Gearbox boss Randy Pitchfordhas been talking abouttwo of the most well-respect FPS developers in the business, Bungie and Infinity Ward, claiming that while he has big respect for what they do, he’s waiting for a brand new idea from the teams known almost exclusively for theHaloandCall of Dutyfranchises.
“I keep waiting to hear what Bungie is going to do that’s notHalo,” explains the man whose studio is currently makingBorderlands. “Those guys are amazing, right? They walk on water! And the same with Infinity Ward. It’s like, dude I’m totally psyched to get myCall of Dutyfix every year, but you guys are amazing! What else have you got? Can you give me something I haven’t seen before?
“The folks that are innovating need to be rewarded so that the folks that are making big bets can take that risk. It’s too big of a risk for Infinity Ward to do anything but what they’re doing, because there’s too much value and there’s really big scope for it.”
I’d certainly love to see what these studios can cook up outside of theHaloandModern Warfarefranchises, definitely. Like Pitchford says, however, it’s often too big a risk to break out from the norm, especially when you’ve found a winning formula that customers are guaranteed to drop money on time and time again. It’s sad, but that’s life.
