CVG: No multiplayer beta for Modern Warfare 2 [update]

If you read the petition, then you would have realized they are just being factious.

Okay, upon reading the actual text of the petition, I did chuckle a little. I kind of thought Joystiq was serious with this post--the text of the post is really serious, then the beta petition is a joke--should have added a little more humor to the post to indicate sarcasm there, Hinkle, haha...

Oh and AsheR, holy CRAP that was a fast response, haha...I read it immediately after posting, and by the time I was done revising my statement you had already swooped in and corrected me.

Like I said, the actual Joystiq post just seemed a lot more serious. Glad they weren't though.

TuxBobble, you need to scroll up to read the replies to my comment. The petition is supposed to be a joke. ha ha

yeah they proved that over 2 years when the public makes MW the most popular and best selling shooter game of all time we get 1 map pack and no more updates.

really proved themselves on all fronts.

another update and map pack would have been great espcially for the popularity of the game, but that would have cut into their time schedule imposed by their parent company, ACTIVISION, which states a COD game needs to be released every year, and IW just didnt have the staff to do this in the same time frame.

most other developers would not care to release a game on an exact date and would more care to support all their products and make games on their own schedule. but i dont think IW was complaining about their paychecks.

just realize if IW was not owned by ACTIVISION, we would probably have more support for the game, a lower price tag, and a beta.

activision really wants us to be waiting for this game and not know much about it and want more people to pay the higher price in Europe.

ITS BUSINESS, lol.
polish of the game''- you mean single player ?
i don't know how much polish you get with lag, cheats, glitches, hacks, etc online...

@skatemonroe81

What I said has NOTHING to do with add-on DLC. So I'm throwing that out the window right now. DLC has no bearing on whether a product ITSELF is good or bad. I'm talking about judging the BARE game. Not GOTY edition, not "with extra maps", just MW2, and that's it, compared to CoD4.

And as for polish in CoD4, the single player game was good for an FPS, AND IN ADDITION, the multiplayer is some of the best multiplayer on a console today. That's why more people play it than pretty much any other online game on modern consoles, whether you do or not. So yes, it does have polish. It's an excellent game.

i understand you want to look at it from a business standpoint. The every-year schedule IS ridiculous. But no one is ENTITLED to a beta. No one is ENTITLED to anything except buying the full game. If you're lucky, a company will put out a demo. But that's their decision, not an entitlement of the gamer. Don't like it? There's not much else you can do about it. We do have expectations as gamers, and that's okay. Can't set the standards too low, or you'll wind up with...well, the kind of shovelware that muddies the Wii's gaming lineup. But expecting betas and demos is something that is altogether unnecessary, especially when we've had a taste of the style of gameplay from the original CoD4. A beta or demo would be a waste of time for IW to work on right now, in my opinion.

yeah they did such a good job everyone and their dog played cod4

oh wait, the only people who cared about it were the 6 guys still playing cod2 and the new game every month retards who wouldnt know a good game from a bad one if the difference was spelled out in 42pt font.

people played it and realized it had no potential. IW doesnt want people to have a beta for MW2 because theyll lose a lot of people who would have bought it, played it for a few weeks and moved on, and theyll lose all of the people hoping that this is finally a replacement for counterstrike.

total attempt to increase day 1 sales.
especially during the EU test of higher prices.

if they released a beta there would be some different group opinions i think.

1) best shooter eva !
2) needs some work
3) more of the same, getting old
4) not worth $ 90.00, ill wait to buy.
5) im getting tired of playing the same thing
6) day 1 purchase for me.

more than half of these group opinions would lead to less sales for Activision.

that is the definition of beta testing..

just playing the game as your normally would eventually finds unknown problems and issues when many people are just playing the game.

what do you think game company beta testers do all day for $ 10 an hour?
they play games.

Halo 3 says "hi".

Already done by the Chief.

good plan, I saw this big freezer sitting out in the trash today, I'm sure you could fit inside

They wanted your credit card information and ssn, right? I sent them the information a week ago, and they still haven't replied!

That wasn't why you're fading away....

I'm not trying to be a smartass so please dont take it that way, but I think they'd need a beta since its a new game thats either on a new server or on top of an already popular game's sever. Can the servers handle the load is a valid question I think.

As for a glorified demo....GREAT, DEMOS ARE GOOD. They tend to save me money

How are you being a smart ass? I don't have a problem with a differentiating view point.

Yes, they would probably have to test the new servers to see if they work (to see if they're compatible with the game and complies the game's data properly). However, they can do that in an internal beta. They don't need all servers online to see if there is a discrepancy. I think they know how many players they'll have on D-Day, thus they have an idea of the amount servers they need.

And yes, demos are good. They'll probably have a single player demo before the game is released. But I don't think anyone is on the fence with this game.

"I was gonna use the beta to see if I actually wanted to buy MW2. I don't like COD's system of never ending enemies in SP." They fixed that you know. It's going to be more tactical and open.

I know. I can only take their word on it.