MW2 Stimulus pack sells 2.5m

By Robert Purchese Published 8 April, 2010

Plus: game now played for 200,000 years.

Modern Warfare 2's Stimulus Package has been bought over 2.5m times in just one week.

That's just on Xbox 360, remember, where the five extra maps cost 1200 Microsoft Points (£10.20/€14.40).

Microsoft added that 1 million people had snapped-up the Stimulus Package in 24 hours alone.

Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling revealed on Twitter last night that Modern Warfare 2 players had invested over 1.75 billion hours - over 200,000 years - into the game since release (November 2009).

The Stimulus Package was released last Wednesday and was soon discovered not to be working. The internet went nuts and Microsoft eventually fixed the problem.

Coincidentally, Microsoft soon revealed a compensation-like reward for all Xbox 360 owners that bought the Stimulus Package, offering them seven days of extra Xbox Live Gold membership.

No date has been set for the Stimulus Package on PC and PS3.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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  • asphaltcowboy #1 2 years ago

    Idiots.

  • flaming.carrot #2 2 years ago

    And during a recession too!

  • metalangel #3 2 years ago

    FFS.

    The precedent has been set, now. They can charge whatever they like.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 10:01

  • Redeye #4 2 years ago

    Gullible consumers are gullible, and have more spare cash than braincells.

  • George-Roper #5 2 years ago

    Quite depressing, really :(

  • makariel #6 2 years ago

    wow, just... wow

    don't come running when they charge you 4000 M$ points for the next 2 maps

  • DocktorJ #7 2 years ago

    25 million quid for 3. NEW. MAPS!!!

  • mcmonkeyplc #8 2 years ago

    Fuck tards! They are everywhere!

  • bad09 #9 2 years ago

    *sigh*

    and we wonder why they want to cut up games into little pieces to be fed to us through increasingly more cash. I read about project 10 dollar on the forums over weekend, the "new buyers" isn't just against 2nd hand, it's people who don't pay up straight away, the freebies have an expiry date then it's "PAY US YOU SUCKERS!!"

    *sigh*

    / plugs in Dreamcast
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 10:27

  • HermitArcader #10 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • ckyman2 #11 2 years ago

    £25,50000 thats better that euro million jackpot!!!! Least I know Actavsion will give a lot of the profit to charity....ha!

  • gjgjg #12 2 years ago

    there goes the 'value for money' protest!

  • MonsieurToni #13 2 years ago

    This must be easiest money ever made.

  • Hobo #14 2 years ago

    In those round of comments, people who dare to enjoy COD:MW2 get their comments marked down by people who seem to care more about MW2 than the actual MW2 fanbase.

  • AphoticCosmos #15 2 years ago

    Average MW2 player: "I SWEAR ON MY LIFE that I will never buy the MW2 stimulus package . . . the pricing is an outra-- oooh, shiny maps!"

    /facepalm

  • tobsen #16 2 years ago

    It is obvious that most of the people who still play MW2 these days are not very discerning. They don't even need to buy a cynically overpriced map pack to confirm this fact.

  • viper_h #17 2 years ago

    "One of these days, somewhere, somehow an online boycott will actually work"

    What about the Rage Against the Machine Christmas No. 1? That worked.

  • M4RV #18 2 years ago

    Idiots.

    ^ ^ ^ ^

    Anything after this will be redundant.

  • cozeny #19 2 years ago

    Gross.

  • menage #20 2 years ago

    Good for them, I'm not one of em.

    Oh, and it may be overpriced. 10 bucks still isn't a lot for people, especially if you play this everyday. I bought bigger crap for more. And I already spend more than 300 bucks this year alone on games.

    Shame that this game is so popular though, Found it rather uninvolving
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 10:37

  • rhinoxious #21 2 years ago

    Online boycotts for console game content will never work, because only a tiny percentage of console gamers ever actually read the kind of websites and forum boards where such things are discussed.

