Activision CEO Says He Would Raise Prices Even Higher
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First he threatens to cut support from Sony and the PS3 because "They need to lower the price!".
Then he price-gauges European customers as a "test".
Now he's saying that he wants to raise the price even more.
Oh, and lets not forget the whole Brutal Legend conundrum, trying to keep a game everyone is anticipating from ever being released.
In jest or not, I think I have permission to rip his face off.
Then he price-gauges European customers as a "test".
Now he's saying that he wants to raise the price even more.
Oh, and lets not forget the whole Brutal Legend conundrum, trying to keep a game everyone is anticipating from ever being released.
In jest or not, I think I have permission to rip his face off.
There's a difference between selling a product for a sensible price and selling a product by price-gauging.jamesworkshop said:
You evil sack of greedy crap. We already pay 60$ for games, and not everyone makes your ridiculus blizzard salary. He's just a greedy fat cat.
Soon all games everywhere will be as expensive as they are in Europe's mainland and Australia.
And then, they'll get even higher!
And then, they'll get even higher!
I said change it to "needs" some damn money, damnit! But regardless, at least we know that Sony is trying to lower the price. I can't say that this isn't a common thing with many business, raising prices and such, but the insane hypocrisy that is this Kotick guy is what really tosses this over the edge.AceDiamond said:
Price gouging: the sport of dead men.
And it seems Activision is becoming quite the athletic group, if you get my drift.
Also, I'm still laughing from the hypocrisy/irony spewing from this guy's mouth.
And it seems Activision is becoming quite the athletic group, if you get my drift.
Also, I'm still laughing from the hypocrisy/irony spewing from this guy's mouth.
What kind of madhouse is this?!? Actually I saw this coming, you make a game that could have knocked a king off the throne then you turn into a dick.
While we may be disagreeing on some things that I obviously won't go into because it's more off-topic than I'm already getting, I agree with you that Kotick is being a massive hypocrite unless he was actually joking and eitherJumplion said:
A) is so dense he doesn't realize how hated he is right now or
B) Knows people hate him and now he's just messing with them.
I don't really have any insight to his mindset other than that shit-eating grin in the pic that always gets used here, so I can't say for certain.
For the love of god Blizzard, get the hell out! Before you are consumed by this beast and everything you create turns to crap. Although it might be too late for you.
I'm going to have to find a new hobby, since playing video games will amount unconscionable evil soon enough. Well, things made by Acti-Blizz at least.
I'm going to have to find a new hobby, since playing video games will amount unconscionable evil soon enough. Well, things made by Acti-Blizz at least.
Hm. I don't know if I'd call it hypocrisy, per se.Jumplion said:
His argument was that Sony needs to lower the cost on the PS3 not out of principle, but because people aren't as willing to pay the higher cost, so it isn't selling as well as it might be. If the PS3 were selling as well as its peers despite the higher price tag, they probably wouldn't be calling for a price cut since there'd be no evidence for it.
In that line of thought, if they raise the price of games $10 or so, and find that it severely impacts sales, then they'll probably lower them again, since they'd have empirical evidence that people weren't willing to pay the higher cost. On the other hand, if they raise the price but sales stay about the same, then they'll have realized that the new price is still within peoples' acceptable margins for how much a game should cost.
It's definitely a bit of a dick move to pull, no question about that. I just don't think it's necessarily a hypocritical one.
This is one hard nosed business man who plays hard ball when he does his business transactions and takes no funny business when stating his hard edged serious business proposals.