Kotick is right about the ability, but when he (almost) singlehandedly rams the whole industry into the ground, his predictions won't be worth two piles of llama shit.

Activision showing interest in "better storytelling and character development?" I'll believe it when I see it.

KOOOTTTTIIIICCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!

Also, the implication he makes that emotionally valuable storytelling in games could be best attained through photo realistic graphics goes a long way in showing the kind of narrow-mindedness that dominates a lot of big developers.

All I can say say is this. If I am given the option between movies, TV and video games, video games will win every time.

Oh, and if Bloodsport were a video game, that would surpass the movie.

best pic ever

I don't dislike him because of his bussiness strategies I dislike him because he's such an asshole with them. From the mouths of anyone else I would probably say yes video games are becoming more mainstream allowing us to make both artsy fartsy games and fun simple ones.

But from the man who complains when the consumer gets basic rights to resell then goes and milks francises to bones, from the man who threatens and scolds others then turns and does the exact same thing and from the man who complains he's STILL not fucking rich enough and pulls bullshit like the Modern Warware 2 price.

He can go fuck himself.

*yawn*

Somebody says this every other month. Alas because it's a reason to rip on Kotick it's news.

The day Guitar Hero eclipses TV and Movies, is the day hell will freeze over.

Kotick get back in that pit you crawled out of, Don't make me go upside your head with this vial of holy water.

Bloodsport is the greatest movie in the history of movies. You take Godfather and add Citizen Kane, and you get Bloodsport.

Bloodsport is a celluloid paradox - it's tits, with a lack of actual tits.

Kotick is an asshole of near-mythic proportions solely based on the fact that he drives his company to be the ultimate in one-trick-ponydom, and has the incredible gall to call it "innovation.". Activision was one of the main factors in the 1983 industry killswitch because of their efforts in oversaturating the general marketplace with turdish excuses for product - and they seem to be looking to repeat the trend to its eventual repeat performance. The day he loses his employment in that industry will be the sign that his prediction may actually come to pass, but as long as he's there, the time for genuinely imaginative titles will be spent on satiating the dumbed-down masses willing to be bent over and raped in the name of the mighty dollar/euro/moon credit.

What worries me most is that other big studios will follow suit - I'm already getting that vibe out of SqEnix and Ubisoft's respective camps, and the signs are starting to show that shitting out a sequel with zero real gameplay difference/innovation (not mere gimmickry) is a lot more profitable than actually changing the whole beast in the name of pioneering/trailblazing. Sequels are great in the short-term of a concept's lifespan, but repetition for its sales figure sake alone proves to sink not just franchises or companies, but whole genres, styles and even industries.

Will people stop quoting Citizen Kane as a masterpiece.


Chong-Li disapproves.

@Bigmoose

I know it's overratted I wanted to give an example but serious business came into the way. It's a good movie nothing less but it's revered as one of the best movie ever made and way ahead of it's time.

Today it doesn't holds up really well but at the time it was an achievement.

Exactly what akathatoneguy said.