- Uriel S167
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- Noble Member
~ Life is Killing Me. ~
~ I hate, therefore I am. ~
What is even more rare in this industry is this:
Bungie will completely and solely own their new IP in this Activision contract.
They will remain their own, private company, Bungie will not be owned by Activision.
The only rights that Activision has is that they will be the exclusive publisher of Bungie's new IP across multiple platforms (i.e. Xbox, PS3, & PC).
This information broke last year, and for us as a community, Activision's extremely limited role is good news. This means that even once the contract does end, Bungie still owns their new universe, and can still produce it themselves.
Now before we get bent on trashing Activision, I am just as happy with this deal as Bungie is.
Bungie has already stated that they are very excited to be working with Activision, and I am excited that they are as well!
Aside from some of the negative press over the years, Activision has a record of publishing some amazing games.
Now they will be publishing Bungie's new universe. I have to admit that I am very, very excited about this!
But have no fear, dear 7th Column! Bungie will always remain their own company now, and the new game and universe will always belong solely to Bungie. They can/will run this new universe the way they want to, for as long as they want to.
The possibilities of what this means for our Community are staggering, and extraordinarily exciting! If we get to track stats for this new game, there is theoretically no end to how long we can follow those stats, as well as have a hand in the development of this new universe's Community!
So awesome!