Evil publisher Activision is evil, and Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is its dark and villainous ruler. We all know this, but if you needed any further evidence that Kotick is indeed the flame-haired spawn of Satan's cruel uncle, then look no further than a new quote that came spilling from the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco, where he said his major plan was to take the fun out of making games.
"We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making videogames," confirmed the blackhearted man-harpy. He seriously said that.
In addition to wanting to turn the industry into a fun-vacuum, Kotick also revealed plans for Activision to "bypass" consoles and bring gaming direct to television. He told attendees to "expect many of our products to be playable independent of a console," praising the "leverage" a publisher could get with regards to first party relations and potential DLC.
I actively dread the day a company like Activision gets more leverage and power in this industry. We are going to get buggered until we're bleeding. Which is the only way Kotick can achieve orgasm, I heard.
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5:00 PM on 09.15.2009
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I encourage you all to do the same, and if you DO have to buy one, buy used.
That is all.
I think the only similar quote I've ever heard is from some ficition "stereotypical evil CEO" comic...
Seriously. WTF?
Hooray corporatism.
"Kotick is a business man! He's making money and doing his job!"
or
"Activision sucks boycott 4 life"
Reality:
Activision needs to wake up and fire this piece of shit: restructuring their entire public image, and PR department. Sacrificing your integrity, and absolutely ruining your public image will bite your ass in the long run.
Activision makes fun games, so I will buy them, but they're rapidly losing credibility in light of their competitors (see Harmonix/Rock band).
I know that this means nothing to the Activision Behemoth but it keeps my conscience clean until Ativision fall's(read ryderbackside comment).
PS: It's my impression or always the CEO of the biggest gaming company of the moment it's a man hated by everyone? They need to be evil to reach the top or the top makes it evil?
as we all know after that the product suffers and sales go away and the company bombs and finally the suits move on to another company like locusts
Oh lord I LAWLD HARD!
Then again, the usual buyer of their games won't read this, and even those familiar with gaming blogs won't NOT boy an Activision game because of it.
I, for one, will not buy Modern Warfare 2. I was expecting it anxiously for my brother's PS3 and, honestly, I couldn't pull myself to support this kind of attitude. Makes me want to hug Yamauchi and say I'm sorry for hating him so much.
What is the point in taking the fun out of making games? Can that even be done? I don't even understand the point of that, other than making himself appear ever more tyrannical. Also, how the hell is a TV going to store save data? Online? Great, not only will they try and monopolize consoles, but they'll monopolize our data too. Screw you Activision, you're not getting any of my money until that demonic overlord is out of his job.
But Activision brought us Call of Duty, so...
Modern Warfare 2 looks ace. Like, really good. So does DJ Hero, and the Daft Punk mixes.
I'm officially pirating MW2 and getting the songs ripped from DJ Hero.
Fuck Activision. They don't deserve a penny of what they earn as a publisher.
Or not.
@ blumini
Unfortunately, that's how the world works...
fact is 90% of the consumer base don't pay attention to gaming news and thus never really find out what huge dick some people are... that and some people don't have the integrity to ignore a great game just because the publisher is evil and needs to fail for the good of all that is gaming...
It's bad.
I think to balance my karma, I'm gonna start merchandising all of Activision's games behind other games that aren't Guitar Hero 5 or Marvel: Ultimate Rehash.
He sounds like a Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles villain like that, come on it cannot be real.
KOTick (kot means shit in german), stfu....you are fucking mad with power.
Mark my words, this man will rape us to death in our sleep.
I got nothing personal against the guy but after looking into some of his rather eccentric statements he does deserve to be taken down a peg or two in the ego department.
I wonder what he's like at company meetings?
"I'd like to eventually lower salaries and remove severance packages from the company."
"We've out sourced everyone to type writing sloths that sit upon the backs of llamas."
1. Make unpopular statements regarding business practices.
2. Rape us to death in our sleep.
3. PROFIT!!