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Why does Bungie need/want to sign a contract with a publisher ahead of time anyway? They presumably have tons of cash on hand, and they have enough of a track r
by jey 17y ago
Why does Bungie need/want to sign a contract with a publisher ahead of time anyway? They presumably have tons of cash on hand, and they have enough of a track record that they should be the ones jerking publishers around instead of putting themselves in a servile position.
- vl 17y agoLike I wouldn't worry about Apple in Apple-AT&T relationship, I'm not worrying about Bungie in this one. The thing which is surprising in this whole story is that Microsoft let them go.
- timdorr 17y agoIt took them 9 months to negotiate with Activision and they tried things with every possible major publisher under the sun. They seem to have gotten a sweet deal too (keep your own IP, remain independent, publisher basically just prints discs and ships them to the stores). They were going to have to pick one eventually anyways, so they might as well do it during the planning stages so they're not ending up building something that no publisher is going to acquiesce to.