Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has lauded his company as one that "celebrates entrepreneurial, opportunistic, independent values," and is considerate of culture when it comes to buying out games studios.
Kotick then went for the cheap shot, comparing his company to EA and stating that "it did a very good job of taking the soul out of a lot of the studios it acquired." A somewhat ironic statement, perhaps, in a time where Activision is hated for sucking the life out of the Guitar Hero series, while developer Harmonix sided with EA to create the highly successful Rock Band.
EA, of course, has claimed the opposite of Activision, stating that its company is great for developers and that it is the closest thing America has to a Heaven on Earth. Also, its corporate water fountains taste like sweetened honey and flights of angels sing CEO John Riccitiello to his nightly slumber.
Ultimately, a fight between Activision and EA is like the one Hitler and Stalin had -- it's not exactly one you're keen to pick a side on. That said, I wonder if Activision or EA fanboys actually exist, and are now trolling Internet message boards as we speak, desperate to prove which Borg-like entity is the best. They would, I feel, be the saddest, most miserable creatures in all of Fanboy Hell.
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7:57 AM on 04.25.2008
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can I make it a poster and hang it on my wall, read it all the time, and buy EVERYTHING you say?
please please please, and just don't let other ppl say things, i only want it from youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Hitler totally sucked the soul out of the countries he acquired. Now Stalin, he was considerate of all other cultures.
See, even Stalin has fanboys :P
Speaking personally, I don't really hate either of them. I have no problem with corporations at all, I just think it's stupid to take potshots and expect people to be all "YEAH! Go Activision!" I might find hate for corporations silly, but siding with them in a bitchfight is equally as silly.
They're both as bad as each other and it's quite funny watching them pretend they're angels.
Eh, it's like watching McDonald's and Burger King talk about how much more awesome they are than the other one. Don't care, shut up and give me my fries.
OMG, you are super-awesome. No one exists to me but you. I will now bash every comment that dares disagree with any stance you may take in the comments sections of this great site. And, I will take your beliefs, likes, dislikes and make them my own.
You are my personal Jim Jones; I promise to partake of whatever flavor of Kool-Aid you are handing out and follow you blindly without any thought of common sense or intelligence.
YOU ARE A GOD, and i am your servant!!!!
Ultimately, I despise activision for cockblocking the PS3 GH3-RB compatibility patch, and I fucking hate EA for making europe wait 6 months, then utterly gouging them pricewise in regards to rock band. I don't care about their exploiting of franchises with endless repetitive sequels, because at least I can understand the business sense of that. Those two moves earned both companies my ire, and while I'm not going to be boycotting either, I'm going to try and avoid giving them my cash when I can.
I guess it's maybe because with a book, CD or movie..there is a single person to be held ultimately accountable. The author, artist, or director. For most games, the best we get is a developing house, and at worst a publisher...which is sort of misplacing the blame?
i was just trying to be your fanboy :(
I must admit. If you compare the way that EA has handled RockBand so far as compared to the way that Activision is whoring out the Guitar Hero series, I have to say that I actually appreciate something that RockBand is doing.
OMG i'm a fanboy of you guys too!!!!!!!!!
GTA 4 comes out next tuesday, and really, I'm pretty shit bored of every game I have on ps3 and 360, and since konami keeps delaying the MGO beta, well, I just want my fucking GTA.
But I will agree, the songs in rock band and the DLC for rock band make GH3 look like a joke.
No Doubt? Decent band, but not exactly "guitar hero" quality.
And I yours! :)
@mikescool you have no idea how much of a fanboy of mine you are :P
my name is Mike :)
@ Blacksheep and kagai....you guys rock. ;)
Also, like Hilary, EA will use NUKES to acquire said game studio.
STFUAJMG
Shut The Fuck Up And Just Make Games
Did you just bust out some old school Sub-Mariner!?
@Mxyzptlk Its not really like that though, the publisher aka the funders have a massive ability to buy studios and fire people, they have the ability to short change a studio or give them less time. These things are very very apparent when you play games like Army of Two or any number of the EA f'ups. They employ people, yes, but so does a nuclear bomb program that doesn't make them good.
I have to literally go with Activision, only EA has created a synonym with retarded.
In other words EA'd!
*mopes*
If Infinity Ward dies at their hands, a thousand curses upon Ritticiello and his ward of catamites.
then I can retire from reading websites, and playing other games
at least for another five years...
EA is at least trying some new things. Army of Two, Rock Band, skate., Dead Space, etc.
When was the last time Activision put out something new? Also, they killed Guitar Hero. Fuck them.
As much as EA sucks sometimes (*cough* Madden), they took a huge risk with Rock Band, and I respect that. skate also shot the Tony Hawk franchise in the back of the head, while it was busy looking at the purty rabbits.