Activision CEO: "No Choice" But to Fire Infinty Ward Execs
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I agree completely. I also love how he takes this PR opportunity to shamelessly promote his own company. All Activision has is a few heavily overmilked franchises, it is not "The top destination for talent in the games industry" because if it was, then they'd make something different, not just slap a graphics upgrade and a few new missions/songs on it and release it as a new game.coldalarm said:
Man, this is like the End of Evangelion. Instead of NERF, it's Infinity Ward. I wonder when all the humanity will become one XD
This brought a tear to my eye, then I realized it was a reaction from the utter stink of the Public Relations 101 bullshit coming out of Mr Kotick's mouth. Could you be any more transparent? There's far too many people coming out of IW and by all accounts appear to be on the same page with the douchebaggery at play coming from this man.
For being a CEO, this guy is clueless as the day is long. Everytime he opens his mouth, the cock up factor rises exponentially.
For being a CEO, this guy is clueless as the day is long. Everytime he opens his mouth, the cock up factor rises exponentially.
It's a true shame they don't, now all i've got to do is find other funny characters to be parts of the gaming community, I wonder if I can combine Bernard Black to anyone...Hubilub said:
As for activision right now, all I can hope for is a good treatment of Bungie. If that goes all fucked up i'm just going to refuse to buy their games anymore on priniciple. Hell it won't affect their sales but i'll feel happy knowing i'm not funding them.
Bullsh*t. I don't think Vince and Jason are angels, they're arrogant artists and sly moneymakers, exactly the kind of people Kotick would have as friends. Let's be clear though:
Infinity Ward is finished. Team synergy is a thing, whether you want to believe it or not. You can't just randomly replace 30 guys and not expect your output to be irrecoverably damaged
Respawn Studios will take years to build up and if they try and shortcut the team-building process, they'll fail around game 3 (the first two will have enough hype off this debacle to sell regardless of quality)
Those are both good things. Get those lame ass shooters out of the way so that other genres can finally get a taste of that sweet money. Goddamn I hate it when people consider call of duty a good series. No, its not a good a series. It's a good game, a game they made six times with different visuals.
Infinity Ward is finished. Team synergy is a thing, whether you want to believe it or not. You can't just randomly replace 30 guys and not expect your output to be irrecoverably damaged
Respawn Studios will take years to build up and if they try and shortcut the team-building process, they'll fail around game 3 (the first two will have enough hype off this debacle to sell regardless of quality)
Those are both good things. Get those lame ass shooters out of the way so that other genres can finally get a taste of that sweet money. Goddamn I hate it when people consider call of duty a good series. No, its not a good a series. It's a good game, a game they made six times with different visuals.
Oh that's a load of fucking bullshit and this asswipe knows it. Was this statement written by a six year old? To protect his assets and his shareholders? As far as I'm concerned, that team brought him the biggest entertainment launch of all time. What's he going to lose out of those assets were he to give them the fucking bonuses, a fucking penny?
Get your head out of your asses. You never treated West and Zampella with an ounce of respect. You went against giving them the permission to make CoD2 a modern warfare title up until you gave them permission to, while you handed CoD3 to Treyarch.
Do all of us a favor, and please for the love of God please die in a motherfucking fire.
Get your head out of your asses. You never treated West and Zampella with an ounce of respect. You went against giving them the permission to make CoD2 a modern warfare title up until you gave them permission to, while you handed CoD3 to Treyarch.
Do all of us a favor, and please for the love of God please die in a motherfucking fire.
If Mr. Kotick wants to deal with this firestorm he really needs to explain/justify his behavior, which he constantly talks around, which leads me to believe there is no way he CAN justify it.
Sure there is a lot of speculation, but I think there needs to be some specifics if this is going to end. The more he avoids giving them, the worse he's going to look.
Sure there is a lot of speculation, but I think there needs to be some specifics if this is going to end. The more he avoids giving them, the worse he's going to look.
I think everything that can be said has been by my fine, fellow Escapists.
One tip, Mr. Kotick:
If you are going to fire 2 Executives, don't do it right after they made you enough money to buy a goddamned island, and for fuck's sake don't do it right before they're supposed to get their bonuses. Jeez.
One tip, Mr. Kotick:
If you are going to fire 2 Executives, don't do it right after they made you enough money to buy a goddamned island, and for fuck's sake don't do it right before they're supposed to get their bonuses. Jeez.
dude what movie is that from ? hilarious sceneDemon ID said:
.OT: bobby wants people to feel sorry for him because he lost 2 friends D:, i aint buying it.
Yeah, they've only got the biggest selling franchise in gamings recent history...[/quote]
And? It's pretty formula based.
And? It's pretty formula based.