Activision Completes Infinity Ward Restructuring, Says Everything's Fine

[duchaked]

I read this story on IGN earlier today
kinda pissed me off

I mean, Black Ops only sold well because Modern Warfare 2 sold so well
so basically MW2's success (or failures, if you hated it) contributed to Black Op's success (if you loved MW2 you prob bought BO, if you hated MW2 you probably still bought BO...it could be vicious cycle of idiocy if you roll that way)

just Activision's smugness and narrow-minded vision here. yes, make more = more money? gee that worked out so well for Guitar Hero

Would like to point out the delicious irony between the juxtaposition of your bitter posts about Call of Duty's success being built entirely on being sequels and your avatar.

oh lol no bitterness here, I'm down with whatever actually

altho the irony doesn't stand here so idk what ur talking about

well I do! but my opinion disagrees so...yea

I mean if I were to be bitter about CoD's success then it'd still be my opinion and not entirely wrong either

but there's no irony. pity, cuz I'm hungry and could use a delicious something.

 

[shticks]

"The Treyarch studio, which made this year's game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago," said Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Activision's parent company Vivendi.

Treyarch are capable game developers. Thats not a secret. But As long as a studio OTHER than Infinity Ward works on a game in the Call of Duty franchise.... All they will be doing in my eyes is standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

it would be funny if treyarch suddenly got gutted also

It would. But it looks like Treyarch is going to act like good little boys and girls and obey the labyrinth of oppressive rules Daddy has made up.

 

[Cowabungaa]

So Activision hired a new spokesman:

"It's all fine, nothing to worry about!"

Treyarch are capable game developers. Thats not a secret. But As long as a studio OTHER than Infinity Ward works on a game in the Call of Duty franchise.... All they will be doing in my eyes is standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

But they can't support games for shit, just look at the disaster that is the Black Ops PC release. I can't even play it...

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Well, that might be good news?
Eh, what the hell, just got Black Ops and am enjoying it.
I guess I'll be like everyone else in the world and just keep buying them...

 

[The Rockerfly]

GOOD! Now we have 4 studios working on COD! Maybe we can start getting 2 A YEAR

Please don't give Activison any ideas, they will do it

 

[Mcface]

if i take all the parts and engine out of a jeep, and replace it with honda parts, is it still a jeep?

just let it die, activision.

 

[Mcface]

So Activision hired a new spokesman:

"It's all fine, nothing to worry about!"

Treyarch are capable game developers. Thats not a secret. But As long as a studio OTHER than Infinity Ward works on a game in the Call of Duty franchise.... All they will be doing in my eyes is standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

But they can't support games for shit, just look at the disaster that is the Black Ops PC release. I can't even play it...

I can.. and they patched it like 3 times in a few days..
They did a fine job, if anything activision rushed it out. Ofc activision wont delay the release for the PC version.


OT: I say get rid of IW, MW2 was shit. Just let Treyarch make one every year, or one every two.

 

[Cowabungaa]

I can.. and they patched it like 3 times in a few days..
They did a fine job, if anything activision rushed it out. Ofc activision wont delay the release for the PC version.


OT: I say get rid of IW, MW2 was shit. Just let Treyarch make one every year, or one every two.

I'm hearing tons and tons of reports on the official and unofficial forums of people with amazing systems that are still plagued with many performance issues despite the patches. Yes they're trying, but I can't call that a good release or good support if the results are so meagre.

 

[DSK-]

GOOD! Now we have 4 studios working on COD! Maybe we can start getting 2 A YEAR

By the gods man! Don't give them ideas!

 

[KaosuHamoni]

Riiiiiiiiiiight... And on the 23rd of May last year, I got to hit Bobby Kotick in the face with a frying pan... repeatedly... really fucking hard...

Ok I didn't, but please don't take the dream away! I'll do it eventually!!

 

[Tanzka]

So don't worry. The next Call of Duty is going to be totally awesome.

It -was- quite awesome, yes, and it was called "BLACK OPS". Infinity Ward did a decent job with the MW singleplayer story I'll admit, and I was an especially big fan of the first Modern Warfare (COD4) - but they can't make compelling multiplayer worth jack shit, pardon my language.

Treyarch should be given control of the entire franchise in my opinion. Opinions differ from player to player obviously, but so far I've enjoyed Treyarch's Call of Duty games far more than IW's and so have the other guys in my FPS-game circle (All whom are currently playing Black Ops, shockingly). The zombiemod in particular was such an amazing and clever addition in World at War and now in Black Ops that Treyarch is gonna have to hire Kotick for their PR department before I seriously start questioning their methods or doubting whether or not I should buy the next release.

TLDR version:
When half of Infinity Ward walked out on you earlier, Activision, your claims of "things being fine" now are hard to take seriously.

