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You won't be able to purchase Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Direct2Drive, GamersGate or Impulse when it's released next week because of the game's integration of Steam. Infinity Ward integrated the Steam client into Modern Warfare 2 to support Steamworks, prompting all three digital distribution chains to decide the game will not be available in their stores.
"At Direct2Drive, we believe strongly that when you buy a game from us, you shouldn't be forced to install and run a 3rd party software client to be able to play the game you purchased," reads a statement on Direct2Drive's website. "Because COD MW 2 requires you, the consumer, to do that, we aren't able to offer the game via Direct2Drive at this time."
Direct2Drive is also offering a $5 coupon off any other Activision title in its marketplace.
"Impulse will not be selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 either," said and Impulse spokesperson in a statement to Voodoo Extreme. "We share some of the same concerns as Direct2Drive over the bundling of the Steam client with the game. The most obvious issue is the forced inclusion of a competitor's store that blocks us from carrying the game."
I've contacted Activision about these developments. If they comment, I'll let you know.
Were you planning to buy Modern Warfare 2 through any of these services?
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entropy90
Just saying, this is probably going to come back and bite D2D in the butt. I mean, when it comes down to it Steam and D2D are not that incredibly different from each other, but Steam is better for developers because it does have the copy protection. D2D is slacking off in this regard, and I predict that this will not be the last game to force Steam (and from what I am reading it may not have been the first either). Now that D2D is not even selling Modern Warfare 2 they are hoping that people will just not buy it if they cannot buy it from D2D. What will probably end up happening is that people will just download Steam and buy it off there, and while a lot of people will still continue to use D2D despite having Steam downloaded there will be people who will switch to Steam because of Modern Warfare 2. So, D2D, it looks like you may have screwed up.
InSaInIrIsHmAn
you'd think with such a big title as CoD:MW2 coming out tomoro that they would have least put the software built into the game or give out a disk with the software on it for no additional cost i mean if your gonna get the prestige edition like i am its 150 plus tax they should have thought more about it wat a shame :( :( :( :( :( :(
VenomCX7
thats why i buy games from gamestop.
GAMESTOP FTW!
pantycricket
who freaking cares. you think walmart, gamestop, and plenty others wont have the game. this was a wasted space of words on an idiotic situation. buy the game elsewhere
BoydofZINJ
LET THE CONSUMER BE WARNED. CONSUMERS DONT MATTER. YOU DONT MATTER. YOU SUPPORT WATER DOWN GAMES BY BUYING THE GAMES.
Many game companies believe the PC-Gamer is a MMO market. However, RTS and Simulations (and the 'mech FPS/Simulator) are a type of game that are traditionally for the PC and make poor XBOX and PS3 and Console games. Many will argue the FPS is a game which is very strong in both the console and the pc - making it one of the few games with the largest potential market value.
Look at Modern Warefare 2 and how they slapped the face of the core and soft PC-Gamer for that game. And guess what, MW2 will lose very little because of the lack of PC sales. Let us face it, it looks great. It probably is great! Half of those petitioners will probably still buy it on the day it comes out. The other half will buy it in a few days afterwards. Perhaps a few people here and there wont (I wont). But, because the sales will ultimately not be effected, why not abuse the consumer.
I am putting my foot down now. The PC-GAMER is not dead. WE LIVE! WE ARE HERE! WE LOVE TO PLAY NON MMOS! WE WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON GOOD QUALITY GAMES FOR OUR BELOVED PCS! I refuse to buy any game from a company that treats me like CRAP. Why settle for a game that will be crappy when I want a good game? Modern Warefare 2 has made me realize - game companies want the console and PS3 and XBOX money. If the PC community is not a huge market - they will water us down and ignore us. We are icing in their cake. A few dozen sales or lack of sales will not make or break this game.
The Modern Warefare petition is a joke. WHO CARES if they dont get my money. When PS3 and XBOX users are buying the game and some users are buying the game for BOTH SYSTEMS?
This is just another slap in the face for PC-GAMERS. Modern Warefare 2 might as well just be called: Modern Warefare 2: WE HATE THE PC GAMER!
Viva El Computer (yea yea spanish and french)
-BoydofZINJ
P.S. As you read this - you may even be reading this on a .... PC. I typed this entire article on a... PC. PCs are not dead!
BoydofZINJ
Microsoft and many game companies believe the PC-Gamer is a MMO market. However, RTS and Simulations (and the 'mech FPS/Simulator) are a type of game that are traditionally for the PC and make poor XBOX and PS3 and Console games. Many will argue the FPS is a game which is very strong in both the console and the pc - making it one of the few games with the largest potential market value.
