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Modern Warfare 3 Sells Big On Ebay

Happen to nab an early copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3? You might want to think about selling it.

A recently ended eBay listing for an alleged early copy netted the seller $1,725, just four days before the game is released in stores.

Those with early copies thinking about signing onto Xbox Live may want to reconsider, however. Xbox Live's Director of Policy Stephen Toulouse noted on Twitter that playing early copies of Modern Warfare 3 online may get you banned temporarily from Activision.

[Source: Joystiq]

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  • I can't logically comprehend why someone would pay 29 times the market value of a game to have it a few days early....

    Not to mention a game that has a new release EVERY YEAR
  • Too much money for any game, and a game that will last a year or two tops.
  • And this is why MW3 is going to outsell BF3. When you got *** bag video game hipsters that are willing to spend over G-bar for this game and can't wait 3 days...(insert your comment here)
  • I got mw2 a week early, I really should have sold that on ebay apparently
  • I'd sell it - There are plenty of stupid people you can rip off.
  • Christ, if you want the game that bad, there are easier ways of obtaining it. Granted, you can't play it online or with the same XBL profile that you go online with (just to be safe), but still.. idiots.

  • Wow. That person has more dollars than cents. MEGAPUN!!!
  • How much of a no-life would you have to be to do something like this? I can't even imagine spending that much on a game, especially since it releases in 3 days.
  • That is just sad. I mean, really really sad.
  • Buyer=FAIL

  • LOL, well, that's COD for you.  When easily 25 million people are looking forward to the game, a good 100 of them probably can afford paying so much for it.

  • My message to whomever paid $1725 instead of waiting a few days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LrViaPq7M
  • They were probably trolling. When the 360s launched, a co-worker tried to eBay one, it sold for 4x value, and the sellers never paid up. I've seen it happen, people just trolling on things like this.
  • ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!! Look at date then the delivery time. It is 3-4 days later. The game will come out hours after they get it.
  • As I said in a couple replies, look at the bidders on this auction. Half of them have a zero rating. Either they're legitimately new accounts with a lot of money and no concept of the value of the game (unlikely), or it's the seller making fake accounts just to bid on his own auction, jack the price up and gain the attention of gaming news sites (much more likely). Game Informer, problem?
  • LMFAO!! The buyer, what a moron!!
  • I'm sure the people bidding on that are youtubers... you could make that back and then some on views of pre-release footage.
  • I think that this is insane, i mean REALLY insane, that is WAY TOO MUCH to pay for a rehashed game that comes out in a few days.

  • Dude, that's sad. I can't imagine overpaying $1600 for something that I can get for $60 if I wait less than a week. That's strange and obsessive. Especially so if you consider that you can't even play the game online.
  • To say this is stupid is an understatement.

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