Jim, if you drew that header pic, I am in complete and utter awe at your MSPaint skills.
Seriously, that picture is BRILLIANT.
Also, MW2 can suck it.

Brilliant header.

About Activision... I'll be missing MW2, so what.

MW2 is a console rental. I have no interest in a downgraded console port that should have been much more. All I ever heard on CoD:MW 360 version was a bunch of 12 year olds cursing and the game, while fun, wasn't anything impressive or groundbreaking.

If games like Doom and Rise of the Triad can easily outbeat a game in features then I hope sales will reflect that.

amazing. activision act as if they really don't see a difference between PC players and console players. i didn't painstakingly build a PC from scratch because i want a "friendly consumer experience". i want options and customizations and control.

Looks like the PC gaming library will be divided into 2 main groups:
Indie / Idealistic / Valve developers
Shit developers

So yeah, IW can go suck a penis popsickle!

Doos: The problem with PC is that it downgrades the experience.

They don't need to worry because the PC audience is incredibly small compared to the consoles. MW2 is going to bring in a ton of money regardless of any controversies on the PC.

i'll just leave this here ...

I just can't believe that the PC gamers are such whiny little bitches, IW has carefully plotted out the best way to deliver the best multi-player experience. So all I have to say to the PC gamers is if you don't like it don't buy it and stop bitching. and you may want to get some hand on experience or at least check out a full review after the game releases because it would be a damn shame to call it a "shit game" and make yourself look like an idiot

@scox, if you dont know what your talking about, dont talk at all.

knowing that there are no mods or dedicated servers is enough to know that the competitive scene will be a joke compared to mw1.

Is anyone troubled by the fact that "nonplussed" seems to be used here incorrectly? Nonplussed means very confused, not untroubled. I'm, well, nonplussed.

Doos: I know, we will only have MMOs and The Sims, along with the free flash games, that's the future of "pc gaming".

Scox: This does not concern you.

NubPhiSh: And thank god dumbasses like you only count for .000000000001% of the gaming market.

The root is French, so perhaps longtime English animosity with the French leaks through in his redefinition of the word....more fanboyism, then.

lol bustaballs emo much? so lemme get this str8 your feel a need to insult me because i am not boycotting or stealing the game?

This is the best header image of any destructoid article EVER. Its my wallpaper

@Anastu - I fucking salute you sir for seeing this highly possible effect from this trend as well. Very very little seem to be raising this issue.

QUICK LET'S SEE HOW FAST WE CAN GENERALIZE A GROUP OF PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR PLATFORM PREFERENCES. GOGOGOGO

@Scox
We may not know how MW2 and IWNet will be until we can play it but based on experience with previous games that have used matchmaking there's cause for concern and skepticism. Add in the list of features we know are getting removed and things we are hearing about game performance and it doesn't paint a pretty picture.

@NubPhiSh

Anyone who spells straight "str8" deserves to not have their opinion taken seriously.

Best header ever fucking ever.

I wonder why they're not scared. I mean, they only make 500 bazillion dollars a year on Guitar Hero products. It's not like one failure would hurt them.

Nonplussed. Brainfarts ftw! Thanks for steering me right, guys! <3

"I just can't believe that the PC gamers are such whiny little bitches, IW has carefully plotted out the best way to deliver the best multi-player experience"

Oh my stars. That comment is pure silliness.

Listen:

IF. YOU. WANT. TO. PLAY. IT. AS. THE. DEVELOPERS. INTENDED. IT. YOU. CAN. REGARDLESS. OF. MODS. AND. DEDICATED. SERVERS.

You ALWAYS could play COD4 the way the developers intended it! THAT IS WHAT FILTERS ARE FOR! I assume you have probably never played a good multiplayer PC game, probably due to a lack of money, but I have, and I can tell you that "delivering the best experience" is not IW or Activision's goal here. Having the ability to alter the game or play on 18+ servers, or you know, play against people who aren't lagging like hell, does not prevent anyone from playing "as it is originally intended".

The only reason why they are doing this is due to sheer laziness. They can't be assed making it different. I can respect that, I'm a lazy bastard myself, and who knows the game might not suffer too much from it. It could still be fun. Plus, this is IW's game and they have a right to do whatever the hell they want with it. They aren't making you buy it you know.

But I don't like lies. If IW came out and said "due to laziness, we have just ported over the console version to the PC and have done has little work on it as possible due to the fact that consoles are our primary focus", I would have shrugged my shoulders and said okay. If they had told us IN ADVANCE about the 18+ player thing, I would have shrugged my shoulders and bought it when the price came down. If they hadn't been sneaky and tried to slip this under the radar and make up bad excuses for their laziness when it came to the PC version (again, nothing wrong with that, it's their game and their money, and I'm a lazy bastard myself), then I wouldn't mind so much.

But they are being sneaky, releasing this bad news close to the release date, when many have already pre-ordered/pre-purchased it. They also jacked up the price, despite including LESS CONTENT (again, there's nothing morally or legally wrong with that, it's their game they get to decide what to put into it). And they are lying. Their goal is not to "provide the best experience". How could taking stuff out possibly provide the best experience? They are just being lazy. They can't be bothered putting in dedicated servers, or allowing for mods or console use or the rest of the stuff because they are being lazy.