Steam Keeps Modern Warfare 2 Locked Til Thurs.
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: Steam, Modern, Warfare, November, 12 | Themes: Digital Entertainment
The game launches today, so why is Steam telling us to wait until Thursday?
Today is November 10, the official release date of Modern Warfare 2. Console gamers have been happily playing for hours. Some went to line up at midnight while others managed to bag themselves a copy earlier this weekend. Either way, anyone who purchased Modern Warfare 2 for the PS3 or Xbox 360 is good to go.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for PC users. Today we learn that Steam users will have to wait even longer to play as the game is locked until Thursday. Valve today confirmed to Kotaku Australia that, despite both using Steam as DRM, those who purchase the game on Steam will have to wait two days before being allowed to play.
Valve:
Those who purchase the retail copy will be able to activate and play the game on November 10 via Steam.
Those who purchase on Steam will be able to activate and play on November 12.
Yesterday Infinity Ward's Robert Bowling tweeted that the PC version was locked until the official release date, meaning that even if you managed to purchase it on Saturday or Sunday, you still couldn't play.
[UPDATE] User IronRyan21 reports that according to his account, Steam has changed the date to November 11. Anyone else seeing the same thing?
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Sucks to be you, steam.
Sucks to be you, steam.
sucks to buy the pc version at all
noobs
No reason? No explanation??
Another reason for PC users not to buy the game. Every time we turn around somebody who has some hand in the distribution of MW2 is bending PC gamers over. First, they don't give us the cool versions with NVG like the 360. Then, they take away dedicated servers. Now, they keep it locked for some unfortunate people. The least they could do is give PC gamers a reach around and give us like some extra weapons or something.
Glad I didn't give them a single penny of my money for this game.
Yeah, they are trying to smear Steam. It's just the PC version, they could have left the name Steam out and the article would be the same. The forums are swarmed with people steamed about the dumbing down of the PC version. I felt this way years ago about Oblivion. If anyone remembers morrowind, or daggerfall. You could move every item with the mouse, anywhere you wanted. Then, Oblivion was made for a controller and it took all those things away from the PC version...Sorry, huge tangent :-).
And this is why I do things like this: You received a full or partial refund of $59.99 USD from Valve Corp..
The refund will go to your PayPal account.
sucks to buy the pc version at all
I've no idea what you mean by that? PCs are no good at games? PC users are unlucky because of steam?
Should we be surprised? I'm not.
Thats how steam does it lest people forget, they have to delay their release so the brick and mortars can have thier fun.Thats how it is,nothing special here.
Yeah, they are trying to smear Steam. It's just the PC version, they could have left the name Steam out and the article would be the same. The forums are swarmed with people steamed about the dumbing down of the PC version. I felt this way years ago about Oblivion. If anyone remembers morrowind, or daggerfall. You could move every item with the mouse, anywhere you wanted. Then, Oblivion was made for a controller and it took all those things away from the PC version...Sorry, huge tangent :-).
Nope I think you're spot on. Console games have set PC games back 15 years. After a point its not about graphics or sounds. Controls and screen integration make the game feel, well, playable. I've no problem with two UI systems. One for close up sat at a monitor and another for TV sat 10feet away. but the two shouldn't be mixed and its an unprofessional development company that things it can do so.
I've no idea what you mean by that? PCs are no good at games? PC users are unlucky because of steam?
What rock have you been under? Activision and IW decided to fuck over the PC version of the game. There are plenty of articles on here and other websites about it.
As for this article: WTF?? This isn't excusable on any level. This is blatant customer disrespect and I am seriously considering never purchasing a single product from Activision again. I am personally irritated with anyone that did buy the PC version, because you supported all this bullshit.
I've no idea what you mean by that? PCs are no good at games? PC users are unlucky because of steam?
what rock have you been living under? 9v9, no dedicated servers, no mods, no console for editing, $60 price tag.
Maybe it's a super secret project by Steam to neutralize IW's messing around with this game - and it will be playable on Valve's servers, fully moddable with the console unlocked, and and ...!
...
Oh, but to wish for some things to be true...
next we'll find out the boxes are empty
I just installed IW.net in my irl and not only am I cool at the office water cooler now, I am scoring with the ladies. I even won a free cheeseburger from McDonalds Monopoly today. Thanks IW.net!
next we'll find out the boxes are empty
Except for a signed picture of Bobby Kotick flipping us all the bird.
Bet D2D et al are happy to not be part of this mess, the amount of time they would have spent fielding support questions regarding Steam would have been a pain.
On second thought, maybe they knew.
Steam has had a lot of problems with releases, and patching games recently.
Good for you guys, the RRP in the uk is $116 for the hardened eddition, $92 for the standard edition, feel honoured.
[citation]Steam has had a lot of problems with releases, and patching games recently.[/citation]
Not sure how much this has to do with Steam. All the noticeable releases that have been having launch issues are ones that require an online account with said developer - i.e. EA, IW.net, Gamespy, Windows Live, etc. All the games that don't require this tomfoolery happen to install and work just fine... It's when you start need to validate all over the place that there are issues. Steam's fault? Hardly. Developers trying to get people to sign up with them? You decide.
re: the above, I know Gamespy is not a developer, or Windows Live, but the point is more or less that there are now sometimes multiple accounts - see Dragon age, where you have to get onto EA's site for dlc, BioWare's beta site for login, and on top of this you're logging into Steam to play a game.
Whatever happened to "just being on Steam"?
I think that the changes to MW 2 might actually help the PC community. I know that not having dedicated servers might take some getting used to, but personally what I enjoy most about playing games like this online is playing it with a buddy and rocking some fools... The smaller maps (9v9 sounds great) are usually more fun anyway.
In the MW 1 playing with a friend was a PAIN THE A** unless you installed Xfire... which was annoying because not everyone was forced to get on xfire so lot of times I wouldn't see my friends online even though they were playing. This version is going to fix that which was my biggest gripe.
Now I am still waiting to see if fixing this part and ruining the rest of the usual PC FPS experience is going to work out or not but time will tell I guess...
This DRM bullshit simply does NOT work. If you pay for a product you should be able to use it, especially on the friggin release date! What's the point? Pay good money and get delayed on using a legally obtained product or just fucking download it for free and start using it a week ago. No wonder piracy is rampant, these greedy crooked companies push more and more people to it.
I just see no reason to buy this game
and I was looking forward to it months ago. But with all of the latest dissapointments in online play, I didnt even pre-order it.
HAHAHAHA!! That is hilarious. No explanation on why or anything. This is too rich. But seriously PC users are being F**ED like a transvestite in prison. Steam sucks anyway. I only use it to browse games and download demos.
umm, you can't lean in this game anymore. This game is funny because it took 6 lines of code to port it over to the PC. That's worth 10 bucks in my book...
I have no words to describe the feelings I have against MW2/Valve/Activision right now.
Shit happens, then you die...
Steam just changed the release date to WEDS 10PM Pacific Time. I guess ppl are pissed, im pissed. I want my MW2!
Lovely...perhaps next time they will ask us pretty pretty please with cherries on top to wait just a smidgen longer to play the aborted fetus of a so called console port?
2 days is nothing. Chill out.