Look at Modern Warefare 2 and how they slapped the face of the core and soft PC-Gamer for that game. And guess what, MW2 will lose very little because of the lack of PC sales. Let us face it, it looks great. It probably is great! Half of those petitioners will probably still buy it on the day it comes out. The other half will buy it in a few days afterwards. Perhaps a few people here and there wont (I wont). But, because the sales will ultimately not be effected, why not abuse the consumer. LET THE CONSUMER BE WARNED. CONSUMERS DONT MATTER. YOU DONT MATTER. YOU SUPPORT WATER DOWN GAMES BY BUYING THE GAMES.
I am putting my foot down now. The PC-GAMER is not dead. WE LIVE! WE ARE HERE! WE LOVE TO PLAY NON MMOS! WE WANT TO SPEND OUR MONEY ON GOOD QUALITY GAMES FOR OUR BELOVED PCS! I refuse to buy any game from a company that treats me like CRAP. Why settle for a game that will be crappy when I want a good game? Modern Warefare 2 has made me realize - game companies want the console and PS3 and XBOX money. If the PC community is not a huge market - they will water us down and ignore us. We are icing in their cake. A few dozen sales or lack of sales will not make or break this game.
The Modern Warefare petition is a joke. WHO CARES if they dont get my money. When PS3 and XBOX users are buying the game and some users are buying the game for BOTH SYSTEMS?
Viva El Computer (yea yea spanish and french)
-BoydofZINJ
P.S. As you read this - you may even be reading this on a .... PC. I typed this entire article on a... PC. PCs are not dead!
z3razerviper
Direct to drive has sold other games that require steam?
Huelesnail
That's interesting considering I bought Empire: Total War from D2D back when it was released and it included the Steam client.
triggerhippy
Love Steam. Buy all my pc games through there and nowhere else.
Chunky_2336
damn Steam is one of the best even though you have to download something less that song it does a lot of work where all you have to do is click one button and wait. and steam always have special offers so wait one day in x-mas and MW2 will be like at $55 or i think its $55 ATM *shrug* quit ur
B!ichin and play the damn game if not dont let the door slam your ass on the way out
MorphingJar
I purchase most of my titles through Direct2Drive. The fact that steam is being shoved down our throats has completely turned me away from purchasing this for my PC. Guess I'll have to get a PS3 version.
camman111
Its not about Steam being good or bad its the fact that I have to get it there whether I want to or not. Look at what ghetto2u said about only being able to buy a game from gamestop.
Carnage_Asada
Right on! I'm a PS3 guy all the way.
bolo73
I love steam. I bought Dragon age Deluxe ED pre-sale from them. I have bought about 12 titles from there service and have not been disappointed. I use it for all of Value games and many others with no issues since Half life 2 came out.
Can someone explain the issue with steam and MW 2? Is it the lack of trust with Steam? Is it having 3rd party software in your game? Or is the lack of choices in direct downloading?
Steam is huge hub for gaming on PCs and a lot of companies use there services besides Activision.
Also to be honest I only use Steam, Microsoft, and Impulse for my direct downing needs.
FadelessSquare
xbox 360 ftw (i dont have a ps3) :( and my computer is crap its got like 1 gig ram but i can play left 4 dead on high settings with no lag
Carnage_Asada
I agree. They should stop crying, stop with the protests and just buy the game. They know they will, its just a matter of time. And isnt it funny that before this, we never heard anything about dedicated servers? I think they all got on the band wagon and complained too much for something that wont matter once in the game.
tentaro
I am reading most of these commnets twice to see wtf everyone is crying about? But I can't figure it out....just a bunch of whining imo. Steam...at first I thought the same as most...why the heck do I need this service? but now that I have it I would never buy from any other DD service anywhere. Direct2drive, did it before and now every time I want to load the game again I have to connect to their website to "reactivate" it anyway. Steam is a very small file/launch platform that is secure and keeps not only itself but the games you have up to date without even a thought on your part, what the heck can be wrong with that?
It really has nothing to do with money...if it did they would't have done the Steam thing so that no one had anything to cry about and they could get a wider distro for the game. Just get past the fact that you have to install Steam and then it is not such a big deal. It's not like they are are attaching freaking bloatware or crapware to it. I have had Steam on my machine since HL2 came out and I can't see what the big deal is. The app is literaly 1.2Megs not gigs, it uses barely any resources to run. But people need things to complain about regardless of whether they have valid points or they are just opinions. I use a little of both. :) I think people should buy it from Steam and or buy the Disk and stop crying about it.
ZoidbergPHD
This doesn't really bother me. Steam is a fantastic client and I firmly believe every PC gamer should have steam.
OneBadMofo
activision is becoming BS no beta no demo they limit the multiplayer in the pc version ACTIVISION thinks they will sell even if the game is garbage
camman111
So not only have they taken away arguably the only reason to buy a game on a PC but they made it so you can only get it through steam.
Those claims of this being the biggest selling entertainment whateverthetermis are slowly becoming less true as Activision keeps shooting themselves in the foot
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