Modern Warfare 2 Sales Pass... One Billion Dollars

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  Mediocrity? Wow, you liked it a lot more than I did. Sadly you are right though. Much like hollywood... : J33ves
  • I wouldn't get so pessimistic yet. There will always be a market for niche good games and independents. T... : SnakeIRye
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  The Halo series has proven this time and time again. : techx4
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    Or maybe you guys just have bad taste and don't realize it? Or you go by the reasoning that anything pop... : haysoos
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      Stop thinking so much and just jump on the we-hate-stuff-that-is-popular bandwagon. GOD. : snot3353
      • LOL, that pretty much sums it up, doesn't it? Honestly, it's impressive that i've been typing out term p... : haysoos
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      This is called your opinion. You should be used to people not agreeing with it by now. : radarman
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        Whether a game, movie, book, or sex is good is all a matter of opinion. I just feel if you are going to ... : haysoos
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          So things can't just be mediocre because they are campy generic and boring? : radarman
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            You can say that your found it to be campy, generic and boring, but saying that it is a fact, well, facts... : haysoos
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              Okay: I don't even hate the game. It doesn't provoke as much of an emotional response in me as it ap... : SeraphielX
              • What I'm going to say is probably going to be taken by radarman as me simply not accepting that the game ... : haysoos
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              All you are doing is pigeonholing every comment and thread into the same defensive arguement. I think you... : radarman
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                I posted my last reply on the topic to the Seraphiel's comment above. I'll shut up mainly because I am r... : haysoos
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                  i'm sorry that you feel you have to group everyone into boycotters or haters and white-knight them to dea... : radarman
                  • This should have been in a message since i've said I'm done with the discussion since you just post that ... : haysoos
  • All things considered the Halo games are pretty good. Man, give it a rest! : Shadsy

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  WHich shows one thing: the PC boycott was VERY EFFECTIVE - without it MW2 would've been the sure winner i... : levente@speakeasy.net
  • Yeah - That really worked well eh- 5th place. Good job. McDonald's badge for you my son. : Moog69
  • I dont think thats true. CoD has been more of a console game since CoD4. There a shit ton more competit... : haysoos
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    Is this sarcasm? : crummynz
    • not at all, he really believe the boycott was a success : haysoos

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• *entertainment properties : angelrubio
• WoW? : r_picmip 5
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  Titanic, Avatar, Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and The Dark Knight in o... : photonzach
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    Don't forget Harry Potter : her0d
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      $974,733,550. Nope :P : photonzach
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        Some of the movies did get past a billion. And I'm sure the books all did. : critch
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          You are sure all the books did? Thats comedy for sure, the sales figures I've found for the latest book,... : haysoos
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            Gone with the Wind, adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation: $1,485,028,000. http://boxofficemojo.com/allt... : Patakreps
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              Please, erase this. Pleaaase! : Patakreps
              • Its all good, thats part of the reply to my comment below, right..? : haysoos
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            Actually, Avatar has made over $1.3 Billion in the box-office so far.... : Tripps
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              The thread left avatar at its first mention because anyone can see that its going to break records, if it... : haysoos
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                wow relax man : disembodied potato
                • that is relaxed, if it wasn't I would have been insulting. Do be so sensitive, buddy. I really don't kn... : haysoos
        • Not according to wikipedia. Wikipedia never lies! >:( :P : photonzach
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  Gone with the Wind sold 3 times more tickets in the UK than the number of UK residents. : Patakreps
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    Thats really useless and irrelevent. The F-150 is the top selling vehicle in the world, it even sells in... : haysoos
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      Activision prising how much CoD6 is "the biggest launch in history across all forms of entertainment" IS ... : Patakreps
      • Launch is the key word though. How many tickets did Gone with the wind sell in the first week, adjusted ... : haysoos
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  Ummm, how about most of them...? You Activision shills are hilarious. : levente@speakeasy.net
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    Most of "them"? "Yessir, i reckon most of dem 'entertainments' done gone an' made a whole sack load of m... : haysoos
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      please shoot this guy... : anal justice
      • He made an appropriate response to a dumb comment. : crummynz

