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 Posted: Tue, 22nd May 2012 08:52 Post subject: Activision IW Case Leaks Bungie's MMO Shooter(s) |
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| Quote: | -Massively multiplayer style, sci-fantasy action shooter series codenamed Destiny with expansion packs codenamed Comet.
-Four games releasing in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
-Four expansion packs releasing in 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
-The main games will be retail.
-There will be other DLC, subscriptions, microtransactions, and value added services.
-The first game will be an Xbox 360 and "Xbox 720" timed exclusive.
-Activision and Bungie are considering a PS3 version of the first game in 2014.
-The second game is targeted for 360, 720, PS4, and Windows PC, though the contract notes that some of those SKUs may be dropped if they decide they are not worthwhile or not technically feasible.
-Activision can terminate the contract without penalty if Destiny doesn't sell at least 5 million units in the first six months, or for any reason they please after the second expansion pack releases.
-Bungie is also working on a Marathon game, but currently no more than 5% of their staff (nor more than 5% of their key staff) can work on it, and the amount of employees that can work on it goes up slowly as they hit cumulative profit goals. There are also limits on when Bungie can release Marathon. For specifics on this see the contract images at the bottom since it's pretty lengthy.
-The game is targeting a rating of Teen/PEGI 16, but Bungie is not contractually held to hit this mark.
-The contract implies the game has in-game game masters, like those people who work for Blizzard and handle user requests in World of Warcraft while playing some kind of digital representation in the MMO world (or at least being accessible through in game chat).
-Bungie will receive a $2.5 million bonus if Destiny achieves a GameRankings.com rating of 90 or higher on Xbox 360 as measured 30 days after release.
-Bungie will also get a 20% royalty of the first $100 million in cumulative operating income, 24% on the income between $101-$400 million, and 35% on the income $401 million or above. These royalties are subject to a penalty of 2%, 2.4%, and 3.5% respectively if the games are delayed for reasons caused by Bungie within reason (i.e. if an earthquake destroys their studio they're not at fault, but if they just don't get the game done on time they are). These last two bullet points I'm leaving in the contract itself to cut down on OP length.
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sauce : http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-bungie-activision-contract-20120521,0,3463781.story
So basically Bungie must churn out 4 MMO games 2 years apart with expansions between.
GG bungie,talk about signing with the devil,some of those contract details are lolz worthy
Btw the whole contract is here http://documents.latimes.com/bungie-activision-contract/
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 22nd May 2012 08:59 Post subject: |
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"how to kill creation"
their repeating the mistake of the music industry... forcing artists into multiple album contracts, which end up being several clones....
like we have seen with cod already from them.
At least we wont see anymore halo ^^
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tonizito
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| Posted: Tue, 22nd May 2012 09:18 Post subject: |
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| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 22nd May 2012 16:08 Post subject: |
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I call fake - there's no way Activision will settle for a game only every two years.
/sarcasm
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ixigia
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| Posted: Tue, 22nd May 2012 16:35 Post subject: |
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JackQ
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:15 Post subject: |
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WOW is saved 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:16 Post subject: |
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I never expected Destiny to come to PC anyhow, Bungie couldn't give a fuck about the platform.. they never have. It was Mac first and then bed with Microsoft.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:24 Post subject: |
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Same could be said about the Sony platforms then. The truth is it's up to the publisher (Activision), if they want a PC port, they will make it happen, one way or another, sooner or later. (even if Bungie "can't" or "won't" by eg outsourcing it).
Bungie have a contract for 4 Destiny games with Activision, so eventually one of them will likely end up on PC as well I would imagine. 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:26 Post subject: |
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Yeah, the "PC" will get the social Facebook app >_>
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:28 Post subject: |
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  aintevenmad 
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 13:31 Post subject: |
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Nor me to be honest, it looked like it could be a fun game but egh.. it's another online-only shooter and so far the only one of those that has really interested me is The Division. If Destiny comes to PC then yay, but it's more than likely not going to happen.
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| Posted: Mon, 4th Nov 2013 14:21 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | their repeating the mistake of the music industry... forcing artists into multiple album contracts, which end up being several clones....
like we have seen with cod already from them. |
If Bungie can make Activision a series of games that generate the sort of revenue CoD does, I doubt Bobby Kotick will be complaining. He doesn't give two fucks about creativity, he's in it for the sweet, sweet cash.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Sep 2014 17:35 Post subject: |
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That's a pretty tiny image :S
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Sep 2014 17:47 Post subject: |
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Heh, had never read the article in the OP before, but that explains a lot how the game turned out.
Another soulless and repetitive Borderlands/Halo clone churned out by the AAA industry conveyor belts.
Millions put in manufactured hype-marketing and a story so thin it is conveyed by info-cards you have to read in your browser.
But its multiplayer alright, and everything is more fun together so hopefully people won't notice. Glad some reviewers did.
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Sep 2014 18:02 Post subject: |
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Yes, some reviewers did, but the gamers still love it for the hollow piece is shit it seems to be. Gamers today certainly have zero standards.
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