Why is the biggest always the most evil?

Yes it seems that, as Abe Lincoln said so long ago "If you want to test a man, give him power". Well the "man" I'm talking about is Activision, and they have most certainly failed that test. I can't say we didn't see there eventually corruption coming. From charging a 120 bucks for a piece of crap Tony Hawk game, to CEO Bobby Kotick saying that the he might quit developing for the ps3, they have been in the headlines a lot lately. Then comes the firing of Jason West and Vince Zampella, the leaders of Infinity Ward and the two brains behind the great Modern Warfare games and four of the six COD games out so far. From what I understand West and Zampella didn't want to develop Modern Warfare 3, instead wanting to create a brand new I.P. That is fine, as a developer you are always getting new ideas and coming up with different games. However, Activision, being the biggest third-party publisher in the world, only cares about money, and I'm sure they didn't want to take the risk of publishing a non-established brand. Apparently West and Zampella went to other publishers to see if they could negotiate something, and they ended up getting fired for it. Sucks for Activision. Soon after, West and Zampella filed a class action lawsuit, claiming they had sole rights to develop any Call of Duty game set after The Vietnam War. I've seen the agreement, technically they do have creative control. I guess that explains the setting of Black Ops huh? Until this whole thing is sorted out Activision can't make a COD game after Vietnam in risk of violating that contract. It seems these issues aren't stopping West and Zampella though, as they formed Respawn Entertainment and soon basically everyone from Infinity Ward had joined them. They have even signed with Activision's biggest competitor, EA, to help work on the new Medal of Honor, a franchise they also created. More power to them. I'm fed up with Activision trying to "Maddenize" all of their franchises and firing two of their best developers because of their inability to take a risk on a new franchise. I am currently boycotting Activision and their ridiculously priced Stimulus Package. Here's hoping Respawn really shows up Activision this year

-Smith