Call of Duty Demo Today - No Exclusive

[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: Hooah!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:45

MindTrigger

Meatfarts,

Get an IQ, then try to say something witty. Mmmkay? Thanks.




-- He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.

29.

Re: Hooah!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:43

MeatForce

"If half you morons cared as much about our country, as you did this retarded demo, we might actually live in a better world."

We have a country? Cool! I thought this was the internet. Do we get passports?




----- I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now, even though you broke my heart and killed me.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:43

Unmaker

That offends me. I don't pirate games, nor would I.

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No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:43

Rictor

I'm more influential than W? Since you called me a a zealot, and I seemed to be the one making the arguements during the discusion, you must be reffering to me and those like me? Are you saying that we have some sort of influence, outside the world of gaming? Or within thw world of gaming? It was the webmasters who achieved the results, not us. And Blue+others said they would not carry the demo even after the exclusivity expired. Now, there is no exclusivity at all, so the objection is gone. And do you realy think the extra hits generated any significant revenue? Maybe like 5-10$ extra, but so what. In perspective, thats almost nothing.

26.

Re: Hooah!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:42

MindTrigger

What's going to be REALLY funny is watching you whiners force the file distributing companies like FilePlanet out of business by taking away the few ways they have to get and keep customers. You fools will be paying MORE MONEY AT THE CASH REGISTER when this happens, because no one will want to absorb the cost of distributing demos.

Enjoy your short-sighted victory while you can.




-- He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:42

Meezy

Actually, bub, with the level of discussion on this board, I doubt there is a single potential customer here. Lots of potential copyright infringers, yes, but no actual potential customers.

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Re: Hooah!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:40

MindTrigger

aahahaha.... you have to be kidding me. If half you morons cared as much about our country, as you did this retarded demo, we might actually live in a better world. If you think this little whinefest was a "battle", you are pathetic.




-- He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:39

Unmaker

No offense Meezy, but you have the slightest idea what you're talking about. It's all about supply and demand. We demanded and they supplied. That's how it works. Pissing off potential customers is never a good idea.

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Re: AHHAHAAAA!!!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:38

Gunz

No, Activision caved to a bunch of potential customers. Roger that! Love, A potential Activision customer and Blue's News fan

21.

Hooah!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:36

Unmaker

Welp, we've won the battle but we have yet to win the war. They're trying to make this all about this specific demo. They haven't mentioned a change in policy with regards to demo exclusivity.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:36

Meezy

Hey Blue, will the participating websites be carrying the demo now? Since it is no longer exclusive, I think you should. I think that goes without saying. After discussions with Activision, the following websites will not be carrying the Call of Duty playable demo, even after its exclusivity is over. Whoa whoa whoa, hypocrisy alert. So the exclusivity deal ends Friday. I thought you and the other sites weren't going to carry it even then. So lets recap: These sites get enormous hits on their message boards. This generates higher than usual ad revenue. The tides turn so now they seek to double up the revenue? Just as I thought, its all about the $$$$. Duly noted. For all the people who think you have won. Consider the following. You have just traded free (as in beer) for free (as in speech). Corporations (yes, these employ people) will now be considering the words of a few zealots in their actions. Sounds good, but in the long run all of you are now responsible for more freedom being eroded. More that W or any politician ever did. You just took away Activision's and Gamespy's freedom of association and market. But hey, you win. Congrats.

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Hoorj!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:34

sexninja

Its refreshing that a company actually listens to their consumer base

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Re: AHHAHAAAA!!!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:33

Wowbagger_TIP

I think Activision caved to a bunch of whining children. No, Activision caved to a bunch of potential customers. Since they want to sell their game, doesn't it make good sense for them to do what they can to not piss off potential customers? Like not making them pay for some downloading site just so that they can try out the game that Activision wants them to try and like and buy? I really don't see what the issue is here. It just makes good business sense from Activision's standpoint. Yeah, maybe GameSpy doesn't like it, but they aren't the one's trying to sell the game. Supporter of the "a happy fredster is a wet fredster with jumper cables attached to his nads" fanclub.

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Holly!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:31

Maestro

wow, you even got a compliment from fredrickson on this, congradulations Blue. Kinda scarry really, has hell frozen over yet?

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Re: AHHAHAAAA!!!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:31

MindTrigger

Don't even get me started on how BEATEN INTO THE GROUND the whole WWII game scene is. Do we really need MORE WWII games? I'll spend my money on something original, thanks.




-- He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.

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Congratulations

Aug 29, 2003, 02:29

Paradroid

Would like to say congratulations to Blues and all other sites who had the guts to stand up for all us gamers (even the ones who don't understand what the real problem is). It's things like these that keep our gaming "community" thriving and not being pushed into the ground by growing exclusivity and pay programs. Everyone knows this one demo wasn't a big deal, it's the threat of things getting worse and worse that is where the problem is but it looks like Blues has helped Activision to understand (in record time too I might add) that moves like this do not strengthen the community but only add to the growing divide between the large "company" websites and the "ma and pop" operations like Blues or Shack who struggle just to keep their websites paid for. Once again thanks Blue. Been coming here for almost 5 years (first night I've ever posted though) and will continue to come here as long as this awesome website is around. Rock on !

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Re: AHHAHAAAA!!!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:29

MindTrigger

I think Activision caved to a bunch of whining children.




-- He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.

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AHHAHAAAA!!!

Aug 29, 2003, 02:28

MeatForce

Nice. That is just so goddamn gratifying. A raging debate that actually bears fruit! This game is so high on my list, I am just beside myself with glee right now.

"Hi Self!"
"Hi"
"Gonna play some Call of Duty on Friday thanks to the selfless actions of a few upstanding webmasters?"
"Twice, if I can"
"No shit? Me too. OOOOh look! Peanuts!!"

**tatoos Bluesnews PayPal link on left ass cheek**




----- I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now, even though you broke my heart and killed me.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:27

fredrickson

BLUE, CONGRADULATIONS.

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Re: No subject

Aug 29, 2003, 02:26

Blue

Hey Blue, will the participating websites be carrying the demo now? Since it is no longer exclusive, I think you should.

I think that goes without saying.




Stephen "Blue" Heaslip Blue's News Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, El Presidente for Life

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