Infinity Ward Bosses thrown out by security
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Again, the last one worked well didn't it.
It didn't work at all. I feel like I'm the only person who didn't buy it. ****** sheep.
Indeed, can't trust the collective community to stick to their guns, but unlike them, I stuck to my morals and haven't even touched the bastarding game, and unless some ogdly force strikes down the evil at the top of the ladder at Activision, I can safely say that I will never be buying another CoD game.
5...i wouldnt touch the thing with a barge pole.
As soon as it came out about the dedi servers and the general way the game was going i decided not to get it. Picked up OFPDR and got shafted by codemasters instead rofl
What a big steaming pile of turd that turned out to be...
Never seems to amaze me how big companies can be so badly run, have a poor strategy, and take their customers for granted and treat them like crap. There is lots going off here and none of it positive, the only positive is that IW have probably inadvertently saved their reputation and can blame Activision for all that was wrong with MW2.
I feel a big dose of hubris coming along for Activision and that pillock fourtwozero. EA made that mistake.
You forget that almost every game that comes out is slated for some reason or another, IW and Activision said that IWnet would be no different than dedicated servers and better. I had big doubts, but hey, they could be right. COD was a good series and they hadn't cocked it up in the past so I believed them. Having bought and played it MW2 was the last COD i'll be buying they took my money, gave two fingers and walked away laughing.
I feel a big dose of hubris coming along for Activision and that pillock fourtwozero. EA made that mistake.
You forget that almost every game that comes out is slated for some reason or another, IW and Activision said that IWnet would be no different than dedicated servers and better. I had big doubts, but hey, they could be right. COD was a good series and they hadn't cocked it up in the past so I believed them. Having bought and played it MW2 was the last COD i'll be buying they took my money, gave two fingers and walked away laughing.
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They'll still carry on raping and pillaging other titles though
I'm no expert in the developer/publisher relationship.. What is it the publisher does exactly? With things like Steam could the developer not just go straight to consumer and skip the publisher stage all together? I presume the publisher controls and funds all marketing campaigns etc?
Publishers will package your game, handle the distribution, handle the game guides, online distribution, advertise it etc. Publishers do quite a lot of work tbh.
In return, they'll set you milestones. They will often have a moderate say in how your game should be developed. It all depends on the legalese. And they will take a hefty chunk out of your profits, because none of what they do will come cheap.
In return, they'll set you milestones. They will often have a moderate say in how your game should be developed. It all depends on the legalese. And they will take a hefty chunk out of your profits, because none of what they do will come cheap.
Publishers do naff all work compared to the developer. Advertising? Packaging? Distribution? How does this vary in any significant way between games? Practically all they do is give it the standard marketing campaign, send it out and reap the rewards. The hard part is already done, creating the game itself. Activision overstepped there boundary as a publisher in the name of profit, not quality.
I don't like how Activision behaved either. But publishers are a necessary evil, just like solicitors. Just getting a game onto a shop shelf is waaay beyond the scope of most developers and you can either choose to distribute your game to a small shop in Ghana yourself - or you get Activision to do it for a fraction of the cost.
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i didnt buy it.i doubt i'll ever play MW2 or any of it's sequels
Not sure if anyones posted this yet. But its gone official. The documents, you can read them, there pretty straightforward.
http://kotaku.com/5485703/ousted-in...ainst-activision-the-court-documents/gallery/
http://kotaku.com/5485703/ousted-in...ainst-activision-the-court-documents/gallery/
