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| [Aug 29, 2003, 02:01 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments |
Activision sends along news that the Call of Duty demo at the center of last
night's firestorm ( story) will be released this evening all
across the internet, with no exclusivity. Here's the deal: The recent
reaction to the upcoming Call of Duty demo has caught us here at
Activision by surprise. We're appreciative and excited about the high level of enthusiasm the game has received throughout the gaming community. Due
to the tremendous demand for the demo – we are answering the call by not only
making the demo freely available to all gamers at the same time, but early –
This Friday Night - just in time for the long weekend.
Gamespy has been a great partner - working with us so that we can make our fans
happy and give them a taste of a game they're clearly excited about. The demo
will be available across the net on fan and gaming coverage sites,
including GameSpy's FilePlanet.
We think you'll love Call of Duty, and we can't wait for you to play the demo.
Look for it Friday night!
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Re: Lame |
Aug 29, 2003, 22:08 |
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It would be one thing if it was the CONSUMERS, via some sort of petition, clamored and Activision ceded the point. However, in this case, it was FilePlanet's COMPETITORS that bullied their way into getting want they wanted. This leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and yes, makes me respect bluesnews a little less.
As someone who cannot even remotely be seen as a competitor of FilePlanet, I'd hope your analysis of this might at least allow for the possibility that my stance on this was intended as being in the best interests of the consumers.
Thanks for sticking up for me Blue, although I don't remember asking you too. Oh wait, perhaps your real motiviation was defending your own website in the face of new and unusual competition. Perhaps you should discuss future tactics with RIAA...
Man, you are just firing blind with a machine gun now, huh? I can't even figure out what you are getting at there.
Gamers have a right to complain, but it's pretty lame of all of FilePlanet's competitors to get together and outmuscle them of something that they earned.
Something they "earned" via muscle.
For the record, gamers did complain, quite vocally, on the forums and in the email of all the sites involved. The sites involved acted on behalf of their audiences. Perhaps you can direct me where I can learn more about who is entitled to complain about things so we don't step out of line in the future. |
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