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This is Why Modern Warfare 2 Boycotters Fail

November 12, 2009 in Blog comments 12

With all of the noise being made over Modern Warfare 2's lack of dedicated servers on the PC, one would think that people who joined anti-MW2 groups would actually not play the game.

That, as it turns out, is not the case.

One of the favorite things that jaded gamers like to do is hold boycotts against a particular product. They called for a boycott against Final Fantasy XIII because Square Enix had the audacity to release it on Xbox 360. They called for a boycott against Diablo III because it was, le gasp, “too colorful“. They tried to boycott Left 4 Dead 2… and failed after Valve flew the two masterminds behind the temper tantrum to their offices to show how awesome Left 4 Dead 2 was.

Most recently, they called for a boycott of Modern Warfare 2 because the PC version did not have dedicated servers and map caps at 9 vs.9.

This is why the Modern Warfare 2 boycott has officially failed:
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  • 6
    RabidChinaGirl Nov 13, 09
    That's pathetic, and a damn shame.
  • 1
    Dragoshi1 Nov 13, 09
    lol, just saw that pic on the Steam forums, I lol'ed
  • 0
    conel3 Nov 13, 09
    All boycotts fail eventually.
    • 3
      chautemoc Nov 13, 09
      If that were true, people wouldn't keep boycotting things.
      • 0
        Moonrise Nov 13, 09
        People are ignorant. Almost all boycotts fail, that's a fact. That doesn't mean people aren't going to continue to boycott things, because they always figure "hey, maybe it will actually work".
        • 0
          Seproth Nov 13, 09
          Well, basically most boycotts are bluffs. Most of the time the bluffs are called. I suppose it's worth it to jump on the boycott train, just in case it works out. If not who cares? As long as you don't publicly front the boycott train, then you look like an idiot.
  • 0
    BANDITO ATTACK Nov 13, 09
    o god i lold heartily. that's great
  • 1
    Bale Fire* Nov 13, 09
    Nothing really suprising about this. These are the fans who care enough about the development of the game to tell the developers what they want. Sure they'd likely want dedicated servers, but it doesn't mean they still can't enjoy the game.
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      Storm* Nov 13, 09
      Whilst that's true, they sure do need to make their group info and title a bit less misleading. As it stands, the group is meant to boycott the game until MW2 gets dedicated servers, if ever.
      • 1
        Ameer Nov 13, 09
        Indeed. They'd only have to remove 'Boycott' from the title to be a lot more reasonable.
  • 0
    Onisamax Nov 27, 09
    i guess the star wars the force unleashed boycott last year also didn't worked...
    • 0
      RaidenXS Dec 30, 09
      wat was that for?????????

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