Teenager Asks For Modern Warfare 2 For Christmas, Gets This Instead

A slightly more light-hearted news story here, a teenager asked for a copy of Modern Warfare 2 for Christmas, but ended up getting something quite different.

[PirateThom]

Not even the Blu-ray version :(

[Bloodraid]

Ahah, nice comment mate.

As for MW2, I'm glad he didn't get it. He deserves not to have to play that piece of crap.

[Sunny_D]

Well, atleast the boy was greatful and still thanked his grandparents for the gift. All too many times I've seen many brats complain and go nuts on their parents/grandparents just because they made a mistake. Even though they want to make the child happy.

[toaster]

Maybe they did it because they have a sense of humor? lol

I wouldn't mind getting 4 movies for the holidays. You'll invest more time into those movies than Modern Warfare 2's campaign anyways.

[bruddahmanmatt]

Thank God there are still elderly people in this world who have a little lead left in their pencils. God knows that kid's Grandparents did him a favor by saving him from the overratedness that is Modern Warfare 2. +Bubbles for the Grandparents.

[The_Devil_Hunter]

Wow he didnt complain...thats nice.

[RockmanII7]

MW2 doesn't deserve the praise or sales it's been getting but it also isn't a POS.

[Close_Second]

...it has experienced huge sales which has translated into a high number of on-line players. I tried MW2 but found the gameplay not to my liking, especially the run-n-gun multiplayer which is aimed at kids.

[aaron5829]

No complains ... that was a good surprise...

I would think he'd probably go crazy and scream at the grandparents...

But yea... he's cool !

Kudos to the grandparents too... the kid got what he wanted... 'Modern Warfare'

:)

[4Sh0w]

MW2 is Awesome, I'm on my 2nd prestige level 53 and loving every minute of it, I play it for at least a few hrs every day after work, hopefully he will get the game soon and join the rest of us having fun.

[heroicjanitor]

The guy at the store must have been a prick, surely he knew what they meant...

[SixZeroFour]

@heroicjanitor - true, but only if the grandparents asked the guy at the store for modern warefare and didnt get that "modern warefare" without asking...if they didnt ask and picked that up themselves, then the person at the store prolly thought it was for themselves

[morganfell]

Every year millions of cattle walk the same route into the slaughterhouse. That doesn't men they found a really good shortcut to the hay field. Millions of sales still does not equal quality.

[4Sh0w]

Your analogy doesnt make much sense when you apply just a bit of logic. The cows continue to follow the same path to the slaughterhouse every year because of course the cows before them have already been slaughtered and therefore could not warn them where this path leads, lol as if cows can talk but I'm not the one who compared them to gamers in the first place. At any rate even if they knew COWS DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, THEIR FATE IS DETERMINED FOR THEM, GAMERS GET TO CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES. A bad game might have strong sales out the gate but if so many of the early adopters were dissapointed then word of mouth would definitely reduce sales to a level where it would not continue to chart. Also unlike the cows, these *same gamers continue to come back for more, which confirms gamers enjoy this "slaughterhouse game" making MW2 easily the most played game since launch, where I'm from when so many people enjoy the same product its generally thought of to be quality which is the biggest reason your analogy fails= SALES ALONE MAY NOT EQUAL QUALITY BUT SALES+CONTINUED USER PLAY IS A HUGE INDICATOR OF QUALITY, if not then please Morganfell I would like to know how you define quality?

[JeffGUNZ]

I will add a little more logic for your statement. Games that sell well are strong indicators of good quality. Everybody in this world is different, so what you think is quality is not necessarily what another person thinks. I know a lot of PS3 fanboys on this site think that the better the graphics are, the better the game (i.e Killzone 2). Now, I am not saying KZ2 is bad, it's a great game, but a lot of die hard fanboys here think quality is in the graphics.

My main point; If a game sells million and millions this quick, it is an indicator to the market that the game is in high demand. Why do you think the game is in high demand? It could possibly be that a majority of the consumers have made up THEIR minds that the product (MW2) is quality to them and therefore, they make their purchase. Listen, if you don't like the run and gun style of play, then that is fine. I personally enjoy that. Someone above this post stated that run and gun are designed for kids. Worst statement I have ever read. Again, just because someone doesn't like something or does not prefer something, doesn't mean it is not quality. What makes run and gun aimed for kids? I don't get it. I don't prefer slow, big maps, camping, style war games like Operation Flashpoint or Ghost Recon. That doesn't mean I am going to sit here and say those games are not quality.

Bottom line; Modern Warfare 2 is an excellent single player and online experience. My friends and I , all over the age of 24+, enjoy playing with each other during the week nights after work. If you don't like the game because you played it and it's not your cup of tea, then fine, their are 55045852 other games out there. Just don't try to tell me that a game that sells this well and gets such high reviews is not a quality product. Personally, I am going to take the word of sources like gamepro and ign over you.

