Activision Not Impressed By EA's Name Calling

[Seventh Actuality]

While I'm certain he's only taking the high ground because he knows that's the best way to play it, that doesn't stop him being right.

 

[Tharwen]

If we as an industry act like there's a finite number of games in the world, then there will be.

How can he say that? Does he realise that he is in a better position than literally anyone else in the world to make that change?

I think you're putting too much faith in this community with this article. It's quite obvious that both of them are employing the same strategy and Activision are totally not being the more mature ones about that (apart from Kotick, of course, but that's one guy against almost all of DICE).

Goddammit, DICE, I hope your fucking game is crushed by MW3 so bad, just so that you learn to stop being so obnoxious with your marketing.

I take offence to you talking badly about the Battlefield series. Call of Duty may have failed to move a muscle in 4 years, but Battlefield has changed everytime it has a new game in the series, and BF3 has the most inovation of any big seller in about 5 years, and completerly changed the way the game works, the way you play, and added the best destrution system ever in a game.

It's better to stay in one place than to lower the quality of your games. Bad Company 2 does NOT deserve to be a follow up to Battlefield 2.

Feel free to take offence at that.

It's not meant to be. It's meant to be a more character-oriented spin-off.

 

[SextusMaximus]

EA have been doing it for years, where's he been?

 

[Xpheyel]

Riccitiello and Hirshberg must now settle this with a rap battle!

 

[Awexsome]

Yeah I have to agree with the Activision guy here. Although they're by no means innocent when it comes to bashing others this latest BF3/MW3 flame-for-all has only been fanned by EA.

You gotta think DICE and especially Infinity Ward find all of it annoying.

 

[SandroTheMaster]

You're not fooling anyone. We all know this is just foreplay for a corporate merger.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I do think its funny when Game Developers smack talk eachother (see what Infamous and Prototypes developers did in response to Yahtzees comments) but saying that you hope a game "rots from the core" is going a little too far. If Activison said this about Battlefield 3 there would be a massive uproar from Battlefield fans claiming that Activision is talking shit and that the company should be burned to the ground. I like what this guy has done, instead of responding with comments of his own he just decides to not let it get to him and focus on a job that he clearly loves a lot.

 

[YukoAsho]

I can't say I agree with the article about Kotick. Yeah, he's a blowhard, but he's never badmouthed a competitor by name, or mentioned a competitor's game disparagingly, which puts him above Riccitiello on the ladder in my book.

The article about him being linked here illustrates the point. The only two people badmouthed by him by name arguably struck first. They're in a bitter lawsuit with West and Zampella that said developers have done everything in their power to use as an excuse to slander Activision at every single opportunity, and Schafer set the bridge right on fire by calling Kotick a 'total prick,' effectively damning Double Fine to permanent download-only developer. Even with that, Kotick only replied when asked about it and was fairly diplomatic about it.

Does Kotick deserve a lot of the flak he gets? Fuck yeah. But he doesn't deserve ALL of it.

 

[YukoAsho]

I do think its funny when Game Developers smack talk eachother (see what Infamous and Prototypes developers did in response to Yahtzees comments) but saying that you hope a game "rots from the core" is going a little too far. If Activison said this about Battlefield 3 there would be a massive uproar from Battlefield fans claiming that Activision is talking shit and that the company should be burned to the ground. I like what this guy has done, instead of responding with comments of his own he just decides to not let it get to him and focus on a job that he clearly loves a lot.

Pretty much. It seems Activision is content to take the Gabe Newell approach and talk softly about the whiny baby.

 

[Avaloner]

Can I just say how much I absolutely adored "we should all be focused on trying to grow a bigger pie." I don't know quite what it is, but that was frankly adorable. I can only hope it inspires this sweet soul to stop making Modern Warfare games, and start creating games where everyone comes together, stops fighting, and grows big pies.

It means creating a bigger market for everyone thus everyone, even those with a smaller piepiece, would still have more than someone who currently has the biggest.

 

[pspman45]

EA are dicks who make bad games and disband Pandemic
get used to it Activision

 

[Jaeke]

I love how Hirshberg said that insulting a bastardized franchise that's been beaten to death with its own face is "bad for the industry." Especially since the insult came from the publisher of an equally bastardized franchise that's been beaten to death with its own face.

Spend less time bitching and more time innovating your games.

Yeah but while one sticks the same format of small, redundant, and fast-paced gameplay, only adding new weapons that are L33T and have bitchin new camo's -_-, the other is creating new technologies, not only for its own games and INNOVATING a genre by adding these technologies to make better and fresher experiences.

 

[YukoAsho]

EA are dicks who make bad games and disband Pandemic
get used to it Activision

I'm waiting for them to eventually disband Popcap after a series of bad decisions destroy its value while the founders of said company use the buyout money to make the Next Big Thing(tm).

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

Can I just say how much I absolutely adored "we should all be focused on trying to grow a bigger pie." I don't know quite what it is, but that was frankly adorable. I can only hope it inspires this sweet soul to stop making Modern Warfare games, and start creating games where everyone comes together, stops fighting, and grows big pies.

It means creating a bigger market for everyone thus everyone, even those with a smaller piepiece, would still have more than someone who currently has the biggest.

Yeah I know that, I just meant that I found the actual wording really funny and wasn't entirely sure why. I agree with his point completely.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Yeah c'mon guys! What are you? Game developers or politicians?

They are corporate which means they are politicians.

They don't work and they lie and cheat their asses off.


Am I the only one that wish it was illegal across the world for a company to own another company? Partnerships in a venture fine. These vast empires? NO. No possiblity of buying out the competition, if you want to be as good as them you have to work yourself not just throw money at someone. It feels almost like bribery to me. "I don't want to actually have to work harder to beat you so I'm just going to pay you and you let me win, kk?

My point was that they should be above mudslinging.

So should politicians. In fact politicians should be even MORE above it as they are vying for power of ruler ship or representationship the citizens of a country.

You'd certainly think so, wouldn't you?