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Modern Warfare Remaster requires Infinity Warfare disc to play
- Thread starter Chris1
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Activision's stock price is over 100% where it was one year ago. The corporate desperation!
Icedburden
Member
Don't know why everyone is surprised, it's smart business.
Tekken Hybrid included Tekken Tag tournament 1 remaster, you had to launch it from the disk directly.
I'm in the camp of people who say it should have been obvious Acti would do this. If you don't want to support practices like that, don't buy Infinite Warfare. I'm not going to, and will wait for them to release a stand alone edition like i was going to the second they confirmed the game was going to be only available with Infinite warfare.
I'm in the camp of people who say it should have been obvious Acti would do this. If you don't want to support practices like that, don't buy Infinite Warfare. I'm not going to, and will wait for them to release a stand alone edition like i was going to the second they confirmed the game was going to be only available with Infinite warfare.
Probably cause it can't fit on the disc? These games are usually 40+ GB in size, so not enough to put both on one disc.
yup...same. pre-ordered with gcu, then rolling that $10 rewards pts into final fantasy xv pre-order that also gets a $10 reward zone for pre-orders. based best buy
Even less reselling value.
Masterspeed
Member
Do you know how little COD games go on sale? You'll be waiting over a year.
MarineMountie
Member
Will wait until its sold separately. Its Activision...They want money. It will be sold separately at some point.
Not surprised. Still getting it with IW with the best buy gcu. Basically bringing it to 60
There going to sell this for like 40-50 bucks when it's separate. Might as well get the whole package at the standard rate.
Edit: you get an extra 10 dollars in rewards too like this shit just makes more sense imo
There going to sell this for like 40-50 bucks when it's separate. Might as well get the whole package at the standard rate.
Edit: you get an extra 10 dollars in rewards too like this shit just makes more sense imo
TheChewyWaffles
Member
So there's a code you have to put in and you still need to have the disc?
WickedLaharl
Member
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SafeinSound
Member
Don't really see how this is a big deal.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Because a lot of folks were likely planning on selling Infinite Warfare and keeping the MW remake. If it was on a separate disc, then people could have done just that. If it's a download code, that's super shitty of them to also require a disc and, frankly, unprecedented.
Basically Activision is being an asshole.
edit: re-reading the wording in the OP again then I may just be wrong and it's on a separate disc. If so, no big deal except you have to switch discs to play IW. Either way, I went digital so it doesn't hurt me.
Aztechnology
Member
Oh no I'm just explaining the frustration. I knew this was going to happen. Give it a few months after release and they will probably drop MW by itself for a nice chunk of change. It'll happen.
It's really not, it was never announced as anything but an extra you get with the legacy edition. People just had plans to sell the base game so they could keep the remaster, which obviously Activision was never going to let happen, the preowned market would flood at launch.
It's being sold as one unit. Until it's sold separately, you don't own MWR unless you own IW. It's fairly simple.
Yeah... no surprises there. Love it or hate it, Activision knows how to handle CoD. They're also no strangers to Internet backlashes, so any hate being thrown their way won't really do much.
ArcaneFreeze
Member
I managed to get BLOPS2 and Ghosts for 20$/30$ respectively at BB 4 or 5 months after they came out. Got both of them over spring break each year and BB always seemed to have a good sale for them. And this is without GCU. Didnt keep up with COD after that though so it might be different now but if not you definitely wont be waiting a year for a good price.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
I think they could have fit it all on one disc if they really wanted too. I know MW4 is being remastered so it won't be the same size as the last gen version but its also incomplete, missing 6 multiplayer maps. I just don't believe that Witcher 3 and the huge expansions can fit on a single bluray but IW and MWR can't.
Or digital copy of IW tied to your account.
Not even a fan of COD, but it's pretty sad and incredible they're doing this. I mean just shows how much faith they have in Infinite warfare, which is sad as I think it actually looks pretty cool.
I'm sure they will sell separately eventually anyway, they're just sticking very closely with only selling it as a bundle for now.
I'm sure they will sell separately eventually anyway, they're just sticking very closely with only selling it as a bundle for now.
I wouldn't call this desperate at all. They are not going to release two separate Call of Duty games at the same exact time and compete with themselves. What they're doing is smart even if you don't like it.
Saying they aren't confident in Infinite Warfare is a bit strange too, Call of Duty is going to sell like crazy like it always does regardless of MWR. MWR just gurantees more sales. Is it scummy? Sure but it's smart.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Solidifies me buying digital then.
Wanted MWR digital and IW on disc but this will suffice. Just won't get my Amazon Prime discount...
Wanted MWR digital and IW on disc but this will suffice. Just won't get my Amazon Prime discount...
StrongBlackVine
Banned
I don't understand why people don't want Infinite Warfare. It looks better than most recent COD games.
