6000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 stolen in truck heist - Polidicks

[QUOTE] [B]400,000 Euros-worth pinched in south Paris[/B] [B]A truck containing around 6000 copies of Modern Warfare 3 was stolen in France this weekend, according to reports.[/B] French site TFI News reports that the truck suffered a collision with a car on saturday morning in Créteil, south Paris, before two masked individuals emerged. [IMG]http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_270683_thumb_wide300.jpg[/IMG] The criminals reportedly [B]used tear gas to neutralise the truck drivers[/B] before hopping in and making off with the video game shipment said to be worth 400,000 Euros. Separate [URL="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=fr&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.ultimateps3.fr/news-ps3-8215-maj-pres-de-6000-exemplaires-de-modern-warfare-3-voles-hier-a-creteil.html&usg=ALkJrhgUhCmV20UOA1tipogpHXnjtx1U4A"]reports[/URL] say the truck contained a delivery of Activision's much-anticipated shooter, Modern Warfare 3 - an estimated 6000 copies of it. This wouldn't be the first theft Activision has suffered, after an employee reportedly [URL="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/324224/modern-warfare-3-stolen-pirated/"]stole a copy of the game from a shipping warehouse[/URL] in California before pirating the disc and uploading it to the internet. [URL="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/325020/playing-modern-warfare-3-early-risks-xbox-live-ban/"]Activision has warned[/URL] that playing Modern Warfare 3 before it's official release is "not authorised" and that doing so may earn you a ban.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/325179/6000-copies-of-modern-warfare-3-stolen-in-truck-heist/"]Source[/URL] why.

[QUOTE=Nibwoddle;33160216][URL="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/325179/6000-copies-of-modern-warfare-3-stolen-in-truck-heist/"]Source[/URL] why.[/QUOTE] Just like the heist from last years black-ops. Move along folks. [editline]7th November 2011[/editline] Either that or too much payday the heist.

Risking prison and or your life for some video games, I can't even comprehend this. I mean shit, I love video games, but there's a line...

When I read the title it reminded me of Fast and Furious

Looking for a truck containing a game about looking for a truck

Guys they're not going to play 6000 copies of modern warfare 3. They're going to sell them for lots of money. Games are great targets for thieves because they're expensive, very small, and can easily be broken up and sold on places like ebay.

[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;33160245]Risking prison and or your life for some video games, I can't even comprehend this. I mean shit, I love video games, but there's a line...[/QUOTE] its for money, not video games. No one would rob 6000 copies of the same game just to play them. they obviously did it for the 400,000 euros

It's not like they're stealing them so they can play the game. They're probably going to try to resell them or somehow make money off of them. Or brag about it on facebook or some stupid shit like that. EDIT: Ninja'd by Lurklet. YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS

Got to admit, that's pretty cool

I some how doubt these guys are some petty criminals. I also doubt they'll brag about it, this is purely for money and obviously these guys are complex criminals. They more then likely are in some sorta crime syndicate or something..they knew the exact truck to go after, when and where to do it. They used tear gas to get the truck without being violent or hurting someone and drove off with a truck. Yeah these guys are pretty skilled.

[QUOTE=Lurklet;33160344]its for money, not video games. No one would rob 6000 copies of the same game just to play them. they obviously did it for the 400,000 euros[/QUOTE] True, I didn't even think of it that way.

Just rob a store of MW2's and sell them on Ebay early telling everyone it is MW3 [sp]CoD players be RageRating[/sp]

Wow, that s pretty bad ass.

viral marketing for mw3's campaign obviously

Tear Gas? What a bunch of scrubs, Flashbangs are so MLG

Real-life pirating

[QUOTE=optimusguy;33160406]viral marketing for mw3's campaign obviously[/QUOTE] If the hijacking took place in bumbfuck nowhere then yeah i agree viral marketing but even then who knows

[QUOTE=ratman_122;33160300]When I read the title it reminded me of Fast and Furious[/QUOTE] Yea, except in The Fast and the Furious they were actually stealing cool shit like DVD players and car parts...not overrated video games.

[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;33160245]Risking prison and or your life for some video games, I can't even comprehend this. I mean shit, I love video games, but there's a line...[/QUOTE] I would bet they did it for the money, it doesn't matter what it is in the truck. I doubt they targeted it because it was carrying MW3. If they did, the world has serious problems and I don't want to live on this planet any more.

I wonder what was going through the trucker's mind. "WHAT DO I HAVE THAT SO IMPORTANT!?!"

[QUOTE=Alexak75;33160468]Real-life pirating[/QUOTE] Because piracy is usually fictional?

I never thought I'd dish out a COD quote to respond to Activision but: "Look at what your greed has brought you" - Makarov

[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;33160245]Risking prison and or your life for some video games, I can't even comprehend this. I mean shit, I love video games, but there's a line...[/QUOTE] They can sell them for a lot.

[QUOTE=CrispexOps;33160569]Yea, except in The Fast and the Furious they were actually stealing cool shit like DVD players and car parts...not overrated video games.[/QUOTE] Yeah man like holy shit DVD players are hot shit. I don't get why it being MW3 makes it any less "cool". They stole a truck carrying a 400,000 Euro payload; that's pretty fucking "cool".

All this for a VIDEO GAME, come on people, thats just sad.

[QUOTE=Resfan;33160763]All this for a VIDEO GAME, come on people, thats just sad.[/QUOTE] They're not in it for the game, there in it for the money.

shit didn't think they'd report it, gotta hide the boxes

If the 1500 dollar copy is anything to go by, they just made around $9,000,000, if they can get rid of all the copies before street date.

[QUOTE=Mr Flexi;33160245]Risking prison and or your life for some video games, I can't even comprehend this. I mean shit, I love video games, but there's a line...[/QUOTE]It's less the game, more the money. I'd expect they could make a fair amount of it by selling them on. Possibly.

[QUOTE=Edthefirst;33160739]Yeah man like holy shit DVD players are hot shit. I don't get why it being MW3 makes it any less "cool". They stole a truck carrying a 400,000 Euro payload; that's pretty fucking "cool".[/QUOTE] DVD players where hot shit back in 2001.