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[BO2] Some people bought BO2, but got Mass Effect 2 instead

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StormEye

StormEye

I just was on a Korean news site (therefore it may be Korea only problem), and read this amusing article addressing this unfortunate event that some gamers are experiencing.

It seems like some people who picked up retail disc'd PC version of BO2 actually got a copy of ME2 instead. The cover and disc printing all indicate the game is BO2, but the actual data written on the disc is actually ME2. The only way to tell is to actually enter the disc into the disc drive, and installation pop-up will tell what you have gotten.

It may just be a Korean issue, but these users probably went ape shit about this. Number of LEGAL packaged sale is VERY VERY VERY~~~~~~~~ low in Korea, as piracy is rampant due to reasons too long to describe here, and these gamers got facepalm'd by the Treyarch for supporting the dev by going out and purchasing a legal copy of the game. Most likely many of the gamers, whom probably are still highschool and younger students, probably spent about 3+ months worth of allowance on this game (when gaming is viewed as a social evil in Korea at the moment). Poor kids.

StormEye

StormEye

Looks like its not exclusive to Korea

TGN wrote:Retail Version of Black Ops 2 Includes Mass Effect 2 Content on Second Disc

<div class="article cms_clear restore postcontainer">Whoops! It looks like someone screwed the pooch on this one. Some customers are saying that upon inserting the second disc for their retail version of <i>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2</i>, the installer is telling them that it's really <i>Mass Effect 2</i> content. Thus, the install cannot continue.<br />
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Threads have popped up on the <a href="http://community.callofduty.com/message/413513938" target="_blank"><b>Call of Duty</b></a> website, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1343tg/pc_black_ops_2_disk_2_mass_effect_2/" target="_blank"><b>Reddit</b></a>, <a href="http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=33349751" target="_blank"><b>Steampowered</b></a>, and <a href="https://i.imgur.com/IePaD.png" target="_blank"><b>4chan's /v/</b></a> board about this issue.<br />
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A support member from Activision replied to the Steampowered thread with the following information for affected users.<br />
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<div style="margin-left:40px">We sincerely apologize for the issue that some of you are having with installing Call of Duty Black Ops II on your PC because of you received a copy of Mass Effect 2 instead of Disk 2 of Call of Duty Black Ops II. Rest assured that are teams are investigating trying to find out what cause this to happen.<br />
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We do need some of your help in order to find out what's going on. If purchased Call of Duty Black Ops II and you did receive a copy of Mass Effect 2 with your physical copy of the game, let us know where you purchased the game from. When you purchased the game and if you can provide a city and state to where you purchased the game from. This will help us go a long way to find out what's going on.<br />
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We know that you want to play the game as soon as possible and luckily you can. I know most users on the Steam forums have a Steam account but for those people who find this through Google or Bing, here are the instruction on how to add a game to your Steam Library. Make sure that you have a current Steam account or create a steam account.<br />
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Please follow these instructions to activate a new retail purchase on Steam:<br />
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Launch Steam and log into your Steam account.<br />
Click the Games Menu.<br />
Choose Activate a Product on Steam...<br />
Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process.</div><br />
This is actually the first oddball mistake made today concerning retail discs for newly released games.</div>

http://totalgamingnetwork.com/content.php?338-Retail-Version-of-Black-Ops-2-Includes-Mass-Effect-2-Content-on-Second-Disc

Kenshiro

Kenshiro

Yep, saw it on /v. Thought it was a joke at first.

Ron Swanson

Ron Swanson

That is tragically funny. Like a clown in a car wreck.

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