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Nerd Rage Against Infinity Ward is Misplaced: Let's Talk Console Tax Instead

November 04, 2009 in Blog comments 15

Sure, everyone seems to be raging about the lack of dedicated server support for the PC version of MW2, but shouldn't people be talking more about the fact that MW2 is priced the same on both console and PC? Why should a PC game cost $60?

Apparently Activision and Infinity Ward aim to challenge this model with Modern Warfare 2, by pricing it at the console rate of $59.99 for all PC versions—brick and mortar or digital.
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  • 4
    Shinobi_razor Nov 4, 09
    ohhh whhaaaaaaahhhhh! poor PC gamers, MW2 is the same price as on consoles, oh no!!! its not enough that PC games look a lot better and sometimes play better than consoles? you guys are too cheap to pay the same as the rest of us? PC gamers are such assholes, they think the world revolves around them.
    • 6
      BANDITO ATTACK Nov 4, 09
      a download shouldn't cost as much as a hard copy.
      • 1
        Shinobi_razor Nov 5, 09
        so prove that to Activision by getting the hard copy only. they wont continue charging full price for a digital copy if no one buys them. like they say, vote with your wallet. buy the physical copy and show them.
        • 2
          Slumpy monkey Nov 5, 09
          Yes they will, it doesnt cost them for Digital copies, simply raising the sales of hard copies isn't going to make them lower digital prices. It doesnt matter to them, a sale is a sale, hard or digital.
        • 0
          Shinobi_razor Nov 5, 09
          im sure there will still be dumbasses who get the digital copy of this game, even though you get a lot more with the physical copy, but i doubt more than 20% of those who buy it on PC will get the digital copy.
    • 1
      Spectre* Nov 4, 09
      quote Shinobi_razor
      ohhh whhaaaaaaahhhhh! poor PC gamers, MW2 is the same price as on consoles, oh no!!! its not enough that PC games look a lot better and sometimes play better than consoles? you guys are too cheap to pay the same as the rest of us? PC gamers are such assholes, they think the world revolves around them.
      Harsh... but I have to agree.
    • 1
      Sayyed Nov 4, 09
      Well, With how much a good gaming rig cost, I wouldn't want to spend more on games.
      • 1
        Shinobi_razor Nov 5, 09
        no one's making you get it on PC, you can get a console if you cared to.
        • 0
          Insanity Prevails Nov 5, 09
          It's the same price on the consoles. How would that help?
        • 0
          Shinobi_razor Nov 5, 09
          he was whining about how PC's cost so much. they really dont if you build your own and know what youre doing.
  • 2
    kspiess Nov 5, 09
    You can build a gaming PC that runs games at higher resolutions , and with better framerates, than a console for about 500 by the way, if you really know what you are doing (or want to spend a while researching it).
    • 0
      Play ISDF Nov 5, 09
      But lets face it, quite a number of people don't. And then there's a number of people who should never even touch a motherboard or get their hand within 5 inches of one. You are right though I suppose.
    • 0
      Sayyed Nov 5, 09
      That's still 200 dollars more than a console.
      • 1
        chautemoc Nov 5, 09
        You can also do a kajillion different non-gaming things with a PC.
      • 1
        ZL Nov 5, 09
        Exactly, then you actually need to know what you're doing. Otherwise, you'll *bleep* up your $500 custom PC. It's why the common consumer prefers consoles, all you need to do is spend a few hundred dollars, and you got yourself a good console without lifting a finger.

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