With Activision firing Infinity Ward bosses Vince Zampella and Jason West, it hasn't taken Electronic Arts long to put on some white armor and make itself look like a good guy next to its evil rival. EA CFO John Schappert has expressed his disappointment at the bitter legal situation, stating that developers shouldn't have to get involved in legal battles.
"I'm disappointed on a couple of fronts," expresses the CFO. "I'm disappointed because I think Jason and Vince, on the human side, are two great guys, I know them personally, they've done great things. And I think they're two of the best creative leaders in our space.
"And to think they're going to spending their future dealing with litigation and lawyers rather than crafting the next great experience, I don't think that's a win for them, I don't think that's a win for our industry. I think that's disappointment. I hope that they find a way to continue to make games and focus on that during this period."
Simply entertaining the idea of Activision caring about what benefits the game industry makes me laugh.
EA exec 'disappointed' at Activison's treatment of Infinity Ward duo [CVG]
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8:40 AM on 03.11.2010
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It would be like Microsoft getting rid of Bungie after Halo 2.
End? Oh, no sir. It is not over. Just wait, in 10 years Platinum Games will be the new big bad megapublisher, with DRM on PC games that requires you to delete all iso files on your hard drive and Bayonetta sequels produced entirely by slave labor. Activision, on the other hand, will have been entirely swallowed up by Blizzard, whose first entry in the FPS world, Bulletcraft, will be host to 2 million daily players. EA will be gone and people will long for the halcyon days of such classics as Madden '02 and Madden '05.
So I guess MW is going to become a yearly staple now then. Oh good.
@JustLikeBuck - Or Sony dropping Naughty Dog.
Has anyone seen what Activisions plans are for the CoD series? 3rd Person Action Adventure was mentioned.
Still evil, but compared to Activision, you're just a bit violent when you're drunk.
I've been taking a British History class and from what I've learned I wouldn't be talkin' if I were you.
The rule book written by a comittee of 300 (the name rothschild appears many times in anything to do with the subject) funilly enough, they're also the people who ultimately profit from the setup. also a funny fact, every possible us president elect or british prime minister for the last 100 years has been a member of the group or a connected group.
Hmmmmm. But that's for another site.
When you guys put out good music it always completely slaughters ours. There. Be proud.
but the idea of giving more money to Bobby Kotick makes me want to commit mass slaughter.
But this is business first and foremost, it sucks but thats the gaming business. Now, it WAS InfinityWards FAULT for letting themself get bought by EA.
ANY COMPANY WHO LETS THEM-SELF GET BOUGHT OUT BY THE BIG BROTHER SHALL SEE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM. This is just part of the business game, don't let the nice contract lure you to temptation.
Also, Bad Company 2 is awesome.
Mirror's Edge, Dead Space, Dante's Inferno
Let's keep the new IPs rolling.
Stand next to Activision!
Considered the black sheep of the industry...?
Stand next to Activision!
Unwanted and unloved by the gaming populace...?
Stand next to Activision! Their inherent douchebaggery will make any despicable person or company look friendly and lovable.
Microsoft does it. EA's reaped the benefits. Why not you?
Activision: Making capitalist pigs look like Jesus since 2009.
Usually, but not always.
If it turns out to be true that those Infinty guys were having secret meetings to wrangle a deal to go to another publisher...if they were breaking their contract as well as showing absolutely no loyalty to Activision, who took them in as they formed Infinity, gave them what appears to be a near limitless budget (the series has never lacked in production values) and let them have creative control...as well as all the public interviews these guys made where they take potshots and petty insults like a bunch of college kids at Treyarch's Call Of Duty's (seeing as they're both with Activision)...well, yeah. That's insubordination to the extent they should be fired.
Hell, they were the ones trying to cut Activision out. IF true, then they're the a-holes in this situation, not Activision.
In fact, they ditched EA back in the day to see if they could horde more money for themselves, so this follows right in suit for these guys.
And EA, get off your knees and get Infinity's d*ck out of your mouth. Have some dignity. They already know you want to hire them. Again. Because your dumb @ss learned nothing from the past with these idiots.
i defected to rock band recently and have never looked back! The worl tour guitar works perfectly with it too!
That's the first thing you've ever said that wasn't completely idiotic. You're learning!
It's a nice try...but it's all a shitty sack of lies.