Originally Posted by
Vespian
But... that's not what he said. It's pretty clear that publishers have a pretty firm, if not lethal, grasp on developers and it's only realistic to take a few steps back when faced with either Activision, Ubisoft or EA. However, as said, not all published games are in the grasps of the publishers during their development. It's hopeful that only part of the publishing is done by Activision, though there is plenty of precedent of games having entirely different in-game RM stores or features, because of said publisher, than their original version. Publishers simply have that kind of power.
Let's hope for the best.