PC gamer hatred of MW2 is laughably AWFUL!

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KungKras said:

richardhutnik said:

KungKras said:

@richardhutnik

and you are defending this because...?

What am I defending?  I was trying to understand why Activision has done what it had done with the PC version of Modern Warfare 2.  And I was posting about that.  I can't be defending any company who abandons any part of its audience.  I am doing work for a non-profit sports organization, who has a range of people, and it can't afford to be ticking people off.  Of course, unlike Activision, the organization doesn't exist to maximize profits, but to serve the needs of the community.

I would hardly call IW's desicion "maximizing profits" Because it didn't help against piracy, and it certainly didn't help sales, all it did was to piss people off. They tried to fight piracy at the costy of customer experience, and they failed. Sure they were thinking logically, but they were applying the wrong kind of logic.

They had a lot of hidden things which you could only access once you hacked the game to unlock the console. It seems like all they wanted was money from DLC, as shown DLC is definitely not a hot subject to PC gamers since their communities can make the same content and more for absolutely free. They are learning it the hard way right now, and I agree with maximizing profits. It seems the BBB is taking refunds for the game and a whole bunch of people are getting refunds on it citing rampant cheating hacking and stuff as the reasons.