Infinity Ward: Activision didn't want Call of Duty to go Modern

Activision: "Mr. Schafer, I don't know about this Brutal Legend. We're going to have to put it on indefinite hold since we have to figure out how to morph it into a Guitar Hero game."

EA: "We used to be a bunch of bitches, but you know what, we're different now. Not with DLC cars and such, but different now. We'll publish your game."

Activision: "But wait, that's OUR game. We're going to sue you!"

Failure ensues.

Activision: "Well, what other major series of ours developed by an incredibly reliable developer can stray from their vision and decide for ourselves whats what. Call of Duty!"

Infinity Ward: "Suck our cock Activision. We're doing it our way."

Activision: "Okay, okay. After our financial review today let's head over to that one studio of ours, what's it called, Cabela's Rifleman, Arrowhead, Trip Planner... Hunting maybe is it? I forget what its called, but its money time. And we're always, ALWAYS right. Why can't the developers see it our way?"

"Yeah, our war was the coolest! Kids today with their AC-130s. That's not fightin'. That's just flyin' a big, bomb droppin' robot kite."

What about the U-235, a "Little Boy", The Manhattan Project(not Watchmen).They must of forgotten Hiroshima.

Spray and Pray of WW2

Modern Warfare is one of the best things to ever happen to consoles. It made FPS games fun and quickly accessible to everyone (albeit sans dualshock 3 support on the ps3).

I still love jumping onto COD4 even now, and I can't wait until MW2 drops in November.

There's too many baby boomers making dumb decisions. WW2 has been done to death and was done to death like 10 years agon.

I just feel we are at a sad state of affairs when people offer the same godamn game everyyear and you people eat it up like it is candy, for the same game. That is foolish in itself, and that is what is killing the game industry.
This game needs to change or die.
Like every game..

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Proof (once again) that publishers should just piss off and go do what they do best: move boxes.

"Activision 'thought working on a modern game was risky'" Well, it *was* risky. It could've had a backlash like Six Days In Fallujah, which would have meant a lot of development resources wasted on a game that wouldn't be released. I'd say they were wise to be cautious and do market research. Atomic Games should have done more of that too.