Petition culture.

David Jimerson

David Jimerson

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Going around Facebook today:

http://www.dailydot.com/geek/modern-warfare-2-remaster-petition/?fb=dd

A story about a petition with "100,000 signatures" for Activision to produce an HD version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 -- and that it probably won't happen.

You know what would get that bad boy done?

100,000 pre-payments. Digital signatures are worth less than the paper they're printed on. Cash on the barrelhead -- that talks.

(Me, I'm jonesing for HD versions of River Raid and Megamania.)
 
after activision tried to screw the guys that made modern warfare 2, i definitely don't see an hd remake. too many legal hurdles to bother with.

what i'd love to see is modnation racers 2. sadly, the first one didn't sell that well and then they messed up royally by turning the next installment into littlebigplanet karting.
 
Well, six million bucks greases wheels. The point, of course, is that money talks. "Signatures" are worthless.
 
David Jimerson said:
Well, six million bucks greases wheels. The point, of course, is that money talks. "Signatures" are worthless.
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Oh? Perhaps you could draw on your experience :)

1) Number of petitions - or in this case "expressions of interest" - for a "Sound II"

2) Number of hard cash commitments

Based on this, does that experience align with your outlook about "petition culture" in general? Can it be generalized to everything, not just funding entertainment projects or educational resources - "signatures worthless, cash is king"?
 
It's hardly just that. It's easy to say you want or will do something when it doesn't cost you anything to do it. Tons of people do that. But what actually counts is ponying up.

Same principle as Facebook likes vs. actual sales.

In this case, there can be no doubt that a six million dollar kitty would speak loudly.

If you really want be heard, if you really want to get something done, you need to go MegaForce: deeds, not words.
 
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