Original article here

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IGN AU: You mentioned earlier that you actively rejected Microsoft's Live Anywhere strategy. How the hell did they take that? Were they edgy about it?

Grant Collier: We said no and they didn't call back.

IGN AU: (laughs) So what were the discussions like?

Grant Collier: Our rep left us a message saying 'hey, want to talk about this, Live Anywhere, it's big, it's cool', and I thought, well yeah, if you're playing online poker, but who wants to be playing an RTS on a console and have some guy on a PC clicking and dragging all his troops, attacking your base while you're sitting there with your thumb sticks. So I think for FPSs and RTSs, no way, but for, y'know, card games or Tetris or something like that. There are games that I think it's cool for, but there are other games where I don't think there's any point. So they just didn't respond.

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Now, what made my day is, this article came up on Digg, and this seems to frustrate a lot of the Live-boys. PC vs. Console debate ensues.

Probably my favorite comment in the PC's favor:

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Why does the Infinity Ward guy have to be such an asshole? I mean, Microsoft clearly would like game developers to develop games for Live Anywhere and they only way to get the word out is to go to the developers themselves. A simple no thanks would have be more appropriate. Quite unprofessional.

RE: Unprofessional is having to nerf your PC version so that players on the console have a chance...

Why should IW not have the ability to make each platform independently fun and enjoyable?

And why the fuck should I need vista to play a god damn video game on my computer? So I can put on a headset and listen to some twelve year old assclown on an xbox shout cursewords and call me a newb all day long...

No, I think I'll stick to PC games and team speak - that run on XP.

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So, pretty much everyone on the PC COD front, hates Collier for what he did with the franchise. And now, he is making more enemies on the Xbox/Live side. Well, at least he's not that stupid since he know's Live Anywhere is a bunch of crock, even if it is just for the unfair advantages PC users would have. Regardless of what he's done or what anybody thinks, all three COD cames (COD/UO/2) are still very popular PC games online, even to this day.

Or maybe he still is a 'tard and he realizes the community IW pretty much abandoned two years ago is watching his every move.