr=8-2

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9276543&st=Call+Of+Duty+Modernwarfare&lp=4&type=product&cp=2&id=1218073195024

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platinumxofhell

there i linked em for the rest of the world.

The $10 extra are usually a licensing fee to pay the console maker. However the PC doesn't require licensing, it doesn't make anysense why they would make PC users 59.99 bucks? If you haven't noticed, PC gamers arn't going to shell out 59.99 without getting their money's worth. :|

Smart move if you ask me. They know the game's going to be a hit and they know that PC users will shell out the extra $10 to play it. If they have consoles, then it shouldn't be too much of a shock.SuperNecro

It is when PC games have been 10 bucks cheaper this entire generation. Maybe I can understand boxed copies being 60 bucks, but if DD copies are 60 bucks you can bet I won't pay for it.

Activision strikes again! Seriously i hope they get whats coming to them soon (something bad). It doesnt matter too much because PC gamers are generally smarter than console gamers about these things. Activision will learn there lesson the hardway. Actually instead of pricing MW3 like the usual PC game, they would probably not even put it on the platform.

I would rather have none of their good games if it meant they would stop existing.

[QUOTE="SuperNecro"]Smart move if you ask me. They know the game's going to be a hit and they know that PC users will shell out the extra $10 to play it. If they have consoles, then it shouldn't be too much of a shock.TreyoftheDead

It is when PC games have been 10 bucks cheaper this entire generation. Maybe I can understand boxed copies being 60 bucks, but if DD copies are 60 bucks you can bet I won't pay for it.

Activision strikes again! Seriously i hope they get whats coming to them soon (something bad). It doesnt matter too much because PC gamers are generally smarter than console gamers about these things. Activision will learn there lesson the hardway. Actually instead of pricing MW3 like the usual PC game, they would probably not even put it on the platform.

I would rather have none of their good games if it meant they would stop existing.

shutdown_202

I'm going to guess that Activision or the retailers are just taking advantage of the popularity of the seires. The game is going for more than new games usually cost in the UK on several websites as well.

There most likely going to see a boycott and people pirate to hell and back now. SAGE_OF_FIRE

Modern Warfare is only $39.99 on newegg, you have to shop at the right places not high as hell Best BuyProjectPat187

If this is fact then Activision will soon become as hated as EA used to be.

Yup

If this is fact then Activision will soon become as hated as EA used to be.

readingfc_1

Wow. Just wow. How incredibly low of Activision, and here I thought Microsoft was bad with the pricing of Halo 3 ODST. This is just pathetic, I know it's ten dollars more... but really now? Last time I've seen a launch PC game that didn't come with an accessory to cost that much was Half-Life 2 which was $55 at launch (could be wrong on that though).Stevo_the_gamer

The PC version is usually a better product anyway. Makes sense that it costs the same as the console version.

I'm going to guess that Activision or the retailers are just taking advantage of the popularity of the seires. The game is going for more than new games usually cost in the UK on several websites as well.

Rob-Belmont

You haven't seen the COD Online rumors? http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174797

They're going all out, trying to maximize profits before every other developer starts making games that a newborn baby can pick up and go 20-5. Do I blame them? Not really, but I think they are going too far.

There is no reason for them to think they are special and get to sell a $60 game on a PC where games have been $50 this entire gen.

Smart move if you ask me. They know the game's going to be a hit and they know that PC users will shell out the extra $10 to play it. If they have consoles, then it shouldn't be too much of a shock.SuperNecro

Well well, another game I'm going to boycott.Vandalvideo

[QUOTE="SuperNecro"]Smart move if you ask me. They know the game's going to be a hit and they know that PC users will shell out the extra $10 to play it. If they have consoles, then it shouldn't be too much of a shock.jsmoke03

[QUOTE="jsmoke03"][QUOTE="SuperNecro"]Smart move if you ask me. They know the game's going to be a hit and they know that PC users will shell out the extra $10 to play it. If they have consoles, then it shouldn't be too much of a shock.supercubedude64

That has to be a mistake. If not, they'll change it or suffer through very poor sales.

[QUOTE="Rob-Belmont"]

I'm going to guess that Activision or the retailers are just taking advantage of the popularity of the seires. The game is going for more than new games usually cost in the UK on several websites as well.

RobisGodly

You haven't seen the COD Online rumors? http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174797

They're going all out, trying to maximize profits before every other developer starts making games that a newborn baby can pick up and go 20-5. Do I blame them? Not really, but I think they are going too far.

There is no reason for them to think they are special and get to sell a $60 game on a PC where games have been $50 this entire gen.

[QUOTE="EXLINK"][QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Well well, another game I'm going to boycott.RobisGodly

With mods I'm sure PC gamers wouldn't miss a thing. PC gamers don't have a small attention span, unlike console gamers they don't need a new game every week.

Well, that's the nail in the coffin for me...

I prefer sci-fi shooters anyway (no, not you Halo)........

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Well well, another game I'm going to boycott.EXLINK

[QUOTE="RobisGodly"]

[QUOTE="EXLINK"] Have fun missing out, boycotting it won't do squat just like the L4D2 boycott won't do anything. A few thousand people (who most of them will probably give in and by the game either way) doesn't matter to a company when the game will sell millions.EXLINK

With mods I'm sure PC gamers wouldn't miss a thing. PC gamers don't have a small attention span, unlike console gamers they don't need a new game every week.

It's just a general statement. I'm a console gamer myself but I'm not gonna pretend we don't have small attention span in general. Most of my friends always ask "why do you play Halo 3, it came out in 2007" or ocassional when I play Gears 1 or some other old game, it's "wow welcome to 2006"

You see it all the time on System Wars. "lulz lemmings have nothing to play but Halo 3, a 2 year old game" or something else completely ignorant. Console gamers have this weird ideal where games have expiration dates.

Most PC gamers aren't stupid, I don't know a single PC gamer who has paid for DLC or a $60 game. Looks like the chances of selling 11 million copies in two months have just suffered a setback.:lol:

ew is that really the official box art?

[QUOTE="EXLINK"][QUOTE="RobisGodly"]

With mods I'm sure PC gamers wouldn't miss a thing. PC gamers don't have a small attention span, unlike console gamers they don't need a new game every week.

RobisGodly

It's just a general statement. I'm a console gamer myself but I'm not gonna pretend we don't have small attention span in general. Most of my friends always ask "why do you play Halo 3, it came out in 2007" or ocassional when I play Gears 1 or some other old game, it's "wow welcome to 2006"

You see it all the time on System Wars. "lulz lemmings have nothing to play but Halo 3, a 2 year old game" or something else completely ignorant. Console gamers have this weird ideal where games have expiration dates.