    Both my brothers play MW2 and neither of them reads games websites.

    If people want it, they will buy it. And £10 (though steep for 3 + 2 maps) simply isn't a lot of money by most people's standards (average UK wage being around 27k), so they buy first and consider the value later, it might impact on sales of the next map pack if people are unhappy, but I doubt it.

  • patchbox360 #22 2 years ago

    the free market works

  • JahB #23 2 years ago

    the MW2 comments thread are getting more than ridiculous. yes, we all hate Activision. no, that doesn't make MW2 a bad game. the hate this game gets - despite the fact that it's a brilliant game, like it or not - is staggering.

    get over yourselves people. publishers are not developers, so you might wanna stop bashing the people that make the games you play just because the suits in charge are assholes.

  • Malek86 #24 2 years ago

    Sure, I'd like to say that this is all Activision's fault, but this couldn't have been achieved without the 2.5 million people who actually... bought this.

    People like that, probably get scammed on a daily basis anyway.

  • Monkey_Puncher #25 2 years ago

    Mongs.

  • M4RV #26 2 years ago

    @JahB:

    MW2...?! Brilliant...?! Let's not kid ourselves please; Above average perhaps, but most of all, incredibly overrated, especially having in mind some other games released in the same time frame.

  • Psiloc #27 2 years ago

    Call of Duty is shit.

  • Physically_Insane #28 2 years ago

    @asphaltcowboy

    I'm sorry, but how are they idiots? Are they idiots because they love to play MW so they bought the new maps? (£10 OMFG!!!!!!!!) Or are they idiots because of the time spent playing the game? I think you're the idiot for being so ignorant.

  • LiveForever #29 2 years ago

    Pure lies from Ms and Activision

  • JahB #30 2 years ago

    @M4RV
    compared to anything else out there besides BFBC2, it is a stunner. the fact alone that an FPS developer goes and makes a 60fps game deserves them credit, because it's what everybody should do, but fails to.

    i just find it sad that people bash a game purely based on an idiotic CEO's behavior, which has nothing to do with the game itself.

  • BOBBYLUPO #31 2 years ago

    @Hobo Actually, I really enjoyed MW2 (dumb plot notwithstanding). I also think the pricing on these maps is ridiculous and anyone who pays for them is a fucking clown. Sure they may think it's a sound investment based on the amount of time they're going to spend on it but come on, over £10 for 5 maps, only 3 of which are new?!

    If publishers were in any doubt about just how far consumers are willing to bend over to get shafted by DLC pricing then I think it's safe to say they've got their answer: they'll touch their toes for it.



  • geeza2020 #32 2 years ago

    Whatever. I gave up on this game a little while ago now, people can and will keep spunking their cash in Activisions direction, as long as MW2 keeps being aimed at your average Sun reader who doesnt give a shit about the industry or what him paying his £10 for three maps means for the future of gaming. If this is the way so called "hardcore" gaming is going, then it might be time for me to just give up and start playing through all the games i've owned throughout the years so i dont have watch the industry sell itself to satan.

  • ParanoidZombie #33 2 years ago

    This figure proves that the internet is not representative of the gaming "community".

    Bottom line: Gaming reviewers and developers shouldn't worry too much about what they can read in comments threads: people who post here only represent "themselves" (which, since no one posts under his/her real name, means jackshit).

  • Mosphaiti #34 2 years ago

    Am i going to be the only person who's not slating mw2 in this post? I've not bought the package yet, as im not living at my uni house where my 360 is, but i will do when im back, i mean its £10, maybe that is a little more than usual, but its £10. If you wanted to save , from the day mw2 came out, thats about 7p a day. I agree it should have been cheaper, but it was activision who priced it, who we all know just grab cash, however its not such a rise to make me stop, and im not entirely sure why that will give you grounds to call me an idiot. I enjoy playing the game, sure its got bugs, but its fun and great to play with my flatmates, the new maps will add some more, especially looking forward to playing crash again, and im sure this is what the majority of the other 2.5million people are thinking.

