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Sledgehammer boss wants to develop Modern Warfare 4

Sledgehammer Games' CEO Glen Schofield has told GamerZines that he would "do high fives" if Activision gave his team the chance to develop Modern Warfare 4, despite having "no idea" what the future holds.

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Supman5365d ago

Oh ok. how bout' black ops 2? world at war 2? modern warfare 5 6 7 8 9 10. we got every year right?
just keep milking away activision .

LOGICWINS5365d ago

What do you care? No ones forcing you to buy em :)

Jobesy5365d ago

I guess people are being forced to buy it...oh well, more sales :p

frelyler5365d ago (Edited 5365d ago )

I don't think that is Supman's problem. I think the problem is that industry follows popular trends. If it sells, make it right? The problem with COD is that everyone sees the money it makes. So more and more companies start saying to themselves lets make a game that has all the elements of COD because it will sell. This is obviously not true in the real world, but everyone wants a piece of the pie so they are blinded. Eventually the market is flooded with games that have tacked on multiplayer and and poor single player campaigns because the developer spread themselves too thin. They think well COD has multiplayer so we must have it too. I happen to like single player games much more than MP games, that's just my taste. Right now though it seems the market is stagnating because everyone assumes if you just include COD like online it will sell the same numbers. COD and it's whole culture is killing creativity in the game market. Games are being made backwards and because of that cost a lot of money, no one wants to gamble so they bet on the market trend which is COD. Creativity is why games even exist in the first place. So when a cash cow comes along and kills that element people rightfully so get upset. Look at it this way. Say a major manufacturer has a great sale average for the most hideous shirt you have ever seen. Then all the other companies decide they are going to emulate that hideousness. Eventually when you go to buy a shirt you can't get one without an element of the terrible looking shirt that appears so great because of the numbers it's doing, wouldn't you be at least a little annoyed? Not the best analogy but I think people will get what I am trying to say.

LOGICWINS5365d ago

"So more and more companies start saying to themselves lets make a game that has all the elements of COD because it will sell."

Thats not COD's fault. Thats other companies fault for not having the balls to be themselves and follow their OWN unique vision.

It's not COD's fault that other shooters want to play follow the leader.

PCE5365d ago

The recycled hate comments on this site are not any better than the CoD games. It's sad people spend so much time sitting in front of their computer bashing CoD when they can just go back to playing their amazing games. Like really?

DarkTower8055365d ago

@ frelyler, I applaude you that you took the time to write an intelligent comment eventhough I don't agree with it. It's better than the usual fanboy dribble around here. + bubs for you.

Like Logicwins says, it's on the devs to make a good and unique mp. If they try to copy COD, that just shows their laziness.

SuperBeast8115365d ago

LOL true but gamestop gets pretty close to forcing you to preorder the damn thing lol

J86blum5365d ago

Agreed, im done with COD until something fresh comes from that farm.

frelyler5365d ago

@LOGICWINS

I agree it's not COD's fault, fully. I should have elaborated more and included the following. It's the fanbase's fault. I know it's not a popular idea and I am not name calling or saying anyone is in the wrong for liking COD, that comes down to personal choice and I say have at it. The problem is that Activision has gotten lazy with the franchise and milked it and as consumers we have not only allowed and tolerated it, but cheered it on by buying essentially the same thing each year. I played the crap out of COD4, it was and still is awesome, but what followed was not. Shorter and shorter campaigns, exclusive maps to certain consoles, non parity between versions and over charging for content that should have been included. Consumers should demand more and when they don't companies get lazy. Now had COD reinvented itself and not done the things above on each release I would not have as big a problem with it. I have been gaming for 26 years, single player games is where my interests lie and I see it being overshadowed by something that does not appeal to me and quite frankly seems like a rip off when you really step back and ask why am I spending 60 dollars on the same game again. If that's how you roll then go right ahead, but I like a good single player and creativity and it's getting more and more scarce these days. On a side not maybe El Shaddai is a sign that things are not that stagnant after all.

DARK WITNESS5363d ago

the other thing to remember here, when you say it's the other dev's fault for trying to copy COD, these dev's are being driven by the publishers. it's the publishers who see the money and say we need a game that does that.

I am sure given the chance a lot of devs would not mind trying something different, but will the buplishers let them knowing that most gamers will just go and buy cod anyway rather then try something different and knew.

i use to like cod, but I am just tired of it now. I don't think mw3 will really play or feel like cod4. I am not sold on what I have seen of it so far and the whole online pass has really put me off, but that is just me.

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The Meerkat5365d ago

A modder in his bedroom could make MW4.

Its just a map pack after all.

Simco8765365d ago

This ^^^

If you were a contract game developer and a huge company like Activision extended your contract.. you would "do high fives" also

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"Be creative 99% of the time" – Glen Schofield on how creativity can help fix AAA industry woes

The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI

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lodossrage30d ago

I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise

We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.

Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.

Scissorman29d ago

it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.

__y2jb29d ago

This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.

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Glen Schofield Writes Thank You and Goodbye message to EA and Activision

Glen writes: "For me, it’s a bittersweet moment. I spent roughly a decade at each company, right in their primes. Watching them fade from their roles as dominant publishers and powerhouse training grounds hits harder than I expected."

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Aloymetal152d ago

Such a shame we never got the DS2 remake for PS5 as we did for the 1st one. Loved the franchise especially the 2nd one.

victorMaje151d ago

One of the reasons I bought remake of 1 was to increase the chances of a remake of 2…smh

Aloymetal150d ago

Same here, I really wanted that DS2 remake even more after I saw how amazing was the DS1 remake. They did an amazing job, game looks phenomenal.

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Dead Space Creator Glen Schofield 'Already Making Calls' About Dead Space 4 Now EA Has New Owners

Could Dead Space return now EA has new owners? That's what Glen Schofield, the creator of the series, is hoping to make a reality.

P_Bomb212d ago

EA already makes so much money on sports and live service. Why not take a fraction of that cash, make a good single player Dead Space? Just do it.

chicken_in_the_corn212d ago

The backlash to a Dead Space 4 will be incredible.

LostPotato211d ago

Why the third game didn't sell that good and ruined the Ip. Let it rest in peace.

Red3f1ned211d ago

Because there's still potential and he's not done telling the story? Just because you get socked in the face really hard doesn't mean you lay down and just take it, especially if you haven't finished what you set out to do.

Michiel1989211d ago

yeah you're only throwing millions in the bin, no biggie.

-Foxtrot211d ago

The point is they really ruined the story where most people just don’t care

Now if they remake DS2 and then redo DS3 as a completely new game, branching the game off into a new timeline then we are golden

Pedantic91211d ago

If Callisto is his idea of a Dead Space game without the supervision of EA, i don't think i'd want to see where he'd take DS4 now that EA aren't the ones in charge. No wonder he's "already" making calls.

spoonard211d ago

Oh, another sportswashed game I will never buy because I don't support the Saudi royalty.

Seraphim210d ago

do you purchase gas? you're supporting Saudi Royalty.

Huey_My_D_Long210d ago

No shit. We can't go without buying gas. People can go without games. There is no ethical consumption in capitalism anyway.
But people can make stands if they like.
No idea why it bothers you, dude isn't even asking others to join in on his boycott

Seraphim209d ago

@Huey - you make many assumptions. I was simply pointing out a fact.

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