Firk you Activision, firk you. Sincerely - Gamers
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That's not even the worst part...they pretty much assimilated Blizzard too. I mean, StarCraft 2 got effed in the a by Activision's desire to do nothing but make money. No LAN play, a required active internet connection to even play the dang thing...I mean seriously, Blizzard wouldn't do something like that intentionally. No freakin way.
I am a gamer, I don´t mind Activision making a bit of profit for their games.
See what I do, and what I would really suggest you do as well, is not buy games that you consider bad.
Also, stop sending ranty letters in my name. To think that all gamers share your sentiment, is just incredibly arrogant.
See what I do, and what I would really suggest you do as well, is not buy games that you consider bad.
Also, stop sending ranty letters in my name. To think that all gamers share your sentiment, is just incredibly arrogant.
Activision is simply an unimaginative corporation with poor PR and a CEO that's out of control. Let's see thing for what they are, and we won't lose track of what's actually the problem.
There's also that.skips said:
Sorry, I have to do this.
U MAD BRO?
Btw. Activision sells, they do make their fine share of cash.
U MAD BRO?
Btw. Activision sells, they do make their fine share of cash.
I understand what he's getting at, they don't even bother to patch a VOTE KICK THIS ASS HERE button, even Halo, its competitor did that, but my memory is foggy, I may be wrong.
Activision only cares about making subpar games, and only ones that will sell because of its multiplayer, I played Black Ops, and didn't enjoy the experience after playing, because NOTHING made any BLOODY sense. The issue is that they have a way of milking EVERYTHING that is popular. People complain that Valve are this rich, well Activision is pulying worth shit, and their fine.
What needs to happen, is for some new blood be bred into activision with fresh, new ideas, that way they can actually start caring for their fans, instead of just feeding them shittier versions of a once great game.
My question to you is, in a shooter, how often do you die do you encounter a loading screen? How mad are you for trying so long at the level, dying, having to go back to that loading screen?
Activision only cares about making subpar games, and only ones that will sell because of its multiplayer, I played Black Ops, and didn't enjoy the experience after playing, because NOTHING made any BLOODY sense. The issue is that they have a way of milking EVERYTHING that is popular. People complain that Valve are this rich, well Activision is pulying worth shit, and their fine.
What needs to happen, is for some new blood be bred into activision with fresh, new ideas, that way they can actually start caring for their fans, instead of just feeding them shittier versions of a once great game.
No, you could die, its just dying just brought you back from the grave instantly, and it doesn't make it simple, it keeps flow, in super meat boy, you were brought back from death, so you wouldn't have to load from the last checkpoint.funguy2121 said:
My question to you is, in a shooter, how often do you die do you encounter a loading screen? How mad are you for trying so long at the level, dying, having to go back to that loading screen?
Read the edit. Yes, you fail at humor.
Food companies DO throw out old flavors for new ones it the older ones don't sell as well.
Manufacturers of electronic equipment DO stop producing parts for their older models.
Come on, I'm not even trying to be a smart ass. EVERYONE knows these things. That's why your joke failed. Everyone genuinely thought you were an uninformed moron, until you made it clear it was an attempt at satire.
You fail at analogies too. COD4, COD:WAW, COD:MW2 are still around and still have a playerbase, albeit smaller than in their peak times, so the car analogy fails. New cars for the same series are made every year (Honda Civic 2010, 2011, 2012 etc...)crepesack said:
Food companies DO throw out old flavors for new ones it the older ones don't sell as well.
Manufacturers of electronic equipment DO stop producing parts for their older models.
Come on, I'm not even trying to be a smart ass. EVERYONE knows these things. That's why your joke failed. Everyone genuinely thought you were an uninformed moron, until you made it clear it was an attempt at satire.
@OT: I see sort've what you're saying. After seeing how promising and new and refreshing COD4 was I was really hoping it was going to not be beaten to death. That being said, I've moved on at this point. I will play MW3, I know I'm not going to change Activision's mind by not playing it, but I do wish it was a better game, and I can't wait for another game that gave me the COD4 feeling.
Dear crepesack,
I'm a big boy and can speak for myself, I don't need you to do it for me. And I personally have no problem with Activision (hey, they aren't EA after all), so I'd appreciate it if you didn't associate me as agreeing with your rants against Activision in the future.
Sincerely,
One of the gamers you mistakenly spoke for
I'm a big boy and can speak for myself, I don't need you to do it for me. And I personally have no problem with Activision (hey, they aren't EA after all), so I'd appreciate it if you didn't associate me as agreeing with your rants against Activision in the future.
Sincerely,
One of the gamers you mistakenly spoke for
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R about half that post. What i got from (that half) is that you dont like games selling big.
I agree. When a game gets too big it should die. Otherwise, games will copy that game, and the video Game industry stagnates. That game is copyd and remade and resold and rebooted over and OVER again. And it takes years for another IP to come along.
