Could This Be The Modern Warfare Heaven?

For those who are not familiar with the popularity of the Call Of Duty franchise, here’s an indication. These photos were posted by PlayTime which has 2 branches in Bangsar. A quick count of those regular editions of Modern Warfare consists of about 30 pcs per stack. That’s a total of 10 stacks there bringing us to 300 pcs. Those black boxes below are the Prestige Edition, costing RM600 each. So, RM195 a pop for regular edition x 300 pcs (RM58,500) plus RM600 x 23 boxes (RM13,800) – a total of RM72,300 of sales. Note, this is just for Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for PlayStation 3 alone excluding the Hardened Edition & those of Xbox 360.

My Modern Warfare 2: Hardened Edition Has Arrived

My copy of Modern Warfare 2, Hardened Edition has finally arrived today. The steel book casing is really nice. It comes with a Call Of Duty Classic full game download code, an art book and the game manual. To be honest, I don’t care much for the extras, I just wanted the steel book casing and the cover which is way better than the regular edition. More photos after the break:

Olympus EP-2 Officially Priced For Malaysia

Yesterday, Olympus Malaysia has finally announced the pricing and availability of the Olympus EP-2 here in Malaysia. This came about approximately 5 months after the launch of Olympus EP-1. It will hit stores early next month priced from RM3,799. The major new feature of the EP-2 is the addition of an “Electronic Accessories Port” which accepts an electronic viewfinder, one of the most requested feature for the EP-1. From it’s website, it seems EP-2 will only be available in black. What’s with the shorter life-span of gadgets these days? Is it a sign that the product was rushed? Whatever happened to having a minimum life span of 1 year before the next update? Sure, technology advances. But come on – 5 months?

Motorola Droid Ships, No One Cared

The Motorola Droid starts selling today in the US. But no one cared. No long lines. No crazy folks camping over night. Nope. None of that. Maybe Motorola screwed up so bad the last couple of years, it’ll take some time before people start thinking otherwise. I really hope things will pick-up for Moto or Android for that matter. Too much monopoly isn’t healthy. Just observe, at the absurd number of iPhone users around you these days. It’s sickening – and that coming from an Apple fanboy. Maybe I preferred the exclusivity of being an iPhone user in the early days. Now that it’s being used by every Tom, Dick, Harry, Mary, Jane and Lucy. I did what I had to – leave. And left I did.

Apple Wins, Telcos Being Grabbed Where It Hurts

If what’s currently happening in Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore is any indication – the days of Apple having to bow to exclusivity demands from Telcos are over. Today, StarHub of Singapore announced they will start to offer iPhone 3Gs by the end of the year. This came one month after M1 made the announcement on October 13th. So, this brings us back to the post I made back in 1st October on Celcom launching it’s iPhone 3Gs by January 2010. From the look of things, it may be a reliable source afterall. Maxis’s monopoly and 1-month waiting period for the iPhone 3Gs will soon be a thing of the past. A past that every iPhone 3GS user in Malaysia would gladly choose to forget. Apple, 1. Telcos, ouch!

Modern Warfare 2: Completed

Just completed Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It took me slightly over 6 hours on one sitting. It’s the best single-player, story-mode I’ve ever played on a video game ever. I can see this becoming a movie. The story was fantastic. If you’re a Call Of Duty fan, you’ll never be able to let the controller off your hands. Chapters after chapters. You’ll keep going. The photo above, is the photo you’ll see at the end – after the credits rolled. Not gonna spoil the story for those who have yet to play this, but all I’ll say is – knife. If you’ve completed the game, you’ll know what I am talking about. Infinityward – you guys are the best!