  • noobjob #35 2 years ago

    i hate cod so i traded in all of mine except WAW coz they sed it was to sractched. i refuse to be part of cod nd i aint buyin next one

  • insincere_dave #36 2 years ago

    It's hard to tell what's worse... that gamers will pay more money for less maps without any resistance or that people are stupid enough to take their hatred for Activision's CEO and tar IW and MW2 with the same brush. Remember when everybody hated EA? That's because they were genuinely churning out shitty games year on year. Whatever you think of it, MW2 is patently not an uninspired cash-in.

    The only reasonable explanation is that the vast majority of "hardcore" gamers are ignorant, reactionary fucktards.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 11:10

  • muscleblade #37 2 years ago

    How many more would have bought it at 800 points. Im guessing a couple of hundred thousand more. Even so with 2,5 million sales at 1200 points that probably was the right price from a business perspective.

  • M4RV #38 2 years ago

    @JahB:

    I'm sorry, but 60fps alone is hardly enough... MW2 has the gameplay, but it lacks the setpieces, concerning the SP campaign and the MP, as we all know, lacked polish... I assume it's not necessary to mention the game breaking bugs and glitches that plagued the game from day one and dont get me started with Spec Ops, which feels rushed as hell to say the least.

    Also, and thats just me, people don't bash the game for the sake of bashing... Overpriced DLC for instance, is just the tip of the iceberg.

  • Vordred #39 2 years ago

    i love how people complain about pricing is to high, but then go buy it away, which just tells them its not to much. companys like to test the waters and see just how much that can get out of you.

    moaning at the publisher on the internet tells them nothing, until people stop buying over priced stuff, it will remain over priced and just continue to go up until people finally stop buying

    so expect to see more 1200 maps packs from now on

  • vegard #40 2 years ago

    i've discussed this with a few friends who aren't the type that read about games online, and most of them don't seem to care about the price. they just want more maps and couldn't care less that Activision is charging more than what's the norm. actually, most of them think it's OK because MW2 is so huge and they understand Activision want to make as much money as possible on it...

  • the-fell #41 2 years ago

    After all the rage from Eurogamer comments and talk about boycotts I guess this just shows how the vocal few are such a minority and not really representative of the gaming community.

    I also thought it was too expensive but apparently not and if I was tasked with releasing the next map pack for MW2 in X number of months I would price it at 1200 points without thinking twice.

  • outy #42 2 years ago

    Anyone who plays MW2 on a regular basis is forced to buy this rip off product at a premium price point - unless they think getting kicked from the server after ALMOST every map change is acceptable. I think it's fucking ridiculous that there isn't a filter from the lobby which allows you to join groups which only run the stock map-pack. Of course.. i may be mistaken, i don't play MW2.. this is based on my experience of WAW, a game which i quit after Activision made it clear i couldn't properly play without first giving them money for something which should have been given to us for free.

  • Bealsy #43 2 years ago

    I bought it. So what? I'll probably get 20+ hours at least out of the new maps alone.

    £10 aint a lot when you consider how much some people play it for. How many of you complaining about the price actually have MW2? Or are you just jumping on the Activisionwankerz bandwagon?

  • LetsGo #44 2 years ago

    I SAVED money by buying the stinulus pack.

    Instead of going out on Friday night and spending 70 quid, I bought this and stayed in, saved me 60 quid!

    Thank you activision!

  • miiiguel #45 2 years ago

    Well I'm not buying the maps because I don't feel like it but it's not to support some sort of principle. What ppl do with their money is not my buisness, and it's realy out of proportion to think that every map dlc will now cost XX amount of coins.

    We're a community not a comune. We share interests not income nor property.

