Yeah, what a douche for doing an incredible job driving bottom line profits for his company. It's not like that is the sole reason for any company's existence, right?
I'm a gamer and work in finance, and let me tell you, EVERY company is only really concerned about pleasing shareholders. Surprise...gaming companies are no different.
This is purely a marketing ploy to stir up hype. It's a deceiving lie, nothing more. Move on.
This was written purely to bash Activision. The other quotes are just there to disguise that fact. We've seen this a million times. Stop trying to get easy page hits.
This comment should be stickied and posted just under the heading "N4G".
1. World of Warcraft
2. Half-Life 2
3. Counter-Strike
4. Halo series
5. Call of Duty series
6. The Sims series
7. Guitar Hero series
8. Grand Theft Auto series
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Uncharted 2 or God of War series
By the way, I hate Halo. Absolutely can't stand it. People complain about Wii being casual, but if Wii is the casual console then Halo was the casual FPS. That game takes no skill. It's only on this list because...
1. World of Warcraft
2. Half-Life 2
3. Counter-Strike
4. Halo series
5. Call of Duty series
6. The Sims
7. Guitar Hero
8. Grand Theft Auto series
9. Super Mario Galaxy
10. Uncharted 2 or God of War series
Finally, someone that gets it. PC is and always be superior for gaming. Graphics, multiplayer, multi-function, chat, etc. is always better on a PC. The single drawback is cost.
It's worth owning a gaming PC for Blizzard's games alone. Not to mention the FACT that there has never been and never will be a console FPS that is better than a PC FPS.
Thanks, I had a feeling it probably wouldn't, but I am planning on getting a new comp upon graduating college in May. I'll pick it up now and play it before getting Bioshock 2 later.
Think a 3.5 year old laptop could run Bioshock?
Right now, Activision Blizzard is valued at $14.4 BILLION. You think shareholders want to see net income of $3 million? That's virtually insignificant.
If he was 100x better his stock price wouldn't be down 75%. Activision stock has consistently beaten EA. The only goal of a public company is to get their stock price as high as possible so...
EA got hit hard for the simple reason that the quality of their games got progressively worse over the course of the last 8 years or so. They relied on yearly sports titles that in some cases were downgrades from the prior year.
Activision Blizzard on the other hand, has really only seen its stock dip due to the overall economy and due to investors looking at failures like EA and assuming that it must be a "gaming problem" rather than an "individual company problem...
100% useless.
Easily one of my favorite games of the last couple years. I've been a hardcore FPS player since CS back in 1998 and I love RPG elements because they keep you sucked in. Combine the two and you have one fun game! I hope more games in the future marry these two genres. They work so well together.
If you think Activision or ANY OTHER COMPANY for that matter was placed on this earth simply to make stuff for you, you're an idiot.
Activision, like all companies, exists to make a profit and nothing else. It just so happens that Activision makes video games. If they could somehow make a larger profit by selling toilet paper, they would.
The stupidity and immaturity of gamers today is unbelievable.
This is one of the more retarded articles that get posted here.
It's called a business model. ALL companies try to turn a one-time purchase into a revenue stream. Example: Apple iPod leads to additional sales through iTunes.
I swear people get more ignorant by the day.
Actually, I'll buy the game because I worked hard in school while growing up so that I could go to college and attain a good-paying job.
Nice try though.
I stand for a free market economy. Capitalism dictates that consumer demand sets prices. If the demand is high, you charge a higher price until you reach the point of maximum profit.
If you disagree with that statement, then you disagree with a high standard of living. If companies did not pursue maximum profit, your standard of living would be similar to countries in Africa. Profit means growth and without growth economies and countries will fail... often times leading to civil ...
He was responsible for the best selling video game of all-time in 2009. Pressure on the stock's price has been virtually 100% due to the industry and economy at large, not the individual company.