Hand Over The Copies and No One Gets Hurt.

[CptainCrunch]

I thought this article was interesting from kotaku.com:

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Conflict currency - it's not cash, but goods or valuables that are small, easily liquidated, easily smuggled. Diamonds are the classic example. We might have to add Modern Warfare 2 to the list, after what just went down in Pennsylvania.

Cops in Meadville, Pa. say a man went into a Gamestop there at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, informed the clerk he had armed help out the door who'd start shooting if anyone called police, and so therefore start handing over the merch. I like that style. The hell with this finger-in-the-jacket-pocket ****. Just let your imaginary friend be your accomplice. <!--more-->

The guy made off with 100 copies of MW2, plus some other items for a total cash-and-prizes value of $6,900.

I'm not sure what surprises me the most, the ballsiness of the robber, or the fact a GameStop still had 100 copies of this 19 hours after its midnight release.

Also, please tell me the "other items" were some refurbed PS2s with balky DVD drives. Please.

Are games the currency of the world? Why did that Gamestop have so many copies? Will there be buyers for it? Do you think the thief was a PC player?

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[ChemicalWarfare]

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Call of Duty 6: Modern Warfare 2 was a big epic fail when it released. The developers(IW and Activision) thought MW2 would sell more than any Call of Duty game, but it came to 5 million copies sold. They thought it would be 20+ million sold. Like wow, CoD1 was bad and it sold millions in a day. So wow. I'm waiting for Call of Duty 8: Modern Warfare 3, and Call of Duty 7: Vietnam(Treyach) and Battlefield: Bad Company 2:yay:

[bogie170]

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I thought it sold better than all the others????

[CptainCrunch]

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I thought it sold better than all the others????

It did. Banzaii doesnt make sense sometimes.

Crunch

[Stev0esque]

Re: Hand Over The Copies and No One Gets Hurt.

It did. Banzaii doesnt make sense sometimes.

Crunch

sometimes??? (just kidding mate)

Though I think when they asked the PC gaming community about their thoughts on dedicated servers/browser, he was the only chap present

[The_Eliminator]

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Bet you hes a PC fan.

[=)BiT(= Evant3k]

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Bet you hes a PC fan.

Me gots 7 fans!

[PPSKevin]

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remember its just a game

[imported_Will]

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Wow. Stealing MW2? I remember tuesday when the game was release, some kid in the hospital near where I live got it stolen. My friend (who volunteers there) said it was a gift from his family because the kid was sick. Wow, its just amazing what people would do for a game.