Gamer Pays $1,725 for Early MW3 Copy

[Valwin]

Unauthorized copies of the game were mistakenly released into the wild this week, when a retailer placed the game on sale. MW3 is not due to be officially released until November 8th.

One copy of the game was placed on eBay and has been picked up for nearly 29 times the retail price of the game. It received a total of 88 bids.

But early play may carry an additional price. Xbox Live's Director of Policy and Enforcement for Stephen Tolouse warned that playing the game online pre-release could result in a ban. He tweeted, "Pre-release play not authorized. Please be patient. Playing early may impact your account!"

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people can be so dumb

 

[Outrager]

The person who won the auction made a new account just to increase the price of that auction.
IGN should really look at these things before posting them as "news".

 

[sputnix]

ph this is peanuts as someone bought a copy for $14,100 HOLY SHIT.

 

[s4mid4re]

Wait, did I read something wrong? What's the point of playing online, if it hasn't been released yet? Nobody else has the game, so there won't be anybody to play with...

 

[sergster1]

Wait, did I read something wrong? What's the point of playing online, if it hasn't been released yet? Nobody else has the game, so there won't be anybody to play with...

actually... some lucky people have the game already. kmart broke the street date so yeah. also the multiplayer servers are up aswell lol.

 

[Velotix]

HAHAHAHAHA!! Oh man... What a horrid waste of money!

 

[AceWarhead]

This is what impatience does to you. It kills your money.

 

[sergster1]

Sad thing is that with the shipping whoever bought that will still get the game on release day ._.

 

[KingVamp]

This is what impatience does to you. It kills your money.

I didn't think impatience is the right word...

I find this ridiculous.

 

[AceWarhead]

This is what impatience does to you. It kills your money.

I didn't think impatience is the right word...

I find this ridiculous.

I think it is. He doesn't have the patience to wait and buy the game for $59.99 on release day.

 

[DinohScene]

HAHAHAHAHA!! Oh man... What a horrid waste of money!

Indeed I got better things to do with nearly 2k.

 

[The Milkman]

Oh, CoD fanboys Will your love for half-assed FPSes never end?

 

[smile72]

What a waste of money. He couldn't have waited until November 8 less than 4 days from now. My god, he's a moron!!

 

[FireGrey]

He's probably not even going to get it until atleast a day before launch
I would just laugh if he got it after launch...

 

[Raiser]

This is what impatience does to you. It kills your money.

And being a CoD / Activision-sucker.

 

[smile72]

FireGrey I would also laugh. That would be hilarious.

 

[Bladexdsl]

what an idiot he could have downloaded it for free

 

[Hydreigon]

It looks like someone couldn't wait a few more days...

 

[Magmorph]

After the release date his investment will be worth than less than 60 bucks.

 

[awssk8er]

It's funny because if someone gave me the game right now to play for free, I honestly wouldn't.

Besides for the fact I could boast to CoD fans that I beat it before them.