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[Wile E]

right.... So what if Activisions price increase campaign was so successful that EA & all the other dev studios decide to follow suit & up their prices as well? would you STILL be saying the same thing if EVERY pc game was £55 or more??? dont overlook this because it could be a one off - its something that could potentially effect the entire industy. If devs set a a price for a game then its really upto the Retailers & Etailers how much they want to sell it for, but again you seem to forget these Retailers/E-tailers are also in the same boat - they're after your money too & any excuse they get to sell a game for maximum profit, they will take. if prices were raised to £55 do you think Game, Virgin, HMV or Gamestation will still keep their current price of £35 for games? I dont think so. & IMHO, if we can prevent Activision running this campaign then we will be able to prevent the mass snowball effect that will only hurt the consumers.

are you sure your happy not buying anymore games for the next few years??? since every game will be £55 & pirate games are pretty hit & miss when it comes to online play.

you're affected anyway wheather you buy the game or not.

end of discussion.

And a boycott is useless anyway. If people will buy it at 55, they will sell it at 55, whether you boycott it or not. Nobody pays attention to boycotts. Nobody wants to hear people bitching about how evil or greedy a corporation is, they already know. Bitching just annoys people, and leads to boycotters being fully ignored.

Screw boycotting, it gets you nowhere. Just speak with your wallet if you truly want to make a difference.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

And a boycott is useless anyway. If people will buy it at 55, they will sell it at 55, whether you boycott it or not. Nobody pays attention to boycotts. Nobody wants to hear people bitching about how evil or greedy a corporation is, they already know. Bitching just annoys people, and leads to boycotters being fully ignored.

Screw boycotting, it gets you nowhere. Just speak with your wallet if you truly want to make a difference.

If enough support the cause then theres no way that Activision can turn a blind eye - of course they can ignore us, but since they Rely on the consumer to earn them their fat million dollar a year salaries its not in their best interest.

so long as people believe in it enough & support the cause, something will be done. so you can say what you like. If it was 1 man out of a million kicking up a ruckus no one would care but if everyone started kickin up a ruckus - things are bound to get noticed even if it gets to a point where they find us annoying. If you dont want to take part, thats your choice you dont live in Europe so you wont get hit as hard.

 

[kurosagi01]

i have to agree with wile E,money speaks louder than words freedom =/ thats the fact in this world.

 

[Reventon]

Too bad everyone who plans on buying Activision products doesn't read this read.

 

[Wile E]

If enough support the cause then theres no way that Activision can turn a blind eye - of course they can ignore us, but since they Rely on the consumer to earn them their fat million dollar a year salaries its not in their best interest.

so long as people believe in it enough & support the cause, something will be done. so you can say what you like. If it was 1 man out of a million kicking up a ruckus no one would care but if everyone started kickin up a ruckus - things are bound to get noticed even if it gets to a point where they find us annoying. If you dont want to take part, thats your choice you dont live in Europe so you wont get hit as hard.

No, that's simply not true. Boycotters almost never gain the numbers they need to make a difference, all because other potential boycotters ignore them (usually out of annoyance), therefore they never gain the support they need.

Again, your wallet will speak louder than a boycott.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

No, that's simply not true. Boycotters almost never gain the numbers they need to make a difference, all because other potential boycotters ignore them (usually out of annoyance), therefore they never gain the support they need.

Again, your wallet will speak louder than a boycott.

yup
Or it could just be a scam to get people like me to preorder at gamestop for $60 to pay for production costs

 

[KainXS]

Too bad everyone who plans on buying Activision products doesn't read this read.

the real action will take place in the store and their like it costs that much

and I will sit back laughing


also, does anyone know how much the collectors edition will cost

 

[Deleted member 67555]

the real action will take place in the store and their like it costs that much

and I will sit back laughing


also, does anyone know how much the collectors edition will cost

$150 and ya get night vision goggles

 

[Levi28001]

Cod 6 seems to be about an average priced game to me.

 

[kurosagi01]

well if you think about it,if they didn't raise the price up they would probably be selling in stores for £45 which is still over the top price,and raising it up by £10 is abit too carried away..but like wile E said the wallet will speak louder than words and you WILL get people paying for the price

 

[EviLZeD]

And a boycott is useless anyway. If people will buy it at 55, they will sell it at 55, whether you boycott it or not. Nobody pays attention to boycotts. Nobody wants to hear people bitching about how evil or greedy a corporation is, they already know. Bitching just annoys people, and leads to boycotters being fully ignored.

Screw boycotting, it gets you nowhere. Just speak with your wallet if you truly want to make a difference.

I wouldn't say boycotts completely useless there's is always a chance for it to work out

http://www.ngohq.com/news/14354-games-for-windows-live-is-free-at-last.html

 

[erocker]

Thread cleaned. Keep it civil please.

 

[Wile E]

I wouldn't say boycotts completely useless there's is always a chance for it to work out

http://www.ngohq.com/news/14354-games-for-windows-live-is-free-at-last.html

Well, if you read that article, they say it went free because nobody bought it. They never claimed it had to do with their boycott. The only mention of their boycott is that they were canceling it, due to Live going free.