10 Times You Bought The Wrong Video Game INTENTIONALLY

6. Buying COD: Infinite Warfare For Modern Warfare Remastered

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Ah, Activision, you old dog. You just don’t seem to care you’re the villain now, do you?

If you think fans are miffed that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered (Christ, say that ten times fast) is a timed exclusive right now, you must’ve forgotten the utter disdain expressed when Modern Warfare Remastered, a remaster of a beloved fan and critical favourite, was announced as a pack-in title with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, a game with... we’ll say, “mixed” reactions upon its announcement.

To those of you unsure of how big a deal this was, it’s the equivalent of only selling the original Star Wars Trilogy with a purchase of The Phantom Menace.

At the time, this was a monumental gaffe - on YouTube, the announcement that the only way to replay the classic adventure was to buy a totally different game (Infinite Warfare being notable for having a more sci-fi, futuristic tone that didn’t gel with some fans) incited viewers to create the highest and most skewed dislike count on a YouTube video ever.

Even the ever-brazen Activision had to eat a big chunk of humble pie after this, and decided to sell Modern Warfare Remastered separately after all.

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