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Kotaku: Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
Joystiq: Modern Warfare 2 refused by digital distribution retailers; Steamworks to blame
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today: Digital Distributors Refuse To Stock PC Modern Warfare 2
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Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2 http://bit.ly/28Bmcs 18 days ago |
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Online Retailer Refuses To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
Kotaku —
... the forced inclusion of Steam's storefront (offering automatic competition to D2D's own services) not to their liking, told publishers that they'd stop selling games bundled in such a manner until Valve "decoupled its retail marketplace" from Steam's other services. To be clear, D2D's beef is not with Activision, it's with Steam, and to prove there's no bad blood between the retailer and mega-publisher, $5 coupons will soon be offered on select Activision titles to make up for it. Direct2Drive Tussles With Valve By Declining To Sell Steamworks-Powered MW2 [Gamasutra] Send an ...
Modern Warfare 2 refused by digital distribution retailers; Steamworks to blame
Joystiq —
... us, you shouldn't be forced to install and run a 3rd party software client to be able to play the game you purchased." The site offers an Amazon link to purchase the game, and a $5 coupon for other Activision titles on Direct2Drive. Impulse and GamersGate won't be offering the Modern Warfare 2 either. Impulse tells VE3D that "the most obvious issue is the forced inclusion of a competitor's store that blocks us from carrying the game." [Via Gamasutra] Modern Warfare 2 refused by digital distribution retailers; ...
Digital Distributors Refuse To Stock PC Modern Warfare 2
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today —
Mandatory installation of Steam for the game's use of Steamworks deemed a "Trojan horse" by Direct2Drive; Impulse and Gamersgate follow. Direct2Drive has told Gamasutra , "We don t believe games should force the user to install a Trojan Horse." The PC version of Modern Warfare 2 will use Valve's Steamworks to manage such processes as installation, DRM, patching and save games, but this also means that Steam itself needs to be on players' systems. The online retailers feel that selling a game that carries a storefront for a competitor is against their interests. Impulse told IGN PC site VE3D , "We share some of the same concerns as ...
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