[The Happy Baby]

Parent Fail

[bacon13]

Good for him taking it like a man. I agree with other members statements that the clerk must have known what a "Modern Warfare" is. Old people and videogames are like oil and water, except for that grandma that owns games on youtube.

[pixelsword]

...on the Wii.

Which explains why hardly any of the critically acclaimed Wii games get bought.

[edgeofblade]

I know all too well the soul crushing disappointment of a grandparent that doesn't get it. But this is a chance to do something nice for your grandparents.

Get the game anyway and put it in the case they got, then bring it over and have them watch you playing it. Not online, of course; your grandparents probably think you an internet for fishing.

They will get to see you gunning down innocent air travelers in Russia. That will probably hasten their otherwise slow march to the coffin. See? Something nice for grandma...

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

Agreed! I don't think a product that sells more than any other game by a large margin (I'm talking about millions) this year, most talked about, most anticipated and have the biggest online community on both platforms separately can be considered a terrible game!

Let me repeat that, it sold most games on each platform (outselling any exclusives) and have the most gamers at any time online on each platform counted separately. If that is not a great game, then I need to get in touch with the marketing company behind MW2, since I would like to sell Pong HD Remix 2010 for $60 upon release!!!

on-topic: I saw this at bestbuy.com and thought the very same thing. That video must have gotten a sales boost! Maybe Activision will go after them for trademark infringement.

[SasanovaS1987]

are the grandparents to blame for this imbecile not specifying what he wanted

[gaffyh]

Seems like he was quite clear actually, he actually named the game in its entirety

[JonnyBadfinger]

I would glady trade my copy of the game with him for that. MW2 is crap, its the game that has killed the franchise for me. Its multiplayer is horrendous, seriously the multiplayer team at IW need to be shot or linched from the highest tree possible, because they killed multiplayer.

dont say i suck because thats not true i got a K/D of 2.02, its the matchmaking that is flawed beyond repairable.

[jadenkorri]

the nuke is retarded ending the map, it should kill the entire enemy team and give radiation to them afterwards, meaning they all play near death.

[4point7BillionLoss]

I asked my dad to get me a Cannibal Corpse music video ... and he got me fine young cannibals ....

I had the disappointment of a PS3 fan boy that day ... yellow teeth and everything ....

[RedDragan]

At least it is better than getting socks!

And it could have been much worse, he could have got Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!!!!

[monkey602]

Still I wonder how anyone could go into a shop and ask for Modern Warfare and be given this?! If you went into anywhere recently and asked for Modern Warfare they'd just know you wanted the game! Grandparents were conned with this one.

[dalibor]

The grandparents should have said "Modern Warfare VIDEOGAME" to cause less confusion. At least he got something for Xmas. I swear I saw this movie pack before though, at Kmart I think it was. Around $10-15. Either that or some other kind of 4 film movie pack.

[MegaPowa]

he most likely would of gotten cod4 lol

[DaTruth]

The salesperson brought them a $60 video game and a $10 movie. I think deep inside... they knew.

[Bluellama1]

I can't beleive that the grandparents would get these confused, at least the kid ended up liking the movies.

[shadowfox]

LMAO!

[SmokingMonkey]

You ruined Xmas MOM!!!

Should of asked for Uncharted 2 or just asked;

"Can I have the Game of the Year for XMAS mom?"

[STK026]

and she would have given him something like Oblivion, LBP or Gears of War 2, since unlike Uncharted 2, they currently have GOTY editions. I'm not saying UC2 isn't GOTY, but for someone who doesn't know how the industry works, if you aks for the GOTY, expect them to get back from the store, confused, with multiple games with the GOTY tag, but not this year's GOTY.

[DaTruth]

I don't even want to see the crappy movie sequel the grandparents would have come home with. Indiana Jones ripoff B-movie!

[SmokingMonkey]

yeah, sadly you're right.

All the other employee's of the Gstop I work at try and downplay U2's greatness, they are all biased and have said that I should buy a 360 'for the multiplats?!' after I asked them "what games are coming out on the 360 that I "must play"'

[YogiBear]

It's the exact opposite at my gamestop. We have actually sold out of Uncharted 2 for the second time.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

LOL!

[Redempteur]

Excellent ..

it's like he got 4 modernwarfares !!

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

You gotta love that.

If I got that instead, I'd just keep it and watch them. If his grandparents love him, why would he be concerned whether they got the right thing or not.

It's the thought that counts. : )

[Erotic Sheep]

Well in the end, he did get the better deal XD

[deadlyliquidxxx]

i would kill a person for saying that

[unknownhero1123]

Modern crapfare 2 is pure grade A crap.

come and get me.

edit: why the disagrees? he's threatening people who have a different opinion of MW2.

