I personally find it insulting that they are charging this amount for 5 Modern warfare 2 maps 

id buy an indie game for that price. fuck them

" I personally find it insulting that they are charging this amount for 5 Modern warfare 2 maps  "

...Seriously?  15 bucks for 5 maps?  Where did you see this?

exactly they are actually taking the piss sad thing is people are going to buy it regardless 

" ...Seriously?  15 bucks for 5 maps?  Where did you see this? "

I don't understand why you people are still surprised by their bullshit. What the hell were you all expecting? Where none of you around when they hiked up the PC price, and all the other bullshit they've done?

on major nelsons podcast starts around 49 mins in http://cdn2.libsyn.com/majornelson/mnr-031410-353-WillwheatonMW2MapsandSC2.mp3?nvb=20100315003803&nva=20100316004803&t=07ce92d577f29a9da9388

You can't make an unbelievable claim without providing a link! Give us a link!

For "hardcore" gamers its definately hard to take when you buy new games all the time and download full game experiences for less than the price of the map pack. The problem is that it will most likely work, a large number of the MW2 players seem not be the "Hardcore" gamers but the kind of gamers who own 1/2/3 games which are the most mainstream titles like FIFA/PES/Madden and MW2 (or Cod's) so for them its a one time payment when they dont otherwise spend much on games and have no concept of the value of 1200MSP.

Still if I was playing a lot of MW2 I wouldent want to pay 1200, id rather keep it and get a whole new game for 800/1200 points from XBL. Though again if I was playing a lot of MW2 you almost have to get the mappack to continue playing, if you dont you will most likely get dropped every second match and your friends will get pissed you arent following along with them.

They are trying to stimulate there financial situation at Activision by ripping a bunch of people off.

I wonder if it is the same price on Steam.

what the fuck?! I just listened to that part and...  
 
seriously.. what the hell. 

haha sillys, I sold my modern warfare 2 today for 42 dollars.

That's what happens when World at War DLC sells millions. YOU FOOLS!

What are you avin' a giraffe mate!? 
 

I didn't buy a single piece of world at war dlc i am not to blame ! : ) 

will not buy. Will spend money instead on buying the 3 Fallout 3 DLCs (anchorage, Pit, mothership zeta) I don't have. I heard they were shitty buy i don't care. I have never spent money on DLC map packs, and this certainly isn't going to get me to start.

shiiit. i just listened to that shit. 14.99. jesus fucking christ. why would any one pay 15 for 5 maps. 2 of which are re used from cod4

Get as mad as you want but 2 million people are still going to buy it, and then they'll buy the next one for the same price, and the next one, and then the next one for 20 dollars.

OMFG. Well, I kinda knew this would happen. Well, I got the first map pack on CoD 4 for free. So hopefully the same will happen with this one. If not then oh well. I don't need to play MP. I'll just get the trophy's for the 69 stars and beating it on Veteran then I'm done.

because they are fools

800MSP for Perfect Dark or more maps for Modern Warfare 2 for 1,200MSP? Roll on Joanna!

I won't be buying it. I don't have enough money to blow $15 on maps for a game I play maybe twice a month. 

" Get as mad as you want but 2 million people are still going to buy it, and then they'll buy the next one for the same price, and the next one, and then the next one for 20 dollars. "

I think I'll buy Shadow Complex instead. Sorry Activision, but I'm in no way loyal to you.

Of course... we all forget that it's ok for bungie to charge $10 for 3 maps, which is technically more expensive PER MAP than this one is. But it's Activision. What do you expect?

Not buying it because MW2 is boring now.  The high price point is just an added hindrance.

1200msp aren't to bad when you get to play Overgrown and Crash on MW2.  With Bungie charging 800 for 3 maps I can't really complain.

Whatever man, I'm saving all 2000 points for my Mass Effect 2.

The worst part is 2 are ports, even if they are the best maps of the series, it's shady as hell.

FUCK.THAT.

Let's be honest, technically you are only paying for 3 NEW maps. 1,200 MSP for 3 new maps is a God-damn rip-off. 
 
But, it isn't like none of us expected Activision would pull this kind of shit. 

wow, i'm glad i sold my copy of mw2. i can't see why anybody would be playing that game online still, but even if it was for a better online game, 15 bucks for 5 maps is pushing it. i'll spend my cash on braid instead, thanks.

" Of course... we all forget that it's ok for bungie to charge $10 for 3 maps, which is technically more expensive PER MAP than this one is. But it's Activision. What do you expect? "

" I think I'll buy Shadow Complex instead. Sorry Activision, but I'm in no way loyal to you. "

" @ArbitraryWater said:

" Of course... we all forget that it's ok for bungie to charge $10 for 3 maps, which is technically more expensive PER MAP than this one is. But it's Activision. What do you expect? "

It's the price point. We did the same for CoD 4. Because they were brand new maps. So, $15 for 3 new maps and 2 ported maps is kind of ridiculous. "

I don't like it, but it's still a better rate than Bungie charging $10 for 3 maps on Halo 3. In this, it's $3 a map. For Halo, it's about $3.33 a map.

Funny thing is that more than enough people are going to buy this.
 
This reminds me of Steam-deals, but the opposite. 
Something on a sale or reasonable price might get alot of sales, but in the end the ridiculously expensive stuff actually brings in more money, because there are more suckers out there than bargain-hunters.

I'll be sticking to Battlefield:BC2 and save my MS Points for something that isn't a rip-off.

" @ArchScabby said:

" Get as mad as you want but 2 million people are still going to buy it, and then they'll buy the next one for the same price, and the next one, and then the next one for 20 dollars. "

That's true. But it has to stop somewhere. Where will it stop? Next thing you know Activision will charge $70 for their Call of Duty games. "

15 bucks for 5 maps? 
 
3 bucks per map. 
 
I'd pay that.  Easily.

How much of the money spent on these maps will go to IW in royalties? 
 
 
That's all I want to know.

Well look at the bright side, at least its not mandatory to pay.

" @ch13696 said:

" @ArchScabby said:

" Get as mad as you want but 2 million people are still going to buy it, and then they'll buy the next one for the same price, and the next one, and then the next one for 20 dollars. "

That's true. But it has to stop somewhere. Where will it stop? Next thing you know Activision will charge $70 for their Call of Duty games. "

yeah, then 2 million people will buy it day one, and the next game, and then they will buy the next one for 100 dollars.  People are idiots. "

Do they stop you from playing ranked matches if you don't have the map packs like they do in Halo?

" How much of the money spent on these maps will go to IW in royalties?   That's all I want to know. "