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Somehow I knew Modern Warfare was going to come up in a thread about bad
game docs sooner or later. Either that or something from EA.
However, the $21.99 notwithstanding, IMO the real reason why most game
guides are written by third parties is that most game designers can't play
their own games well enough without cheat codes to write the strategy
guides themselves.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Ryan Minaker <ryan -dot- minaker -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> What brought this topic to my attention is my frustration with the current
> era of video games and their lack of documentation. Specifically, Modern
> Warfare 3.
>
> My question is: Why can't the companies producing these games produce their
> own strategy guides and make them available online? I'm sure the answer is
> in lost revenue. Why give something away for free when you can charge
> $21.99 for it?
>
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