Activision Boss Talks About Infinity Ward Firings

[obiown77]

I'm glad the staff moved on, and I look forward to there first respawn release.

however, regarding the pc version of mw2

1) I Still want my friken private servers!!!!

2) Get rid of the EXCESSIVE friken air support! Like %$^%$ Seriously!

3) don't make me buy the DLC ( which I did ) and then NOT allow me to play FFA online with it!!! Like are you frkin kidding me?!?
Activision: No were not kidding, you play what map we make you play, and what game type we make you play, when you play online!

4) further on the above, Like what the frkin hell! you make us host online matches, and still give us no frkin control of the game. arrrgh!

5) Patch your friken crap!! I'm SICK of alt tabbing and and killing the game process because your stupid crack game can't know when to disconnect and go back into the menu,

6) For the love of all that is fps, LISTEN!!! to the friken community!!! and as for you Bobby Kotick , you fat funny looking dork, take your stupid ass out of the gaming industry! and go work in a friken bank, go work in Goldman sacks, it would suit you much better.

ok, now I will take a breath.

 

[Hilarion]

Now he's trying to save "HIS" job with the spin he's putting on this.

 

[tommysch]

The franchise is DEAD for the PC. There is nothing to milk anymore.

 

[sliem]

If you pay $15 for DLC, you are a loser. On top of already a loser of buying MW2.

Guess what, I bought Bad Company 2 for $20 (was on sale) and I'm also enjoying it. Very much actually.

 

[yao]

Looks like a poorly scripted speech. It should have beem written better.

 

[timbo]

[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]Oh give me a break, it's the same old crap game like CoD3, mindless multiplayer action, crap engine, lousy single player campaign, and now a big middle finger to all the PC gamers with no client/server. Enjoy![/citation]

Your response is a non-sequitur.

 

[timbo]

Oh & bobby kotik: if ever a face looked like it needed punching...

 

[reichscythe]

I don't feel sorry for Infinity Ward at all... Chickens comin' home to roost... they screwed the PC community for a fat check and were utterly remorseless, despite the raging outcry from the PC community. Now suddenly they're the victims of "Big Bad Activision"--a company with a wide and blatant history of gobbling up smaller developers and grinding their IPs into oblivion--and I'm supposed to give a rats arse? Eff 'em, says I... and if they didn't learn anything from this, and continue with their anti-PC gamer trends, Eff Respawn too...

 

[truehighroller]

Out the door with Bobby!

 

[Guest]

Respawn will be a console game developer, any PC related game will be an xbox port. MoH will be a Activision killer, and Battlefield 3 which will be PC exclusive will ensurew RE will only have the fickle console crowd to give it revenue.

 

[jgiron]

Action talks more than words, you fired the top 2 execs and 1/3 of the company quits. This is a sign of bad leadership.

No one will follow a bad leader with a selfish agenda, but many will die for a great leader with a great purpose.

 

[ovidiusx]

[citation][nom]Smochina[/nom]Oh give me a break, it's the same old crap game like CoD3, mindless multiplayer action, crap engine, lousy single player campaign, and now a big middle finger to all the PC gamers with no client/server. Enjoy![/citation]

Yes, CoD3 was horrific. Then again it as Treyarch who made CoD3. They tried to cash in on IW success of the original CoDs. Most FPS games are mindless multiplayer action with yawn inducing, linear single player campains. Even Bad Company 2 was just as bad. The single player story was way to slow. The multiplayer was reminiscent of Crysis with sprawling open areas and very little fire fights.

 

[rooket]

Hmm.. not sure why I don't care about any of this. This company is profiteering off of war and death in the real world.

 

[HavoCnMe]

To bad Bob-o is about a month and a half late on the formal response. Should of stopped hitting on his secretary and having fancy lunches.

 

[brendano257]

"We had a great team in place at Infinity Ward, which continues to work on downloadable content and the studio's next unannounced project."

'nuff said.

 

[wonspur]

[citation][nom]reichscythe[/nom]I don't feel sorry for Infinity Ward at all... Chickens comin' home to roost... they screwed the PC community for a fat check and were utterly remorseless, despite the raging outcry from the PC community. Now suddenly they're the victims of "Big Bad Activision"--a company with a wide and blatant history of gobbling up smaller developers and grinding their IPs into oblivion--and I'm supposed to give a rats arse? Eff 'em, says I... and if they didn't learn anything from this, and continue with their anti-PC gamer trends, Eff Respawn too...[/citation]

It was most likely that activision did all the decision making as far as that goes...i mean IW fucking over the PC gamer? the whole franchise was based around the PC to begin with... they would never turn on their roots if they had a choice. IW was obviously made to be the scape goat in MW2's failing.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Sounds like a typical damage control statement with no substance.

 

[Mottamort]

[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]Hmm.. not sure why I don't care about any of this. This company is profiteering off of war and death in the real world.[/citation]

The fact that they have been profiteering off of those things means your society should be looked at a little closer, not the company.

 

[Guest]

I bought MW2 for the PC and I don't regret it, and no I'm not a loser. I also bought BC2 and although I believe it's the superior game by far I got plenty of hours of entertainment out of MW2 so I'm satisfied I got my money's worth (but I will never pay $15 for the dlc). All things considered any decent video game is pretty cheap entertaiment in terms of $ per hour compared to other forms of media (ie going to see movies).

 

[badaxe2]

Tough to know who to believe. I read when they were making MW2 that Activision was ready to give a huge amount of financial freedom to IW for development, but they said no thanks and chose to do the same old thing. They did kinda seem like a holier than though bunch after watching some interviews. Almost like Rockstar seems to be now with RD: R.