[RememberThe357]

MW2 was a pretty big disappointment. The Campaign was poorly told and the online was a mess. Playing MW2 online made me want to go back to COD4.

[Erotic Sheep]

MW2 wasn't bad.. but mentioned as above a HUGE dissapointment compared to its predecessor, especially the single player (which rocked in COD4).

[bjornbear]

wow man cut down on the steroids xD

[MajestieBeast]

Lol that is pretty funny.

[cyclindk]

Ah, old folk. What would we do without em?

Answer, get better gifts for Christmas, senility is not an excuse for crappy presents.

[poindat]

Meh, a gift's a gift. It's not like he paid for it. Really, I'd be happy to get ANYTHING for Christmas.

[cyclindk]

"Anything," you say?

Even a dog turd wrapped in tin foil?

I thought not.

[xKARxPaul]

lol i'd laugh and just think fck me what are the chances???

[horndog]

I imagine that at their age it's hard to keep up with the times especially regarding video games, electronics and music. It was an honest effort and one can understand why. Funny indeed though.

[anatomyofme]

Wow talk about great advertising lol Think about this why would some1 sell these bad movies as Modern Warfare right as the game is selling like hotcakes? lol So some old people who don't know anything else about video games will buy it thinking it is the game. lol

[xKARxPaul]

lol why is your avatar picture of a baby is it meant to be a sign of petaphile user

[Skynetone]

The one and only year i actually wanted that selection box, they got me a pair of socks

After twelve years, i coundnt believe it

[DaTruth]

Lol! Did you enjoy the socks and accept it with class, like this guy?

[Coolrah]

owned...atleast he was grateful...

[Quadrix]

Wow. Knowing humanity, I was expecting an entire slaughter of the family.

[monkey602]

I'm glad everyone sees sense and is giving the kid his fair dues on just being appreciative. Its not really the gift that matters anyway. After all, I'm sure there are a number of us here that would just like to have our grandparents still with us

[YogiBear]

The first genuinely good comment i have read on this site in months.

[bjornbear]

not to mention, the grandparent's actually got it almost right! Mine would probably have gotten me a shirt with military camo on it or smt xD

props to the this kids grandparents, and the kid! good sport =)

[foreverflame]

Ps3 owners are so fuc_king stupid

[FiftyFourPointTwo]

Look how you spelled f**king and tell me who's stupid.

[aaron5829]

They are stupid how ??

[hatchimatchi]

welcome back forever flame

+bubbles.

Funniest poster on n4g.

[The Iron Sheik]

Stupid? Like buying a console with the highest failure rate in the history of consoles? No us PS3 fans didn't do that.

[PhoenixLight]

the grandparents don't own a ps3 :D

[Double07]

You have the audacity to call people stupid? I just read some of your other comments and find that to be hillarious.

Here you go everyone, have a laugh =D

http://n4g.com/up/68139/com...

[The_Nameless_One]

HEW-HEW!

[insomnium]

buy an x360 for their kids. They don't know. "Games are for kids". "I see advertisement so I buy that. It says cheapest and free limitless entertainment so it has to be good". Ignorance feeds MS.

[mimizone]

I find a lot less than 17 kind of comments generally around CoD...
makes me wonder if a single gamestop actually checks age or parents care or know about parental controls.
Go kid and play katamari instead!

[CrippleH]

The kid got owned but beggars can't be choosers.

[dredgewalker]

@deadlyliquid
You should kill yourself for liking a halfdone game. The kid had a better gift than that half-assed game. I had a better time with MW1 a hundred times than the sequel. So i would say MW2 is a bad, awful, overpriced, full of glitch of a game. Dude this is the internet anyone who threatens anyone on the net is sure to be a loser.

[fraddyboy]

lol wowwwwwwwwww

[MeatAbstract]

Ah well, least he thanked his grandparents and watched some of the films as well! Might was well give Navy Seals a watch just to see Charlie Sheen leap off a bridge from a moving car.

I remember when I was a kid, I wanted Ocarina of Time for my N64 for Christmas. I was sure it was under the tree. Christmas day arrives, I open it and it was World Cup 98! I still smiled, laughed and gave my parents a big hug and thanked them. They then said they knew I hated sports games and wanted to see the look on my face and then handed me Zelda. Best Christmas ever.

[wogsy]

Is it only me seeing the problem here.. (what is the point of age ratings if noone pays any attention to them)

The 17 year old scrub should have to wait till he is 18 before he can get camped on! He will be that little bit more mature to cope with the stress that playing this game brings..

I thought Street Fighter 4 induces rage but this game takes the biscuit.. If its not getting camped on by scrubs its situations where im putting 8 rounds into some dudes nasal cavity and theen have him lift his gun and kill me with 1 shot then runaway as if nothing has happened????

This game would make the pope swear let me tell ya!

