We have just received a Press Release from Megarom that has regrettably informed us that Modern Warfare 2 is receiving a global price increase on the PC version of the game.
PC gamers have long enjoyed much lower prices than their console gamer friends but this won’t be the case with Modern Warfare 2 unfortunately. The good news (albeit not for everyone of course) is that there seems to be no change to console prices, so fear not if you were planning on buying it for Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.
Details after the jump.
The price point set for Modern Warfare 2 on PC will be R499.99 which puts it pretty close to the R699.99 console prices.
Why Activision has decided to only put up the PC price is beyond me but I do unfortunately get the sneaking suspicion that Activision just feels like PC gamers have been paying too little for quite long enough but of course there is no proof of that.
Here’s the full press release:
FOURWAYS, SOUTH AFRICA – October 13th, 2009 – Megarom Interactive (Pty) Ltd. South Africa’s leading importer and distributor of interactive video games, announced that due to the standardised global pricing strategy released today regarding the PC version of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, the South African recommended retail price therefore would be R499.99 on release date.
This global price strategy has already been affected on international retail websites with the price-point in the USA being set at $59.99 and in the UK at £44.99.
The standard edition of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 remains at the previously indicated recommended retail price of R699.99.
Last Updated: October 13, 2009
dave
October 13, 2009 at 16:24
Those poor PC gamers – First hey have to deal with a delayed release date and now a price increase… What next?
mikw
October 30, 2009 at 07:47
poor pc gamers? well let me tell you dave i was a console fanboy after both my nextgen systems xbox 360 and ps3 died die to poor design. Us pc gamers are smarter then you console fanboys becuase 1 we can fix our pcs, 2 upgrade them when ever we wan’t to, 3 mod characters stages, 4 pay less for games 5 and the list goes on you you tell me who is the poor gamers. You guys are just stuck with what ever they give you we change the rules.
Potty391
October 13, 2009 at 16:56
Activision’s price increases are going to lead to the death of modern PC gaming (classics such as starcraft, counterstrike, etc. will always be played by someone somewhere)
V@mp
October 13, 2009 at 18:20
Well, that cock-smoker said that he wants to take the fun
out of gaming. He’s definitely on the right track.
On the other hand, seeing that horrible 3 hour long movie-tie-ins usually go for about R450, R499 is not really such
a stretch to the imagination.
Worm
October 14, 2009 at 07:02
If anything, this is promoting piracy.
atomic
October 14, 2009 at 08:42
cant wait until cross platforming becomes possible, I’ve bought the last 2 titles on X-Box and PC, this is proving to be a bit expensive. Now even more so.
*sigh*
Karl
October 14, 2009 at 09:32
I really wish we could all, as gamers, deliver a collective punch to the face of Bobby Kotick.
Cleric
October 14, 2009 at 14:08
So does this mean that I have to pay the increased price on a pre-order from BT games, even though I already paid R360 for it?
Nick de Bruyne
October 14, 2009 at 14:14
@Cleric
We were wondering about the same thing during the Lazygamer Podcast recording last night, please let us know what happens.
Cleric
October 14, 2009 at 14:21
No mail received from BT games yet. Will drop a comment here if I get any feedback from them. Not gonna poke the beast though.
(PS the new site doesn’t hold my Name and mail address anymore, is there anyway to make so I don’t have to enter it each time I comment?)
Nick de Bruyne
October 14, 2009 at 14:28
Yeah I noticed that it was happening, moving pains :pinch:
We are on it.
dreamhunk
October 14, 2009 at 16:27
it’s ok because pc gamers will just boycott AMD. Game devs don’t make games on consoles they need programs. Consoles don’t support big companies like AMD who was close to going bankuprt. It’s pretty sad they had to steal money from intel.
pc gamer boycott AMD the whole pc industry feels it. This also means the cost of making games goes up! the cost of games goes up the cost of console game games goes up so do future consoles
Cleric
October 14, 2009 at 16:30
Are you high or drunk? WTF does AMD have to do with anything?
mikw
October 30, 2009 at 07:50
they make processors idiot. AMD is the owner of ati which makes 360 graphics chip noob.
