Bungie + Activision + ??? = profit?

[Kornman00]

BUNGIE AND ACTIVISION ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE, WORLDWIDE (10 year) PARTNERSHIP

Bungie's next big thing will now be able to target all platforms of their choice with AV as their publisher. I really don't know what to make of this...especially since it's AV. Sure, they'll just be the publisher and PR handler for Bungie's NBT...but AV?

I'm blank.

[Futzy]

Can't tell if its good or bad.

[=sw=warlord]

Why couldn't they partner up with someone decent like valve?
I don't know what to say, with all the IW stuff floating about it seems pretty clear AV are all for screwing over developers.

[SiriusTexra]

Fucking idiots.


They should have jumped with Valve.


Well, at least with AV we can hope to see PROPER pc ports.


Not sure about modding/mapping though...

[DEElekgolo]

Why.
Stop that bungie.

[Bhamid]

I will laugh so hard if Bungie get screwed over in a few years time...

[Kornman00]

Could have been worse I think...

Could have been Ubisoft .

Well, hope this Aerospace thing turns out decent of a moddable engine. I'm sure whatever it is, it will last the 10 year period of their contract.

[neuro]

goddamnit.. just.. goddamnit.

[jcap]

Guys,

Valve does not publish games. In fact, Valve looks to EA to publish hard copies of their game. Valve also doesn't want anything to do with Halo, and I highly doubt they'd want to port a game. Hell, they can't even finish Half-Life 2: Episode 3.

I kinda wish they went with EA like Valve instead of Activision, but I am glad that IF a game comes to the PC, it probably won't use the EA download manager. Instead, it would probably use Steam. As long as Bungie was smart with the agreement, it should mean publishing rights ONLY. I HIGHLY doubt they want to put themselves through the same bullshit they went through with Microsoft again, especially after seeing what Activision did to Infinity Ward.

But you have to remember: Activision is a publishing company. It also has several subsidiaries, like Infinity Ward. Activision was in the position to boss IW around, and they own the COD series too.

My guess is that this is just a publishing deal. Bungie wants to make their next game reach as many people as possible, like the COD series. If they can expand past the Xbox, it's better for everyone. Bungie isn't desperately looking for a developer, like a small start-up studio would be doing, so they aren't willing to settle for anything to get their game out, even if the deal is equivalent to a dick up their ass. Bungie has something that Activision WANTS, and they hopefully realized that they have much more to lose if they didn't conform to Bungie's wants.

I still think they should have told Activision to fuck themselves after this IW mess, just because of their blatant disrespect for developers.

[annihilation]

I hope they don't get screwed over like IW did.