I was watching the Call of Duty Black Opps trailer again today, because the first time I saw it, it intrigued me a bit, because it looked like for the first time in Treyarch's stabs at Call of Duty, they were trying something different with the mechanics and story telling. As the trailer finished I saw the release date appear. 11. 9. 10. I said wow, Activision already knows the release date nearly 6 months in advanced. I was thinking, why couldn't Blizzard have done that for Starcraft II. Blizzzard waited till May to announce a july release date.   So I said, "It'd be really great if Blizzard could learn from Activision." Then it suddenly hit me........Blizzard and Activision are the same company. 
 
WTF is this? Am I the only one who thinks this is messed up....?

I was watching the Call of Duty Black Opps trailer again today, because the first time I saw it, it intrigued me a bit, because it looked like for the first time in Treyarch's stabs at Call of Duty, they were trying something different with the mechanics and story telling. As the trailer finished I saw the release date appear. 11. 9. 10. I said wow, Activision already knows the release date nearly 6 months in advanced. I was thinking, why couldn't Blizzard have done that for Starcraft II. Blizzzard waited till May to announce a july release date.   So I said, "It'd be really great if Blizzard could learn from Activision." Then it suddenly hit me........Blizzard and Activision are the same company. 
 
WTF is this? Am I the only one who thinks this is messed up....?

Call of Duty - October 29th, 2003 
Call of Duty: United Offensive - September 14th, 2004
Call of Duty 2 - October 25th, 2005
Call of Duty 3 - November 7th, 2006
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - November 7th, 2007
Call of Duty: World at War - November 11th, 2008
Modern Warfare 2: November 10th, 2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops: November 9th, 2010
 
Starcraft - March 31st, 1998
 
See the pattern? People expect a Call of Duty every November. We've pretty much known since 2007 that there would be a Call of Duty game in November of 2010. MW2's release date was known almost a year in advance. Starcraft II is an entirely different subject. Much more massive game, way bigger development, beta testing, etc. Not to mention it's PC only, and as such doesn't require the crazy highly televised ad campaigns that something like Call of Duty does.

" Call of Duty - October 29th, 2003 
Call of Duty: United Offensive - September 14th, 2004
Call of Duty 2 - October 25th, 2005
Call of Duty 3 - November 7th, 2006
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - November 7th, 2007
Call of Duty: World at War - November 11th, 2008
Modern Warfare 2: November 10th, 2009
Call of Duty: Black Ops: November 9th, 2010
 
Starcraft - March 31st, 1998  See the pattern? People expect a Call of Duty every November. We've pretty much known since 2007 that there would be a Call of Duty game in November of 2010. MW2's release date was known almost a year in advance. Starcraft II is an entirely different subject. Much more massive game, way bigger development, beta testing, etc. Not to mention it's PC only, and as such doesn't require the crazy highly televised ad campaigns that something like Call of Duty does. "

Activision has thrown out some pretty solid games. COD, COD 2, COD 4 MW, COD MW 2, And the guitar heros. 

"Activision has thrown out some pretty solid games. COD, COD 2, COD 4 MW, COD MW 2, And the guitar heros.  "

" @giyanks22: Because Blizzard has a long history with release dates and not meeting them.  They also, unlike the rest of Activision, have a reputation for delivering nothing but the highest tier of quality. You can't place a deadline on your game a year in advance and expect it to be top notch and polished."