dkblackhawk50: Who said Treyarch was unhappy?

And Harmonix is owned by MTV IIRC, EA, Activision, etc can do what ever they want to them but at the end of the day, MTV is paying them their checks and looking out for them.

When it comes to Infinity Ward though, what really happened is currently unknown and everything else is simply rumor and speculation. Can we please wait for the court cases to end before trying to choose home town hero?

You think that just because you like something that it is good. What does it mean when millions of people like something you don't? Does it mean you are wrong to like what you like? NO! Then show some respect to those that like these games you dismiss so easily. And despite your opinion a publisher is in the business of making money. They make games that appeal to the least common denominator to make money.Without blockbuster titles companies go broke. Studios are not cheap to maintain.

Blur is a good game, it was reviewed pretty well too. DJ Hero is pretty fun too and I see where you're coming from but technically it does count as a new IP.

I haven't played Singularity but it's still a new IP and the OP simply asked for new IP investments. War for Cybertron was a pretty good game too and technically a new game IP but one based in the Transformers universe.

Kotick may have said that (link?) but you guys are making it sound like Activision doesn't have any new IP's at all when they've released some pretty good games this year based on new IP's.

They "teamed up" with EA because the parent company that owned BioWare and Pandemic sold them. And Mass Effect was not radically different from Mass Effect 2, have you played either of the games? Mass Effect 2 simply improved on the original game like sequels generally do.

Blur is a okay game. I'm just trying to say that Activision are VERY cautios when it comes to new IP's. They dont spend alot until they have seen it will sell and then they milk the shit out of it. trust me singularity is pure ctrl + v, there is NOTHING original in that game. and the what do you mean link? have you read the article? trust me i dont want activision to be the company that they are. however money talks and money controls Activision, that is why Robert Kotick is CEO and will be for a time. Activision Blizzard has become a company of pure profit, trust me you will NEVER see a niche title from activision again. they will only push their most succesfull IP's.

Yeah i have played both games and the first one on 360 which was a mistake cause i had to restart 2 times because of glitches. the second game i had very few bugs and it was on 360 too. and sequels dont "generally" improve, not from activision, thats what im trying to say. Activision games offers so little original stuff because they will always stay at current IP's and just improve on content. kinda like Blizzard, which is probably why they merged. anyway back to BioWare, yeah they got sold to EA but do you think EA was the only company interested, when a huge huge gaming company like Bioware is getting sold its not some random quick deal. theres a lot of reassurances and business strategy, EA will let BioWare explore new IPs in a way bobby kotick never would dream of doing.

and calling DJ Hero a new IP is like calling World of Warcraft a new IP. yeah it takes it from a new angle, but its the same universe, if i remember right, i could play with my friend and his "Guitar Hero periphal" in DJ Hero. that is a very clear way to show how Activision defines "new ips"

What I meant to say, that I would cut myself off from anything has to offer. Just to play Dead Space 2 not to mention the new NFS HP. Dead Space is one of the best new ips I've played in a long time so much in fact. I hate horror games of any kind usually and I bought and Platinum the game twice. Racing is my second favorite genre and to me blur is one of the weakest excuses for a racing game in a long time, split/second ran all over that game.

Not into the overly popular, rhythm games and putting it on a fake turn table isn't gonna change that. Singularity, didn't play it and honestly won't bother. Not a big fps fan and it hardly looks worth my time to force myself to go that route.