People are free to make demands on a developer (this includes a boycott) and the developer is free to ignore them. There is a reason that companies who listen to their consumers do well, and those that don't, usually end up going bankrupt. IW is keeping up demands with their true consumer (console gamers) and shouldn't be too affected by this boycott or any sufferings on the PC platform.
I just don't understand how the TC can be so dense about boycotts. When people are passionate about something, they tend to react passionately to things that happen to whatever they feel strongly about. He uses some really lame arguments like, "they had to spend lots of money to create this game" or "they have to make enough money to pay their employees".
So first off, you have no clue about the financials of MW2, so stop trying to make a point by pointing out that other people don't know. Secondly, stop projecting yourself on people by saying, "Sounds like you're jealous that they have the talent to..." because, quite frankly, it makes you sound like a douche. Thirdly, IW is as entitled to try and get everything in the world out of their product when they put it on the market, but because the market isn't an excel sheet (doesn't function in a vacuum) they risk pushing too far and getting a backlash. What you're seeing is that backlash, and this includes boycotts. I seriously doubt the accountants at IW sent an email to the CEO informing him that the only way IW employees would get their paychecks cashed is if they bumped the cost of the game up 10 dollars.
And to everyone else, please just stop assuming that everything a company does has some kind of justification. No matter how much you like their product, the company (company in the general sense, not just IW) is not in existence to be nice to you. They are trying to seperate your money from you; it's the entire reason they exist in the first place. Sometimes, companies make decisions to remove more money from you, because that's what they do. It doesn't always cover extra costs, and it doesn't always make sense from your point of view, so stop acting like it.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go donate some cans of soup to IW's food drive so those poor bastards that work there can get something warm to eat.
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