GameStop breaks MW2 street date
Some stores begin selling MW2 on the weekend, Activision did not authorize
GameStop's top spokesman contacted Kotaku on Sunday evening to confirm that certain of its stores broke Modern Warfare 2's Nov. 10 street date and began selling the game this weekend. GameStop corporate authorized the sales, he said.
The statement, from Chris Olivera, vice president for corporate communications at GameStop's Grapevine, Texas headquarters:
This past weekend, GameStop made the decision to break street date and sell reserved copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in select markets where other retailers had broken street date. Our decision followed many conversations with Activision and was an effort to protect our customer base.
Earlier, Activision said that it did not give GameStop its permission to break the street date. "Activision has not given any retailer permission to sell Modern Warfare 2 prior to the Nov. 10 street date. The company fully supports the Nov. 10 street date."
Olivera did not specify exactly how many of its stores GameStop authorized to sell Modern Warfare 2, nor in all of the markets it did so. This event is unlikely to affect the PC owners, who must wait for Steam to unlock access to the game - and they will never go early, in fact many could be facing delays if Steam runs into issues activating copies of the game at launch time.
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