Robert Bowling is now the former Infinity Ward creative strategist, and no one is sure if it was due to differences with Activision or if his contract expired. Giving a possible insight into why he might have left, he gave a public interview before leaving saying old maps should be free.
“Here is my philosophy on throwback maps,” he said. “Old school maps, I love maps like that, I want to see Creek, I want to see Overgrown, I want to see Crossfire, I want to see Highrise. So my mentality on it is if you are going to do throw back maps, if you are going to do classic maps, keep it outside of the DLC model. Like for DLC, if you are paying for stuff and it’s included in your subscription, it should all be new content. Give me something new I’ve never seen before, and that’s not something we’ve done in the past before, [when] we’ve included [old maps] in traditional map packs.”
“But now, since our DLC model is so different, I feel like we have a flexibility to let DLC be focused on all new content, brand new stuff you’ve never seen before in the game or any game,” he continued. “And if we want to do a throwback map, let that be outside the DLC model, let it be free, let it be to everyone. Don’t let it be restricted by contracts and partnerships and all that f***ing money stuff. Let it just be there. So that’s what I think. I want to see the new gameplay experience of Modern Warfare 3 in classic maps.”
“I feel like we are in a f***ing era where everyone is so focused on subscriber numbers and all that stuff that we need to get back to what I feel like we did so much better in the old days of just plain goodwill, like stuff like the LAN patch, yeah it is lower priority but let’s get it out the f***ing door,” Bowling added. “Let’s just do it.”
Source: Callofdutymappacks.com
