Mapathy Cure, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack Injection

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Are you suffering from it?

If you can’t read the latest Infinity Ward ad image depicting a condition they’re calling “Mapathy”, here it is:

Mapathy (often express as, “How the hell did you know I was there?”) is a state of indifference to the same old maps one has been playing for the last several months. The Mapathetic individual no longer derives pleasure from blowing up people hiding in the cockpit or on top of the crane. More than 20 million people may be at risk for Mapathy.

Clever use of fictitious medical terminology to get across a valid point. Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling returned to Tweeting after a week’s blackout following the shake-up at the developer. In a recent tweet, Mr. Bowling cited that, across all platforms, 25 million players have been online with Modern Warfare 2. Is anyone surprised by that number? I know grandmothers who are playing it.

It’s no wonder Infinity Ward is pushing to release the first map pack for Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 on March 30, 2010. PC and PS3 release dates to be announced. Why isn’t the pack coming to all platforms at the same time? Simple: at launch, the Xbox 360 comprised 55% of the 7 million day one sales, the PS3 33%, and the PC 12%. The Xbox 360 audience bests the PS3 and PC numbers combined by 10%. It’s no wonder the XBL community is nabbing the pack first. For the rest of us, we’ll just have to wait a tad bit longer.

No details are known about the pack or pricing, just that XBL players are getting it on March 30th.

One Comment

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   Sarah Chino

   March 10, 2010 at 12:47 pm

   nice, gonna stock up on microsoft points now!

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