Neuromancer
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Wow craziness. I can't wait to see this first game in action.
When he fired a woman for reporting sexual harassment, Kotick didn't exactly come across as a grey moral figure.
Same here, but all the same I wouldn't be surprised if it came with some overly restrictive online requirement. I can only imagine this thing would involve an Elite v2.So Destiny is not an MMO?
Color me slightly interested again.
Activision have a very successful FPS series. Why wouldn't you go to them to have a successful FPS series.
Bungie gets another $2.5 million if the first Destiny game achieves a score of 90 or better out of 100 on GameRankings.com, a site that summarizes reviews by game critics.
I would love more 3rd party exclusives next-gen. Makes investing in multiple consoles more worthwhile, and I feel like we get better games out of it overall in a some cases.
This contract makes me chuckle. Wasnt the main reason they wanted out of the MS umbrella was to not have to do more Halo (aka sci-fi shooters)?
Awesome info.
Can't wait to see what Bungie does.
Are people really getting upset because a game is exclusive? 360 could use some more exclusives...
No PC version, either.
Something seems odd, though. Why would Activision pick this up if it is going to be exclusive? Why not just have MS publish it then? Late ports always sell like shiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
I'd rather not buy 3 consoles if I can help it though.
It's incredibly slow, but it appears that CoD is on the decline. This would probably allow them to only put out a CoD every other year with the Bungie game filling in the off years. By all accounts Infinity Ward is basically a shell at this point, roll them into Treyarch or vice versa and have that team focus on one CoD every two years instead of every year.
Black Ops II preorders have already far surpassed the previous two iterations in this point in its life. What do you mean appears on the decline?
Maybe Bungie still isn't comfortable making the move from single platform development. We're so keen to point the finger at these nasty executives, maybe Bungie dealt with Activision because they let them have this freedom?Activision likes money. A bungie game will make money even if its on one console plus Microsoft will probably co market it. And by letting activision publish for them, it leaves the door open for bungie to make a playstation game if they ever want to.
Pass on all 4 games if the first installment is exclusive to one platform.
Threads on gaf about MS. "They don't have enough exclusives, nobody cares about core gamers"
Thread revealing new 360 exclusive. "Wow, that's BS, 360 only. Really? Come on."
Black Ops II preorders have already far surpassed the previous two iterations in this point in its life. What do you mean appears on the decline?
Threads on gaf about MS. "They don't have enough exclusives, nobody cares about core gamers"
Thread revealing new 360 exclusive. "Wow, that's BS, 360 only. Really? Come on."
Threads on gaf about MS. "They don't have enough exclusives, nobody cares about core gamers"
Thread revealing new 360 exclusive. "Wow, that's BS, 360 only. Really? Come on."
I recall reading that Microsoft still has some stake in Bungie after the split. I wonder if that figured into the reason for the MS exclusivity for the first game.
Cmon dude, its a little late to start ps3 development at this point.
But you're implying that's a reason for Bungie not to sign with them. All Bungie want is financial backing and promotional support. I'm sure they're smarter about these things than message board posters.
ODST hubs + fleshed out space combat + shooter sounds good to me.Leave Microsoft for more creative freedom and make scifi shooter again anyways
Didn't the Bungie PR at the time refer to Activision's history of support for large scale online ventures come up? So while this game may not be an MMO I still expect it to be MMO-ish.I can only offer my naive view - If I was a developer looking for a big partner in the industry, I can't imagine what series of numbers would make the untrustworthy Activision the best option. Hell, EA would probably have been more trustworthy.
So Destiny is not an MMO?
Color me slightly interested again.
Also, more Marathon = even more interesting.
It is, check out the contract:
I recall reading that Microsoft still has some stake in Bungie after the split. I wonder if that figured into the reason for the MS exclusivity for the first game.
I'm guessing he's talking about how MW3, despite having initially higher sales than Black Ops, has slowed down considerably faster than BO did over the first 7 or 8 months.