OPG Staff Articles: Activision sees to killing the Call of Duty Franchise

[+Acidrain]

Activision vs. IW Situation is the Death Knell of COD Series?

 

It may very well spell the Death Knell for Infinity Ward and the Call Of Duty/Modern Warfare Franchise. Here is why I say this:

 

Based on the information from Kotuku’s article on the MW2 v. Activision Lawsuit, Activision is withholding the bonuses and royalties from the sales of MW2 from the very contracted employees that made the game: The IW employees. This is a corporate retribution ploy. It works in 2 ways:

 

Opinion Piece One

 

The Call of Duty Franchise Final Nail in the Coffin?

 

Due to the situation in which Activision has created, the Franchise which created and made over 3 billion in sales off the Modern Warfare 2 title will now become one of the past. Why you ask, well it is simple; Activision and its executives became too greedy as any organization does. This isn’t the first time that Activision has taken a large Franchise down due to its greedy nature.

 

Opinion Piece Two

[+Brain32]

They better kill it, good riddance.

 

Oh wait, they already did...