Yes, please. Despite the bugginess of the PC-version it's hard to hate Treyarch when they have created stickied posts on their own forums and on steam forums saying that they are working on updates and someone in the studio is fervently updating Twitter about what is going on.

To top that off;
Modern Warfare 2: No dedicated servers, no console, no custom maps, retarded DLC and community manager who most likely uses LSD and doesn't communicate with the community all that much.

Black Ops: Dedicated servers, console, custom maps coming (they stated that work had begun on mod tools), no retarded DLC as of yet but the game is still young and a community manager who loves the sound of his own voice but at least gives some semblance of information.

What was this news post about again? Oh yeah. Please ax IW already. Any talent the studio may have had is currently unemployed or working for EA @ Respawn.

 

[Ekonk]

"Everything's fine."

I would make a snappy retort, but it would seem I have been ninja'd by everyone.

 

[RicoADF]

I'm sorry Activision, but when HALF a studio walks out on your asses, everything is NOT fine until you change something, like say, getting rid of Kotick?

The fact it sold better then MW2 shows that people will buy a game based on name alone, no-one cares about its quality or who made it

 

[Mcface]

I can.. and they patched it like 3 times in a few days..
They did a fine job, if anything activision rushed it out. Ofc activision wont delay the release for the PC version.


OT: I say get rid of IW, MW2 was shit. Just let Treyarch make one every year, or one every two.

I'm hearing tons and tons of reports on the official and unofficial forums of people with amazing systems that are still plagued with many performance issues despite the patches. Yes they're trying, but I can't call that a good release or good support if the results are so meagre.

There are performance issues, yeah. no more than New Vegas had though.
were 200k + people online during peak, and like 11k servers just for my ping level.. so a lot of people can play and are playing.

 

[shticks]

So Activision hired a new spokesman:

"It's all fine, nothing to worry about!"

Treyarch are capable game developers. Thats not a secret. But As long as a studio OTHER than Infinity Ward works on a game in the Call of Duty franchise.... All they will be doing in my eyes is standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

But they can't support games for shit, just look at the disaster that is the Black Ops PC release. I can't even play it...

I'm going to be honest with you... ever since COD 3 i have purposely ignored every second COD. and ever since what happened after MW2 release..... I am ignoring COD altogether.

So i don't know about the woes of the PC... but I have tried the PS3 version... and there are bugs in there that SHOULDN'T have been shipped.

 

[Atmos Duality]

"The Treyarch studio, which made this year's game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago," said Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Activision's parent company Vivendi. "We have reconstructed Infinity Ward. We have been very happy with the way we have been able to reconstruct it."

It would be more accurate to say:
"Treyarch, which modded and re-released last year's game, did better because of brand recognition and word of mouth sales. Infinity Ward is now a burnt-out husk of a company that we filled with strawberry jam and wrapped in masking tape. But we're very happy with the result; they're perfectly happy to work for peanuts compared to the profits we turn."

 

[Worgen]

"The Treyarch studio, which made this year's game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago," said Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Activision's parent company Vivendi.

Treyarch are capable game developers. Thats not a secret. But As long as a studio OTHER than Infinity Ward works on a game in the Call of Duty franchise.... All they will be doing in my eyes is standing on the shoulders of their predecessors.

it would be funny if treyarch suddenly got gutted also

It would. But it looks like Treyarch is going to act like good little boys and girls and obey the labyrinth of oppressive rules Daddy has made up.

they got really lucky that infinity ward left them with such a solid basic game, really all they have to do is insert new things and not fuck up the gameplay and they will at least have good multiplayer

 

[soren7550]

"The Treyarch studio, which made this year's game, has done better than what the Infinity Ward studio could achieve a year ago," said Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Activision's parent company Vivendi. "We have reconstructed Infinity Ward. We have been very happy with the way we have been able to reconstruct it."

This quote fills me with dread. For one, Treyarch hasn't done better than Infinity Ward 'could have' a year ago. Last I checked, Modern Warfare 2 is still higher rated than Blops, and has sold more copies than Blops as well. (let's not forget that MW2's story & weapon selection is comprehensible)

For two, saying that they're 'reconstructed' Infinity Ward and that they're happy with the results of this 'reconstruction' makes me think that these new people (if they are people) are mindless Activision yes men.

 

[Spectre4802]

"We have reconstructed Infinity Ward. We have been very happy with the way we have been able to reconstruct it."

Reconstruct. Reconstructed.

That's just creepy.

 

[HobbesMkii]

I like the dig at Infinity Ward the CEO threw in there. "Treyarch's done better than Infinity Ward did a year ago!" Perhaps it was because IW did so well, with the franchise it created, that allowed Treyarch follow suit? Hrmmm? Just perhaps, Jean-Bernard?