Post: Activision "Didn't Want Modern Warfare"
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10-06-2009, 04:50 PM
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Cute Poisen
Who’s Jim Erased?
Originally posted by another user
Infinity Ward told the Official PlayStation Mag in the UK that Activision didn't want Infinity Ward to make a modern day combat game and instead wanted the US based developer to create another World War II title.
"With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2," Zampella told OPM, "but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we'd get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game."
Zampella also mentions how Activision saw their studio as a PC developer, "We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer."
"And something I'll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and thought, 'oh my god you can't do that, it's crazy!' They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time," Zampella stated. Project Lead Jason West piped up and said, "They wanted it to be World War II. Again."
Of course Activision must be pretty grateful that they eventually caved into Infinity Ward's ambitions, especially considering that Call of Duty 4 sold around 14 million copies, and the follow up is looking to smash that record.
"With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2," Zampella told OPM, "but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we'd get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game."
Zampella also mentions how Activision saw their studio as a PC developer, "We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer."
"And something I'll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and thought, 'oh my god you can't do that, it's crazy!' They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time," Zampella stated. Project Lead Jason West piped up and said, "They wanted it to be World War II. Again."
Of course Activision must be pretty grateful that they eventually caved into Infinity Ward's ambitions, especially considering that Call of Duty 4 sold around 14 million copies, and the follow up is looking to smash that record.
10-06-2009, 05:27 PM
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I_0wn_c0re_n00b
Banned
There we go... Its not treyarchs fault that they made another WW2 game. I know this article is referring to IW, But it shows activision was telling them what to do. But IW actually had some balls. Don't get me wrong, I'll play CoD5 over CoD4, But I always suspected JD_2020 had a pussy. Btw, With all the noob friendly additions being made, I will probably play W@W over MW2.
10-06-2009, 06:59 PM
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RICHIE209
March 6, 2011.
Originally posted by n00b
There we go... Its not treyarchs fault that they made another WW2 game. I know this article is referring to IW, But it shows activision was telling them what to do. But IW actually had some balls. Don't get me wrong, I'll play CoD5 over CoD4, But I always suspected JD_2020 had a pussy. Btw, With all the noob friendly additions being made, I will probably play W@W over MW2.
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Everyone just assumes that Treyarch and IW can make whatever the **** they want. They have to answer to Activision. Since Activision let IW make MW I bet they had Treyarch make the final WW2 series of the franchise. I'm willing to bet there will be no more WW2 games from Treyarch, the missions were on the last days of WW2. Soon enough, Modern Warfare will be the thing everyone's bitching about. MW2 does look a little easy imo.
10-06-2009, 09:32 PM
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streetzballa23
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10-06-2009, 09:50 PM
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blizzard94
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10-06-2009, 09:54 PM
#6
I_0wn_c0re_n00b
Banned
Originally posted by streetzballa23
Wtf r yall talkin about u fu*kin crack heads
mw2 is gonna be better than cod5
mw2 is gonna be better than cod5
Perhaps to a pussy... Like you. Let me guess, You're gonna throw on a Sniper, Automatic shotgun, Bling(Silencer, sniper scope), Camo, *IDK bout perk three*, & tactical insertion to get right back into your camp spots. IW tries way to hard to make the noobs seem as good as pros, & then the pros get pissed & use the same setups. After awhile EVERYONE is in their own corner of the map using the same classes. Just wait til MW2 comes out, Their will be 1 class that dominates all.
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10-06-2009, 10:32 PM
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CHS#1
Grunt
Originally posted by another user
Perhaps to a pussy... Like you. Let me guess, You're gonna throw on a Sniper, Automatic shotgun, Bling(Silencer, sniper scope), Camo, *IDK bout perk three*, & tactical insertion to get right back into your camp spots. IW tries way to hard to make the noobs seem as good as pros, & then the pros get pissed & use the same setups. After awhile EVERYONE is in their own corner of the map using the same classes. Just wait til MW2 comes out, Their will be 1 class that dominates all.
That is what will happen and why i like hardcore on cod5
10-06-2009, 11:17 PM
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blizzard94
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Originally posted by Agent2170
why mw2 is way better than W@W :confused::confused::confused::confused:
How do you know it will be better? have you played it yet? Nobody can judge it yet, not even most people that have already played it because they are probably biased because they are either a.) working for IW or b.) way too psyched for it before its technically out of beta yet.
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