[AEtherbane]

Its a good thing the kid didnt get the game, he's too young. It's rated 18+ for a good reason.

[MeatAbstract]

He's 17, not 6. The law states they cannot sell the game to anyone that is under age. He wasn't going to buy it and if his grandparents felt he could play it then that is their choice.

Also, the story was probably exchanged with someone on a forum in good humor, not to insult his grandparents.

And ANY game can cause stress. Hell, play an old Mario game and you tell me that wouldn't stress you out or a Megaman game.

Lastly, he THANKED his grandparents. He didn't get what he wanted, he was probably dissapointed but his loving grandparents still bought him a gift and he was happy for that. I honestly don't see the problem.

[VenomSilos]

I just thought I'd comment on this, lol.

I do agree with ya and everything but, an M-Rated game's legal age to purchase is actually 17 (at least, according to the ESRB), not 18... But since we're talking about Call of Duty, it might as well me 4... Just talking about MW2 again depresses me -- I wanna puke just thinking about it, lol.

[AEtherbane]

Why would you ask a grandparent for something so far fetched from there generation. Poor grandparent, probably didnt have a clue what MWF2 was....

[rubixCubos]

AH HA HA like something my old dear would do

[dadeisvenm]

Cutting out or circling a picture of the game in the weekly circular. At the very least print out a picture of the cover for your Grand Parents.

[SpinalRemains138]

At 17 I would think the guy could have a job and purchase his own most desired games. Then to laugh when opening it? This isn't news. It's a story about a lazy brat.

[lovestospoodge]

I mean, there are still just as many dedicated servers

[The-Only-Truth]

When I read the part about "him burst out laughing", something died inside me...
Anyway, if this brat is really so thankful and appreciative, how do we get to know a story like this in the first place? Why did he even report/make a post about this incident and we're actually able to read about it?
This totally ridicules everything he said before. I feel really sorry for the grandparents for having such an idiot as a grandchild.
Sure, I'd be also disappointed about the gift, but there's no way I'd make that public. What's the reason?
No matter how you look at it, it makes the grandparents appear like a pair of cliched senile oldies.
Man, I wish I still had grandparents, no matter what gift they'd make...

[lovestospoodge]

are you serious..

[MonopolyRSV]

He actually ended up with the better gift I think.

[dadeisvenm]

Thats cold blooded.

[danielle007]

That's so adorable!

[The Iron Sheik]

I wonder if all those movies together are longer than MW2's campaign. He might of got a better deal than he thought.

[PhoenixLight]

just cause they're long doesn't mean their good. well, at least you tried being clever.

[Relientk77]

I mean that's what you wanted right?

wtf? is that

[Risque]

This is why it is clearly best not to ask for anything and just smile and take the socks. You probably need them, anyway.

[SpinalRemains138]

Do juniors and seniors in highshcool work anymore? It seems to me that nowdays Vs 20 yrs ago, almost none of the 17-19 yr olds have jobs anymore. Am I on Mars? What self respecting 17 yr old young man asks his grandpa for a video game? My goodness. A healthy adult 17 yr old would purchase his own toys with his own money and leave his family to buy easy things like socks and such. What a spoiled punk. I'm sorry, but this is what his generation is about. He deserves everything and does nothing but complain behind gramma's back. If you're gonna complain about it, at least have the stones to tell your Grandparents you didn't like the gift. Otherwise..... walk it off and go get a job!

[UziSuicide]

That'll teach him to ask.

17yrs + who are still asking for gifts deserve all they get given tbh.

[MGRogue2017]

I adore your grandparents, Could I borrow it for a few days... so I could watch 'em?

Oh, And could you tell 'em that I'll be on Modern Warfare 2 same time tonight if they want to have another match with me?? ... Last night's match was fantastic! Thanks! *hint hint* lol :)

[HubbaBubba]

That looks like exactly what i wanted :)

[plumber15]

you guys are giving him to much credit for not complaining HEs 17 years old he shouldnt
complain

[HubbaBubba]

If hes 17 he should have a job and buy the damn game himself

[Ian414]

there is a comment ear the top saying the game is aimed at kids because its ru ad gun style onnline.i greatly ejoy the online and i put down claymores and do ot run the risk of runnig around when i play free fo all and i only play free for all because when i played alot TDM my kill death ratio was .5 and in a week of like 1 hour a day i raised to .92 when i switched to free for all ad im great at it i usally have more tha double my kills than i do deaths and the only reaso my kill death ratio is so low is because my little bro plays

[heavensdevil]

So I could only imagine the effort his grandparents took to find it. Goes to show how much they love their grandkid. Kudos to the guy for not yelling in disappointment. Most people would be screaming their heads off.

[BenderDGreat82]

I love grandparents...so cute and obvlivious at times. You can only imagine how hard they probably looked for this vid. Quite frankly, I think I would prefer the movie rather than the game.