"They’re not out to get you. They’re out to get your money. But that’s the same thing that every other publisher wants. It’s the same thing every other company in the world wants."
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
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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.
I don't really care what they do or whatever the problem is with everyone else. They still publish games I like from developers I like so I continue to buy the games. Developers shouldn't suffer because of Activision. These are peoples jobs at risk with these games they make.
Blur I'm especially surprised at with those sales numbers. Amazing game
I fear for Bizarre Creations. Blur didn't perform that well and they may suffer the same results of Raven Software.
Activision can have my money if they make a great game, But when they start overpricing for DLC for that great game that gets on my nervs. Especially when they have made alot of money from that game.
The problem occurs when they start increasing prices on their games, and their DLC just because they can. I mean Modern Warfare 2 was retailed with an RRP of £54.99 in the United Kingdom. Compared with £49.99 which a normal game has an RRP price. More recently, Starcraft II, currently priced at £35-£40 at most stores, compared to a £25-£30 price tag on your average PC game. I'm not even going to get started on the ridiculous prices they are charging their DLC. It's just insane. Yes, other companys want your money just as much, but at least they do it in a more 'friendly' fashion.