Could somebody please tell me why MW3 Hardened Edition is so large?

[Mike1888]

I like Call of Duty! But yeah, this could have just been the same size as the BO and MW2 hardened editions, but its not a big deal. I'm happy there's no stupid prestige edition this time. Also the 1 year elite is a great deal for CoD fans.

[kennyrh]

One of the guys in my local games store actually laughed when he saw it because of all the wasted space inside the box. He also said it was one of the poorest CEs he'd seen for the price.

I was told by an HMV employee that they had sold out and that this edition was REALLY limited . . .but there's bloody millions of them in the shops where I live.

All this hype is just bullshit . . .bigger the game, smellier the bullshit. Definitely awaiting the inevitable price drop on this one

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Mike1888

Also the 1 year elite is a great deal for CoD fans.

Well that's all dependant on how much you pay for the standard edition and how many map packs they decide to release throughout the year. If they only release two map packs like with previous Modern Warfare games, then it's not such a great deal. If you pay less than RRP for the standard edition, it's equally not as great a deal

I actually ended up paying less than £15 for my standard edition from Tesco using my Clubcard vouchers, so it actually works out cheaper for me to pay for each map pack as and when they're released than it would be for me to buy a Hardened Editon for £80 and get everything for free. For me, they'd have to release at least six map packs at 1,200 MS Points to make the Hardened Edition worth opening to play

(The fact that I also bought a Hardened Edition to keep for the collection is irrelevant, not that I even paid full price for that as I had £20 worth of GAME reward points)

[vhal_x]

They are releasing (apparently) 20 DLC's over the next 9 months, so without the Hardened Edition, you have to pay for all the ones you want out of that yourself (which is a shitload!) xx

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by vhal_x

They are releasing (apparently) 20 DLC's over the next 9 months, so without the Hardened Edition, you have to pay for all the ones you want out of that yourself (which is a shitload!) xx

That remains to be seen. If past COD's are anything to go by, we can expect maybe 12-15 new maps

However, DLC could mean anything from new maps to avatar clothing / items. MW2 only had two map packs containg five maps each, so I doubt very much that they'll release 20 packs! Black Ops had three main map packs which consisted of four multiplayer maps plus one Zombies map, and then a five-map pack for Zombies (20 maps total), so perhaps they plan on releasing 20 individual maps for Modern Warfare 3 rather than the maps as a pack?

[vhal_x]

Here's the article, it says that some are map packs, some new game modes, and some spec ops missions:

http://mwarfare3.com/modern-warfare-3-dlc

xx

[PPhantom]

I've never bought a CoD game and never will, problem solved.

[Dreamcazman]

I was actually thinking of selling the elite membership. I only really wanted the steelbook and as I don't really play much online, any money I can recoup is a plus.

[Saturn]

This is the most ridiculously expensive edition I've seen for a game that's just a juicy way of making easy money. It may be good, but I've had enough with COD and I'm not a big fan of shooters nor DLCs to start with, let alone the two things combined. That's what COD is all about: Multiplayer and DLCs. This edition was not released in Portugal or Spain unlike the previous hardened and prestige editions due to the elite membership BS, which is not available in these countries.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

The stupid thing is, the COD Elite has been down ever since release day, so anyone who shelled out for the Hardcore Edition is probably feeling considerably screwed right now as they've paid an extra £40+ for a service which isn't even working yet!

Activision / Infinity Ward have stated that anyone who has paid for an Elite subscription (or bought the Hardcore Edition) will have an extra month added, but that's all assuming that they manage to get the service up and running sometime soon - Otherwise, those who shelled out £80 for it have effectively paid £40+ for a huge black box, a SteelBook, and a notepad...