Nice Knowing You Bungie
 

http://www.kombo.com/article.php?artid=14530

Bungie...Activision? The fu*k? Get ready for $15 map packs, subscription fees, overpriced games, unpaid bonuses, and huge public power squabbles over content within about four years.

Why would it matter to you? Its not like you never complain about the Halo series anyway.

Not enough chainsaws or flawed gun mechanics, AMIRITE?

I don't really see how this would work in place of the deal they have with Microsoft. I guess what this means is that if MS passes up on Bungie's new IP junx, then Activision will swoop in and set up shop. Of course, Microsoft might have just told Bungie to f*ck off, because they own the only thing Bungie ever made worth a dime.

Edit: Yeah, so it looks like this is to do exclusively with a single IP. Presumably the one Microsoft already passed on.

Probably a long term subscription based MMO game. It sounds like the partnership is more for access to Blizzard connections than anything else.

Activision didn't buy Bungie,their just their publisher.

Yeah, the way they keep throwing around the word "universe" and how "expansive" it will be, I'm thinking the same thing.

Paaaasss.

I know that. Ugh.

So it looks like this same thing went down with Insomniac Games, of Ratchet and Resistance fame for those who don't know. The only difference being this is an EAP deal.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/25/in...xbox-360-game/

I've never been a fan of anything Insomniac has done, but I guess this is a big yet another step these developers are taking to make sure their titles get out to the largest possible audience. I'm sure this won't be the last deal like this.

One thing's for sure, they won't be able to release a shooter the quality of Resistance on the 360 and get praised for it.

Oh, snaaaaaaap, you went there.

By the end of this gen, the only exclusive titles left will be first party, and outside of Nintendo, even those are shrinking in numbers.