Big brand companies need to innovate, not remake. But its a hard ballance- go too far, lose all the community. Dont go far enough, lose alot of the community. I mean, look at Square Enix. They moved too far, too fast, and lost nearly everything. If they slowed down a bit, they would still be leading the RPG market, but they still would have to innovate, of course.. Or nintendo, They innovated too much with the Nintendo Wii, and now everyone is a bit cautious with the WiiU. Theres a limit on both sides.
R about half that post. What i got from (that half) is that you dont like games selling big.I agree. When a game gets too big it should die. Otherwise, games will copy that game, and the video Game industry stagnates. That game is copyd and remade and resold and rebooted over and OVER again. And it takes years for another IP to come along.
Big brand companies need to innovate, not remake. But its a hard ballance- go too far, lose all the community. Dont go far enough, lose alot of the community. I mean, look at Square Enix. They moved too far, too fast, and lost nearly everything. If they slowed down a bit, they would still be leading the RPG market, but they still would have to innovate, of course.. Or nintendo, They innovated too much with the Nintendo Wii, and now everyone is a bit cautious with the WiiU. Theres a limit on both sides.
To be completely honest, the reason I hate Call of Duty isn't because it's released every year with little to no improvements. It isn't because Activision are the greediest of the greedy. It's not because they don't care about their fans. It's because Call of Duty is way too God damn popular. It's hard for any other shooter or online multiplayer game to get a foothold when half the online gaming population is playing 1 game. Seriously, my estimates for the amount of people playing online games at any given time on Xbox Live is around 40% Call of Duty, 20% Halo, 15% Gears of War, 15% Battlefield and the other 10% to every other game there is. Trying to find a game online for Saints Row 2, Dead Rising 2 are near impossible.
And to the people talking about companies discontinuing products, the OP said that companies don't cut old products to make room for new, they cut new, "limited time only" products to make room for more "limited time only" products. The original Mountain Dew wasn't removed so they could bring in Code Red or Live Wire. Burger King never removed the Whopper from their menu to make room for the Steakhouse Burger or the Angry Whopper. They keep what is a key piece to their company and add and remove new options to keep things fresh.
As far as games go, old games will eventually have to get pulled once they're old and the general populace has moved on, there's no changing that. The server space should be opened up for games that will still be played. That being said, those companies never removed them after a year or two. Bungie supported Halo 2 all the way from back on the Original Xbox. Someone mentioned that Jedi Knight servers went down... after SEVEN years.
Halo 3 is going on 4 years old and the only thing preventing you from playing is that most of the population has moved on to Reach or something else. Bungie still supports the game. They still track the stats of players on Halo 3. I am pretty sure they still keep the game updated. Halo Reach is going on to be a year old and the game is still supported very well with a weekly update to give out credit bonuses and new playlists and new community made maps being put into Matchmaking circulation each and every month. Just recently Bungie even released and official iPhone app that lets players look at their stats, commendations, challenges and everything else AND enabled the use of special, "Bungie-only" exclusives like the Blue Flaming Helmet.
And to the people talking about companies discontinuing products, the OP said that companies don't cut old products to make room for new, they cut new, "limited time only" products to make room for more "limited time only" products. The original Mountain Dew wasn't removed so they could bring in Code Red or Live Wire. Burger King never removed the Whopper from their menu to make room for the Steakhouse Burger or the Angry Whopper. They keep what is a key piece to their company and add and remove new options to keep things fresh.
As far as games go, old games will eventually have to get pulled once they're old and the general populace has moved on, there's no changing that. The server space should be opened up for games that will still be played. That being said, those companies never removed them after a year or two. Bungie supported Halo 2 all the way from back on the Original Xbox. Someone mentioned that Jedi Knight servers went down... after SEVEN years.
Halo 3 is going on 4 years old and the only thing preventing you from playing is that most of the population has moved on to Reach or something else. Bungie still supports the game. They still track the stats of players on Halo 3. I am pretty sure they still keep the game updated. Halo Reach is going on to be a year old and the game is still supported very well with a weekly update to give out credit bonuses and new playlists and new community made maps being put into Matchmaking circulation each and every month. Just recently Bungie even released and official iPhone app that lets players look at their stats, commendations, challenges and everything else AND enabled the use of special, "Bungie-only" exclusives like the Blue Flaming Helmet.
Actually you are quite wrong about BF2, they released the 1.5 patch for it, including a new map and the boosters for free. And they patched BC and BC2 whenever they had a problem. As for the good games thing...well MW2 was hardly good. Activison has done no such thing to their games.Pyrokinesis said:
Take a look at Team Fortress 2, please. It's still making money, and is today coming out with a free update several orders of magnitude greater than anything the Activision cashcows released for $15.Saltyk said: