vivster said:
Jumplion said:
This doesn't really help my opinion of Activision, despite the failings on Bizarre's half. This only makes me see even more that Activision just absorb companies, chew them up, and spit them back out. Seriously, with Red Octane, Infinity Ward, the Guitar Hero guys, and now Bizarre, it's a wonder how they still have studios to pry off of.
To paraphrase the guy who did standup for the recent Interactive Achievment Awards, "Activision, you're like James Cameron, you make record-breaking hit after record-breaking hit...and absolutely nobody wants to deal with you!"
you make it sound like there was no benefit for the developers at all
EVERY developer WANTS a big publisher...the bigger the better
and as in every business...the higher you climb the deeper you can fall
nobody stays on top forever
Of course there's much benefit of having a large publisher,
but not at the cost of your soul! I just wish some developers had the integrity to stick with their guns. A problem with big publishers is that you're at their mercy. And big publishers like Activision, and to a lesser extent EA, are reluctant to fund projects that aren't a "safe" return of investment, as shown by the countless Guitar Hero sequels, Call of Duty's and their map packs, and James Bond games (I highly doubt Bizarre
wanted to go with that project).
Fine, it's a business, that doesn't mean you can't have some integrity in your balls. Or something.
