Modern Warfare 2 'Hardened Edition' will run you $80
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jul 14th 2009 at 10:35AM } 
Besides the steel game case, you'll get an art book and Call of Duty Classic on XBLA or PSN all for $80, according to Infinity Ward spokesman Robert Bowling's Twitter feed.
Also, anyone notice anything missing from the Hardened box? Any ... words specifically?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
WINterfang @ Jul 14th 2009 10:39AM
CALL OF DUTY!!!!
what did I win?
Stacky @ Jul 14th 2009 10:39AM
Psh who wants that?
yolarrydabomb @ Jul 14th 2009 1:40PM
somebody that's got $$$ to burn.
WINterfang @ Jul 14th 2009 10:39AM
it was good knowing you.
PSN & XBL: StevenMichael @ Jul 14th 2009 10:40AM
I want it. Their offering a night vision goggle package? weird.
Crazy-008 @ Jul 14th 2009 11:57AM
Strangely enough, after release of this special bundle there is an increase of gamestop robberies between the hours of 10pm-4am.
Mana37 @ Jul 14th 2009 10:45AM
Ha-Ha!
*points at joe*
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 14th 2009 10:40AM
It has been said before. The people who spend 80 + dollars on a game already know this is Infinity Ward and the sequal to CoD4. The Call of Duty name will sell it to the same parents that buy their kid every Halo game, Mario sports game, and anything with Wii in the title.
Cody @ Jul 14th 2009 12:54PM
"The Call of Duty name will sell it to the same parents that buy their kid "
I'm sorry, I just don't picture too many parents, especially the ones also buying Mario games and titles with "Wii" in them, going out to purchase games in the "Call of Duty" franchise.
I think COD might be the single highest selling *pure* core gamer purchase.; a good 3/4th of the totality of the sales going to gaming purists.
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 14th 2009 1:00PM
I was actually stereotyping those parents. I am saying if at age 9 the kid gets wii sports, 11 the kid gets MKW, and at 13 the kid gets halo, then at 15 the kids going to get call of duty. Parents that know their son/daughter likes those games will buy it for them as long as the game doesnt show up in the media as something that will scare their kid(GTA)
Adriaan @ Jul 14th 2009 1:09PM
Exactly why I'm going to prove my dedication and hardcore-ness by buying the Collecto-*ahem* sorry, Hardened Edition of MW2.
I don't need no stinkin' Call of Duty on my Modern Warfare.
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 14th 2009 1:15PM
that and the hardened version comes with CoD1 which i cant imagine many little kids playing given that there is no health regen and thats what they have been playing with forever.
b trumpet @ Jul 14th 2009 10:41AM
Yeah, noticed the "Call of Duty" missing from that video the other day. Though $80 bucks isn't worth it for me. It's that much probably for the $60 game, then maybe $10-$15 when the original Call of Duty comes out on arcade.
And the night vision has to be just LED lights. There is no way they will let people get their hands on equipment like that. I could see the news reports going "*sigh* yet another man robbed a house last night using MW2 night vision goggles."
The Baron @ Jul 14th 2009 10:45AM
They're completely legal and older models are available quite cheap now. The video did show a working pair.
XBL: Burritoclock PSN:Herbie Hat @ Jul 14th 2009 10:49AM
Night vision goggles are readily available in many catalogs, all over the internet, and in many army surplus stores. Night Vision is a mode on many consumer cameras sold at best buy and wal-mart.....
Dan @ Jul 14th 2009 10:59AM
Do a search on amazon for the eyeclops night vision goggles for kids. The infrared light ring should look familiar to anyone who watched the unboxing video. The product listing will give you an idea of what kind of "functioning" night vision goggles will come with MW2
XBL: Burritoclock PSN:Herbie Hat @ Jul 14th 2009 11:03AM
So in other words, buy the $60 version kids and save up for the real deal, hopefully you can afford them before your hot neighbor moves away.
Andrew @ Jul 14th 2009 2:18PM
i don't really doubt that they are real night vision goggles. what i do doubt is that they are anything more than a novelty considering high quality night vision can get very expensive. i've used night vision monoculars before that cost well over $100 and they were pretty useless. the ones in the legendary edition are probably low quality night vision with a ton of IR LED's so that it just looks much brighter in the dark.
Phil @ Jul 14th 2009 10:43AM
screw the hard game box i want that head!
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jul 14th 2009 10:44AM
Were you aroused at all when you wrote that?
Phil @ Jul 14th 2009 10:46AM
i see what you did there
Kill a mans jiro @ Jul 14th 2009 10:49AM
lmao
Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 14th 2009 10:52AM
So you do it in that order, eh?