  • HermitArcader #46 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • outy #47 2 years ago

    BF1942 sells at 1200MSP and it's an entire standalone game with 3 gigantic maps.. anyone who thinks this map pack is value for money is bloody insane.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 11:29

  • KujiGhost #48 2 years ago

    The 10 quid I saved from this and the 20 quid I won from the pub quiz on Monday bought me BFBC2! Good times!

  • actionfitz #49 2 years ago

    nice. £10 for 3 multi-player maps.
    so the next few cod games are gonna require a mortgage and good credit history to buy I assume.
    Here's just hoping other publishers don't lose their sense and try to match acti-cunts pricing. In MW2's case it was the retailers that took the hit for the hike in RRP, and as for the maps, well, now i have no reason to ever play MW2 online again - seeing as not having the 'WalletRape Map Pack' will mean i get booted from matchmaking.

  • sneetch #50 2 years ago

    @rhinoxious
    If people want it, they will buy it. And £10 (though steep for 3 + 2 maps) simply isn't a lot of money by most people's standards (average UK wage being around 27k), so they buy first and consider the value later, it might impact on sales of the next map pack if people are unhappy, but I doubt it.

    Yeah, there's also the fact that the real world value is "hidden" behind the MS points, it makes it easier to justify to yourself as an impulse buy. Very convenient to buy on Live.

    I love the ads "tired of the same old sniping spots? Here's two old maps full of the same old sniping spots. But they're new! Sort of. Actually, they're not."

  • Physically_Insane #51 2 years ago

    @actionfitz

    MS set the price, not Activision.

  • patchbox360 #52 2 years ago

    it cost 85 pounds to play cod mw2 online with the extra maps on the xbox360.

  • Bealsy #53 2 years ago

    @outy - you pay £39.99 for a plastic box with paper instructions and the game on a DVD you could buy for 50p.

    Sadly, nothing in the games industry is value for money.

  • miiiguel #54 2 years ago

    @actionfitz

    MS set the price, not Activision.

    huh? Realy? So it will be cheaper (or more expensive) on PSN? That's new to me, since every other dlc has been the same price (roughly) on both networks. I'm not saying you're lying, you probably have some info to say that and I have none to say otherwise but it is hard to believe that it's MS/Sony/Nintendo who set the price for the sotware which they aren't the owners.

  • geeza2020 #55 2 years ago

    except the eurogamer comments sections!

  • duckncover #56 2 years ago

    @Physically_Insane - link reference, otherwise I call BS.

  • sfp_noodle #57 2 years ago

    @ patchbox360

    i truely lol'd at tht comment :) oh so true. im paying erm lets see, £18 for live a year, and £24 for BFBC2 so thts a grand total of £42...and i get free maps?!?! FREE MAPS?! HOW DARE THEY GIVE ME FREE MAPS WHILST PROVIDING A MASSIVELY ENJOYABLE GAME! thts works out half the price of playing modern glitchfare 2. incredible

  • cnlfailure #58 2 years ago

    This all depends entirely on what you define as value for money.

    From my perspective value is not defined by the amount of content provided, more the amount of enjoyment I get out of that content. Is £10 (or however much it is) really too much for additional content that you'll potentially replay for hundreds of hours?

  • metalangel #59 2 years ago

    @sneetch: I avoid impulse buys by not keeping reams of points in my account. Every time I buy something I have to go add points which tells me how much I am about to spend. Then I have to go onto internet banking to pay off the points on my credit card.

  • HermitArcader #60 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • sfp_noodle #61 2 years ago

    @cnlfailure

    £10 is too much for 3 average maps. whichever way u look at it. fact is, they cud have rewarded their so called 'loyal' customers by giving crash and overgrown for free to the guys who bought the game brand new in a similar way EA have done. but no, £10 for 3 average maps, and 2 maps tht have been played to death over 2 years is fucking ridiculous and there is no way to justify it whatsoever

  • Sir_TimAlot #62 2 years ago

    pah, I bought it and played stimulus playlist alot for 5 days straight, really enjoyed it!
    £10 would just about get me 2 pints down the pub where i live.
    Personally i don't see the big deal.

