November 2nd 2009 12:13 pm PT

With only a week away don’t you think its pointless now? People are going to play MW2. M$ always slow on the times….

HaHa worst maps ever….

FAIL

Yeah just a tad bit late on this one, I’d say…

It’s actually not a bad idea. Most retailers are discounting MW2 substantially this month, meaning a lot of people who haven’t picked up the original are doing so now in preperation for the sequel. You might as well sell ‘em map pack while they are at it. Also, what are the chances of that map pack selling much more after this week? You might as well discount it substantially to squeeze out your every last sale. Seems like a smart move to me.

@andrew MP – Actually it would have made better sense to have done it a few months after the Map pack was originally released. You have to take into account the massive amounts of people who bought it prior to this deal. Or did that just slip M$’s mind… How can M$ say they have the gamers in mind when they are more opportunists than anything

@Lites. Dude MS doesn’t own the content. Acti does. Sure MS gets a cut, but the content creator gets the majority of the $$$ from this sale and they would have known about MS discounting the content, so don’t be so quick to lay all the blame on MS. And if you think thay’re that much of an opportunist then stop buying their products or content, because as a consumer that is the best way to make your voice heard.

Guys, supply and demand. Lowering the price is a good thing, many people never buy new games and will be getting this game has a “handmedown” from the MW2 buyers.

If they’re so tight as not to pay full price for a game, they’re too tight to pay full price for the mappack.

I think IW was banking on the fact that they could get more money from hard-core gamers while MW1 was the main game than they could selling it 1/2 price before MW2 came out.

I agree, this like 6 months late, but still a good idea.

In what way does this possibly constitute a deal? Once in a blue moon there’s an average offer, but 95% of them are a complete joke. Oh and half of them are timed to coincide with either DLC about to come out where it would be cheaper anyway (think Gears 2) or now in the case of COD4 when they know full well that nobody will be playing it this time next week.

Bufffff. I want Arcades.

now? Another shitty deal.

@casa1 – M$ might not own the rights but they are the ones who set the release dates and offers…. The majority of the people commenting would agree this would have been a better deal if it were done earlier…..

IF they are going to buy the game now they are going to get the GOTY edition which has the maps anyway.

Must milk every dime

I like how this was originally packed into the GOTY edition of the game, for maybe 3 months, and then it was ganked. Awesome. Stay classy, Activision.

What maps are in this one anyway? This would have been better 2 months ago. Now, Borderlands is taking up my 360 time. I’m sure it will do so even after mw2 is released.

Yeah, MW2 comes out next Tuesday and you decide to lower the price on this? Microsoft needs to take note from Steam and PSN, MAKE GOOD DEALS, not this crap!

Why cant we have some good Deal of the week offers.

ha, ok? Can we get the Burnout stuff for cheap sometime, please?

Why bother when WM2 is out very soon. Another greedy M$ ploy. What they should have done is lower the price much earlier in the year then the likes of people like me would have purchased the maps. I’m not going to buy the maps, never will at the original price.
Remember people we have the power to decide to purchase stuff like the maps, games on demand, avatars, add-ons, etc. What we have to so is bring M$ down on it’s knees as it has ripped us off for years now and will continue to when idiots (nay retards) like yourselves are purchasing this crap.

I agree with most here. There should be WAY more arcade deals – no way I’m paying 800M for DigDug or Connect4… Please….
First COD5 Maps go on sale and now COD4?? I think they know that those who love the COD series have already bought the maps and these games are about to start collecting dust on shelves or finding their way to the resell pile. Happy hunting on 11/10/09….

I don’t like this deal but come on people: this is a smart deal. A good way to squeeze every last buck from MW players. I can foresee a good sell boosting for this DLC.

Arcade Games on 50% for this month should be: 3 on 3 NHL Arcade (November 17th), Peggle and Death Tank (both on November 24th, together with Knothole Island, 3 deals on the same week. Peggle one could be a PopCap deal to incentivate buying Peggle Nights).

Good or bad this does drum up interest in XBLA games and add-ons. Perhaps the powers that be should look into doing this more often? Say a deal of the day? That would drum up a ton of interest.

I bought this map pack the day they came out and wish I didn’t. I don’t enjoy Creek and Killhouse NEVER appears in public online matches. Anyone interested in this should just pick up a used copy of the GOY edition.

Hopefully all of the changes to multiplayer in MW2 aren’t over the top and force everyone back to COD 4.

They should make them free to get more people playing COD4 and hype MW2.

HA HA.

Stupid Activision.

Who in their right mind is gonna buy this now?

FAIL.

At first, I thought this wasn’t such a hot deal. But I may actually jump on this. I picked up the GOTY edition last month, to play through the campaign again, and thinking it had the DLC maps included… boy was I wrong. Its just the original game in a new case, with nothing added.

