While some may consider this a breach of privacy, the feature's advertised purpose is to reduce the number of smurf accounts and cheaters that are in circulation at any given time. This measure isn't entirely unexpected, as many other contemporary multiplayer games like CS: GO also require players to enter their phone numbers in order to play competitive matches.
Namely, the Steam release of Modern Warfare 2 will necessitate that all players associate a mobile phone number with their Steam accounts, which will also need to be connected with their Activision ID codes, according to CharlieIntel. RELATED: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Could be Bringing Back All Classic Maps by 2023 According to CharlieIntel, the Steam version of Modern Warfare 2 will not use at all, but Activision ID instead, though there's another caveat in play as well. One of the possibilities was that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 might get a stripped-down launcher version of that would run alongside Steam, like EA's Origin does, but the latest info suggests that this won't be the case after all. This information was subsequently confirmed early on, though some still expected that, Activision's premier gaming platform, would somehow enter the equation as well.
After Microsoft announced its intentions to acquire Activision Blizzard, most fans of the two companies had already anticipated that its new flagship game releases would eventually make their way to Steam, too, with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 being the prime candidate to set the precedent.
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