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Posted: Jun 10th 2009 4:08AM (Unverified) said

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why doesn't rockstar pick it up? controrversy is no stranger to them. plus they could use a true shooter 4 once.

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 4:15AM (Unverified) said

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I read this in the magazine. It's a surprisingly well balanced piece from the mainstream media. Definitely worth a read. But I would have liked them to mention the hypocrisy behind this game being controversial even though the army sponsors their own games.

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 5:26AM LuTon James said

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Please let it die. I beg you...

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 5:32AM LuTon James said

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Please let it die. I beg you...

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 5:35AM cuube said

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Just change the name and some of the story (remove all references to Iraq) and you have a good 20$ modern era destert warfare game.

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 1:41PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah just what we need, another war game set in fucking Durkadurkastan.
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Posted: Jun 10th 2009 9:18AM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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umm If its close to being done and they dont need money then why not Just put it on Steam, PSN, and XBL themselves??? forget getting a publisher for it and instead of taking COMPLETE loss....just publish it themselves and go digital distribution with it

Posted: Jun 12th 2009 11:55AM MarioGreat said

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Well, to begin, you have to remember that putting it on Steam, XBLA, and PSN cost money too (how much, I'm not sure). Furthermore, XBLA and PSN have limits on what kind of games could appear, and I doubt SDiF would make it, especially since it's a full game.

And most important of all, going purely digital would cut out an immense potential audience. The vast majority of games are still purchased retail meaning that going purely digital (especially for a game that cost so much) would be detrimental. Publishing themselves is also likely not an option due to the huge cost involved (if it wasn't an issue, I would imagine that they would publish it already).
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Posted: Jun 12th 2009 12:18PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said

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Ummmm PSN and XBL(This fall) have FULL games on there...Burnout Paradise, Warhawk, Siren, Assassins Creed, SOCOM, and more...it can go and they can pay to put it there themselves...else they will just lose all the money they have spent making it
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Posted: Jun 10th 2009 9:45AM JXCGunrunna said

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Y not let Activision publish it and call it call of duty: the 6th day

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 12:30PM jah75157 said

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i hope someone picks it up i really really want to play this game.

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 1:12PM Drake Lake said

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http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF065-Sweet_Candy_Inc.jpg

That's pretty much what they need to do.

Posted: Jun 10th 2009 1:46PM (Unverified) said

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I hope all the naysayers are happy they killed this game. Not sure if the term "chilling effect" means anything to anybody but after this game, you can expect not to see any real world war games coming up any time soon. Instead, they're going to keep mining the shit out of 'safe' wars like World War II ad nauseum, or keep making up their own generic vaguely Middle Eastern settings.

Who needs Jack Thompson any more? Game players are the game industry's worst enemies now it seems.

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