This Modern Warfare 2 PC Situation Is Getting Crazy

• Personally have played less and less PC multiplayer over the last few years
• Intend to play MW2 on a console anyway, and
• Have no idea what percentage of Infinity Ward's total audience the PC actually represents (probably a small one)

This is fucking ridiculous  
 
If you really care don't get the game. 
 
If you are going to not play what is sure to be a fantastic game because the online is not set up perfectly for your needs then you are stupid. 
 
These are the same idiots that flipped out over LAN support in Starcraft 2

yes, no, we won't go!

Bumper stickers? This is getting ridiculous.

lol
 
thats all I have to say

I'm a PC gamer but even I find this over the top.

I like those bumper stickers

" yes, no, we won't go! "

just get it on console, folks. 
kinda funny that someone made a thread for the guys to mention MW2PC on the bombcast, but brad addresses it here. 

I was seriously thinking of Upgrading my PC again and getting MW2 (played MW1 on PC and loved it) but after this I've decided to buy it on 360 around Christmas which is probably what IW and Activision want. Going to wait until HL2:E3 til I upgrade instead.

Hahaha, really? Hahahaha.
 
I agree that it's pretty lame what they're doing but hey, maybe the service will be awesome? idk bro

I was once a PC gamer, long ago, but I have been converted to a console, primarily 360, gamer. I like matchmaking and I don't think PC gamers should be able to do stupid shit like rank boosting servers. I do see the controversy in no deticated servers, but I mean really, is it that big of a deal?

" This is fucking ridiculous  "

In my opinion, not a fan of the doing away.
Since this is a PC issue, having primary console gamers comment on an issue that doesn't affect them in any way at all, seems unproductive. It's like having a Kalahari Bushman comment on the fact that all supplies of pure maple syrup is being replaced by Aunt Jemima Butter flavoured syrup.
 
Maybe. I think.

Like with L4D2, it's just a bit of a shock really. I mean, the thought of not having Dedicated Servers sounds a bit dire, but who knows? Maybe IWNET will work out just fine...we'll have to wait and see.

" just get it on console, folks. kinda funny that someone made a thread for the guys to mention MW2PC on the bombcast, but brad addresses it here.  "

"Have no idea what percentage of Infinity Ward's total audience the PC actually represents (probably a small one)"
 
The PC version has sold a couple million judging by the number of people who play the game daily so I'd say close to or as big as the PS3's COD4 audience, but nowhere near the size of the 360's.

My god people are going nuts over nothing these days. 
And here I was thinking that the crowd I used to be a big part of (PC gamers) were mature..  
I was blinded, and I'm sorry.. 

Take away modding, okay.......but dedicated servers? that's a big nono for me as a non-u.s. resident among many other things like community, player-base...etc. I like my freedom but you can have your socialised medicine (reagan version) if you want.

" @AjayRaz said:

" just get it on console, folks. kinda funny that someone made a thread for the guys to mention MW2PC on the bombcast, but brad addresses it here.  "

 but trust me, telling PC gamers to buy the console version is something you do not want to do. "

" And here I was thinking that the crowd I used to be a big part of (PC gamers) were mature..  I was blinded, and I'm sorry..  "

This has unsold me on the game. Dedicated servers are the only way to play a multiplayer FPS as far as I'm concerned.

" @Heartagram said:

" This is fucking ridiculous  "

What the PC players or IW.NET?  anyway, i know its bad on the PC Players but it doesn't mean they can spam everywhere,flame everywhere and threatening to pirate the games and stuff its just pointless and pathetic. meanwhile i just enjoy the game how it is. "

Really, I'm looking for the opinion of you, the Giant Bomb reader. If you were planning to play MW2 on the PC, does this really get under your skin all that much? Will it stop you from getting that version? Any version? Do these changes simply represent the way things are going for multiplayer design, or are they Activision's efforts to clamp down on the free-wheelin' nature of online PC play? Sound off! "

I was already not buying the game due to the unnecessary price hike to the pc version, but this just confirms my decision was the right one. It's a shame really, Infinity ward always supported PC gaming up until this point. I am made sad :(

" @ZeForgotten said:

" And here I was thinking that the crowd I used to be a big part of (PC gamers) were mature..  I was blinded, and I'm sorry..  "

Gamers in general are immature. Trust me, i've seen all kinds. "

" My god people are going nuts over nothing these days. And here I was thinking that the crowd I used to be a big part of (PC gamers) were mature..  I was blinded, and I'm sorry..  "

Everyone who plays video games totally sucks......
Except for Giant Bomb users, who are solid, and cool, and could totally help with my heist.

CoD on PC is huge, it's not a "small percentage". Where I live (sweden) CoD on PC is by far bigger then it is on consoles. (assuming you take the CoD2 community into account)
 
And yes, everybody's pissed about this and will stop me and several other people from buying the game.

