Quote Originally Posted by Vicious Horizon View Post
Delightful, Cal.

I for one, don't really care that one franchise is being recycled over and over, it reminds me of pigs I guess. (Goes through bones like butter =D)

It's making gaming more mainstream, it's making it (slightly) more socially acceptable, it's bringing people into the industry (you read how many millions CoD makes) and even though that particular franchise is being regurgitated, it's sparking the creativity and the passion that the industry really needs, I mean, think about the kids who play CoD4, want to be game designers, then go on to make the next World of Goo, or Plants vs. Zombies or whatever they come up with while trying to make it in the gaming industry.

Love 'em or hate them, Activision do fund good studios, which occassionally make good games, even though Kotick is a dick, he's helping out the industry in some way or another by shelling out these games every quarter.
I don't think people play MW2 and say to themselves, "I'm inspired to make an awesome indie game". Activision fund good game studios and suck the life out of them, turning them into money makers.