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hikaruchan on 20 September 2010

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hikaruchan on 20 September 2010

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Sounds like a self-serving proclamation to me.

And if you are their publisher, they are not so indepedent.

Of course it's self-serving, but anyone who knows something about the industry and how it works will know that Bungie are by far not the only independant developers left who produce high quality games. If I were an investor, Bobby would lose a lot of credit saying something like that.

And they're still an independant developer, even if they have a deal with Activision.

On the independence, it depends on the contract and whether Activision has approval rights of what it publishes and what happens to things it refuses.

Remember the big controversy with Brutal Legend. Activision did not want to publish it because it could not become a series but then wanted to prevent EA from publishing it. In other words, it (Activision) potentially holds all the cards in this relationships. And that would severely limit the "independence" of Bungie.

Bungie retain the rights to the IP though, so they're still independant in their work.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/28299/Activision_Inks_TenYear_Multiplatform_Bungie_Deal.php

I bet IW thought they were Independent before Activision puled that stunt on them to.

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zgamer5 on 20 September 2010

what an ignorant prick.

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Goodness i hope he's not planning on raping the shit out of bungie, did they sign a contract ? or its just temporarly?

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Does this guy eats drugs at breakfast?

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Like I said, best troll in the business!

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Does this guy eats drugs at breakfast?

No he eat Developer's funds

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Reach will be the last Bungie developed game I buy.

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oldschoolfool on 20 September 2010

Nothing wrong with being confident. It's self-serving,nothing more.

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