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Think twice before buying any games made by Activision!

We purchased an X-Box 360 for our sons on Christmas, along with a number of games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2, both made by Activision.

Last week, I noticed small cracks radiating from the center of the disks, making them unusable (see links below). As background, our sons have always taken care with their games, putting them back in the cases when finished and taking them out of the cases correctly. Since our first game system in 2004, a Sega Dreamcast, through a Nintendo Gamecube, a Wii, and now the X-Box 360, we had never experienced a disc with cracks like these. Now, four months after buying these games, and paying a premium for them, they can't be used. A number of other X-Box 360 games, made by other manufacturers and purchased at the same time as the cracked discs, are fine.

I suspect, although I have no way of verifying this, that the MW2 and COD disks are more brittle than they should be, and I've also noticed that the disc cases are a little rough on the inside of the disc when you snap it in place. This is not acceptable for a game that people pay $70 for.

As per Activision Customer Service: "Unfortunately we cannot replace any physically damaged discs without the $20 per disc replacement fee. The limited warranty on the disc is only 90 days, and will not cover cracks."

Yeah, it's unfortunate, unfortunate to me to have to pay for these discs again. I find it interesting that Activision is running a profit center that benefits from a potentially defective product.

I will probably spend the $40 for replacement, because my sons really miss the games, and because I have no other choice. If they were manufactured at a level of quality corresponding to their high prices, the games would still be working. Activision refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem. All I'm asking is that they exchange my discs at no cost, and look into the matter. I guess it's not cost-effective to listen to your customers, is it?

I will avoid Activision in the future when I can.

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Where do I start...STEAM a program designed to connect players with other players across the internet for online gaming...RIGHT..well... nope thats F'N WRONG !

What a load of horse ###... this software is much the same as a virus and ad warez all in one.

Don't purchase any software that requires you to use this software(STEAM). It controls your game. It also controls you being able to play the game without unnecessary updates and it also crashes the game, MAKING THE GAME LOOK BAD.
I've come to this conclusion " It is a useless piece of ### made to piss users off." Controlling Dictating Software that not only disrupts the great games that use this stupidly made software "STEAM" to run, but also forces you the user to put up with many problems.

WHY? the game companies use (in my opinion) a out of date system is beyond my comprehension. The only semi logic reasoning I see is they need to make more money that's simply GREED. We use to get these games with full control, map makers, and when updates came out we also had the option to use them or not. We also had dedicated servers that could be controlled by the end users to suit there own common interests.

Gone is the basic respect for gamers and its all to easy for companies like Activision say stop ya ###'n you gamers just put up with it. WELL F**K YOU GAME MAKERS, no more I SAY F**K YOU ALL. DOWNLOAD PIRATE COPY DONT GIVE THESE ###ERS ANY MONEY FOR INFERIOR SOFTWARE. F**K EM>:(

I will not be buying any game platform that requires STEAM to play on line. You fooled me once with black ops and that will be the last...I say class action law suit against the ACTIVISION game makers for making us install virus software on our home PC systems.

..an example: AND this is only MY last found problem with Steam as of 26th MArch 2011

What they are doing now is forcing the PC user to download 6gig of contents that isn't required unless you want the new maps --but wait there's more they are going to force the user to PAY for this unwanted update. So even if you will never use these new maps you still have to download the components required taking up your download time / limit + hard drive space etc etc and ...EVEN F'n worse you cant play the game because STEAM is in control while you wait for this download...you may think its petty but it is a infringement on me the software owner that now I cant even access this software for 3-6 days while the game updates. WHAT A POT OF HORSE ###. And dont say get a faster connection as I have ASDL 2+ which alows 1000+Mb/sec...thats right the game makers cant even give you enough download speed to get a game update...even small updates take longer than should be required.

SO dont buy any software that requires programs like STEAM... there will be more out there i'm sure just dont buy that software get software that is MADE for the home user NOT MADE FOR the companies...greedy wankers.

What the ### is wrong with you ### holes. Every time i play any game by activision it crashes and sucks. dont get me wrong i love black ops and MW2 and gutair hero but if your going to make a game make it right. Fix the crashes and the bugs or else i will never buy another game from activision agian. treyarch and infinty ward and other companys are great but activision needs improvement and if activision dosnet do better than they can say good bye to their company because their not going to get another penny from anybody if they dont fix their problems.

