Sales records due to console.
Vibe I am getting from most of the casual FPS community is "meh". Ofc a sizable portion of the hardcore CoD guys ended up breaking down and getting it... which was easily predictable.
But so far the evidence, both anecdotal and steam player stats say " the casual FPS multiplayer gamer" has largely stayed away from this title. Mission accomplished I'd say.
And richard, for the millionth time : the reason the outcry was important and needed was to alert the more casual people who had no clue what was going on, and would have plunked down 60$ expecting a MW2 that was like MW1..... IW let the cat out of the bag at the 11th hour, and probably on accident.
IF.... IW had done things properly and announced the changes 8 months ago like they should have, then the 0 ratings, the threads, the outcry etc could then be called unwarranted. BUT, IW was shady and tried to pull a fast one on the casual FPS PC gamer - the folk who dont follow every forum and FPS news site - and sell them something they , generally speaking, do not want. IW had actually "confirmed" that MW2 would be like MW1 , with DS and such..... then switched stride less than a month until release.
Honestly, I have not seen anyone come close to making any type of rational argument against the outcry and super low reviews, when you take that into consideration.
Only if IW had been forthright and honest, and not tried to pull a bait and switch would your arguments, and the arguments of other PC-gamer-haters start to obtain even the slightest amount of validity.
EDIT: MW2 PC version...... 6% according to the news post on this very site. Outcry definatly had an effect, no doubts anymore, considering CoD4 was much higher %, most decent multiplat games are a higher %... its pretty much proven now that the people (including myself) who were reporting lots of people cancelling preorders or not buying where they otherwise would have, is not overblown or wishful thinking. Naysayers can officially shove it.. nor will the game have much legs on the PC from what I can tell... people who didnt get the memo or decided to try IWnet are not trying to draw in more players/guildies/buddies to come play.. not on PC anyhow. GG IW, you might be rolling in bank from the console versions, but you still missed out on tens of millions you would have had, had you not been so arrogant.That revenue will be sorely missed as Actis rhythm games start tanking next year.