Super_Bonk
October 14, 2009 at 16:35
Not sure what he means either. Maybe because AMD owns ATI? or that Nvidia may be quitting the GPU market.. What have you been sniffing dreamhunk :cwy:
Kisama
October 15, 2009 at 02:35
I don’t even want this game but I’m going to pirate it now, just for the hell of it. gg Activision. Hurry up and release it so I can play for free.
Ninja
October 15, 2009 at 02:49
Well, that is what they deserve after this!! They want more money for it? Now i will not pay SHIT!
Dirk
October 15, 2009 at 05:07
The real money for companies like Activision is in console sales. It seems to me to be a round a bout way to kill off PC sales and then blame it on the cost of developing a game for a PC.
dreamhunk
October 15, 2009 at 06:19
game devs don’t games on consoles they use a computer. *0% of console hardware comes AMD. SO pc gamers boycott AMD by by consoles.
Also half of actvision income comes from wow or blizzard. We Boycott blizzard there goes actision. I would hate to this but if game devs want to declare war on pc gamers they are going to lose.
dreamhunk
October 15, 2009 at 07:08
game devs don’t make games on consoles they use a computer. 80% of console hardware comes from AMD. SO pc gamers boycott AMD by by consoles.
Also half of actvision income comes from wow or blizzard. We Boycott blizzard there goes actision. I would hate to this but if game devs want to declare war on pc gamers they are going to lose.
name
October 15, 2009 at 07:46
HUH!
thats a fantastic way to stop people from pirating your game activision.
i thought they were just selfish and arrogant.
but its official activision are the selfishest most arrogant stupidest publisher to ever walk this earth.
congratz bobby kotik youve earned it!
Not on your nelly
October 15, 2009 at 07:52
*snigger*, gotta love gaming fans
hellhunter75
October 15, 2009 at 15:30
I PERSONALLY THINK ITS BEING DONE SO IS THE PRICE IS CLOSE TO A CONSOLE PRICE IT WOULD KIND GET PC GAMERS TO THINK WILL IF I PAY THIS KINDA OF MONEY I MIGHT AS WELL BUY A SYSTEM HINCE 360 BUNDLE WITH MODER WARFARE 2 MICROSOFT WINS INCREASED SALES….. PRETTY TRICKY PEOPLE I STILL WON PAY FOR ONLINE AND ALL MY MULTI PLATFORM GAMES ARE GOING TO PS3 I WONT BE GIVIN MICKY THAT KIND OF ATTENTION.
SPiRAL
October 16, 2009 at 09:12
What a CROC of SHhhhhhhh!
How much does a effing console cost to buy? R3000 – R6000 how much does it cost to maintain a gaming PC (my machine input is sitting at R15000 – This is a poor excuse for a greedy company. YES! Console games should be more expensive as it is a once of price to get the console. This will just promote piracy in the long run with more support going towards hacked servers. FKN idiots…
Kyongafri
October 20, 2009 at 17:53
Ahah! so thats why they are implementing their own match making severs! It’s so that pirates can’t host their own matches (because the pirates refuse to pay such a ridiculous price) and they therefore can’t play online as IW.net(the match making servers owned by Infinity ward) will block the pirates :pirate: . Leaving Activision to rake in the profits and raise game prices. :devil:
“I should be a Detective!”-Kyongafri
I should’ve been a plumber.” Albert Einstein
DDT
November 10, 2009 at 14:05
Well done, not only is the price going up, but we cant play online! WTF activison, lets us put our own servers in, it worked fine on MW1, FFS
Andrew Brown
November 15, 2009 at 16:10
Well, time to break out the cracks if I really want this game. I am a 50 year old gamer, and if some douche bag of a company wants to rip me off I can rip right back. Been it I.T. since 1981, write code, and build systems as part of my own business, and only play P.C. games. I have plenty of experience to get past protection, and I don’t have a guilt complex about it, so no lectures about stealing etc. I work hard for my money, and I don’t mind paying a fair price for something, just the same as I charge my clients a fair price for services rendered with negotiation. But when these electronic entertainment companies think that the rest of us are a bunch of morons, and want to make a fast buck, so their executives can live the high life, then roll out the cracks. When the game is in a bargain bin for R50.00, and if I am still playing it, or it is worth keeping, I’ll buy it. This is how I deal with rip-offs, either they listen, or they feel it in their pocket.
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