DreadfulOmen
Member
I think people that enjoy the oldschool cod style gameplay dont care for infinite warfare.
i think all future cods games will continue to have jetpacks or wallrunning, but i like the older 'on the ground' action without people boosting around with double jumps and stuff like that.
TrueOutlook
Neo Member
Huh, I was wondering how they were going to handle this.
It seems like a lot of effort just to make people purchase their latest game, I wonder if their recent COD sales were declining to the point that they had to do this? Most would have gladly purchased it separately.
It seems like a lot of effort just to make people purchase their latest game, I wonder if their recent COD sales were declining to the point that they had to do this? Most would have gladly purchased it separately.
Daffy Duck
Member
There's a lot of unrest in the CoD community over where these games have gone and what they've become, the micro transaction sales are making bank though because people want those weapons they throw in there, but as a whole player numbers are way down and people have got bored of BO3, this is a clever move and one I expect to see for a few years whilst they give us MW2:R and possibly even BO1 in the future depending on how long they draw out this futuristic CoD setting.
Gravy Boat
Member
I refuse to believe that people genuinely thought you could just download CoD4 then trade in IW with no issues.
MasterOfPastures
Banned
I mean, the dislike barrage of the first trailer was an omen for this decision.
It's futuristic and not strictly boots on the ground.
But if you watch enough footage, you'll see that boosting is very toned down from Black Ops 3 (which in turn was toned down from AW), both in the mechanics themselves and in the way the maps are designed.
If you like class customization, they've got that more than ever before. Variants might seem bad, but according to this interview getting them is not a random process like it is in Advanced Warfare or Black Ops
Zombies--which I was pretty down on at first, in part because I liked Extinction and was sad to see it wasn't returning--sounds pretty good, with a lot of really nice QoL features compared to Black Ops 3. Off the top of my head: you can buy back all the stuff you lost after bleeding out in a single discounted bundle; you get to play games after you've bled out, through which you can actually come back early; you can group-fund doors; you can put money (points) into ATM machines to let a less fortunate teammate use; and there are are optional tutorial popups when you play solo. Sounds a whole lot more approachable for the less hardcore players.
The campaign looks pretty decent despite an unflattering reveal and the main character is BJ Blazkowicz.
I was ready to skip Infinite Warfare for months after it's reveal, but the stuff they've shown recently has totally changed my mind. Nu IW seems to have it's head on straight. 'Course, I'm still waiting for the beta before putting down any money.
People are willing to pay full price for a standalone 'remaster', rather than remake, which if anything is cosmetically poorer, with 99% of the same 9 year old problems - and what do they care about?
That they have to use the disk of the other game, purchased in the biggest rip off deal that 'Annual Rip Off' Activision has ever released. A prime reason that everyone started hating Activision, post-COD4, was this exact kind of deal, and this is the worst one yet.
But they don't want them to improve or modernise COD4 at all, because that would be 'bad'. LMAO
Perspective?
That they have to use the disk of the other game, purchased in the biggest rip off deal that 'Annual Rip Off' Activision has ever released. A prime reason that everyone started hating Activision, post-COD4, was this exact kind of deal, and this is the worst one yet.
But they don't want them to improve or modernise COD4 at all, because that would be 'bad'. LMAO
Perspective?
AusRoachman
Member
I expect nothing less with activision. These are the people that sell you a full game for destiny taken king , then force you to use a digital code , making the disc useless .
I wonder how many people craving MWR to play Search & Destroy have given Rainbow 6 Siege a shot.
My main wory going back to MW is that it's a decade old title that is going to feel very limited, especially compared to Siege.
I like the look of Zombies and the IW campaign, but not enough to pay for them standalone. The mp looks worse than ever so not sure I'll keep my pre-order at this point.
My main wory going back to MW is that it's a decade old title that is going to feel very limited, especially compared to Siege.
I like the look of Zombies and the IW campaign, but not enough to pay for them standalone. The mp looks worse than ever so not sure I'll keep my pre-order at this point.
The disk had Destiny on it, so no, it wasn't useless. It was actually a completely normal way of releasing a game+expansion set.
And this COD situation is also completely understandable. If you want a digital copy, buy the game digitally. The fact that Activision isn't catering to people who want to sell IW off is not unreasonable.
AusRoachman
Member
It was useless if you ever wanted to trade it in , like every other disc based game.
So yes it was dodgy as , slightly different situation to this one but still dodgy regardless .
Eh, not really. Taken King was clearly labeled a digital expansion, the retail version was just a pack in deal.
I can see why you might have found it annoying, but for example GOTY editions with add-on content included are generally done the same way. It's not uncommon.
It's unreasonable because it's still a digital copy, that it's linked to a disc. It's basically the return of the online pass, because used copies of IW won't have the Modern Warfare Remastered, and the original owner won't be able to play it either.
Collateral22
Member
Just been made backwards compatible on XB1 so that to me says not in plans for a remaster.