Activision Hate Not Based in Reality, Says Activision
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"We only killed your dog. I'm not a bad guy I mean fuck man... If we were well and truly evil we would have killed your kid instead, but did we? No! We just killed the family pet and put the dead body at the foot of your kids bed. You really should be thanking us."
Activision is the company who even destroyed Blizzard, one of the most creative game makers. Now they are just releasing sequels that are basicly the old game in a new skin just like all Activision games.
Maybe they wanted to screw Brütal Legend because they are making Diablo 3:Metallica edition!
Maybe they wanted to screw Brütal Legend because they are making Diablo 3:Metallica edition!
I'm sorry, but thats ridiculous. I like starcraft 2 and Wow, and I even like the Call of Duty series. It doesn't mean I have to be forced to like the company that makes them.Pirate Kitty said:
You see, the very reason why we hate Activision is because we care. If we didn't care about the company, then we'd just let it rot. But we like their games, and being the biggest game publishers in the world, they are also capable of making great games. This is why we want them to fix their act. Boycotting a great game because you don't like the company is the same as sticking your head in the sand: It wont solve the problem and it will only make them less likely to make that type of game again.
Hmmm, let's see here...
1. $10 price increase for MW 2 in Europe 'just for lulz'.
2. $15 for a map pack containing 3 maps, two re-hashed versions of old maps.
3. The continual pumping out and milking of Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, now including overpriced shitty peripherals for BOTH games. (Seriously, does any Tony Hawk fan actually want to get on a fake skateboard and use it to play the game?)
4. The dropping of dedicated servers in a cost-cutting move to increase profit.
5. The expressed desire to have a subscription-based Call of Duty.
6. Dropping a game from a reputable developer only to try and sue them after the game gets made elsewhere.
7. Firing the two men most directly responsible for your most successful franchise, trying to deny them their piece of the pie.
When all of your decisions are clearly driven by the desire to make money... people will turn on you... look at the reputation Microsoft gained for doing exactly that. They learned from their mistakes and have now tried to fix their reputation, and it's starting to work.
Activision just keeps on getting worse.
1. $10 price increase for MW 2 in Europe 'just for lulz'.
2. $15 for a map pack containing 3 maps, two re-hashed versions of old maps.
3. The continual pumping out and milking of Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk, now including overpriced shitty peripherals for BOTH games. (Seriously, does any Tony Hawk fan actually want to get on a fake skateboard and use it to play the game?)
4. The dropping of dedicated servers in a cost-cutting move to increase profit.
5. The expressed desire to have a subscription-based Call of Duty.
6. Dropping a game from a reputable developer only to try and sue them after the game gets made elsewhere.
7. Firing the two men most directly responsible for your most successful franchise, trying to deny them their piece of the pie.
When all of your decisions are clearly driven by the desire to make money... people will turn on you... look at the reputation Microsoft gained for doing exactly that. They learned from their mistakes and have now tried to fix their reputation, and it's starting to work.
Activision just keeps on getting worse.
Yes, this was my first reaction.neurohazzard said:
...Aaaaand this was my second.Stickfigure said:
I imagine it was "just business", then, when you decided to give the middle finger to the two men who helped you make a shitton of money off Modern Warfare 2?
Frankly, no matter what Activision get's people to say about it, they're never going to have the image of some dark lord peering at the tiny peasents below from his spikey black fortress of doom.
I can't help but wonder what Activision would look like if Kotick wasn't there spewing his hate for their consumers?
remember when kotick said (paraphrased) "we want to take the fun out of making games. it's a business and should be treated like that."? yeah. nothing can convince me activision is not evil after that, and this entire article isnt even trying.
(note: not bashing the writer of the article, he did a good job.)
(note: not bashing the writer of the article, he did a good job.)
Your statement is the mournful song of an abusive relationship. I'm trying as hard as I can to starve activision to death, but I am but one gamer. Kinda hard when they got thier hooks in blizzard...Exile714 said:
Do I really have to do this again? Do I have to state why I hate Activision and Kotick every couple of months because they don't see themselves as being evil. The sheer idiocy and PR nightmare that is Bobby Kotick is a big reason. There are just too many quotes to choose from. Everything to do with MW2 from the price hike which RETIALERS took. The removal of Dedicated Servers. Watching multple people complain about the unblanaced pile of shit that was the Multiplayer. The same could be said about Blops multiplayer side except that is more rushed without fixing bugs. All the game needed was an open beta to be more or less perfect on the multiplayer side. CoD 4 and all other before this had this and they only had marginally imba weapons. Blops is my last try in the series skipped MW2 if it doesn't shape up by the time the next one comes out I think I may give up on the series and Activision in general.
