Psychonauts Creator Calls Bobby Kotick Names
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Hate him or hate him, he made Activision number 1. EA got dethroned because of him. Guess that 7 billion he spent on Blizzard is soon to payoff even more come the 27th. Good money maker. Terrible PR nightmare.
Dear lord can you imagine him in weapons manufacturing? the things he would say! would be sooooooo epic! hehe
Dear lord can you imagine him in weapons manufacturing? the things he would say! would be sooooooo epic! hehe
Fully agreed with Schafer. I'm all for making money off of a good game (say, Modern Warfare, though this isn't the place to argue its quality), but it becomes a problem when very little of that money is made from actually creating anything. Activision just wheels and deals franchises/studios in a way that maximizes profits, but ultimately helps no one. Plus, when they pull stunts like the Infinity Ward thing, that just further decreases their credibility.
The worst part of it, by far, is that Kotick feels the need to taunt his consumers. He basically reminds everyone that he's not concerned at all with the quality of a game, as long as it sells. It's essentially like the CEO of Microsoft telling everybody that he hates Windows, and he has no reason to try to improve it.
The worst part of it, by far, is that Kotick feels the need to taunt his consumers. He basically reminds everyone that he's not concerned at all with the quality of a game, as long as it sells. It's essentially like the CEO of Microsoft telling everybody that he hates Windows, and he has no reason to try to improve it.
First, you need to see Yatzhee's review of the game and follow EVERY direction he gives.lwm3398 said:
As to Kotick, someone needs to play devil's advocate. He is not responsible for the creative aspect of the company. It's the developer's job to sell him on how profitable their idea is. If it's a good idea, a revolutionary idea even, but they can't sell it and get approval, that's a failure of the developer and designer. Obviously it's easier with something that can be franchised and churned out year after year, but he's hardly the only CEO doing that. Both EA and Ubisoft are pumping out annual or near annual franchises.
As for him coming across like a prick, it's because he's honest. Anyone who thinks he's the only one looking to make more money off of gamers is lying to themselves. The only difference between Kotick and everyone else is everyone else sends out a PR guy to spin the story. The only other executive I've ever seen be this blunt is Sony's. Remeber how we can't critasize the PSP because we don't critisize The David?
Bottom line is, did you cancel your subscription when Activision bought Blizzard? Do you refuse to buy any game published by Activision? Have you even written to the company to tell him to stop being such a douche?
As someone who does, in fact, play games, I ask you this: When did the gaming industry turn into Hollywood? And I'm not talking about the fact that millions of dollars are being put into games. I'm talking about the constant, pointless chatter between people like this. I mean, I feel like that friend of a couple who's being begrudged into delivering messages between parties because they won't do it themselves.
And I wouldn't speak about making something new if I were you, Mr. Piece-Meal Story Exposition, ala Bioshock. Don't get me wrong; I loved Brutal Legend, but it would have been a better story if all those exposition nodes were actually weaved into the main plot.
And I wouldn't speak about making something new if I were you, Mr. Piece-Meal Story Exposition, ala Bioshock. Don't get me wrong; I loved Brutal Legend, but it would have been a better story if all those exposition nodes were actually weaved into the main plot.
Activision still makes a lot of games I like to play, and thus they're doing a lot right as a company. Kotick just has a terrible public persona, and apparently is in dire need of a better PR team to properly manage his unfortunate outbursts. As it's been said, he's been the CEO there for a very long time, and he seems to have only really come into the spotlight since the Activision-Blizzard merger.
Wish I could boycut Activision... But they got soo many good games!
I loved MW2, but they somehow seemed to pervert the game with them damn DLC's and the lack of dedicated servers, which made up a hacker-heaven! Now Black Ops is coming... And then they have Blizzard! Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft! And now Bungie signed a 10 year contract with them! WHY BUNGIE WHY!?
I loved MW2, but they somehow seemed to pervert the game with them damn DLC's and the lack of dedicated servers, which made up a hacker-heaven! Now Black Ops is coming... And then they have Blizzard! Diablo, Warcraft, Starcraft! And now Bungie signed a 10 year contract with them! WHY BUNGIE WHY!?
Oh man, i was just thinking about it !The_root_of_all_evil said:The Milkman wouldn't. The Milkman needs to bring his milk to Blizzard. It's full of what the company wants, what the company needs.lwm3398 said:
Heard this before. The man already openly admitted his disdain for Activision and its CEO.
I agree with him as much now as I agreed back then - fully.Tim_of_Legend said:
There's little much for me to do other than nod my head sagely at Mr. Schafer's words. At least he actually enjoys the games as much as the gamers do.
Indeed Tim Schafer, very much indeed...
But still we want some games made by you on the PC please, I always wanted to try out Brutal Legend, even with it's criticism with Yahtzee.
But still we want some games made by you on the PC please, I always wanted to try out Brutal Legend, even with it's criticism with Yahtzee.
It's probably because he's smart enough to realise that most of his customers are idiots, and they'll buy anything because of a brand. If people started actually complaining and stopped buying the games, he'd turn it around in a flash, but that's not going to happen unless all the useless customers disappeared in a fiery explosion.Timbydude said:
I can totally see Stevan Seagal killing him hilariously now.Onyx Oblivion said:
"Drugs are your buisness. Killing is mine. I'd say we both had a pretty good year." BANG