First off let me start off by saying...This game WILL have massive sales no matter what Happens...But it could have done much, much more if Activision knew how keep their mouths shut, and to keep the CONSUMER in mind before making a pricing decision.

A few weeks before the Slim announcment Activision came out and publicly said

"If sony doesnt announce a PS3 Pricecut soon we will have to consider development outside Sony Consoles."

And not long after that, they went out and told everyone,

"Hey we're pushing the price of MW2 up on all platforms!" (54.99 in the UK...Thats around $90 USD)

And of Course...M.A.G.

Theres a few things wrong Here...

Activision left themselves open to embarrasment, and Sony capitalized when they announced the PS3 Slim along with a $100 pricecut for all current PS3 models whilst simultaneously some Sony Representatives have gone on record saying M.A.G. will go down as the definitive shooter of this Generation, an obvious shot at the Call of Duty franchise...

M.A.G. Will also launch at a price of 59.99 USD ($30 cheaper than MW, And a probable Headset along with it):--- This is not good forMW2 on the PS3 front...Many sony fans didnt appreciate Acti's words against the PS3, and has been one-up'd in every way by Sony's M.A.G. (With the exception of a slight graphics edge)

Now dont get me wrong, COD MW2 will still sell incredibly good on all platforms...but it could have done so much better, if they would have played their cards right...particularly in Europe.

Wait, are you saying MAG will cut into MW2's sales?

Woah now i can see the Activision hate lately, damn $90 USD, thats unfair. Whatever i think the 360 version can sell twice the amount of the ps3 version now this happened.

Are you saying this because the pre-orders of MW2 are much lower on the PS3 than X360?

This may be because the pre-order data is for the US alone, and there are way more X360s then PS3s there.

Also, I think most of the people buying MW2 on either console probably didn't even read that news. So it wouldn't really effect their decision...

It could also be that the X360 demographic likes FPS on consoles, since the Halos all seem to do really well on the X360s.

Also where did you get the info about MAG releasing with a headset? Because that would be so awesome!!!!

MAG looks like a good game, but i doubt it's gonna be a smash hit. Specially against something like MW2.

That said, Activision are idiots. Games should be cheaper, not more expensive.

^^ More of a hunch than anything, they released Socom: Confrontation with one, and this is a much larger, more more in depth, and much more squad based Shooter where Headsets will be essential to working together...

And a few other reasons (grin)

how much will that be in euros?

Activision doesn't care, 360 sales will be huge.

Right around 63 Euro i believe.

For those that didn't understand... BOTH VERSIONS are 55pounds [92$] in the UK.

But yea, the 360 version will have probably double the sales due to US sales.

As for me, fuck Activision. I'll be playing KZ2 until M.A.G. hits. There aren't any overused/abused ass grenades [martydom] feature in that game.... that shit got annoying. I just killed 3 guys in one room then suddenly grenades fall out of their asses...