Now that Bungie is in the best position a game developer can be, this side of Valve, they're going to devote all their resources to THEIR property. It really doesn't make sense anymore to devote millions of man-hours to projects they don't get to "keep" and don't have as much control over.
I'm just hoping this new IP is Bungie's best yet. I think it will have to be to win over the stink-eyed Sony and PC fanboys.
I honestly couldn't care less. Bungie is just another mainstream dev milking their franchise in my eyes. All this does is make them even more mainstream...
Thanks for the super post dwood, cleared quite a few things up. Unfortunately this does nothing to alleviate my concerns.
You see IW wasn't owned by Activision when it made CoD 1... let's just hope Bungie isn't swayed by a fat wad of cash the way IW was.
Bungie has had experience with being held back and controlled by a big publisher. They always reflect on their experiences and see what they do to make the next time around better. Going and staying independent will always be one of them. They already got the funding from all the time spent working for MS and producing Halo, there really shouldn't ever be a wad of cash big enough to make Jason or Harold fuck over the studio. The former co-founded the place (thus an extra sense of connection to it; like his child) and the latter...well, he's Harold. I've only heard stories and met him in passing.
Bungie is starting a new. They originally started Halo and didn't plan for it to become 3 games and didn't expect it to be as big. They now have a lot of experience with the ropes of the industry, they really will have no problem climbing the next franchise, which will be theirs and theirs alone, to the top. It won't be like they're "porting Master Chief" to the PS3, it will be a clean slate for their game and they'll get to develop the game's universe on the premise that it will last AT LEAST 10 years (so less plot holes, in theory).
Also, Bungie isn't going to touch COD. I guess that turned into a bad joke.
That "interview" was special haha.
The light hearted nature of it though made it easier to accept the four serious lines of text in it.
They said new IP. Also -- Bungie+Activision apparently is closer to iD+Activision than I realized... they only have 10-year exclusivity with that franchise, not everything Bungie does.
Last edited by Phopojijo; April 30th, 2010 at 07:26 PM.
Ah, now that's really good. But that's what I expected when I heard the news. Partnering with a company doesn't mean that they now own you and everything you do.Originally Posted by Phopojijo
Bungie is just with AV for the sex.
IW however, made the wrong choice of marrying AV in the state of New York (or anywhere else where the spouse can rob you of your shit).
Enjoy the sex Bungie.
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