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Steam users lose out on Modern Warfare 2 |
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Written by Nick Farrell
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Wednesday, 11 November 2009 10:12 |
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Pre-order equals
no order
Those people who pre-ordered a copy of Modern Warfare 2
through Steam, will be miffed that they will have to wait a few days.
Yep while the game hit the shops unofficially several
days ago, Steam which should have been able to release it straight away still
hasn't. Valve has delayed the availability of the online-bought
Steam version until tomorrow despite the fact that the retail versions
available yesterday.
Even PC retail pre-sells who managed to get their paws on
the game have been told they'd have to wait until Tuesday to play, despite the
fact that nothing prevented console buyers from doing so. Valve has managed to police this using its Steamworks DRM
technology which was slipped into retail and digitally downloadable PC versions
of Modern Warfare 2.
Understandably Steam's Modern Warfare 2 boards has been
blue with abuse with users swearing they will never pre-order through Steam
again. The fact that the game could be played by buying the
retail version before the online version is just daft, one user moaned. Another
claimed he was being punished for pre-purchasing and pre-downloading the game.
Valve is not saying why it decided to dump a huge turd on
its online punters. Some think that the outfit might have had some deal with
retailers. However this could be a backlash that bites the company. Unfortunately Steam has had a lot of situations that should
have castrated any company. But while it produces games that people want it can
more or less do what it likes. Telling people not to buy Modern Warfare 2 in
protest is not going to get much traction.
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