Nathan Schmidt writes...
"Maybe the title of this article is a little to all-encompassing. As I am not a psychic, nor have I taken a poll on the subject lately, I can only speak to why I hate Bobby Kotick. Though, I think it’s fair to say that a large segment of the gaming populace has had reason enough to hate the “Big B” at one point or another..."
Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.
Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.
Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.
Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."
In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.
To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7
Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD
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@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite
Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.
But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.
The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:
Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.
They didn't.
Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.
Everyone hates him because he only cares about MONEY $$$$.
Because he's the hero video games deserve, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.
Because he's openly put the concerns of stockholders over those of the people he's trying to sell product to. Basing his business strategy on a model of exploitation and low quality product, as well as failing to reward workers whenever possible. Creating a stressful work environment just for the sake of it, which only reduces creativity.
That the last alone is actually known by the general gamer, is a rumor with examples, hardly speaks well of the man.
Not all of Activision's published products are low quality. Sure MW2's multiplayer was a bit of a disappointment, but I've been having a blast with War For Cybertron. Everything else I agree with though:)
That's why.