  • miiiguel #63 2 years ago

    @outy - you pay £39.99 for a plastic box with paper instructions and the game on a DVD you could buy for 50p.

    What are you saying?! That makes no sense. How do you pay the wages of hundreds of ppl who job are making games?
    So, by your logic dlc (and every digital distributed product) should be totally free?! I say, it's far more threatning for the video game industry this idea that making games is not a real job and ppl shouldn't have an appropriate income - coming from inside the "comunity" - than this dlc pricing fait divers.

  • chrisola #64 2 years ago

    The loss of revenue from the 60 or so people who boycotted the maps on here must be killing Activision right now.

    But seriously, i wonder what the player count will be like now compared to before the stimulus package? They know how many unique gamer id's play, i'd imagine it would drop, as more than 2.5million people play on-line (i'm guessing the matchmaking will drop you from games you don't have the maps for).




  • Stiggy #65 2 years ago

    Activision use popular franchise to exploit maximum earners shocker. They are the cold, hard face of modern economics and business. Prices rise - it's called inflation and governments try endlessly to manage it. In the end, a group of well meaning individuals such as us are not going to prevent this.

  • beastmaster #66 2 years ago

    Hmm... I really do enjoy a spot of MW2 from time to time. SP was beyond a joke but the MP is a bit of run 'n' gun fun. BC 2 I love for other reasons.

    As for this "it's only 3 maps" thing. Yeah, they've been played to death and are not 'new'. But you couldn't play them before with sentry guns, predator missiles, pavelow and the like.

    I don't know the answer to this, but it seems as though people here think the old maps were straight port. Quite possibly but if they're using a totally new rebuilt engine, that it may not have been THAT straightforward.

    How long does it take to design, build and test these maps? If I was being cynical, I would suggest that the next 2 sets of map packs are probably ready. Just wait till interest starts to wane and then unleash another set.

  • Paulie_P #67 2 years ago

    Its sad, it depresses me but anybody could've saw this coming.

  • KillerMonkey #68 2 years ago

    Unbelievable..

    -1 faith in humanity.

    @beastmaster
    "I don't know the answer to this, but it seems as though people here think the old maps were straight port. Quite possibly but if they're using a totally new rebuilt engine, that it may not have been THAT straightforward."

    The engine is almost exactly the same.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 12:38

  • Climhazzard #69 2 years ago

    Most people never complained at Halo's extra maps being 800msp for 3 maps, i dont see what the problem is for everybody, theyre a business at the end of the day selling an extremely popular product, what did you think would happen. I bought it as i play the mp a fair bit and 5 maps aint so bad to me.
    Anyone else wanting to have a hissy fit over this?

  • Mkwone #70 2 years ago

    Just goes to show if you want to make money you've got to go mainstream... and a huge budget in the first place.

  • sneetch #71 2 years ago

    @beastmaster
    I don't know the answer to this, but it seems as though people here think the old maps were straight port. Quite possibly but if they're using a totally new rebuilt engine, that it may not have been THAT straightforward.

    The engines are very similar, the MW2 engine is more efficient and can handle more complex geometry and has better draw distances and so on but I'd be surprised if it was all that difficult to import them. There's no reason why the map file format needed to be changed drastically so I'd be surprised if you couldn't get them more or less up and running by simply opening them in the MW2 editor and saving them for the new version.

    How long does it take to design, build and test these maps? If I was being cynical, I would suggest that the next 2 sets of map packs are probably ready. Just wait till interest starts to wane and then unleash another set.

    I'd say they are too, and will be much the same, three new maps, two "classic" ones. They're going to be tweaking them in the intervening time, though. I'd guess.