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  yeah and people make a big deal about how broken the multiplayer can be but considering the incredible si... : DeBurgo
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    Yeah, I think public games in MW2 against random douchebags are quite a bit more fun than, say, Counter-S... : Orange Pylon
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      Thats one of the most mature and respectiable gripes about the lack of deds I've ever heard. Also, I agr... : haysoos
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        I only ever play CS or CS:S with shackers or people I know. The gameplay can be a bit infuriating, especi... : Orange Pylon
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          I understand about the "mature dick jokes" comment, lol. When its your regular server and you know most ... : haysoos
          • Good tips! : Orange Pylon
          • Lol don't give away my ninja routes! : Total Exodus
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  It's a ridiculous amount of money for such a ridiculous game. It's a shame. On the other hand, it show... : paketep
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    It sure does! Halo 3 ODST and MW2 were the most hyped games this year and supposedly the biggest releases... : Snake&Crane
    • I meant to type 'most hyped games of last year.' Ah blamz da keybode! : Snake&Crane
    • I can see why MW2 would be a huge disappointment for people. I really like the game for the exact same re... : Orange Pylon
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      I love SKATE 2, but I never seem to get anything done but roll around and do tricks. It's kind of hard t... : Pneum0
      • Make sure you use the 'travel' ability on your map. It can instantly teleport you to challenges and conte... : Snake&Crane
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      those are all completely different games : synapse19
      • I'm talking about 'most hyped games' not 'most hyped shooters,' so genre is irrelevant. It's just a coi... : Snake&Crane
    • Halo 3 ODST is selling well because it plays more like Halo 1 than halo 2 or 3 and a lot of people (me in... : haysoos
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      I'm so there, I loathed both MW2 and ODST for different reasons of course. Disclaimer: I *only* play thes... : BigT
      • The disclaimer puts it into good perspective, I can only agree on MW2. Haven't played ODST SP (dont own ... : haysoos
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    THIS shows that gaming is mainstream?! Thats exactly what people said about Halo 2 and 3, and even then ... : haysoos
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      I've never played Halo 2 or 3, but I thought Halo 1 was pretty solid. I had some good fun with it on the ... : Orange Pylon
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        THe funny thing is, I prefer mouse and keyboard for every game except halo PC. My buddy had it and was a... : haysoos
        • An RTS would be pretty limited by a typical console controller, sort of like playing a PC RTS with just a... : Orange Pylon
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      I'll shoot. Story severely lacking, dozens of cliche "action"situations most of which are repeated, regen... : SnakeIRye
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        Well, since I bought it just for multiplayer, I would have to disagree that I'm a "tool". I would say th... : haysoos
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          I hope there is another MW2 article tomorrow so we can read more of your awesome rambling nonsense. : radarman
          • Well man, at least I have real thoughts and challenging dialog. All you can say is "you talk too much" i... : haysoos
    • Too easy. Generic. Boring. : radarman

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  I'd like to see how many PC copies have sold... I'm guessing reception wasn't quite as warm on that platf... : duffman03
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    Didn't they already acknowledge that it outsold Modern Warfare on the PC? : K1Bond007
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      I'm sure it has, but I'm talking about compared to the other platforms. Did the majority of their sales ... : duffman03
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        Absolutely. I doubt it's even 10% on PC. : kungfusquirrel
        • When I purchased it, out of 60 odd people I was the only one to get it on PC. I know because I was watchi... : Total Exodus
      • But how does that matter? In context of the single platform, I know MW2 was top selling on Steam a few w... : haysoos
  • http://www.totalvideogames.com/Modern-Warfare-2/news/MW2-PC-Sales-Seemingly-Unaffected-By-IWNet-14756.htm... : kungfusquirrel
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  It DID; around 10% of all sales - whih means BOYCOTT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE! : levente@speakeasy.net
  • or.. people just bought it on the console instead of PC. : duffman03
  • The boycott was not effective, 10% of a billion dollars is still 100 million, which is still higher than ... : haysoos
  • You keep telling yourself that.... : Phreakin
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    Its only effective if IW actually changes something, anything as a result. They haven't so you effected n... : Cygnus X-1
    • Haha no. That's retarded. The laws of physics haven't changed. The infrastructure of the entire Internet ... : Pulveri

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• there sure is. the original creator's of Mechwarrior are working on a new next-gen Mechwarrior franchise... : x Tempest x

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• Did you get your refund back? : X-Nice

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• My head asplode : photonzach
• Sadly, I imagine Kotick eventually saying "Only one billion?" : the archvile
• They're logic will be we coulda sold 2 billion : Phreakin

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  Sledgehammer is probably a reasonable guess (new Activision studio working on an "existing property" foun... : kungfusquirrel
  • ignore that sentence structure in the parenthetical. : kungfusquirrel

