Modern Warfare 2 is now available on Amazon.com at a discount price. This week retailer Amazon have cut down the price of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for Sony’s PS3, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and also for the PC to under $50 in a new sale.

On last Wednesday MW2 PS3 SKU held a sale price of $45.79. This was 17 per cent off the MSRP of $59.99.

Apart from this, the game for Xbox 360 SKU was also discounted to $45.79.

Not only this, retailer Amazon.com is also concurrently holding a Video Games Accessories Sale and those are available by up to 25 per cent.

In the November month the US sales of Modern Warfare 2 was 6 million units.

The game is also sold in a stand-alone SKU at $59.99. More to this, the Hardened Edition is sold at $79.99.

In the month of September Microsoft. announced the new Xbox 360 250GB Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition SKU.

Even after two months of its release, Modern Warfare 2 is reigning supreme. It is not like other videogames that comes and goes. For it it is impossible to budge from the top spot in the UK videogaming chart.

Some are in a view that the launch of Mass Effect 2, space-based RPG from BioWare and Electronic Arts, might take down MW2. Let us wait and see whether the forthcoming games can or cannot bring down the top position of MW2.

In the United Kingdom videogaming chart the second spot is crowned to Assassin’s Creed 2 from Ubisoft. This is one of the games which maintained its launching date in the face of behemoth, but it has been rewarded with the second position.

In the chart, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games from SEGA is benefiting because of the arrival of Olympic events in real world. Wii Fit Plus has also gained and is now five against the earlier position of six.

The down sliding is FIFA 10 from EA Sports. It was on second position earlier but now it is in the fifth place. Just Dance has also gone down from fifth to seventh place.

Roughly two months before when this much awaited game of Activision was released, Modern Warfare 2 smashed almost all the sales record in the history of gaming industry. Now, it is arguably regarded as the most popular franchise title around and also considered as a big push through extensive advertisement. In a very short time the game became the king of the holiday season.

Till now most of the fans of Modern Warfare 2 have at least tried the game. But those people who have not yet tried can win big this holiday.

Check out Amazon.com, they were seen selling MW2 for $20 off i.e. at a mere $39.99. Not only this, the game also includes free shipping. Isn’t it great?

This is not-to-be-missed opportunity for those fans of Modern Warfare 2 who have missed the game on time.

Check out quickly to grab the opportunity before the stock is sold.

Due to IW’s lack of distribution control or penalties for early release, Gamestops are forced to make a deal with Activision to also release their stock to compete with smaller mom and pop shops.

With all the latest questions regarding IW’s competency with regards to leaked game footage and XBOX piracy, is this the latest of what we can expect of the game? 

PC gamers are already sceptical of the game in regards to a total lack of PC support (MW2=console port) so this lazy attempt of distribution control could be a warning shot of  how lazy game development is.  We will see in the next couple of days as the game is released to everyone and the critics and fanboys start to post their comments.  I for one look forward to stating my opinion.

Modern Warfare 2 will ship with the full suite from Steam.  All PC versions of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will come complete with the Valve toolset, providing gamers with auto-updating, anti-cheat technology, Steam Achievements, and the recently introduced Steam Cloud.

     “Steamworks will make it possible for us to have a closer connection to our fans, and enable us to support our community much more than ever before,” said Robert Bowling, creative strategist, Infinity Ward. “Steam is the hands down leader in offering a community focused experience on PC and the inclusion of Steamworks has allowed us to deliver the most feature-rich PC version to ever come from Infinity Ward, which at the end of the day will mean the most to our fans.”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PC will include 50 Steam Achievements, enticing players to train a local militia and be “Back in the Saddle” or infiltrate the snowy mountain side base and earn the “Cold Shoulder.” Fans may access the game from any computer. And through Steam Cloud, multiplayer game progress will be stored persistently and travel with the player.