@UtahOSB: Dig Dug has never cost more than 400 points. Also, you could have gotten Connect Four for 400 points a few weeks ago when all the Hasbro Family Night games were half off.

Somehow, this would seem like an ill-advised investment where I a Gold member…
Hmm..

lol, just like with the WaW map discounts, Activision is trying to squeeze every last penny out of the two games before everyone moves over to MW2. Funny how some people will probably jump on this deal, then never play the maps again once MW2 comes out a week later.

already bough them 50% off long time ago = )

Lot of whiners posting messages here. Listing something as half price is a deal to whomever didn’t feel it was worth the points to purchase it at full price. Just because someone (perhaps you?) may have purchased it a long time ago doesn’t mean everyone has. And a discounted price may just be what some people have been waiting for.

Not everyone gets games on release dates. The only way to tell if this is a good idea or not is to look at their jump in sales on the expansion. And despite the whining comments here I imagine they are getting quite a few sales from the discount and extra attention. And despite what some people might think… Making games is a business. Extra sales is good for both game players and developers.

Another “Deal of the weak” for a 2 year old game?! Yawn…

I have this ofc
and my boy does on his account
but it would make more sense to offer this free
for people who dont have it already
instead of trying to make one last grab at as much
cash as you can

My opinion on this, not a complaint like everyone else is doing, people that were (and still are) into COD 4 bought these long ago. Would be nice to hear that the future map packs for MW2 will all be 400 points….IMHO of course.

it would be nice to see more discounts on games. especially since gone are the days of 400pt games and arcade hits

I knew that it would be a map pack for CoD 4. Because I really can’t think of a more stupid deal of the week this week.

Maybe it should be renamed Deal of the Weak.

Major: I’m a huge supporter of you and the 360, but Live really has to start doing a better job of getting us real discounts for the GOTY. While I’m certain that it’s tough to convince publishers to cut into their sales, if the cuts drum up enough business they’ll make that money back.

Retail games that have been out for a year generally drop in price. Do the same for arcade titles.

Wait, aren’t these the maps that you got free with the GOTY edition, but no one could ever find the token…

This is about the third time this has been on sale now. Why the hell do you still expect money for CoD4 map packs? Or CoD2. Or CoD3.
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It’s about time this map pack was free, like on PC.
And the Left 4 Dead Crash Course should be free, like on PC.
And the Mirror’s Edge time trials should be free, like on PS3.
And the Brutal Legend DLC should be free, like on PS3 (well, for a few weeks anyway).
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See a pattern emerging here? Why the hell are we expected to pay more for the right to play on the console that WE ALREADY PAY TO PLAY ON?
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Reward your loyal customers, Microsoft. Stop shovelling shit into our faces or some of us are going to look elsewhere.

oh wow! modern warfare 2 comes out in a week….

Who would buy this when MW2 is coming out in 8 days? No one will be playing this.

Everyone should be switching to MW2 right? I don’t think this is even needed.

Waaay too late, guys. Really now.

why did this just some out now? would have been nice a few months ago. I wonder if Next weeks deal is a forza 2 car pack? or maybe some L4D crap that shouldve been free.

I tend to agree with some of the sentiments that some of the old DLC should be available for free as a life-cycle for the product. I’ve been spending the majority of my points on Burnout Paradise goods (which is ok, because it’s less than a year old[the add-ons not the game]). But for stuff like this, the old C&C maps, the Beautiful Katamari stuff, etc. – Is anyone still buying these? I went through my games library a couple weeks ago and to get all of the DLC for the 80+ arcade/normal games I have, it would require over 40,000 Microsoft points…. that’s a huge chunk of change when you factor in how much I have spent on the games themselves already. Hundreds of dollars of DLC for games that are 2 years old or more. Is anyone still waiting for that horse armor to go on sale? I am waiting for Vader to drop in SC4, maybe some burnout or Civ Rev goodies, and a good arcade game dealie.

Speaking of lifecycle though, I have to say, I don’t know of many who wouldn’t buy any arcade game at 200 points. If some of the old ones with the straight 8-bit port with marquees dropped to 200 even for a week(though it would be nice if it were permanent), there’d be some hype. DigDug, Time Pilot, etc.

So, this is offered by Activision and applies to both consoles. It’s hardly a “deal” when the other system gets it without paying for Gold membership to get the discount.

Yeah, but the other console’s COD4 is filled with hax who fly.

Ha ha ha nice timeing who’s marketing tactic was this ha ha ha.
This is really one big EPIC fail!
I think Major you have some bleeps to post this around this time ha ha ha ha nice one.

Chop!!

Nice deal of the week. Just some time to prepare for the big COD6

phail….the maps sucks anyway, they should make them free

The only map that was any good in the pack was Killhouse. Only, it’s not in most of the playlists.

And I grabbed this when they had the last double EXP “weekend” when it was 400 points, and regretted it. I even deleted it from my HDD. Kinda too little too late discounting it again now.