no doubt it's gonna be pirated the hell out of

I say yes as PC players arent adverse to doing that stuff.

I don't know if its gonna be like Spore, but I'm sure it's gonna be pirated a lot. A shame.

I don't know 'how pirated' Spore was (presumably a lot), but the answer is yes, beyond a shadow of a glimmer of a doubt.

It will be pirated a lot and it will sell a lot. Spore did sell well didn't it? The sims games are also pirated a lot but are some of the most succesful. Though I do think that MW2 will do worse than MW on this platform, but that's not related to piracy.

The pirates probably only get single player this time around.

" The pirates probably only get single player this time around. "

It will be pirated like any other game is pirated on the PC. Please be assured though, not all PC gamers pirate their games, some of us do purchase them.

Na, since it requires Steam.

this iwnet business will undoubtedly increase piracy
and anybody who thinks that steam will help stop piracy is STUPID

'fcourse..

" It will be pirated like any other game is pirated on the PC. Please be assured though, not all PC gamers pirate their games, some of us do purchase them. "

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

Steam doesn't stop piracy...there are plenty of fake steam applications that just have all the games unlocked. A lot of them don't work but some of them do. "

Yeah, because most PC gamers don't really like forking over an extra $10 dollars despite the fact that probably a fraction of them built high end computers with their money. That and "boycotting" IW by piracy.

No it will not simply because Modern Warfare 2 does not appeal to the same amount of people who wanted to know what Spore was all about. Everyone was talking about Spore when it was coming out, that game got the hell pimped out of it by both gaming and conventional news outlets and it was something (arguably) new that nowone ever played so everyone was curious about it whereas Modern Warfare is a known quantity and only those who are into FPS games will go after it. 
 
A second point that should be brought up is that Spore's system requirements were pretty low and even semi-dated PCs could play it whereas Modern Warfare will require quite a beefy PC compared to Spore.

" It will be pirated like any other game is pirated on the PC. Please be assured though, not all PC gamers pirate their games, some of us do purchase them. "

I dont know who would want to Pirate a game on a platform where its going to be fucking terrible. For Single player and nothing else? Sure I guess...but thats hardly worth it.

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

Yessum.

I'd say more so than Spore was simply because of how huge this game will be in comparison .

" A couple months after CoD4:MW, that fourzerotwo guy said they were amazed at the amount of pirates on PC, and guess what? That didn't have this server browser craziness nor even DRM. IW is fed up with them. "

" @Binman88 said:

" It will be pirated like any other game is pirated on the PC. Please be assured though, not all PC gamers pirate their games, some of us do purchase them. "

True that.
 
@FlamingHobo said:

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

There's a lot of games that require Steam but have been "cracked" so it works unfortunatly. "

Should´ve pirated spore... bought that game and found out as I was installing that you could only install it 3 time...what the hell?! 
 
Fortunately that game sucked pretty hard and I have only installed it and uninstalled once :D

" I say yes as PC players arent adverse to doing that stuff. "

Well, it doesn't really matter as long as people don't actually buy it. I say boycott this bitch (the PC version that is), Activision needs to get a hint.

Lol boycott, can anyone remind me of a successful videogame boycott?
 
Also it won't be pirated as badly as Spore as that was a singleplayer game which you could in theory 'finish' in two days. I believe that short single-player games are more pirated than big multi-player games. 
 
To show I'm an expert on the stuff: Do Steam achievements work on pirated copies? Probably not, or? Since that could be another thing to buy the game. People wanting to show off their gamer tag.

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

Steam doesn't stop piracy...there are plenty of fake steam applications that just have all the games unlocked. A lot of them don't work but some of them do. "

Of course it will be pirated. Not like those people were going to buy the game anyway though. Ill probably buy it about 3 years down the road when they drop it 10 dollars or steam has a 50% off weekend for it.

" Lol boycott, can anyone remind me of a successful videogame boycott?

A PC game being pirated? Does that even exists? How can this be?  

Asking if a PC game will be pirated is a rhetorical question.

" Asking if a PC game will be pirated is a rhetorical question. "

Spore was pirated 1.7 million times according to Torrentfreak

"Of course it will be pirated. Not like those people were going to buy the game anyway though. Ill probably buy it about 3 years down the road when they drop it 10 dollars or steam has a 50% off weekend for it. "

I find it pretty hilarious that IW is so worried about people pirating the PC version of MW2 while 360 version of the game is already available on torrent sites a good ten days before the release date.

Yes. 360 games are pirated all the time too. (I think there's a MW2 360 pirated version already floating out there). I believe PS3 is the only non-piratable platform?

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

The number of times pirated versions are downloaded does not equal number of lost sales. 
 
Regardless, Spore, Fallout 3, Crysis are games that have been heavily circulated on torrent sites; yet all these titles still turned a fat profit on the pc platform. This "PC gaming is dying" that some devs fling around is BS.
 
Back on topic though, I predict Modern Warfare 2 will be pirated just as much as any big title that has been released in the past.

crysis didnt make a "fat profit" on the pc, more like a minor profit. the game was brilliant and deserved to sell way more then it did.
 
it is true however that  the number of times pirated versions are downloaded does not equal number of lost sales. people who dont understand this are quite stupid.

The game is already out on torrent sites for the Xbox 360. Don't blame the PC platform.

" @Sir_Hugo_Sherwodywody said:

" I say yes as PC players arent adverse to doing that stuff. "

And neither are console players. The thing is, it isn't as easy to pirate on the consoles as it is on the PC.... except with the Dreamcast. The Dreamcast was piss easy to pirate for, all you had to do was burn a disk. Also, least we forget about the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP. So quit making it sound like PC gamers are the only ones who would do this kind of thing. "

" It will be pirated like any other game is pirated on the PC. Please be assured though, not all PC gamers pirate their games, some of us do purchase them. "

i already pre-ordered it...i actually want to play online, but IW has really pissed me off

" @FlamingHobo said:

" Na, since it requires Steam. "

uh no it does not. "