Kotick is an asshole

[LordofAscension]

I was about to change the name of this topic to make it more friendly, but after reading that article, I think I'll spice it up a bit.

Is it funny that I was going to say the same thing? lol.

Though I feel and share your nerd rage - try to keep it under control. Make points against him - but don't just yell... that's part of the reason to non-gamers we look like idiots.

~LoA

[spychi]

Is it funny that I was going to say the same thing? lol.

Though I feel and share your nerd rage - try to keep it under control. Make points against him - but don't just yell... that's part of the reason to non-gamers we look like idiots.

~LoA

I understand that but if they delete threads and they censore actions of boycott we need to change our way of conversation!

[sandwich_bird]

The guy might ben an asshole but you can't decide that with only this. The medias can with ease deform anything by interpreting everything the way they want. In any case, if he raises the prices too much, he won't sell anything. There's nothing wrong with making the most profit out of what you sell, you would do it too. Anyone would. The only reason he might be an asshole is because of that "we must inspire fear in the devloppers" thing. Did he really say this? With those words? In what context? Even then, if the devloppers are slacking off like idiots, there's no reasons why they shouldn't put more pressure on them.

[spychi]

The guy might ben an asshole but you can't decide that with only this. The medias can with ease deform anything by interpreting everything the way they want. In any case, if he raises the prices too much, he won't sell anything. There's nothing wrong with making the most profit out of what you sell, you would do it too. Anyone would. The only reason he might be an asshole is because of that "we must inspire fear in the devloppers" thing. Did he really say this? With those words? In what context? Even then, if the devloppers are slacking off like idiots, there's no reasons why they shouldn't put more pressure on them.

There are also other things he said previously, like how he could make game more expensive than they are, or how they change the price taking the Dollar=Euro currency.

[Zero]

Is it funny that I was going to say the same thing? lol.

Though I feel and share your nerd rage - try to keep it under control. Make points against him - but don't just yell... that's part of the reason to non-gamers we look like idiots.

~LoA

Actually, I was going to add "money-grubbing" to the title, but I forgot.

The guy might ben an asshole but you can't decide that with only this. The medias can with ease deform anything by interpreting everything the way they want. In any case, if he raises the prices too much, he won't sell anything. There's nothing wrong with making the most profit out of what you sell, you would do it too. Anyone would. The only reason he might be an asshole is because of that "we must inspire fear in the devloppers" thing. Did he really say this? With those words? In what context? Even then, if the devloppers are slacking off like idiots, there's no reasons why they shouldn't put more pressure on them.

I doubt that his words were being manipulated and taken out of context. This was a public event, and multiple gaming sources have commented on the same thing with this guy. I'm sure he'll give some sort of a bogus apology. If he does, I hope it'd be public, and that someone would pie him in the face like a while back when someone pied Bill Gates.

[Gifted]

Just a little bit of internal perception about how Activision has influenced, or rather, not influenced the way that Blizzard operates.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...frank-pearce_4

[Xyvik]

Just a little bit of internal perception about how Activision has influenced, or rather, not influenced the way that Blizzard operates.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...frank-pearce_4

That article is over a year old. And you've been telling us this for awhile, but Gifted, you're showing a bit of misunderstanding here.

Both Activision and Blizzard are owned by the public, otherwise known as being companies in which you can purchase stock. Any company that is owned by the public is run by a board of directors that is responsible to the public. The board of directors is mixed, it's not a "oh, this is Blizzard's board of directors and this is Activision's board of directors." It's simply: this is Activision-Blizzard's board of directors.

To be technically correct, actually, both of them are owned by Vivendi, so once again, as much as you or anybody else would like to state (yes, I've read the ex-manager's opinion) they are one and the same company. At any time Vivendi, and/or the board of directors, can say that they want things done this way. And you know what? Blizzard doesn't have a say in the matter. They are under a legally binding contract and they will follow through with it.

So what if Frank Pearce is interviewed and says publicly that everything is hunky-dory? You expect him to say otherwise? If he said publicly "things suck, we're totally being dominated by Activision's style over here!" guess what happens? He gets sued for slander (libel, too, since his opinions were published in written form) and he loses his job, a multi-million dollar job. You honestly think he's going to open his mouth when that's on the line?

To quote him: "I think the inspiration that Bobby gave was that 'we're going to leave you guys alone to do what you want to do and we're not going to change it'. Because Activision has such an experienced management team they recognise the value in what we've created up to this point and how we've achieved that success and they want us to continue to go down that path"

That opinion of Mr. Kotick can change at any moment, and it might already have done so. And because Blizzard is not its own owner, there is not a single legal thing they can do about it.

We can hope that things remain status quo. But it would be naive in the extreme to think that things can't change. So let's keep hoping, but make sure that the Activision side of things loses as much money as possible. Maybe then the board and Vivendi will realize that Kotick's way isn't the right way.

[Norfindel]

I think that those programmers would likely just slam the door and go work elsewere, but how much of the game companies are part of Activision?

[Pandonetho]

Only in the states can a robber sue your ass for injuring himself for falling on a knife while trying to rob your house.

[Zero]

I know. Disappointing, isn't it? In the land where the criminals have more rights than the victims.



Anyway, back on Kotick, found this on FunnyJunk: