Not only are they douchebags to competitors, but they are douchebags to their customers to as EA graciously:

a) introduced online pass to the industry

b) deletes your digital games purchased and your entire account if you are inactive on Origin

c) prevents you from accesing your games on Origin if you get banned from any of EA's site

d) has utter nasty DRM, remember Spore and number of times you could install a game. Heck, this was true of what is now Origin a short while back

.. and to those who hate Activision

e) EA essentially introduced annual game releases

f) and also cut out competing sports game brands with their exclusive deals

g) run their own game servers (from MS) so they can shut it down!

.. and to their comeptitors:

h) they throw insults after insults even after the competition is responding in a polite manner. Can you believe that?

i) they want competitors games to "rot from the core" so EA can win, not because they are making a better game

Activision's crime against the gaming industry is to introduce annual games (something EA started) that is selling well every year indicating demand and that people are satisfied.

I can only imagine if Activision actually said something like this what the reaction would be. It amazes me that EA is getting away with it.

By all means support EA, because once they are in dominant position we will be right back where EA was the vile evil corporation!

From the article, I like this:

"And there's no greater insult than being outclassed by Activision in being classy"

One of the reasons why I like developers like Bungie and Naughty Dog, is the respect they have for their customers and their competitors. Why can't we have publishers act like that? Friendly competition benefits everyone.

What is wrong with you??

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I'm not sure if you actually read and understood the whole thing as I wrote it, as there's nothing in this blog post saying that I prefer or even LIKE Call of Duty. That I think EA needs to grow up doesn't automatically mean that I think the opposition are wonderful, hombre, and I honestly shouldn't have to tell you that.

I'm not really interested in who started it (even though EA has been more than happy to take a shot at the competition for a while now). What's relevant is what's happening NOW, and right NOW it's EA who insists on talking trash while claiming it to be "competition", while Activision's CEO is, funnily enough, the guy who ends up looking like the mature and sensible person. The only part where Kotick comes in is the part where he was interviewed and he talked about Battlefield 3 as a console game. You wanna know what the mighty douchebag Kotick had to say about it? He said that he couldn't form an "objective opinion" on it because he hadn't seen it on a console yet.

I'm more than certain that Activision has said or will say something in the future that can be taken as "fueling the fire", be it from Kotick or who else, but it doesn't matter to me because I'm writing about the NOW. At this moment, EA needs to sit down, shut up and get their act together. If Activision were to ever decide to stoop down to EA's level, the same will apply to them. And if they ever WERE that low, obviously they grew up and realized how incredibly dumb it was, because they sure as hell aren't acting like twats anymore, are they?

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way