Kotick Itching to Sell Cutscenes As Films
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Games might actually be better without cutscenes... ecpecially games like mgs4... Kojima wanted to make a movie disguised as a game, and he rewards you for watching flashbacks... Meaning that you HAVE to watch the flashbacks if you want to do the best possible.hazabaza1 said:
Especially when Activision seem to charge more for their games than anyone else, I'm looking at you Call Of Duty, though they might have trouble removing cutscenes from thatAshsaver said:
If you can take the cut-scenes from a game and release them separately without any negative effects to the story, you've not made the game very well. A good game should allow narrative through gameplay...hell, all games do to a degree. It'd be like thinking The Dark Knight only showing scenes with the Joker would be one of the best movies ever because now it doesn't have all that crazy development and cohesion getting in the way.
I guess it doesn't matter to me since I'll either actually play the game or get the Collectors Edition if I want to see the cutscenes, but it would set a bad trend in the industry if it makes any kind of profit (which it would, since manufacturing and shipping fees would be beyond negligible).
Then there's the chance it becomes mandatory by some companies also wanting a big price increase without extra cost, at which point games would be 50% more expensive if you want context and narrative with your graphics and gameplay; storylines would be disjointed and isolated, games will completely lose hope of being considered art, and naturally the success will spawn further unforeseen 'innovations' from the leaders of the industry.
A bleak future is upon us, I just pray for the strength to carry on.
Only Valve is safe from the coming storm.
I guess it doesn't matter to me since I'll either actually play the game or get the Collectors Edition if I want to see the cutscenes, but it would set a bad trend in the industry if it makes any kind of profit (which it would, since manufacturing and shipping fees would be beyond negligible).
Then there's the chance it becomes mandatory by some companies also wanting a big price increase without extra cost, at which point games would be 50% more expensive if you want context and narrative with your graphics and gameplay; storylines would be disjointed and isolated, games will completely lose hope of being considered art, and naturally the success will spawn further unforeseen 'innovations' from the leaders of the industry.
A bleak future is upon us, I just pray for the strength to carry on.
Only Valve is safe from the coming storm.
Kotick, you retard... Why can't you just shut the fuck up? Let your Marketing Department do their thing, so shut up!
"If gamers are spending an hour watching these computer-generated scenes while playing, why not remove them from the game and charge for viewing privileges?"
So, like...this is an Onion article, right?
Jesus Christ . . .
So, like...this is an Onion article, right?
Jesus Christ . . .
It will be the biggest opening weekend for a movie ever, huh? Why does this man continue to speak in public?
They really need to hire a PR guy to follow Kotick around and make sure he never speaks himself.Tom Goldman said:
I would be a happy man if Bobby Kotick was suddenly taken to the cleaners for fraud or something. I mean, the amount of money grabbing bullshit he seems to pull would definitely put up a whole bunch of huge red flags in my book. If he wants more money I'm sure he'd be more than happy not to pay taxes.Mortons4ck said:
Otherwise, I want every idea he ever has to be shot down so hard it makes his children cry. They deserve it through their genes. Evil, evil man. Quite literally.
Probably a sociopath.
Well, he and his cronies have tested the threshold of gamers by stripping features from many games and reselling them as DLC and been vindicated. Gamers are terrible at boycotts and cave in en-mass(MW2). Eventually expectations will lowered enough for the next wave of nickle and dimming schemes.
How about paying for access to each league in Starcraft? Customs? SDK? Replays? Account space subscription to maintain your profile? They might not go that far yet but the possibilities are endless as long as some consumers ruin it for others, in fact I think its more corrosive than piracy.
The last Activison game I got was COD4 as a gift but now they are merged with Blizzard it's harder. Even If you support blizzard but never buy Activision's cut scene packs they will never add back that value unless they think they are losing unit sales. We are screwed either way.
How about paying for access to each league in Starcraft? Customs? SDK? Replays? Account space subscription to maintain your profile? They might not go that far yet but the possibilities are endless as long as some consumers ruin it for others, in fact I think its more corrosive than piracy.
The last Activison game I got was COD4 as a gift but now they are merged with Blizzard it's harder. Even If you support blizzard but never buy Activision's cut scene packs they will never add back that value unless they think they are losing unit sales. We are screwed either way.
