Infinity Ward's Betrayal

[Soviet]

Reporting on its April-June fiscal quarter in August, Activision said that revenues for the period surpassed $1 billion. The figure was bolstered in no small part by the unstoppable juggernaut that is Infinity Ward's acclaimed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which the publisher said has sold 14 million units worldwide since its release in November 2007 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, DS, and PC. (A Wii edition, titled Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare: Reflex, is due next month.)

Considering Call of Duty 4's phenomenal success, it may come as a shock that Activision initially opposed Infinity Ward's decision to abandon World War II for a more contemporary setting. What's more, the publisher wasn't overly keen on bringing the developer's wares to consoles, either.

"Activision…did not want Modern Warfare," Infinity Ward chief creative officer Vince Zampella told Britain-based Official PlayStation Magazine in an interview, relayed by UK gaming site CVG. "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."

Call of Duty project lead Jason West went on to note, "We had to fight for everything. They wanted it to be World War II. Again."

In fact, Zampella said that Infinity Ward was ready to leave the WWII setting after the original Call of Duty, which received glowing reviews upon its release for the PC in 2003. Notably, Activision announced that it had acquired the Encino, California-based developer for an undisclosed sum one day after the original COD shipped in October of that year.

"With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War II," Zampella said. "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 II game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer."

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 10, and according to Activision, the game was as of August already the most preordered game in the publisher's history. For more information, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

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Activision=Wrong as of august most pre-ordered game! in history (Publishers)

[Drofder2004]

We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer.

Go fuck yourself Zampella!

[Infinite]

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 10

This was posted today, therefore I can conclude that the PC version is still due November 10th!

[Drofder2004]

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 10

This was posted today, therefore I can conclude that the PC version is still due November 10th!

http://twitter.com/iw_hyphen

@iw_hyphen Is the PC Version of MW2 delayed?
@CODTVplease as much as i'd love to, i can't answer that. sorry

So, they are not allowed to release information on whether the release date they officially set is actually the official release date they set?
It is delayed, accept it.

Edit:
Sent a Tweet thingy PM to 402:

Any interest in the whole delay of PC or is it another "keep hush" situation? Will PC ever get the love the Xbox gets?

Taking bets: 1-10 for no reply, 13-2 for a reply.

Edit2:
BETS NOW CLOSED!

I know our PC players are anxious for official word. I am as well. I will let you know as soon as I do. I promise. When I left, it was fine.

After 195 posts in the IW Forums, a single tweet on Twitter from myself and we have the much needed reply...

It answers nothing, but acknowledgement at least shows there is still a small amount of interest in the PC gaming.

[Soviet]

Yep, as small as their number of sales on the platform (in ratio to console sales).

[JDogg]

I haven't been contacted by EB.

[owningU]

damn jdogg u have 1 hell of a big inbox lol

[JDogg]

damn jdogg u have 1 hell of a big inbox lol

That's not mine lol, sorry I should have said, I found this on Bash and Slash

[matt101harris]

well it better fucking still be the 10th or i might have to kill some 1 :S!!!! (Were doesactivision live? )

[[SoE]_Zaitsev]

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 10

This was posted today, therefore I can conclude that the PC version is still due November 10th!

I was like that aswell untill Jdogg posted that picture

[Infinite]

Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 10

This was posted today, therefore I can conclude that the PC version is still due November 10th!

I was like that aswell untill Jdogg posted that picture

yea D:.

[Azabael]

up untill half a year ago, I had an inbox of 5000+. At some point I started not to open useless mails. Therefore it stacked up. In the end I had to remove them all one by one because there were still valuable mails inbetween. That was one hell of a job I can assure you.. I'm sorry for posting so off-topic (:

oh, and look at it on the bright side: IW enlarges the time we have something to look forward to!

[Soviet]

Sure, I'm looking forward to MW2. But that gleeful apprehension is mixed with an incredibly strong dose of utter disgust at what the series has become.

[JDogg]

I think IW won't confirm anything about a delay, because if it's behind schedule now, it might not be in a week or so.
EDIT:Update on that Bestbuy email
"It could be a photoshop maybe because it has the header in the email which is an old header . but that may be coincidense

another point is that the email is noreply@emailinfo2.bestbuy.com

Normally it would be noreply@support.bestbuy.com or sales.bestbuy.com

and plust another thing is that it is selected on there website as still 7th release ."