Open Letter on Call of Duty Demo
3D Downloads
3D Gamers
AusGamers
Blue's News
Edge Files / Callofduty.org
FileFront
FileShack
Gamer's Hell
GameGossip
Loaded Inc Network
Tiscali Games
WorthPlaying
The above-listed websites hope to show Activision that the enthusiast industry is strongly opposed to the idea of exclusive demo releases.
Feedback from our users shows that gamers hate to be forced through a single point of congestion if they want a demo right away. While these websites are actually competitors, this competition provides the freedom of choice that enthusiasts want by offering the widest possible distribution of any demo (a sample intended to interest as many gamers as possible in the full product, after all) rather than the most restricted one.
Therefore, something this disrespectful of the industry as a whole has inspired all of these websites to stand together in this open letter.
Deals like this hurt the industry much more than they could possibly enhance a single relationship, and we ask for your support in sending out this message
UPDATE! Activision has changed their mind, details are here.