Activision "didn't want Modern Warfare"

STK026 - 91 days 21 hours ago

yeah, but I guess even now, Activision really wants the CoD franchise to stay in WWII, CoD:WaW was set in WWII. And I'm pretty sure the next Treyarch CoD game will also be set in WWII.

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Baka-akaB - 91 days 21 hours ago

Mmm i quite doubt so . The awful CoD3 by treyarch still sold a LOT .

And many people would have bought a WW2 Cod 4 based on the sheer idea of a next gen Cod .

it just obviously wouldnt have performed as much as MW .

And COD 5 is the proof they could revert to anything they want , WW2 included , and still ride MW's coat tail for years to come

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hay - 91 days 20 hours ago

Since they've covered modern times and WWII they should do Call of Duty: The Early Paleolithic Era Warefare. /jk

CoD is established franchise. It'll sell for some time being at least a bit better than mediocre.

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Face Palm - 91 days 19 hours ago

My respect for Activision just went down even more. If it goes down any farther, it'll be sharing a room with Turn 10.

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SuperM - 91 days 18 hours ago

World at War sold great only because of the success of Modern Warfare 2. I still think call of duty would be successful as a WW2 game but not nearly as successful as it is now.

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FrankDrebin - 91 days 14 hours ago

The biggest blunder was Sony turning down the Exclusivity to Call of Duty 4! Can you imagine what COD4, only for the PS3, would have done for sales?

Sony would be leap years ahead of MS.

When Sony turned down COD4, that was the biggest BLUNDER of all time!

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JackBNimble - 91 days 19 hours ago

I think it would be in Infinity Wards best interest to break away from Activision if at all possible.

They said it themselves...."Ward boss Vince Zampella revealed that the developer has wanted to create a modern combat game - and work on consoles - for years, but Activision's held them back".

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MK_Red - 91 days 20 hours ago

EDIT- Oops, my bad. This was meant to be a reply to the post above mine (Digital Commando's).

And even then, they Activision's best treated devs! God help the rest of em... (Or the poor independent devs that had a deal with Activision as a publisher until they merged with Vivendi and left their games for death).

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Redempteur - 91 days 19 hours ago

sorry but what is saving COD form the GH treatment is the fact that there are 2 teams working on cod ( iw AND ty ).
GH is milked top the death ( and they are IMO )
COD will be once the décision to rise the prices will be proven succesfull ...

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EvilTwin - 91 days 18 hours ago

It's not just Activision -- developers and publishers know that established IP sells consistently (COD being a prime example), and new IP is a shot in the dark...sometimes you hit the mark, other times you completely miss the dart board.

The first thing a developer or publisher is looking to do is turn a profit and stay in business, not take risks that could help put them in the red.

IW was obviously proven right, but it's easy to blame the higher ups at Activision with the benefit of hindsight.

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Deadman64 - 91 days 14 hours ago

I agree and have been doing this for awhile now.

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lukeb4dunk - 91 days 13 hours ago

And I, too.

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