"Activision believes the action is without merit," said a company spokesperson over e-mail just moments ago. "Activision retains the discretion to determine the amount and the schedule of bonus payments for MW2 and has acted consistent with its rights and the law at all times. We look forward to getting judicial confirmation that our position is right.
Activision retains the discretion to determine the amount and the schedule of bonus payments for MW2
We look forward to getting judicial confirmation that our position is right.
headkase wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 19:22:Ain't that the truth, mate.
When Activision is saying "right" they mean legal. And just because something is "legal" doesn't make it "right."
Ruffiana wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 19:57:What you just said right here is, "I'd be very interested in wasting my time doing something that no one would act upon, even if they actually heard about it."
I'd be very interested in signing any petition against Activision to pay their developers the royalties they should be paid.
Legally rights or not, there's ethically right and wrong. When you've got people who are literally giving you years of their only life in order to produce the best selling piece of entertainment across all forms of media...pay them fucking royalties. I don't care if they have huge egos, are giant assholes, no longer work at the company, called your mother a whore, planned to jump ship and form their own studio with a competing publisher...it doesn't matter. You made a metric fuckton of cash off of their hard work, ideas, and creative vision and any human being with a soul would know that they deserve a fair percentage of that money.
So you are saying that the work Activision done in marketing the game had no part in it , you're implying that the game was super fantastic and that the programmers/artist/sound/desgin guys should all be given a life times amount of money each?? Is that what you are meaning?
Krovven wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 19:37:LOL, thats exactly what I said to a friend earlier today. In fact as I recall, didn't new line claim they didn't owe anything because the money was supposed to be a percentage of the net, and they said they didn't make any net money on the LotR trilogy? (aka hollywood math, kinda like music studio math)
This reminds me of the whole New Line LoTR lawsuits regarding unpaid royalties.
Cutter wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 21:19:
The real problem? Most of us were here for gaming in its infancy when it was about the games. Now it's just another big business that's about profits first. Meh, sucks but it had to happen sooner or later. I guess a lot of us are just getting too old to either care about or want to deal with the greed and BS anymore. While I won't be quitting gaming any time soon, I've certainly slowed down a lot and will probably continue to do so from this point forward. Time to take up a new hobby methinks, wood carving, or stained glass or something.
guess a lot of us are just getting too old to either care about or want to deal with the greed and BS anymore.
These types of corperations and their dealings have destroyed the American economy by screwing over the little guy with their douchebaggery. They screw everyone in their path all in the name of greed.
LOL, thats exactly what I said to a friend earlier today. In fact as I recall, didn't new line claim they didn't owe anything because the money was supposed to be a percentage of the net, and they said they didn't make any net money on the LotR trilogy? (aka hollywood math, kinda like music studio math)
Beamer wrote on Apr 27, 2010, 21:39:guess a lot of us are just getting too old to either care about or want to deal with the greed and BS anymore.
Then why not be like 90% of gamers and simply play games rather than follow the business of them?
If you didn't go to game sites like Blues, Joystiq or the Shack you'd have no clue any of this was going on and be blissfully ignorant.
And just because something is "legal" doesn't make it "right."