Like I said, I must be in denial. And did you not see my at the end of my other post? We must fight the scourge 'til we die!
Gameloft announced its 2011 profits in mid March. Their profits were reported to be "up 34% compared with 2010". A week later it was announced that Gameloft was given the licenses to Ice Age, Batman: Dark Knight, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man and MIB 3. They obviously received the rights a while before it was announced because Ice Age came out shortly after. The Activision announcement for MIB (4/4/12) was for Wii, PS3 and XBox. Gameloft also said they would continue freemium as well as premium with IAP. So MIB is going to be freemium, not the worst thing because the premium coming in NOVA 3. It's been made clear in their interviews that they will continue to make games both ways and will not abandon either. I think for many people, at least in my opinion, the release of NOVA will satisfy people's nervousness in Gameloft's commitment to releases in both directions; specifically the premium.
Gameloft wants freemium. I think they're the only ones. Maybe they should split the company: Gameloft for freemium and Gameflat for premium Anyway, one buyer less. I'm not even planning on buying Nova 3 as much as I dislike the idea because of all the freemium movements done by Gameloft...
