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Call of Duty Demo Open Letter

[Aug 28, 2003, 6:31 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Though we don't really offer much in the way of downloads here, Blue's News is supporting the sentiments in the following open letter, which demonstrates to Activision (and hopefully the rest of the industry) what the undersigned sites feel are the general sentiments of the community about the downsides of exclusive demo releases. As a result, these sites will not be carrying the Call of Duty demo, even after its FilePlanet exclusivity (story) is over. Update: To be clear, this does not mean we will not carry news of when the demo is released, exclusive or not. Here's the letter:

After discussions with Activision, the following websites will not be carrying the Call of Duty playable demo, even after its exclusivity is over. This is due to Activision's decision to not accede to the reasonable request of making the demo freely available to all game enthusiasts at the same time.

3D Downloads
3D Gamers
AusGamers
Blue's News
EdgeFiles (Callofduty.org)
FileFront
FileShack
GameGossip
Gamer's Hell
Loadedinc
Tiscali Games
WorthPlaying

The above-listed websites hope to show Activision that the enthusiast industry is strongly opposed to the idea of exclusive demo releases.

Feedback from our users shows that gamers hate to be forced through a single point of congestion if they want a demo right away. While these websites are actually competitors, this competition provides the freedom of choice that enthusiasts want by offering the widest possible distribution of any demo (a sample intended to interest as many gamers as possible in the full product, after all) rather than the most restricted one.

Therefore, something this disrespectful of the industry as a whole has inspired all of these websites to stand together in this open letter.

Deals like this hurt the industry much more than they could possibly enhance a single relationship, and we ask for your support in sending out this message.

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93.

Good try

Aug 28, 2003, 19:44

Cheese

You have to give it to advertising genius, time and time agian companies have found a way to make a impact on a given audience, Those tricy gurus in marketing know that whenever you release a exclusive of anything it helps boost awareness and visibility of mostley any givin comodity. Hell if we argue over moral reasons why they have done a exclusive in the meantime we have well over 60 posts in like 15min time span thats VERY good publicity and be it positive or neg , as long as the name of said product hits the mindset of mass people tis all they or anyone else in marketing would care about.The way to stop a exclusive is simple, you dont talk about it you dont utter a word about its merits or bugs, utter silence is what these companies fear not rambling on and on about why should this one or that one get it, So go head continue this post in the fashion that were (game geeks) known for and the companies can sit back and drink a martini to it all..Cheers 8)

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Comment [quote="Cheese"Aug 28, 2003, 19:44]You have to give it to advertising genius, time and time agian companies have found a way to make a impact on a given audience, Those tricy gurus in marketing know that whenever you release a exclusive of anything it helps boost awareness and visibility of mostley any givin comodity. Hell if we argue over moral reasons why they have done a exclusive in the meantime we have well over 60 posts in like 15min time span thats VERY good publicity and be it positive or neg , as long as the name of said product hits the mindset of mass people tis all they or anyone else in marketing would care about.The way to stop a exclusive is simple, you dont talk about it you dont utter a word about its merits or bugs, utter silence is what these companies fear not rambling on and on about why should this one or that one get it, So go head continue this post in the fashion that were (game geeks) known for and the companies can sit back and drink a martini to it all..Cheers 8) [/quote]

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