Activision wanted WWII setting, not Modern Warfare
Publisher feared change of theme
Speaking to the Official PlayStation Magazine (thanks CVG), Infinity Ward chief Vince Zampella has said that publisher Activision originally wanted the firm to make another WWII themed Call of Duty, instead of Modern Warfare.
"With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2. But Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we'd get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer," Zampella told the magazine.
"And something I'll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and [thought], 'oh my god you can't do that, it's crazy!' They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time."
Sometimes the market research lies, it would seem.
