triedandtested: are you working for them or something because all I see from you is support and not the point that everyone else is making that this move could potencially start a head way for other developers to kick up a whole mess! sounds to me like you spend too much time on a console!
I don't support what they're doing at all, but can understand the reasons
why they are doing it. Quite different.
The uproar on the IW forums pretty much sums up the hardcore 'community' and everything that's wrong with PC gaming today. It's ridiculous. Their reaction has been completely over the top, rude, insulting, arrogant - why people would want to be part of that I don't know.
These communities should be putting all their efforts in to closing down piracy sites, stopping the cheaters, the hackers etc, not petitioning against a game company for not meeting every one of their demands.
And yes, I do use a 360 for gaming as I own Mac systems now. I've had a lot of fun playing CoD4 on Live over the last couple of years.