My name is Richard Wampler Jr. I am contacting you in reference to a withdraw from my checking account for $65.54 on Nov. 29 that I did not authorize ! My statement read as follows : POS W/D DRI*ACTIVISIONSTORE / ORDERFIND.COM MN STORE / ORDERFIND.COM MN $65.54. I have already contacted my bank in reference to a fraud case. I need someone I can speak by phone as soon as possible.

I bought one of there games and it eventually broke due to the system somehow. I sent them the game back and a 20 dollar money order. they have no record of getting my game and they said there is nothing they can do. so now i am out a 70 dollar game and a 20 dollar money order. they could at least send me a new game i have been a loyal customer and this has been my first problem and they cant do anything they said.

Activision,

I beg of you to reconsider re-releasing downloadable characters & missions on Playstation Network. Pleas don't punish the loyal fans of the game that actually went out and spent their hard-earned money, just because your initial sales didn't meet expectations. If you continue to add to this game, you will continue to make money. Either just a re-release the original DLC to give gamers another chance at these, since so many of us missed out the first time around. Or packaging them with new characters that are at least halfway created by being NPCs such as Bishop, Black Widow & Havok. Or at least offer up characters that were already created for select platforms like Blade, Cyclops & Ghost Rider as DLC, the work is already done on those characters. That would definitely generate some additional profits, and get people excited about the replay both online and not.

Many fans are irate over the way the Downloadable content was handled. Please make things right!

I want to make a complaint towards activision and/or treyarch for absolutely disgusting server performance on the PS3 / call of duty 5 world at war.
I'm about to make a petition with over 100 ready to sign but I dont see why I hsould waste my time. The game used to be enjoyable but now I cannot connect with 2 of my friends but can connect to many others. He cannot even hear me in the lobby. Then when we are in the same lobby, I join a game and he his booted everytime.

I have been playing a while and just recently have been losing every single game and Im usually a 1.06 KILL/DEATH ratio. My connection bar shows 3 usually but I am still shot with what looks like 1 bullet from the enemy, proving that they are seeing me a long itme before I see them and therefore killing me. I am an IT manager and have tried absolutely everything. My network is fine, it is 100% at the serverside, its pathetic, have they patched the game so that my connection looks high but in actual fact it isnt? Are they disguising the fact that the servers are so poor but dont want us to know?

Are certain countries taking up the bandwith or do certain areasd have priority? Either way, I am a patient person and have waited for a decent game, 10 hours of play later and it is still the same. Doesnt matter what rank they are either, even poor players are seeing me before I get to see them, the lag is atrocious and characters are jerking all over the place.

I hope you fix this rubbish before people boycott this game, especially as moder warfare 2 is coming out. Im glad they rant using your crap servers, you are obviously a bit daft not to fix this ready for map pack 4.

Trey arch SORT this crap out, get onto activisions idiot IT team and kick them in the face and get this problem SOLVED.

Hackers are widespread on Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Online. All parties involved Infinity Ward, Activision, Sony are not rectifying the problem or even telling its customers when the problem will be fixed. I am trying to report each hacker as I come across them (there are just too many of them). Now I am getting abusive mail from them and although Infinty Ward have said they have a fix for the problem Sony is still not responding. Disgusting behaviour from players and Sony. Pictures are attached of 2 mails sent to me with abusive language.

Dear sirs,

I would like to submit this complaint due to the fact that there is racism involved.

The game product by activision has been cracked by a few people online and have created cracked servers where they can freely express racism towards other people.
I have proof of this and i have the usernames and IP adress of the server. It is located in the US.

I as a libyan do not have activision support here in libya and there is no branch.
The game call of duty that i own is also cracked however i have decided to join this server and have been repeatedly abused by racsist words.

I beg of you to do something.
It is unfair that they freely use the word ni***er and F*** etc., I am shocked by this and i beg of you to do something, including for the african american community in the US.

They have also used terms against religion, ex F*** Allah and other extreme words.

I have the usernames and the server.
Please do something,
Thank you,
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