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« on: March 02, 2010, 05:02:56 PM » |
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2010, 05:04:15 PM » |
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I wanted to post about it earlier, but then I didn't give a damn. I didn't buy the game already, what more can I do.  |
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« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2010, 05:08:01 PM » |
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oh i didn't buy mw2. And i disagreed with some of the things IW said. But activisions actions are just horrendous, especially since the IW guys seemed to be towing the Activision line of money money money, fuck the players. I mean what do you have to do to please activision? Punish your players and milk them for money harder than IW can?
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« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2010, 05:12:22 PM » |
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hehe although time schafer has a nice quote on it all "Getting mad at Activision for this kind of thing is like getting mad at an ape for throwing feces. It's just how the beast communicates." http://twitter.com/TimOfLegend/status/9865403393 |
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2010, 05:18:26 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2010, 07:20:01 PM » |
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i really cannot understand why everyone got so uptight about MW2, the first one was shit and the second one was shit. Activision are now succumbing to EA syndrome - being the biggest publisher goes hand in hand with being the biggest asshole
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2010, 08:14:13 PM » |
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Do I have to feel stupid that I don't understand a single word of what's going on, or is the first article really terrible sketchy? (Or both?)
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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2010, 08:14:42 PM » |
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Do I have to feel stupid that I don't understand a single word of what's going on, or is the first article really terrible sketchy? (Or both?)
It's both, actually. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2010, 10:52:51 PM » |
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yeah both. But it looks like activision weren't paying full royalties to IW. IW did something (unknown but probably stupid) to piss off activision. So activision called the two studio leads to a meeting and fired them for insubordination. And then sent their own security to secure the studio (so noone could wreck up the place or something?). I mean for all we know the IW guys could have jumped up on the table and pooed on the desk during the meeting but atm assuming they didn't do anything particularly stupid, Activision are being extremely heavy handed with their top earning studio (after blizzard?).
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« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2010, 12:01:55 AM » |
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All this would suggest that Activision owns IW, and is not just a publisher by contract, right?
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« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2010, 12:32:19 AM » |
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reading later in the day its less sinister than the RPS article makes it sound, but I just love the activision is evil bandwagon! I've disliked them ever since they dropped brutal legend and ghostbusters because "we only work with multi-million dollar franchises".
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« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2010, 12:25:07 AM » |
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It's complex Teatime (not least because Vivendi brought Activision/Blizzard, not the other way around!), but yes they do, although studios generally have their own top level staff that run them more independently then you might assume.
It's all pretty crap with them though. I mean, it is run by the same CEO who basically said they don't want games to be fun things to make.
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« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2010, 12:48:51 AM » |
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I found a nice little quote putting alignments on publishers. They had EA down as True Neutral. Ubisoft as Lawful Evil. Activision as Chaotic Evil. And Valve as Fucking Awesome.
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« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2010, 11:52:51 AM » |
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Its still not entirely clear what activision are up to. The latest from the rumour mill though is the following. IW own the modern warfare part of the COD franchise, and their contract with Activision expires in october. Activision caught wind of the 2 studio leads looking to sign a deal with EA, so rather than lose a major franchise they are attempting to sue for breach of contract and keep the modern warfare franchise. There are royalties owed too to the amount of $36 million but iuno thats probably incidental as the franchise I imagine is worth much more.
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« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2010, 12:48:58 PM » |
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lol i had to post this Codicier says: My personal hunch is that activision are just saving themselves some consultation fees for the research on the “newly-revealed COD action-adventure” which will be titled “Call of Duty: Office Warfare”
The setting of the game builds on the controversy of the ‘no Russian’ level in modern warfare 2 with a level called “No Royalties” , where you play a undercover corporate spy who must stop a renegade studio making off with money they sneakily acquired by doing exactly what they were paid for.
The game will come with a warning to reassure jittery game execs that ‘no money was harmed in the creation of this franchise’ |
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