Comments on: Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Entertainment Industry Record

By: truedat

truedat — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:45:37 +0000

people will continue to mod 360's and buy ps3's until xbox live is free at the very least

By: XBOX Gaming Fanatics» Blog Archive » Modern Warfare 2 Breaks Entertainment Industry Record

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:30:43 +0000

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By: EricDC

EricDC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:04:27 +0000

That's true that they can still use them offline, but I doubt many people will do that Dj.

For example, let's say a guy gets his console banned. He then continues to play on his banned console offline with his normal account and gamesaves. Then the guy goes out and buys a new Xbox and uses the same hard drive. He finds out that he is screwed because his profile and ALL OF HIS GAMESAVES that he used on the banned console are now corrupt. So he recovers his profile and realizes that all achievements he unlocked on the banned console offline are also gone.

The banned console pretty much is the same as a bricked console because everything you do and achieve on that console becomes corrupt once it's moved to a normal console. So I doubt people even want to take the time to play a game on a banned console if their gamesave and profile will be unusable on another console. And to top it all off, they don't even keep their achievements.

The point I'm trying to make is that the banned consoles did lead to more sales of MW2 because the pirates (most of them have multiple consoles) are now forced to go out and buy a legit copy of the game and a legit console if needed. They could stick with play MW2 offline on their banned console, but it's pretty much pointless.

By: DjDATZ

DjDATZ — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:20 +0000

Actually, banning the 360's does not brick them. They are still functional as a console but can only be used offline. You cannot access Live or any Live-dependent functions, but you can still use the console offline and play pirated games on it.

These folks that have their consoles modded wouldn't necessarily have the funds to immediately go buy a new console & a new game, so I'm not sure it really & truly helped sales that much. Sure it probably sold a few more, but I would doubt the revenue generated from those sales specifically would be even close to $1 mil…

Now, if there were increased sales of 360's, that I'd understand.
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By: EricDC

EricDC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:24 +0000

People who have their 360's banned go out and buy new 360's and in turn buy legitimate copies of games. The bannings brick the 360's, but as of right now they have no choice but to buy legit copies of Modern Warfare 2 because they can't use their modded ones anymore.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:23:12 +0000

Great game. Money well spent

By: Steven Artlip

Steven Artlip — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:35:20 +0000

not to sound mean but I have no idea how the bannings can be attributed to more sales. Pirates will pirate no matter what, all this seemed to do is flood the preowned market with a bunch of screwed up 360's that I'm sure will get into the hands of unsuspecting parents and kids this christmas as people are just trying to save a dollar. My recent post Kane And Lynch 2: Dog Days Confirmed