  • Douche #72 2 years ago

    Like the stimulus pack is the only thing in life that is over priced. Quick! Online boycott of expensive jeans, restaurant food and public transport!

    Get a grip.

  • VicViper #73 2 years ago

    The 10 quid I spend on these maps went on these maps and the fun I'll have playing said maps with my friends who pretty much only play MW2. Thats the reason I got them, its 5 maps I didn't have in MW2 before now I do.

    Thats my justification, I'm considering getting B:BC2 in addition because I enjoyed the first and I like vehicles in my War multiplayer (on of the few reasons I liked the halo mp, looking forward to reach beta) but I still have fun playing MW2 multiplayer.

  • Petulant_Radish #74 2 years ago

    What a newsflash it must be for people that the general gaming populace is not represented by the hardcore few that reside in a gaming website community.

    I didn’t personally buy it because I didn’t want to, but I wouldn’t insult people for doing so like an elitist wanker. The people calling them ‘tards’ and ‘idiots’ need to realise that the majority of gamers these days wouldn’t give a flying fuck about you, or what you think, because they probably look down on you for being a geek.


    edit: Oh and before anyone goes off on one, I am including myself in the geek faction, but let’s face it, anyone who comments on here is.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 13:14

  • Douche #75 2 years ago

    @VicViper

    That sounds perfectibly reasonable to me.

  • vegard #76 2 years ago

    i've got a bone to pick with activision! and a few to break!

  • beastmaster #77 2 years ago

    Thanks for the replies.

    It does seen as though lowest common dinominator is the way to go. For the record, I bought it and am enjoying it. Although I don't consider myself a dumb gaming MOFO ;-)

    As for mass market crap which sells shitloads and critically accaimed games that don't. It would be a truly wonderful thing to have something like Last Guardian as Xmas No. 1. Most people I know get their gaming info from ads on the telly or what they read in the Metro on the way into work.

    Knew someone who saw the ad for Bayonetta and said "It's got a 10 from Edge magazine. What's Edge?". Nuts, FHM, Zoo, Tits & Tanks reviews seem to be the ones that matter.

    I made that last one up, but it's bound to sell,
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 13:23

  • Bealsy #78 2 years ago

    @Vertical Stand - and there was no marketing, devs, or anything else required for the new maps? Ta for walking into my sarcasm trap by the way, I'm far too aware of the background costs of games kthanksbai

  • Agent_Orange #79 2 years ago

    Makes you wonder who buys this crap, seeing all the comments here! Perhaps it's made up numbers!

  • EvilBob_leeds #80 2 years ago

    1200 points =~ £10

    Stimulus pack = 40% recycled material

    Therefore £10,000,000 has been grossed by Activision selling us old rope....

  • schmung #81 2 years ago

    Value for money is a relative thing. A tenner is very steep for a bit of DLC, but at the same time it's just over the cost of three pints and I got the game for £25 when it came out.

    A very decent percentage of the MW2 just doesn't give a toss about the pricing or any trend that this may set for DLC pricing - unlikely though that is because this pricepoint is only sustainable if you've got a massive blocksbuster like MW2 which is played in such a hardcore fashion by people who not primarily gamers. I'd say chill out, but this is the internet and moreover a games site, so venting impotent rage and spouting forth vitriol is to be expected.

  • RustyBullet #82 2 years ago

    sorry but it has to be said Fuk Tards. Now how many other devs are going to push their luck with DLC prices.

  • nickthegun #83 2 years ago

    Phew. I was worried that an issue of games pricing was going to pass without the price to pints conversion ratio.

    Give me a minute to work out the fun playing the game to a night down the pub variations and we can put this to bed.

  • stuarty_2003 #84 2 years ago

    Cod shit.

    No pun intended.

  • VicViper #85 2 years ago

    @nickthegun

    Thats sounds like a interesting field of mathematics, I volunteer for both sitting in and playing a game and going out to the pub experiments.

