Earlier this year, mega-publisher Activision decided to auction off a considerable amount of IPs it held licensing rights to because they were deemed unprofitable for the long-term. These titles included Ghostbusters, which recently was picked up by Atari and is scheduled for a June 2009 release. Not hesitant to dish out a series of fighting words, Atari ringleader Phil Harrison believes he can prove Activision wrong and in the process, hopefully make them regret their decision to neglect such a title:

What Bobby, perhaps unhelpfully said, was that those games were franchises which wouldn’t make $100m of revenue and generate sequels.

If that’s his benchmark, then fine – and we’d love to aspire to the same benchmarks. But you know what? I would love to turn Ghostbusters into a $100m franchise, just to prove him wrong.

Go get ’em Phil! If Ghostbusters plays as good as it looks, we’d be more than pleased to see it hitting the top of sales charts.

Harrison: We’ll prove Activision wrong [MCV]

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