If they get anything out this gen I'd be shocked.kinoki said:So, my first guess wouldn't be that they'd start working on a PS3 game. My guess would be move toward the PC/Mac crowd with Steam but keeping the 360 in focus. That sounds about right, ye?
Talon- said:Will Bungie actually get paid by Activision? :lol
Crisco said:What the fuck is everyone so shocked about? Did you really think Bungie left MS 3 years ago so they could keep making Halo games exclusively for MS consoles forever? They wanted a publishing partner that would bring their IPs to multiple platforms, and they wanted to make sure they were stable. Given the turmoil in the game industry and within other publishers like EA and Ubisoft, Activision was the most logical choice
Shake Appeal said:"You've got our number. If you ever want to talk, or just sit down with a few beers and cry it out, pick up the phone."
Pimp KotickLiK said:
Crisco said:What the fuck is everyone so shocked about? Did you really think Bungie left MS 3 years ago so they could keep making Halo games exclusively for MS consoles forever? They wanted a publishing partner that would bring their IPs to multiple platforms, and they wanted to make sure they were stable. Given the turmoil in the game industry and within other publishers like EA and Ubisoft, Activision was the most logical choice
Crisco said:What the fuck is everyone so shocked about? Did you really think Bungie left MS 3 years ago so they could keep making Halo games exclusively for MS consoles forever? They wanted a publishing partner that would bring their IPs to multiple platforms, and they wanted to make sure they were stable. Given the turmoil in the game industry and within other publishers like EA and Ubisoft, Activision was the most logical choice
Acosta said::lol :lol :lol
Yep, because Activision has a proud tradition of honoring the conditions they offer to external studios, right?
Whatever Bungie does, Activision will keep it, even if they need to tear apart Bungie to achieve that, history shows that.
Thinking otherwise is delusional.
Shurs said:I don't see why it's so crazy that an independent developer would want to publish games on more than one system. They're losing out on millions of sales by not publishing on PS3 and PC. Activision is the largest publisher in the world, Bungie retains ownership of their IP's. It makes sense.
Shurs said:It would have been crazier for them to stay with Microsoft. The only other realistic option is EA, I think it's safe to assume that Activision offered Bungie a better deal.
Shurs said:I don't see why it's so crazy that an independent developer would want to publish games on more than one system. They're losing out on millions of sales by not publishing on PS3 and PC. Activision is the largest publisher in the world, Bungie retains ownership of their IP's. It makes sense.
metareferential said:They're out of their mind.
Really, what the fuck.
Years complaining about Microsoft, and now they sign with the devil? :lol
Keyser Soze said:
Those are strained/fake similes if I ever saw one, those eyes are dead.
Activision will find a wayGomu Gomu said:BUNGIE HAS FULL AUTHORITY ON IT'S IPs
Be reasonable guys. The shit that happened to Guitar Hero and CoD is not likely to happen to Bungie.
:lol :lol-PXG- said:I seriously almost spat my fucking oatmeal all over my screen. I clicked on this thread hoping it was a joke and the OP was just trollin' GAF. Oh boy, was I wrong.
This sucks major dick. I love Bungie, but what the hell guys? Seriously. I hate to say it, but Halo Reach might be my last game I'll buy from Bungie. No way in hell I'm supporting that cocksucker Bobby Kotick.
Elios83 said:If you read carefully Bungie has total creative freedom on the new IP and they get support from their publisher to go multiplatform.
They couldn't get those things working with MS and btw it's not like there are many big publishers to choose. It was basically EA,Activision or Take Two since the beginning.
Gomu Gomu said:BUNGIE HAS FULL AUTHORITY ON IT'S IPs
Be reasonable guys. The shit that happened to Guitar Hero and CoD is not likely to happen to Bungie.
Crisco said:What the fuck is everyone so shocked about? Did you really think Bungie left MS 3 years ago so they could keep making Halo games exclusively for MS consoles forever? They wanted a publishing partner that would bring their IPs to multiple platforms, and they wanted to make sure they were stable. Given the turmoil in the game industry and within other publishers like EA and Ubisoft, Activision was the most logical choice
Stumpokapow said:... what turmoil is there within EA or Ubisoft?
Alastor said:I've never owned an Activision-published game.
I've never owned a Bungie-developed game (I was close with Myth, though)
This isn't going to change.
But this thread is hilarious either way
miladesn said:Bizarre
Yes.HixxSAFC said:So this is basically very similar to the EA Partners thing that people on here adore, but because Activision is involved it's the work of the devil.
HixxSAFC said:So this is basically very similar to the EA Partners thing that people on here adore, but because Activision is involved it's the work of the devil.
OW!!!Draft said:It's actually a much bigger deal because Bungie is a AAA developer that makes mega hit games.
Kos Luftar said:As PS3 owner, this sounds like I'll finally be able to play a Bungie game on a console.
Sounds very exciting to me.
REMEMBER CITADEL said:Sure, now apply the same logic to Naughty Dog (they're not independent at the moment, but like I said, neither was Bungie not so long ago).
I already explained what I consider to be crazy here, the fact that they've chosen Activision and not EA, ZeniMax or even someone like Capcom. I know Bungie is still an independent company, but Activision's reach (no pun) is tremendous and deadly. I'm afraid that Bungie is still going to suffer in some form because of this partnership.
Oh well, at least they didn't go with Intel.
Defuser said:The meltdowns are hilarious. Looking at the situation, Bungie is Chuck Norris right now playing poker with Bruce Lee.
I'm not as much worried about Bungie's creative license as they seem to be largely a one trick pony to me anyway. However, I very much dislike the idea of feeding the large festering demon fissure of the gaming industry out of fear that for its potential and because in a sense Activision is seemingly getting rewarded for its erroneous behavior.Buttonbasher said:Sure, I'm not really into Activision but after reading the rational posts explaining what this actually means it doesn't sound too bad. And anyone that makes another LOL HALO HERO joke is stupid and lame.