It’s fair to say that Activision isn’t exactly popular but why have they garnered so much hate from the gaming community? “Why, because they are money-grubbing, franchise-killing, baby-snatching corporate suits, sent by the devil to destroy video games!” I hear you cry. If you take a closer look, however, you will discover that Activision isn’t really that evil after all. In fact I can give you five good reasons why they aren’t the harbingers of doom, disease and death. - TheStonedSheep
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.
If I was Activistion.. I'll keep producting Call Of Duty games every year! Just being honest.
who wouldn't???????? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$
One reason why they are evil: cos I says so :D
I don't think you could ever call them evil. At the end of the day, they're a business, so that means it's their job to make cash. Call of Duty makes money, therefore they will keep making it until it does not or the world implodes. Whichever comes first, really.
"They make (or at least publish) good games."
That's arguable, and anyway, so do many other publishers...
"Have you seen what other companies are up to?"
Fair enough, but Activision have been doing it for longer, AND they have that annoying dick Bobby Kotick...
"Activision was the first independent video game publisher."
The Virtual Boy was the first 3D console. Look how that turned out...
"The Call of Duty Endowment is free"
Ahh, but they make you pay for DLC, which is stuff that should have been in the original game itself...
"Misrepresentation much?"
It has nothing to do with events being misrepresented or misinterpreted - Activision can be real devils - and that's a fact.
They're a business - a business who would like to make as much money as possible.