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  And just think. All the suckers on PC who paid 10$ extra for the game.. Go to his wallet. Lets hear it ... : DionB250
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    It's not suckered if you like the game. And it's basically CoD4 with more killstreaks, and CoD4 was cons... : haysoos
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      Unless you argue that killstreaks cock-up the game? Then would it be worse than CoD4? : Topsiderover
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        The only one I feel cocks up the game is the tactical nuke. I don't understand ending the round early ju... : haysoos
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          What? : snot3353
          • huh..? : haysoos
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          dude, there are a few more threads at the bottom of this page you haven't commented on yet. don't waste i... : radarman
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            Ah, you dont like me and feel I am too vocal..? lol, thats funny. : haysoos
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              You aren't vocal, you are rambling and ignoring everything negative someone says about a game you love. C... : radarman
              • Ignoring? Anytime someone says the SP sucks I agree, but when the say the MP sucks it's either "no deds"... : haysoos

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• Someone posted that Kotich could've packaged a sack of crap in a MW3 box and it would've been a best sell... : jtthe2nd
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  lol, so why don't other companies and devs do it? I mean everyone wants to make good money, right? Yo... : KePoW
  • My statement was more generalized about consumer herding, but a $200 million dollar launch budget would h... : TheSty
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  I think it has a lot to do with the fact that Modern Warfare 1 was fucking awesome. : rick
  • Thank you. It also has to do with the fact that it has some of the best FPS MP of any game out right now... : haysoos

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  THats how Ive always felt, but I think a CS 2 would be a bad idea. I don't think they could pull it off ... : haysoos
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    If counter-strike had a perk system instead of relying on skill for the most part, I'd shoot my computer ... : SnakeIRye
    • Counterstrike would indeed suck if they tried to implement any kind of perk system, which is why I felt i... : haysoos

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  WTF are you talking about? Pirated version was online in hours, you idiot. : levente@speakeasy.net
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    Face. : duffman03
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      I'll spell it out, what I'm saying is that there are still honest people in this world who pay for a game... : duffman03
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        I still think the piracy numbers have always been inflated. From what I understand of the way it's calcul... : AhmNee
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          Half the people who download this stuff over bittorrent have no fucking idea how to make it work, either. : duffman03
          • Yeah, thats something that doesn't make it into the numbers for sure. Also, and this is a big topic fo... : haysoos
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    It's ironic. Judging by your other posts, you aren't smart enough to get this type of humor, you probabl... : haysoos
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      Why is that not ironic? : jodiuh
      • First, it's best explained on the wiki page for the song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic_(song)#L... : haysoos
      • honestly, I'm riding a high horse on the issue, but I have to admit its not cut and dry. It's just that ... : haysoos
    • Irony is what he may or may not do to his clothes in the morning : Katarn3279

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  I'm just trying to wrap my head around it, wtf made this game so popular? Eh, I'd say it's just becaus... : ElArabDeMagnifico
  • Lack of Competition is the key. If you look at holiday releases COD MW2 was the only decent action game f... : omontero
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    The name doesn't really matter. It's more that it's a direct sequel to CoD4, which in my opinion was the ... : ArcKnight
    • I don't agree with that. I agree that the game stands on its own and would be a great game even if not t... : haysoos
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    Perk combinations and killstreak rewards. Stealing someones chopper gunner reward makes it worth playing... : haysoos
    • IAWTP : jodiuh

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• Only the boaring get board. : tohm82
• I've been a gamer since before there was a console or PC distinction. I started with Doom when I was 8. ... : haysoos

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• I'm totally with you. After completing Uncharted 2 right before MW2 it made the single player feel extrem... : f1kt1t1ous
• The first one seemed to have more variety in game-play. Then again, maybe thats just because it came firs... : rick
• I like the polish and look of the second one more, but the first had a far more cohesive and compelling s : Fred Garvin
• Ya know, the only place I've heard of anyone caring about CoD single player is here. None of my gaming f... : haysoos

