Modern Warfare 2 PC release starts with DVD Errors !!

[Aerwidh]

Is there anything they haven't already messed up?

[mikeyakame]

they should know to burn data onto a dvd at a slower speed to eliminate any data errors on the disc. Complete Fail!!!

We're talking about dvd pressing here not mass burning. The problem lies in the original master disc having the errors, not errors created through production fault. IW supplied the original disc with errors therefore every pressed disc will have the same errors on it regardless.

[WeaponX]

Maybe the first copies of the game were supposed to have "errors" in a effort to thwart piracy. Pushing people to just buy it off steam, just a little thinking outside the box.

[mikeyakame]

Maybe the first copies of the game were supposed to have "errors" in a effort to thwart piracy. Pushing people to just buy it off steam, just a little thinking outside the box.

If that was the case that's a kick in the balls for all customers buying a retail copy. What if they don't have the internet or have the internet and have heavy bandwidth restrictions, and thus can't download a fixed ISO image of the bonus content disc. Customers through Steam can always download a fixed ISO because if they bought it through Steam they obviously have an Internet connection or one where there are no bandwidth restrictions from the ISP.

[screwtech02]

Wow, IW/Activision & Codemasters, what a "tag team" operation there.......

[[XC] Lead Head]

they should know to burn data onto a dvd at a slower speed to eliminate any data errors on the disc. Complete Fail!!!

Commercial CDs and DVDs are not burned. They are quite literally pressed. Little bumps and dips are pressed into a piece of molten polycarbonate, and then the reflective aluminum coating is applied afterwards.

[dan7777]

Commercial CDs and DVDs are not burned. They are quite literally pressed. Little bumps and dips are pressed into a piece of molten polycarbonate, and then the reflective aluminum coating is applied afterwards.

arrrrr ok i understand now thanks for your inputs.

[metachronos]

Hrmm glad I'm getting it on 360 then.

[zanzabar]

Hrmm glad I'm getting it on 360 then.

how that be a glad ur getting for the 360 no matter how nerfed to be console like the pc one it will still be better and u can just get it from steam with the cd key that u have to register its no big deal unless u have a low bandwidth cap

[metachronos]

I'm glad because I have 30+ xbl friends to play it with. Only a handful of my friends are pc gamers and of those no one is interested in mw2.

[003]

The game is selling poorly and they will probably get a lot of returns from gamers unhappy about the multiplayer because they didn't the news.

They've already got their bases covered. Game operates completely through Steam, so no returns.

[Dave_Sz]

Does anyone at all think they are still able to make a decent game?..

Last I checked, MW2 is an exceptional game.

Do I think the game is decent? I think it WOULD'VE BEEN the best pc game ever! My opinion of course. But destroying the pc community with their actions of late I will not play the pc version!!!

It's sad that one company can destroy the PC gaming community. Is that their fault, or the community's?

[SquiZZ]

Last I checked, MW2 is an exceptional game.


It's sad that one company can destroy the PC gaming community. Is that their fault, or the community's?

It would be hard to blame the community this time around. It's safe to say they've done everything they could. The only thing left to do is to wait and see how it does for pc.

I believe everyone is going to be wondering what IW/Activision will say if it does poorly. Will they blame it on piracy? Will they acknowledge their mistake and announce Dedicated Servers? Or will they come out and say future CoD titles will be console only.

I for one wouldn't care if they kill CoD for pc. At least that would tell other developers not to screw around with pc gaming.

[Dave_Sz]

I completely forgot about the lack of dedicated servers. Honestly I'm not looking forward to this game as much as I thought I would. School has made me forget about almost everything else...

[SoulsCollective]

You would pay $60, the price of any other games Collector's Edition, for 5 hours of gameplay and no extras for the price?

To each his own.

Maybe where you live. In Australia the regular edition of the game will cost $90 off of steam, ordinary retail will sell for about $110, and the prestige will go for perhaps $150+

[RAW-Raptor22]

Reminds me of the f-ed up Crysis discs...

Damnit I was looking forward to this game... sigh.

[Sh1tyMcGee]

Modern Warfail

lolllll yeah im going play the single player, and im not going to pay for it, MP looks like its gonna be worthless, 18 players? is that a joke?

[Decami]

I completely forgot about the lack of dedicated servers. Honestly I'm not looking forward to this game as much as I thought I would. School has made me forget about almost everything else...

not only no dedi servers, but no lean, p2p match making, no console for fov changes and other things, and they were actually dodging the question when someone asked if the game was upscaled from 600p like the consoles. The pc version is quite literally a direct port.

Click the link in my sig and read the interview with IW.

[zanzabar]

Last I checked, MW2 is an exceptional game.


It's sad that one company can destroy the PC gaming community. Is that their fault, or the community's?

if u look at the game on paper its worse than cod5 and 5 was worse than 4 so i dont see this going any ware for COD on the pc if they dont fix this one. and how your rating it as exceptional is uncompromisable considering that its built on MP and MP is gutted.


then i dont think that its destroying the community its destroying the COD community but they will stay with cod4 or move to bc2, and surprisingly there is no console community so the lack of 720p or better without upscaling and the lack of match modes and the cost of bad map packs never get any attention like they would if/when they try to do it on pc.


i do want a MW2 controller though with the l3/r3 (or whatever the 360 names them) on the back

[iTravis]

I LOL, there must be a lot of IW hate in this thread and I doubt many of you just read and comprehend the entire article.
First of all, it said: The PC version comes with 2 discs but it seems that only the actually game is working and not the extra content. so why many acting like the game doesn't work?
Second of all, the article is kinda vague IMO, when saying the actual game is working did it mean the SP or MP campaign or both working? I assume they both work since if one of those doesn't then they would have point out.
Last but not least, the games haven't came out in North America yet so we still don't know for sure if this is true and even if it is, maybe just a few disc got error that don't work. Don't mean to mention illegal stuff but there's a leaked extra content DVD on torrent that seem to be working, so what the deal on this?
My point is even though I don't like IW for doing such things to the PC gamers, at least I don't just jump and bash against them like some of you here, it's a bit much don't you think?

[IronWarrior]

OP, I don't think this is going to be a real problem since most PC gamers are just gonna download it.

But this is indeed fail on a large scale, they already lost a crapload of money and now this screw up.

[randomizer]

Maybe where you live. In Australia the regular edition of the game will cost $90 off of steam, ordinary retail will sell for about $110, and the prestige will go for perhaps $150+

The only reason it is $90 (USD mind you) on Steam is because it is $110 AUD in stores. Activision won't cannibalise their retail sales with low Steam prices, so rather than reducing retail price they increase the price on Steam. Ubisoft and THQ are other terrible offenders. Solution: get US friends.

[w0mbat]

I hope they sell nothing at all!

[flopper]

should be able to sue them for making a game suck.

[SoulsCollective]

The only reason it is $90 (USD mind you) on Steam is because it is $110 AUD in stores. Activision won't cannibalise their retail sales with low Steam prices, so rather than reducing retail price they increase the price on Steam. Ubisoft and THQ are other terrible offenders. Solution: get US friends.

I've heard that argument before, and it doesn't hold water. CoD:MW2 is the only game I've ever seen on Steam for $90. Other new releases either go for $50 or $60 USD - never $90. Clearly other devs and other games don't have this problem, this is purely a money-grabbing exercise which has backfired on them badly (note Borderlands and other indie games are outselling it on Steam - for precisely this reason).