Activision lies to its consumers: Modern Warfare 2 censored in Germany

Greywulf - 38 days 12 hours ago

Why do u guys keep participating in these n4g-directed articles? The guys just write stories to get N4G hits.. Notice that they always edit them based on complaints.

I mean.. is N4G really directing that much traffic to your site?

"Well, when I read that Modern Warefare 2 was to be uncensored, I was a bit thrilled. Not that I am much of an fps gamer, mind you, but, that would mark the FIRST Call of Duty game in the main series, that would be uncut in Germany.

Now, Activision send out letters to the press and retailers detailing the release of Modern Warfare 2, which is very carefully written not to say anything about censorship.

The original press release said, and I quote "The German version of Modern Warfare 2 includes every single level of the US release uncut. All of the three modes (single, multi and coop) are included. The multiplayer mode of MW2 is compatible with the internation version and identical in terms of the points system, including doubles kills etc... This allows the player to search for games worldwide and to show his prowess against players all over the world"

See... no word on ANY censorship. It indeed reads like it means it is completely uncut, right?

WRONG! There were some rumors floating about, but nothing concret, until earlier this week. And, being asked by the german gaming press, Activision was quick to deny any rumors, saying:" those people don't seem to be well informed" and, adding insult in the same sentence, Activision confirmed the earlier press release and said again... NO CUTS.

4Players then went on and asked again... and now the tune changed, strangely.

For some people, this might be a SPOILER, so readers be advised.

There's a scene in the game, were you are disguised as a terrorist and you have the ability to shoot and kill unarmed civilians. This is not possible in the german version! If you try to shoot a civilian, the game screen turns black and you restart at your last checkpoint (just like with friendly fire, I suppose).

Now... if Activision did say so from the get go, I wouldn't have cared at all. But... retailers like Amazon specifically advertized the game as "uncensored", on behalf of the information given by Activision. Of course, I know why Activision acted like they did... censored games sell worse in Germany, and rightly so!

If that was all that was censored, it wouldn't even be half bad! I mean, CoD4 missed the arcade mode in Germany, WaW lost Nazi Zombies (my favourite mode, tbh), and many of the fmv cutscenes are cut down severely to not show any connection to Hitler or Swastikas.

Ubisoft on the other hand made some strange comments too. When Assassin's Creed 1 was released two years ago, at first they said they had to censor the game, which was strange, since it had gotten a 16+ rating. And it wasn't censored! Same is happening now with AC2. I guess this was a PR stunt to boost hype. Well, we'll see about that in some days time!"

Source -4Players.de

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Bebedora - 38 days 12 hours ago

This is like cleaving hairs....who cares who said what to whom? A good game is a good game, or else what?

[edit] Besides from that...they put their a** on the forman grill if not.

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Blaze929 - 38 days 12 hours ago

Hmm? What was the point of all that?

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Deadly_Sinner - 37 days 20 hours ago

They will say anything to get people to buy their grapy games.

BOYCOTT MW2!
BOYCOTT MW2!
BOYCOTT MW2!

I am with you, my PC brothers!

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Bebedora - 38 days 12 hours ago

Censoring is a nail in the eye on an artist

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fr0sty - 38 days 12 hours ago

censorship is a cancer.

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TheEvilGeneral - 38 days 11 hours ago

Yeah, but if you're not a German in Germany, it's kind of a bullshit article, as in it's sensationalizing something that I, and every other country including Germany don't really find that shocking- another violent FPS being censored in Deutschland, when there was talk of it potentially not being. The bullshit part of the article being the argument, that Activision are liars. Wow, liars?

I mean, it's written like a freakn tragedy, like it's a cover up or something. Like the trust Activision had with it's consumers is forever broken, the stigma of their actions will forever stain their image. Granted, you can be pissed if you're German, and technically it is news, and on top of that this is just my opinion, but when you read that title on N4G, it just reeks of propaganda. "Activision lies to its consumers"- They lied to me? My friends? Heck, the English speaking world? Should I boycott?

Censorship is not imposed by Activision, it's imposed by Germany on the German people. ...Like Activision loves spending money on rewriting their code to piss off FPS junkies...

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fr0sty - 38 days 7 hours ago

Robin Segitz, this article's author, is a German in Germany.

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Polluted - 38 days 12 hours ago

Maybe you should direct a little bit of that rage at the governing bodies in Germany who wouldn't let them sell their game without making cuts. Why are we pretending like this is Activision's fault? Obviously they're like the "new EA" and it's cool to hate on them atm, but this is getting a bit silly.

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Dutch Boogie - 38 days 11 hours ago

Nar more like a jewish kid who got picked on alot at school.

Now he's taking revenge on the cool kids who gave him hell lol.

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karan8624 - 38 days 10 hours ago

I wonder who these spam things are directed at? Who would be stupid enough to click the link?

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WenisWagon - 38 days 11 hours ago

What do you expect though, Sony sites have probably had a record low in terms of site hits these past few years, because there is absolutely nothing exciting about to report on the ps3, so they have to resort to crappy articles with far-fetched titles in order to get hits from the gullible droids on N4g.

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karan8624 - 38 days 11 hours ago

You guys are so pathetic its funny. Any chance to diss the PS3 eh?

First you had nothing to say about graphics, so you dissed the games
Now you cant diss the games, so you diss the online
Now you cant diss the online, so you diss the sales
Now you cant diss the sales, you diss PS3 websites

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CernaML - 38 days 11 hours ago

" because there is absolutely nothing exciting about to report on the 360."

Fixed. Now I think it's best to stay in your Modern Warfare 2 articles. That's pretty much the only exciting news you'll be getting for a while. :)

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