Fri, Jul 03, 2009 | 13:13 BST
L4D2 boycott “didn’t change our plans at all,” says Valve
Despite nearly 40,000 people signing a petition against the apparently overly early announcement of Left 4 Dead, Valve told CVG in London yesterday that it didn’t make a jot of difference.
“It really didn’t change our plans at all,” said Valve marketing boss Doug Lombardi.
“As I mentioned we had plans to keep releasing stuff [for L4D1]. We put the Survival Pack out for free which I thought was pretty cool on 360 as well as PC – it’s sort of uncommon to be able to get new stuff out that way.”
That’s where petitions get you, kids. There’s more through there.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, Shooter, Valve, Xbox 360
Tags: doug lombardi, Left 4 Dead 2
10 comments
#1
Hunam
03/07/09, 1:30 pm
That’ll teach their loyal fans, way to show ‘em!
#2
Blerk
03/07/09, 1:34 pm
Since when did a petition for anything ever work?
#3
Hunam
03/07/09, 1:41 pm
True I guess, maybe they’d have got a better result by a sustained DDOS attack against valve/steam, but the movies always say that taking action is wrong and peaceful protest is good. THE FOOLS!
#4
Blerk
03/07/09, 1:43 pm
I imagine they know what we all know – that everyone who signed the petition will end up buying the game anyway. They’re fans, after all.
#5
Gekidami
03/07/09, 1:47 pm
The threat was BS anyway… “Boycott”? They should have threatened to just pirate the game…
#6
Hunam
03/07/09, 1:48 pm
I guess. I signed it and I don’t intend to get no.2, but that’s more because I’ve only played the first for about 3 hours.
#7
Hunam
03/07/09, 1:56 pm
Also: Dead Rising > Left 4 Dead
#8
DarkElfa
03/07/09, 8:21 pm
Right, in your dreams Hunam, you really are in your own little world.
#9
endgame
05/07/09, 12:59 pm
lol @ Hunam!
#10
Hunam
05/07/09, 11:29 pm
Dead Rising had its fair share of problems sure, but it’s fun and silly and fun. I just thought L4D was so diluted in comparison.