“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may be one of the biggest releases in video game history,” said Gabe Newell, president and co-founder of Valve. “Having a game as significant as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 using the suite of back-end services in Steamworks is a signal to us that we’re making the right kinds of choices for triple-A developers like Infinity Ward.”

  There is a saying, “Never forget where you came from.”  In 2003 IW introduced the first installment of the best selling video games of all time. 

 Since then it seems IW has forgotten it’s roots.  In Modern Warfare 2 IW plans on taking away one of the options that made the series so successful on the PC.  If you look at the box art this game was made for “PC” only.  What I am referring to is “dedicated servers.”    For those unaware of what these are.  They are servers rented from a third party company for hosting your clans (normally) game.  It has the game mode you like ie; hardcore and the settings you prefer ie; no nades.  You can also install third party mods developed by gamers who are gifted with the ability to code and design.

IW is apparently taking all this away with the new IW.net interface they have developed for this game.  What is unclear is if they will provide the servers or if it will be left up to the individual gamers who want to start a server from there home.  The latter of course is flawed as it depends completely on the individuals connection, not to mention the fairness of having “0″ ping.  Every computer has a different CPU, and driving a server is very CPU dependent.  Most comps can only accommodate maybe 16 players smoothly, and this is a BIG maybe.  This of course is unacceptable to the PC community.

I tried to reach Mr. Bowling to clarify some technical aspects of this new system via  Twitter.  Apparently he is to busy or unwilling to his job as a “community manager” to respond to the “community.”  As of press time,  IW has not even given us a PC spec 

not to mention a video or something showcasing this new system.  As the title proclaims IW, you need to remember where you came from and who paid your bills.  “The Community”

As the November 10 is coming closer, we can see different new inteview videos are being shared with a rapid speed. After two consecutive footage of Joel Emslie, lead character artist of Modern Warfare 2, it is now time for Robert Bowling to speak up something. This time GameSpot takes an interview. Check it out below:

After Robert Bowling’s announcement, that MW2 will have no dedicated server support, I have tried to digest the possibilities.

As we know, The merger of Activision and Blizzard has created the largest gaming company on the planet.  The buyout of IW and Treyarch has assured them a winning franchise in the COD series.  World of Warcraft uses the IW.Net servers to run the game and as we know, it makes millions in subscriptions.  I am under the assumption that MW2 will run on these servers as well.  P2P will not work for PC gaming and IW knows this.  IW will be able to control the content of the game as well as any updates that it will of course need.  This will bring more casual players into the fold, as clans believe it or not make up a small minority in the community.

The introduction of Steam into the mix assures the future implementation of a complete down-loadable format.  The future on this is inevitable as companies look to cut manufacturing costs.  Steams “VAC” (Valve Anti-cheat) system is in my opinion more easily implemented as Punkbuster has to many problems with crashing the game and not allowing people to even log into the game.  Will all this flow smoothly on release day?  If you believe that I have some great ocean front property I will sell you in Arizona.  However once the bugs are ironed out, I believe (if implemented properly) can be very good for the PC community.  Just think about global stats and achievements, no PB headaches and no need to update the game yourself.  However, if not set up right, this will be Activision’s biggest blunder yet and stockholders will want some-body’s head.

No delay on PC says Robert Bowling on Twitter. Earlier news was floated that the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 may not be released on November 10. Why not? Infinity Ward always kept quiet about the PC version of this game. It always focused on the console versions. Now as the launching date is getting closer here is what Infinity Ward tweets:

“No delay on PC for Modern Warfare 2. You’ll also have Prestige Mode in PC as well as lots of Steam support. Hopefully min specs will be soon”

So…? No more waiting of two weeks, as it was rumored, for the PC version of MW2.

Good News: PC gamers will also be getting the Prestige mode, as it is for the console versions.

Robert Bowling also said, “You’re completely reliant on IWNet and there is no dedicated server or server list. You rely on IWNet for matchmaking and your games, but you still have your private matches.”