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Bungie + Activision appears to be the same as iD + Activision in terms of the contract they signed (at least according to Bungie's press release) with the exception of exclusive distribution rights for 10 years (where iD did it game-by-game). IW was more of a 2nd-party developer to Activision.
All that said I expect -- if Bungie's smart -- they'd have more than a few escape clauses in the contract.
Bungie's next game:
Halo of Duty: Reach.
(Just kidding)
Also, I'm curious and haven't received an update on this: Is Infinity Ward still doing MW3?
http://halo.bungie.org/misc/bungie_a..._20100429.html
It seems to be some sort of interview with Bungie about this.
"[complaint]"Quote:
Brian Jarrard: Lots of old guard folks.
It's a brand new action game universe.
Damn, I just got done reading that and was about to post.
That is among the strangest interviews I've ever read. It's like someone got a bunch of Modacity members in a chat room and recorded the chat logs as an "interview".
Still, I believe they mentioned in there that Bungie gets to name pricing points. No $60 for PC bullshit again.
Let's hope the PC version (should they make it) remains DRM-free.
Activision can't make Bungie do anything. Activision doesn't even own anything Bungie does. Bungie just needs to use Activision for the next 10 years. Is that so hard?
Okay guys so I've done some reading up and think I know why Bungie did this deal with Activision instead of, say, EA.
One of the first things I would like to throw out there is that the (now resigining) CEO of Activision was completely and utterly nuts-o, and was probably his sole doing for the whole fiasco of IW.
Here are some quotes and commentary from me!
Look at the E3 demos for Halo 1 and 2. Look what happened to them AFTER each e3 demo. I honestly think that it was Microsoft that although streamlining the game, took the game out of what the original developers wanted out of it. (Like Blind wolves) MS had (and has) no actual respect for the Halo IP and are just using it to make a crap-ton of money for the Xbox. Bungie doesn't want the same thing to happen in their Universes, by having full control over it.Quote:
They understand the kind of universe we want to make, and what it will mean to our fans. And they are happy not to stand in our way.
"They are happy to not stand in our way." Just look at the design and story decisions MS made and are making with Halo. Do you honestly think Bungie is glad MS made those decisions?
They want what comes out of the game and its universe to be their decision. That being said:
Quote:
Did you ever meet with now ex-CEO Mike Griffith? Was he an initial supporter of all this?
That means that the Activision Board of Directors [For the past NINE MONTHS] wanted the deal, and the only person truly opposing it on that high of a level was the (now defunct) CEO.Quote:
Joe Staten: No. But we did spend considerable time meeting and working with the Activision executive team.
One more thing that makes me happy about this deal is the following quote:
(on a question about whether or not the bungie studio was on board with the deal)
(in replying to the same question, diff person:)Quote:
Actually yes, it went over very well, once you really look at the deal itself it's hard to argue with it and how it aligns with our priorities as a studio and our vision for the future.
Quote:
Joe Staten: Not just on board, but excited. Because they knew we had finally achieved our goals set down when we spun out from MS: remain independent, own our creations, have the financial support to do what we do best: make kick ass games that we (and you!) like to play
Wish I worked at Bungie. Then I could be on board with the rest of the team. Instead, I'm stuck here with you guys :ugh:
;p
:saddowns:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
We're just as good.
What if Bungie made MW3?
Nah, they're making Call of Duty: Interstellar Warfare..."IW" :tinfoil:
I told my stepbro (Halo hater, COD nut) that Bungie had signed a deal with Activision and he immediately thought they would be making MW3 and ran screaming out of the room, yelling about how they're going to ruin it.Quote:
Originally Posted by annihilation
I laughed.
Chances are, Bungie isn't going to touch COD. They want to do their own thing, without following the rules of a universe someone else had thought up.
Plus their new game has been on the table before they even knew there was going to BE a MW3.