Infinity Ward doesn’t want to see the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition on store shelves or at a discounted price. Speaking to IGN, IW community manager Robert Bowling confirmed that the pre-order bonus -- which includes night-vision goggles -- is indeed limited. In other words, you won’t buying the sweet set of Modern Warfare goodness on Amazon for nickels in the future.
"We've already been asked by retailers to up the production numbers due to demand,” Bowling said, “which we immediately denied.”
"We decided from the beginning that we want this to be for the hardcore fans and early adopters. The fact that it is actually limited is one of the coolest parts, which is why we've individually numbered every copy."
Bowling added later that one run is all fans will get: "It was important to us that this be a true collectors' edition and as such, we do one run, and it's finished. The Prestige Edition is NOT something you're going to be seeing on the cheap 2 months after launch."
The Prestige Edition is a bit of a running joke around the industry. We’ll be greatly saddened when we have to report that some kid stalked his girlfriend with help from the night-vision goggles. But we suppose there’s a chance that the dumb ones won’t be hopping on this bundle early enough.
[Thanks, ArticFox!]
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11:00 PM on 08.05.2009
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I have heard this before and not commented, but it begs the question: are people actually concerned about this? Night-vision goggles are not a weapon. Why do people feel the need to shift the irresponsible actions of a person onto an inanimate object? Also, if Moon had shipped with a piece of moon rock, would people have worried that some troglodyte games-player would have possibly, maybe, been able to bludgeon someone to death with it? Is this what people(yourself included) think of the gaming community, that gamers are so stupid or malevolent they will actually use the crappy pair of night-vision goggles in some criminal activity in real life? If this is really what gamers think of themselves, we should truly be collectively embarrassed for each other.
i frequently use the pointier edges of my pre-order action figures to torture and maim small animals. what of it?
Ten bucks says you'll find in on Amazon anyway.
BULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL SHIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's dumb and a waste of money but I want it!
Also, it's [i]Arctic[/]Fox (two C's :P), but I forgive you :D
Anyone ever consider this is Infinity Ward Bullshit to ramp-up Pre-Order sales? Think about it.
Your depth perception goes out the window with them out, completely out the window. If indoors, you will run into walls, you will trip over your feet, you will stub your toes. It's that bad. But alas, they do come in handy after a while on certain stuff, but do not be expecting to be running around like Sam Fischer in the cloak of darkness when you get them.
Cause god knows pre-orders for this just sky rocketed cause they are TRULY LIMITED.
Or its level of fail...
limited crap!