OK, so let's see...

Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Activision Leeds, Sledgehammer Games, plus Raven Software, Neversoft, n-Space, and Beachhead Studios... is it just me, or is Activision putting a hell of a lot of their eggs into one basket?

They can always just shut all those studios down. Which is what they've been doing to all other non-Call of Duty studios.

"I need a tank!"

"Pull one from the original Modern Warfare, our engine hasn't changed at all"

Sorry.. :P

Well either way we don't know much about these guys and their talent levels but rather just the fact that all the tools are readily available to them from the get go, so with that I tend to have a bit brighter of an outlook for these titles.

Like I said, let us see where this leads. Makes more sense to me then complaining about which team is working on what, if you know what I mean. (Not accusing you of complaining )

It's OK. Activision is fully diversified between Call of Duty and whatever sequel Blizzard decides to launch every third year.

Indeed my point is the same. Lets wait and see what this team can do. The fact they have the assets available really doesn't tell us much though. Given the timing of this team though it is possible that the Vita game this year and 3DS game (if it exists) won't be by them. Rather we will have to wait until next year.  

I would be interested in the size of this team though. By the sound of it they are going to be solely responsible for the 3DS, Vita and Mobile versions of these games. That seems like a lot of work for one studio given that the main games come out every year. Especially considering it is likely that all 3 of those versions would need to be different. 

Yes, but it's a basket worth over $1 billion a year.

I feel bad for Raven though. They used to make such great, original IPs and now they're making map packs for Call of Duty. How fun can that be?

It's worth over $1 billion a year *right now*. But then, Guitar Hero was bringing in a lot of money in its time, too.

The point of "putting a lot of eggs into one basket" is that, should a mistake result in that basket being metaphorically dropped, there goes a huge chunk of your revenue. Given Activision's history of milking franchises to death, you should be able to see the concern.

Not to mention that Treyarch was considered a B team at one point

I think your memory is failing you, but i always thought those games were terrible. But i do wonder what this means for the team that was working on CODs for DS. Are they getting kicked to the curb