  • Spekingur #86 2 years ago

    Do you know the best part about these news? IW won't see a dime!
    (That was sarcasm.)

  • Artemus #87 2 years ago

    2.5 million fools. Congrats! Acti-rape can now charge you whatever they want because they know you'll bend over for them.

  • gohda #88 2 years ago

    200,000 years, holy shit

  • holloguts #89 2 years ago

    Considering the success of the game, and the obvious success of the map pack, I see no reason for the high prices involved. EA used to be the real greed and cancer in gaming. Infinity Ward have eclipsed EA's greed. There is no justification for the high prices other than to effectively STEAL from it's own customers. I hope the recent break up of this company also leads to it's downfall, there is no excuse for excessive greed.

    £10 for 3 maps, robbing bastards.

  • Physically_Insane #90 2 years ago

    5 maps.

  • Raiten #91 2 years ago

    Guess this just goes out to prove, that there are millions of idiots willing to pay any ridiculously high sum of money for something concieved as popular.
    Sad thing is that these people give the sign of aproval to companies, that it's all ok to rip us off and charge stupid amounts of money for any miniscule amount of new content, which means i wouldn't be at all suprised to see prices climbing up as result. Who knows, maybe we'll be paying 10€ just for 1 new map in the near future, i'm quite positive the same people who bought this, would fork out the money for that also.

  • Paulie_P #92 2 years ago

    @VicViper

    I remember watching you convince yourself to buy it - it was like Golem from Lord of the Rings.

    "We wills buy it."
    "No wes won't we don'ts needs it - its overpriced."
    "We wills. Our friends are buying it."
    "No.Only 5 maps."
    "Yes"

  • VicViper #93 2 years ago

    @Paulie_P

    Actually it went more like this;

    Me: Its over priced, I'm not getting it
    them: we can't wait, their going to be so awesome and we really liked those old maps
    Me: But its costs a tenner
    them: well its going to be really awkward when we're in a party playing matches and you get kicked
    Me: Sigh alright then...

    More or less accurate, I tried to plead the don't buy it case really I did but in the face of people who don't care well its a non-starter. Explains a lot of the 2.5million though.
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 17:29

  • HoriZon #94 2 years ago

    I hope the other Devs dont follow suit ;/

  • leafmulch #95 2 years ago

    I'm proud to say I resisted, which means I no longer get to play the game with my mates on xbox-live, but instead went out and bought a copy of BFBC2. I'm very glad I did, as it's bloody brilliant :)

  • Spekingur #96 2 years ago

    @holloguts: You aren't following this very well, are you? Infinity Ward aren't publishing the map pack and sure as hell don't set the price. Those things are completely in the hands of the publishers. And that would be Activision. IW make the stuff, Activision reap the benefits. Wouldn't be surprised that IW got paid long before the success of MW2, original deal between them must have had a clause of 'additional content' be it DLC or otherwise.

    I am also pretty sure that IW won't see any of the profits made from the map pack. Developers have gone from being the guys getting the most from game sales to being publisher minions getting nothing but breadcrumbs when things are going well or getting offski when they go badly.

  • Fella #97 2 years ago

    From here on out DLC for Activision games are gonna cost more than previously thanks to everyone who bought it...
    Edited by 1 at 08/04/10 @ 22:55

  • GamerG #98 2 years ago

    I dont know why everyone is getting their knickers in a twist, on MW2 could get away with this pricing no other game could get away with this charging and expect sales

  • Quixz #99 2 years ago

    I saved my £10 and bought me a copy of BFBC2 yay for me!

  • des #100 2 years ago

    Poor haters...destroyed

  • espibara #101 2 years ago

    I'm off teh back garden to watch the pretty colours whilst i burn a tenner

  • Popey687 #102 2 years ago

    Congratulations to Infinity Ward on this successful update. I bought the maps on day 1 and have already got my value for money out of the play time. Bring on more maps guys, it's all good stuff!