“We believe that Activision realizes the tremendous opportunity that our game, Scratch, represents to the video game industry, the retail marketplace and the consumer. After demonstrating our game, pursuant to the confidentiality agreement with Activision, we believe Activision concluded that Scratch: the Ultimate DJ is a superior offering to their prospective game, DJ Hero,” stated Mr. Trevor Drinkwater, President and CEO of Genius Products, Inc.
Scratch: The Ultimate DJ
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Presumably cancelled, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ was a game played using a turntable controller, the "Scratch Deck," designed by Numark, which promised to "allow players to re-imagine songs on the fly and add their own creativity."
DJ Battle Erupts As Scratch Publisher Sues Scratch Developer... And Activision
“We believe that Activision realizes the tremendous opportunity that our game, Scratch, represents to the video game industry, the retail marketplace and the consumer. After demonstrating our game, pursuant to the confidentiality agreement with Activision, we believe Activision concluded that Scratch: the Ultimate DJ is a superior offering to their prospective game, DJ Hero,” stated Mr. Trevor Drinkwater, President and CEO of Genius Products, Inc.
I agree, Yzzerdd, hence why I edited my post to lampoon the idiotic tradition after the fact, perhaps you noticed?
"7 Studios is one of the most experienced independent game development studios in the world."Not anymore, you're not!
"What exactly are they suing for? They're probably right about Activision buying the 7 Studios to stop them from releasing a competing DJ product, but I'm confused as to how this fact entitles the previous publisher to any money."Because their argument is that Activision is intentionally sabotaging their ability to release this game to dissuade a competing product, which would mean that millions of dollars of resources will have been wasted on a product they can no longer release or not release with the same guarantee of quality. This can get into a whole lot of issues, not the least of which being antitrust.
"And how can you possibly say that they believed your game was better than theirs."The implication that Activision sabotaged the game because it would have been better than their own product could potentially make the Plaintiff's case more sympathetic, not to mention that it sways opinion against Activision for not only denying the consumer the right to choose another product, but the right to choose a better product; it's an especially beneficial argument to make in case Activision tries to argue that the purchase of 7 Studios had been in the works for a while and that it coincided with the development of a competitor's game is merely coincidental. It happens in civil suits all the time.
First off, BAT-TLE CRYYYYY!! Given the artists mentioned, If they won, there should be a stipulation that there be proper artists (& controls) put into the game and not those BS ones mentioned. "Needs to get their Act(ogether)vision", or more importantly, SOMEBODY comes correct with a game with proper artists..
It's also a damned shame that instead of trying to make a game that would be good even under competition, a company would have to buy them(or the license to make them) out and kill them. I'm looking at YOU, EA!
Damn shame.
@iAMJohn
A DJ game sounds rather dull to me, I think most DJ's are fools anyway and I don't want to really be a virtual one.
If Konami wants to sue everyone involved with this project or other turn-table related offerings, they better do it now before these games hit the market. Otherwise, they'll be left behind like they were with Guitar Hero/Rock Band.
I like how 7 Studios thinks their game is better despite having never made a good game before. Not that the DJ Hero developer is any better, but still I have to imagine that with the 'Hero' name riding on the project, Activision would fund the project heavily and put its weight behind securing music deals. This leads me to believe that DJ Hero is likely superior to anything 7 Studios is making, at least in terms of production and song selection.
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