Den Grund für den Abstieg sehen einige Beobachter in der
Schlammschlacht um Infinity Ward, durch die mittlerweile elf führende Mitarbeiter das Studio verließen. Auf Kotaku äußerte sich nun ein anonymer Mitarbeiter von Infinity Ward, der noch im Team verblieben ist:
"They're scared shitless," the source said of Activision management. "They never saw this coming. They can't believe what's going on. At first they gave us some bullshit about moving up payments of all the money they owe us to sooner increments. That was when [designer] Todd [Alderman] and [engineer] Frank [Gigliotti] left. But with the announcement of Respawn and all the people leaving, they just got there heads in their hands."
Und weiter wird die Quelle zitiert: "They fired the two most amazing leaders we've ever seen, and then shafted us all out of a lot of money that was promised to us...there is nothing they can do to gain our trust or respect. And I'm pretty sure they know it now."
Allerdings gibt es auch noch andere Stimmen seitens Infinity Ward. So äußerte sich ein ebenfalls nicht näher genannter Insider auf Kotaku folgendermaßen:
"First off, yes, it is a shitty situation, but there are two kinds of people left: ones that are sticking it out for the money, and others who want to make something work. We are not dead, we definitely lost original team members, but not all of the talent. When you talk about the people who left, they are the best in the business, but equally everyone at Infinity Ward deserves that same credential. We are here for the long haul of keeping the Modern Warfare name alive, but as your article clearly shows, certain people are still pissed about it. We just had this discussion in our Monday meeting, 'We still have the talent that will get us to where we need to go, and now is the time to find our new leaders."
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