This is retarded. I hope IW doesn't even dignify the petitions with an answer.

" This is fucking ridiculous   If you really care don't get the game.  If you are going to not play what is sure to be a fantastic game because the online is not set up perfectly for your needs then you are stupid.  These are the same idiots that flipped out over LAN support in Starcraft 2 "

TBH, I dont mind that much. I just like making a fuss when I get a chance..
 
 
I MEAN FUCK YOU INFINITY WARD!

I'm no PC Gamer, but whilst I empathise with a feature you've grown accustomed to beaing taken away. I feel more strongly that gamers, as a whole, need to grow up, and realise that companies are set up in order to make a profit. By simply shouting "You're a twat who knows nothing!" at 402, or anyone, will not get the respect or attention of the company, no matter what the issue.
 
If you feel passionately, write a reasoned out argument, rather than make a petition on half-formed ideas about a product that isn't out yet. At least try it first. This will get you closer to your "goal" more than anything else will.

" Part of the reason I am getting the 360 version is to avoid cheaters, have more balanced online play... "

" @Diamond said:

" Part of the reason I am getting the 360 version is to avoid cheaters, have more balanced online play... "

You have no idea what you're talking about, do you? "

and this is why pc gaming is dieing. fuck you infinity ward. fuck you.

As long as I can still easily get into rooms with my friends, which this seems like it'd only improve, then I'm happy.  I'm a PC Gamer and I have a 360, and have always liked matchmaking services, just because it gets me into games a little quicker.  On the other hand, I find when I'm playing World at War on the 360, it can sometimes be difficult to play on the map you want at any given time.  This is only a small grievance, since usually any map I'd be happy with, but I'm just recalling my days playing Battlefield 2 on the PC and loving the 24/7 Karkand servers.  Still though, not a big deal to me.  I'll be getting it on the 360 because all my friends will be getting it there.

I have to side with the ones you are calling "imamture" this really limits the options from a user perspective and really sucks I love mods and different server hosting so I can play with anyone I want!

" @ZeForgotten said:

" My god people are going nuts over nothing these days. And here I was thinking that the crowd I used to be a big part of (PC gamers) were mature..  I was blinded, and I'm sorry..  "

Nothing? Ummm...no it is not nothing....you clearly have no idea what you are talking about. "

PC peeps will use any excuse to pirate. CoD4:MW didn't have DRM and a couple months later 'fourzerotwo' wrote on his former blog... 

They Wonder Why People Don't Make PC Games Any More
On another PC related note, we pulled some disturbing numbers this past week about the amount of PC players currently playing Multiplayer (which was fantastic). What wasn't fantastic was the percentage of those numbers who were playing on stolen copies of the game on stolen / cracked CD keys of pirated copies (and that was only people playing online).

Not sure if I can share the exact numbers or percentage of PC players with you, but I'll check and see; if I can I'll update with them. As the amount of people who pirate PC games is astounding. It blows me away at the amount of people willing to steal games (or anything) simply because it's not physical or it's on the safety of the internet to do.

 @Diamond said:

Part of the reason I am getting the 360 version is to avoid cheaters, have more balanced online play...

You have no idea what you're talking about, do you?

It is simple, Brad.
 
I was hyped for MW2 on the PC before this announcement. I played over 400 hours of COD4 multiplayer on the PC, and loved every minute.  After this announcement, I won't buy this game, and I am looking seriously looking at Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on the PC as my new FPS fix. And I never played a Battlefield game before. If I want to play the single player campaign (is it 6 hours?), I will simple rent it on the PS3 and be done with it. 
 
I have played matchmaking online FPS on the PS3 and my friend's 360 several times. It is okay, but dedicated servers have superior ping times, allows stronger communities to form around them, allows far more customization and modding in multiplayer, and are more effective in banning those stupid racist blabbering morons you keep running into on consoles.
 
So to charge $60, instead of the usual $50, for an inferior multiplayer experience is absolutely unacceptable from the PC consumer perspective. No one asked for this change, and Robert Bowling also said about a month ago that the PC multiplayer would not be changed from COD4.

The MW PC crowd has every right to be furious at IW, and since IW wants to take all the credit on how MW2 is received, they deserve every bit of that fury.

One thing you got wrong: Many game let you save favorite servers so you don't have to memorize the IP, but that's not important.
 
And yes I'm not going to buy MW2 because of this.

Principles are swell and all, but I find it doubtful that all these 110,000+ people would stay abstinent.  It only takes one player in your usual team to break rank, then the next thing you know you're spammed with "don't be a douche, come play", while you weep into your warm mug of Mountain Dew and load up Counter Strike again to the sound of crickets. :)

I was going to buy MW2 for the PC.  Now I will not be buying any copy, PC or Xbox.  I especially don't like the bullshit they're feeding us that no dedicated servers is a "feature."  Call of Duty is now a console exclusive in my eyes.