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Ajax35 Calculating status... 2 posts since
Nov 19, 2012

I will never buy another Treyarch game

Posted by Ajax35 on Nov 19, 2012 3:19 PM

Honestly, taking Nuketown away from people who preordered the game is the single slimiest thing I've seen this entire generation.  Even Capcom wouldn't stoop this low.  Usually I laugh at people who nerdrage over suing game developers, but this actually seems like a pretty clear case of false advertising and says something about the character of the people who run your firm.

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  • SitRepPro Expert 2,022 posts since
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    SitRepPro     Nov 19, 2012 3:22 PM (in response to Ajax35)

    Well, is there legal redress in the US?  Sounds like they may have got people's money deceptively, which may be illegal.

    • Ajax35 Newbie 2 posts since
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      Ajax35     Nov 19, 2012 3:33 PM (in response to SitRepPro)

      I'll file a complaint with the BBB tomorrow, but I won't bother with legal action otherwise.  I'm 40 years old, $60 isn't that big a deal to me, and it isn't worth it to try to collect any damages.  But I'm ticked on the general principle of the thing, and I won't support a firm that engages in dishonest business practices, which means no more Treyarch games for me in the future. 

       

      The thing is, if Nuketown 2025 had been advertised as a "Launch Week and Special Events" bonus from the start, I would have been fine with that and preordered anyway.  It's the outright lying that I'm mad about.

      • SitRepPro Expert 2,022 posts since
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        SitRepPro     Nov 19, 2012 4:00 PM (in response to Ajax35)

        Ajax35 wrote:

         

        I'll file a complaint with the BBB tomorrow, but I won't bother with legal action otherwise.  I'm 40 years old, $60 isn't that big a deal to me, and it isn't worth it to try to collect any damages.  But I'm ticked on the general principle of the thing, and I won't support a firm that engages in dishonest business practices, which means no more Treyarch games for me in the future. 

         

        The thing is, if Nuketown 2025 had been advertised as a "Launch Week and Special Events" bonus from the start, I would have been fine with that and preordered anyway.  It's the outright lying that I'm mad about.

         

        I agree totally.  I was going to get it preordered (Amazon sucked so I got it at a supermarket for cheaper and it was preorder stock so got Nuketown 2025) but it's the principle.  I used to hate Nuketown when I first played BO1 and it wasn't until I got real good at Dome on MW3 that I could do well in Nuketown.

         

        I think part of these bad businesses practices are a symptom of a monopoly that COD has in terms of rival comeptition by sales etc.  There are plenty of alternative decent shooters out there so I'll be exploring since I mainly get COD to play with friends as it's the common denomintor game.

         

        I'm in England so I'm not totally familiar with US laws but I last I read they appear to be better than my own jurisdiction's.  No idea how well they are enforced though.

  • timo-187 Calculating status... 3 posts since
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    timo-187     Nov 19, 2012 3:24 PM (in response to Ajax35)

    for real !!!!!!, i only bought the game because i loved nuketown so much in black ops

  • firehawkshooter Expert 2,340 posts since
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    firehawkshooter     Nov 19, 2012 4:08 PM (in response to Ajax35)

    At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Nuketown 2025 became a part of a DLC pack.

     

    It's truly surprising that Treyarch (which I believed to be superior to Infinity Ward for a long time) would stoop to this level of lying and business. I purchased the Hardened Edition of the game and I'm thoroughly angered by the fact that Treyarch decided to include Nuketown Zombies in the Season Pass (scam #1). Then, they surprised us again by removing Nuketown 2025 from the playlist (scam #2).

     

    Not impressed.

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