Arman Khan @ Jul 14th 2009 11:03AM
LOL hahahahahaha
Kill a mans jiro @ Jul 14th 2009 10:55AM
Its sounds like quotes from a really bad porno lol
"Screw the hard game box!" "I want that head"
WINterfang @ Jul 14th 2009 10:56AM
My barber is the only man that truly knows my head.
oops did I say that?
JXCgunrunna @ Jul 14th 2009 10:42AM
First of all, you dont have to pay 80 dollars for it, only 60.
Second of all, FUCK OFF ECONOMY RUINER.
Damian @ Jul 14th 2009 10:43AM
You dont really deserve to the play them, if you are not going to pay for them.
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jul 14th 2009 10:43AM
That was one hell of an epic fail there, buddy.
Lucas @ Jul 14th 2009 10:44AM
This my just by my eye's picking this up cause I'm graphic designer, but there's not enough space between the words 'Modern Warfare 2' and the edge of the packaging!
MillRecover @ Jul 14th 2009 10:53AM
@Lucas
yeah I noticed that too! Kinda bothers me... but I'll get over it.
Alphathon @ Jul 14th 2009 1:17PM
Yeah, it's annoying being graphically minded sometimes isn't...kinda like being a grammar nazi. Unfortunatelly I am both *sigh*. So much of the world offends my eyes :(. (Incidentally, I am not proud of my garammar naziism, but am of my graphical perfectionism. Weird no?)
Alphathon @ Jul 14th 2009 1:19PM
Hmmm, maybe after a post like that I should've read over the post *...minded sometimes isn't IT...*
ilovethewaggle @ Jul 14th 2009 10:44AM
I'd wait till the original digital copy is priced before investing in something that includes it as an incentive.
Neuromancer @ Jul 14th 2009 10:49AM
Hint: it will not be $20
216 @ Jul 14th 2009 10:45AM
a fail so epic, I'd call it a win
jason w @ Jul 14th 2009 10:45AM
All the idiots that bought these special editions are what made game prices go up to $60.00 for this generation. Stop buying this bullSH..... Buy the regular one and be happy.
Neuromancer @ Jul 14th 2009 10:50AM
My little big daddy figure disagrees
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jul 14th 2009 10:52AM
It seems to me like collector's editions only became commonplace in the console realm after this most recent generation started. I doubt they had any serious bearing on prices jumping.
Damian @ Jul 14th 2009 10:53AM
Some special editions are worth getting, like the one with the vault tec bobblehead, or the big daddy figure,or the brotherhood of steel figure.
If you want the game, get the normal edition, if you want a little something extra,get the limited edition.
Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge @ Jul 14th 2009 10:53AM
Umm. Wrong. It requires more resources to produce games for this generation, that's why there was a $10 increase.
Nerdy Desi @ Jul 14th 2009 11:11AM
More resources eh? So will game prices continue to climb as games get more complicated? : (
Viney @ Jul 14th 2009 11:30AM
No, the now common practice of selling high end systems at a loss and then recovering those losses on software sales is what's making retail game prices go up. Especially now when everyone wants the best technology without having to pay for it.
phuphroo @ Jul 14th 2009 11:31AM
dude stop sounding like such a tight wad. with the economy as bad as it is nowadays its no wonder that prices will be like that.
EGOvoruhk @ Jul 14th 2009 11:46AM
Storm Eagle::The Blood Edge: My $50 PC version of CoD4 says otherwise
Viney @ Jul 14th 2009 11:58AM
Also, everyone seems to forget that in the late 80s and early 90s games cost 50-60 bucks. No different than they are now. I remember paying 60 bucks at best buy for new copies of certain Super Nintendo games. Take inflation into account, and the fact that there's plenty of new games released in the 30-40 dollar range, and prices really aren't even increasing at all.
modified @ Jul 14th 2009 12:08PM
Special edition games are not what made the games "go up" to $60. I say "go up" because some of you kids don't realize what Nintendo was charging for N64 games. Games cost more than they did last generation because of Sony and Microsoft taking more money per title since they sunk millions into developing these consoles and sell them at a loss most of the time.
Neuromancer @ Jul 14th 2009 10:48AM
You're a dick.
Kill a mans jiro @ Jul 14th 2009 10:48AM
Guess prestige edition will run us about £200 then lol
Still unsure weather or not these gogles are good or not, i mean compare these.
http://www.amazon.com/Bushnell-Night-Vision-Goggle-Headgear/dp/B00006RZ42/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=photo&qid=1247566399&sr=1-2 (minus the camera)
http://www.amazon.com/EyeClops-Vision-Infrared-Stealth-Goggles/dp/B00153F5QA/ref=pd_cp_p_1 This one is $72 and only a childs toy.
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jul 14th 2009 10:48AM
So they're following the Halo 3 route and releasing two collector's editions, then? I partially understand why they may do that, but... from the consumer point of view, if you're going to buy something for the sake of collecting, why not go all-out and step up to the Prestige edition?