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ggrobot
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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:56 am Post subject: 6k copies of Modern Warfare 3 stolen in truck heist [31884] |
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French news site, TFI reports that a delivery truck was hijacked and its contents of 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were stolen.
The truck was hijacked after a collision with a car in Créteil, just south of Paris. Two men with masks on exited the car, used tear gas to subdue the truck drivers, and too
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-=WolverinE=-
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| First it leaked and now a whole truckload of copies... just lol. |
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pagb666
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I just think it's a set up to get more hype |
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Probably because that crap won't sell... |
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desiredfx
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Wow last time i make fun of COD fan boys ever... Tear Gas.. Really.
I am guessing that something else was in the truck like cartel drugs.
And the COD was an added bonus. Hopefully they will leak the copies with the keys to my favorite stro |
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gx-x
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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looool
how the hell do they plan to move 6000 copies of the game and not get caught? I mean, that shit is HOT, and it's not like youc an sell it on a corner for like 20-30 euros... |
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ir0nw0lf
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| My meager math indicates that $551,000 US over 6,000 copies = $91.83 per copy. If that estimated value was for the games only, doesn't that seem extremely high? |
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gx-x
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| ir0nw0lf wrote: | | My meager math indicates that $551,000 US over 6,000 copies = $91.83 per copy. If that estimated value was for the games only, doesn't that seem extremely high? |
not if you did it for the insurance money  |
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pagb666
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ir0nw0lf wrote: | | My meager math indicates that $551,000 US over 6,000 copies = $91.83 per copy. If that estimated value was for the games only, doesn't that seem extremely high? |
CoD sells for 65€, the numbers are fine. |
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ir0nw0lf
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| pagb666 wrote: | | ir0nw0lf wrote: | | My meager math indicates that $551,000 US over 6,000 copies = $91.83 per copy. If that estimated value was for the games only, doesn't that seem extremely high? |
CoD sells for 65€, the numbers are fine. |
Ouch, do you get a cigarette or something with it, 'cause that sounds like someone is bending you over with no lube. |
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Tom
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| It'll sell, if they can keep doing skinjobs of BF3 and you guys go buy it then what's stopping anyone from doing the same with COD? |
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gx-x
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Tom wrote: | | It'll sell, if they can keep doing skinjobs of BF3 and you guys go buy it then what's stopping anyone from doing the same with COD? |
PIRATES! HAR-HAR!  |
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pagb666
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| ir0nw0lf wrote: | | pagb666 wrote: | | ir0nw0lf wrote: | | My meager math indicates that $551,000 US over 6,000 copies = $91.83 per copy. If that estimated value was for the games only, doesn't that seem extremely high? |
CoD sells for 65€, the numbers are fine. |
Ouch, do you get a cigarette or something with it, 'cause that sounds like someone is bending you over with no lube. |
Yeah, those a******s keep doing the 1$=1€ conversion when it comes to pricing. Thankfully, purchasing in pounds gets the job done. |
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| You can get a nice hooker for that kind of money... |
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