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  They would have sold a lot more than a billion dollars worth of this game if they had dedicated servers, ... : ragnarthepillager
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    Yeah, they are really crying over the couple of thousand dollars they lost from the boycott. : freakynipples69
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      Ehhh, did you go to some special school? Even if it were only 17k people lost that''s already over a MILL... : levente@speakeasy.net
      • Even with these made up numbers what is 6 Million compared to 1000 million. Stop shitting all over this w... : SlingBlaze
      • Total sales: over a billion Percent of sales the boycotters are saying were PC sales: 10% 10% of a bi... : haysoos
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    Yeah, I'm sure you know more about sales and economics than the guys who sold one of the most successful ... : veras
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      Really? King Koick made Beatles, founded Disney or created Titanic? Perhaps he invented TV, radio or even... : levente@speakeasy.net
      • The beatles are a band, not a product. "The Beatles" is a brand though, which produces products. Disney... : haysoos
      • thanks for proving my point by being incredibly obtuse! :~) : veras
  • you have no idea what you are talking about : maulla
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    I'd have bought it day one if it had dedicated servers. : Pneum0
    • But they will make up your lost sale with paid DLC and they get to retain control of the product. If you... : haysoos
  • Yeah, [insert witty sarcastic response here] : ragnarthepillager
  • Ha your world is a fun place : Lionhart32935
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    They raised the price of the game 20% which would mean that they would have needed to lose more than 20%... : Mansmells
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      they would have had to have lost more than 20% sales to have a negative effect on profits - the $10 price... : veras
      • FINALLY, a smart person who is loking at the numbers here. AWESOME, glad to see I'm not the only who see... : haysoos
      • oh just noticed you also said 'more than', I fail at being pedantic! : veras
  • The would NOT have made "a lot more". You boycotter are terrible with numbers. One boycotter claimed th... : haysoos
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  I didn't buy it because I choose to buy from studios that don't shit on PC games. <looking at you borderl... : erebus
  • Positive attitude. I thought it was funny how BF:BC2 started advertising dedicated servers after all thi... : haysoos
• YEAH!! WOOOO! Way to beat a dead horse. : Edges
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  Considering PC sales were reportedly UNDER 10% OF ALL MW2 SALES, yes, THE BOYCOTT HAS WORKED, well beyond... : levente@speakeasy.net
  • Your wildest dreams involved MW2 outselling the PC sales of the non-boycotted MW1 within the first week? : kungfusquirrel
  • ^^has never taken stats. : SlingBlaze
  • the balance between platforms is indicative of nothing. : Mansmells
  • I've seen this "It was only 10%, so we won" arguement and its amazing that no one has actually put the nu... : haysoos

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  I think it's more they left so that they can come up with something new. They don't need to be the ones b... : kagath
  • lol this. i can see the ad's now. CoD:MW3 - now with DEDICATED SERVERS! : radarman
• Haha yea IW said "omg we didn't include dedicated servers but made a billion dollars better make a differ... : SlingBlaze
• more like "hey, we just made a *shitload* of money, but y'know how we could make even MORE? monthly fees" : veras
• The MP has me ridiculously hooked. I was starting to lose interest in games honestly. The SP I could care... : Porkasaurus
• "Hear me guys? Stop having fun!" : critch
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  When IW made the first MW, they didn't make a CoD game after. It has nothing to do with whatever you are... : haysoos
  • Oh, yeah, also, they annouced that they would not be doing another CoD after MW2 well before they announc... : haysoos

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• "And maybe your soul you'd sell, to get a record deal; Suckas be playin' themselves, to have mass appeal.... : AxeMan808
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  It's a great thing when you want to sell something. Is that a bad thing? : oO SilentK Oo
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    and the rest of us get shafted in the process? yes, that is a bad thing. : radarman
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      How the hell did you get shafted by MW2? : rick
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        by having to read about all the stuff they removed from a game that sucked to begin with. : radarman
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          If it sucked, why would you care about what they removed and why would you feel shafted by them removing ... : haysoos
          • yep, a stupid 30 year old kid. listen child, grow up and learn how to follow a conversation. this post wa... : radarman
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      "rest of us"? Ok, it didn't have ENOUGH mass appeal? No one got shafted. You morons act like this is... : haysoos
      • Just admit that you have no idea what "mass appeal being bad for the masses" means, and go away. : radarman
• It comes in handy from time to time. : Orange Pylon
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  When it nets you a billion dollars. : majinpsyduck
  • Indeed. Also, mass appeal may have ruined the transformers movies, but it did give us several shots of m... : haysoos
• I heard companies like to make money and to make more money they sell more products. I could be wrong th... : Gish Forever

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• you're right, the majority are sheep. : radarman
• Agreed! : asrivastava
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  PC sales were 10% OF ALL MW2 SALES - even though you clearly sound like an idiot you really cannot be THA... : levente@speakeasy.net
  • What is ten percent of a billion dollars? HMMM, that would be 100 million. They made 100 million on the... : haysoos

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• Ya I was watching Steam holidays sales and waiting for this game to be $20 or less before I buy it. I was... : dookiebot

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• The difference being that Avatar's people get around half of the box office (and an increasing percentage... : azshack

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• it costs a lot more in other countries. eg. in NZ it costs 120NZD for the PC version which at today's exc... : hanabal

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• They're not far from that; they got Hans Zimmer for the MW2 music. : the archvile

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• Random uneducated guess: 65/30/5 : kungfusquirrel