I'm not.

Good!

Then it's settled.

3 days fuckers!!!!

Some of that is actually genuinely pretty gay, at least for the average PC gamer. That said, Inch is right. No one's forcing you to buy the game.

and wtf did I say??? I wasn't. Read next time.

I did. It was a general statement, you egomaniac. :stern:

I hate how some people respond to people complaining about something with "well then don't buy it" or something similar, as if it somehow diffuses the persons complaints and removes the validity of whatever they are complaining about (or as if they didn't already know they can just not buy the thing). The lack of all those features (no console commands? no custom maps?!?!? No ability to record or kick/ban hackers?!?!?!!? Cannot manually join servers?!?!!??! Seriously?!) will SERIOUSLY hurt the game and turn many people away from it and that cannot be made up for with sweet graphics. I know, I know, don't buy it then, right? Well I won't. I don't even see the point of downloading it when I already have a fps that's been out for over 5 years and totally kicks the shit out of this game in every department (at least as far as that list of features goes).

Well said. I fully agree.

Millions and millions and millions of people will still buy it. Activision and IW are fine with a few PC gamers being upset.

The PC market is diminishing by the way, and I kinda see SuicideCommando's point as to why that is. The fact is that they really are being trodden on, and there's almost no reason for them to keep supporting the gaming industry at large.

That being said, the fact remains that at this point in time, the market is much smaller than that of the console gaming marke. It follows that the effect of less sales for a PC game is not as dramatically felt (unless it's exclusively a PC title, or only available on one other console). Gamestop just announced that the game has an unprecedented number of preorders, such that it's eligible for a Guinness world record. That should give people an indication of the widespread level of popularity the game already has.

Further to that...12 gamers is a lot. 64 is fucking chaotic. I can see it as being somewhat appealing, but a fair argument could be made against it. I also don't see matchmaking as such a horrible thing. Other than that though, I can concede that it's a shitty deal for PC gamers.

As an addendum, the level of butthurt you have over two sentences intended to take the piss is great, Gregor.

Also, there is absolutely no reason for such features not to be available when they were available in the previous version of the game. It just doesn't make sense.

Well I'm fucking pissed off at the whole situation. Here is something I wrote on my clans messageboard.....

You see not only is it the dedi's and many other things here, it's the whole principle. If this proves successful for IW, then whose to say what other developers will jump on this money bandwagon and leave any real PC game second fiddle. It's already becoming a common trend. Where does that leave hardware/GPU makers and other spin off industries when the console will settle for second rate graphics? It diminishes the whole gaming experience. It will have a trickle down effect to every spin off business connected to PC gaming.

Also the whole xbox/PS3 console thing is going to be running rampant with little shits that cannot afford a good computer so they go with the next best thing...a console. While cool in the begining now every little spoiled brat has one and you think it was bad before? Haha, just wait.

By buying this game you are supporting PC gaming's demise IMHO. What will follow after this is sure to be a shit storm that PC gamers will not like.

See it's like this, they don't want dedicated servers as it's not money in their pockets and they've found away to capitalize on it by going the console route. Fair enough, but don't expect this to in any way, shape or form to be good for the PC gaming community in the long run. If they get away with this it's only a matter of time until others will try and where does that leave us? Up shit creek without a paddle, thats where!

I'll buy it from the Bay.

And I'm sorry, but this part of your post really annoyed me. Seriously? You think the only reason I bought my consoles was because I can't afford some hot shot gaming pc? Fuck you. I like my consoles because I don't like spending all my time gaming in front of my pc... and I like knowing a game will run as it was intended, not having to worry about specs and different parts and all that... and I like relaxing on my couch with my big tv... etc etc...

LOL, was this directed at you? I don't think so. And why are you getting so angry because I said an ambiguous statement directed at younger teenagers still living at home and their parents let the TV and xbox babysit. If you take that much offense to it then the truth must hurt.

Metalgnomes is the champion of defending consoles around here. He takes any and all slights against them personally.

The entire basis of your last few posts has been whinery, so who are you to talk?

Regardless, it was a vast generalisation, and one that smacks of geriatric elitism, even if you're not an old guy.

Last console I owned was the PS1.

This coming from a guy that has something to say about everything. Even though I applaud your enthusiasm,

64 is not as chaotic as you think. It works very well in Battlefield because the maps are large and there are many objectives/areas of contention where you can fight, so it's usually multiple squads around.

Also, I've seen a very good point brought up in an article I read not that long ago - that PC gaming is not in fact dying, but console gaming is seeing a resurgence in the last decade. In the 90s, consoles were suffering heavily but have since recovered recently. PC Gaming has remained relatively steady. Piracy has always existed, so it's not as large a factor as people make it out to be, although the fact that devs/publishers now seem to think they can release half-finished or bug-plagued games.. and that certainly contributes to piracy far more now than ever before.

Video games is serious fuckin business! xbox ist krieg!

I hear the PC players complaints, I do a bit of PC gaming myself (mostly older titles). I guess for the cutting edge stuff, I gave up on trying to stay updated on my hardware and I just bought a console. They're cheap enough now, so unless you have real hatred for them I suggest just snatching one up. Saves on the hardware race and driver problems, all that fucking headache. I remember back in 1999 I bought a brand new top-of-the-line PC just to play Quake 3. A couple years later I'd be lucky to run any current software on that machine.