The story that will make you hate Activision, even more!

Mystery Penguin

Mystery Penguin

EGO Zealot
Joined
May 29, 2008
Messages
1,401
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/...tm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

So apparently they stole great modding community ideas, and BASICALLY bribed game reviewers for a good review.

its so much fun to hate Cracktivision

There was only one way to review Modern Warfare 2: on the Xbox 360, in Santa Barbara, under the watchful eye of Activision. Accepting the paid trip, along with room and board, was the only way you were going to get a review before launch. Joystiq noted that this broke their ethics policy, but they went anyway. Who can say no to a review destined to bring in traffic? Shacknews refused to call their coverage a "review" because of the ethical issues inherent in the situation, but that stance was unique.
Click to expand...
 
Last edited:
Saw that coming from a mile away. I never though I would see the day where there would be a gaming company that made EA look good.
 
Yeah.. it figures. They pulled out all the stops on this one

We need our huge titles like SC2, D3, Hl2Ep3 to bring us PC gamers back..
 
All this crap and then some are the main reasons why I didn't buy the game. Activision is one of the companies that are trying to kill competitive gaming.

And it will be many moons before we see EP3 Cut Chem!st, it's a sad fact I deal with every day I breath...
 
I really hope Valve exclusively releases HL2EP3 for the PC, and make it an epic SP/MP game with dedicated servers. Epic enough that the console gamers are begging and crying for them to port it over to the console. I also hope that the PC community fully supports this and outsells MW2 in the first week.

Obviously I'm hoping for too much, but with Activision doing what they did, I want blood.
 
Mr Grip said:
All this crap and then some are the main reasons why I didn't buy the game. Activision is one of the companies that are trying to kill competitive gaming.

And it will be many moons before we see EP3 Cut Chem!st, it's a sad fact I deal with every day I breath...
Click to expand...

Yeah.. I know. All the gabe jokes keep setting it back :(
 
you want blood? dont buy their games. No money ----> No company. Simple as that. Dont buy the game then complain about it. If they keep putting out games people hate but people keep buying them.....they are going to keep putting out games people hate. They put out games that people and NO ONE buys it, they dont make any money, they are forced to fix all the issues people have with the company or the company is 6 feet under.
 
Zegz said:
you want blood? dont buy their games. No money ----> No company. Simple as that. Dont buy the game then complain about it. If they keep putting out games people hate but people keep buying them.....they are going to keep putting out games people hate. They put out games that people and NO ONE buys it, they dont make any money, they are forced to fix all the issues people have with the company or the company is 6 feet under.
Click to expand...

Everybody knows that, but no body wants to put in any effort. If you told someone who was thinking about buying MW2 because they liked the first about Activision and all that they fail at, they'd still buy it.

Gamers who care about all the stuff that happens outside of actually playing the game are in minority.
 
I boycotted MW2 after I heard about the direct console port they gave PC gamers. I have still to this day bought it and will continue to play COD4.

/can't wait for Bad Company 2
 
Activision ruined WoW as far as I'm concerned. Blizzard originally developed a great game but once Activision Blizzard became a reality in like 2008 after the merge, and Activision had their hand in actually publishing that game, every content release since has taken a huge chunk out of the games playability for real gamers. It's gotten worse and worse and worse ever since activision came into the picture imo.

SiSSY was absolutely right:
Gamers who care about all the stuff that happens outside of actually playing the game are in minority.
Click to expand...

The minority are the ones who quit playing it after activision destroyed it. So the majority is left to profit off of by way of overpriced expansions, fees for transfers, re-customizations, faction changes, name changes etc... All which were absolutely unacceptable by blizzards original standards with the exception of server transfers. Even those had limitations because it wasn't all about money.

And Mr Grip:
Activision is one of the companies that are trying to kill competitive gaming.
Click to expand...
Spot on also. First season or two of arenas was pretty good. And old-school pvp was great. But once activision came on the scene lol..........the bottom of the pvp totem pole could actually compete with the top half of the food chain without even trying.


OH MAN IM SO BITTER! I'm gonna stop now. I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THIS!! :facewall::cursing::chair:
Thats like the tip of the iceberg only.

Activision, Destroyer of Games.
Binds when picked up
Unique
+ 300 epics every patch?
+ 5,000,000 n00bs
- 5,000,000 Competition
Merge: Ruins game by 100%
Requires level 80
 
sigh, im gonna have to be the bad guy. i really hate doing this.

this is corporate America, where the strong prays on the week. get over it. i made over 500 million dollars, and still have cash rolling in, you think im really gonna care think about what you say?

thats pretty much what companies think like. if they get the money, do you really think they care about what others think? its just good business. after what happen with left 4 dead 2, you would think people would see the big picture.

this is how they get you, they throw out something big, nice, and pretty early on, and then they draw you in, and finally, they get you with a half ass piece of..... you know.

hook......line.....and sinker.

and one more thing, pc gamers may complain about online gameplay and such, but to tell you the truth, most game owners, are console owners. sorry. and im a pc gamer/fan, but there are just somethings in this world that you just cant get or win.
 
I'm not sure, but didn't we have a ban on Modern Warfare 2 related topics?

I'm not against this thread, I just want to make sure it's okay to talk about it first.
 
@Guammer,
Guess how much Activision has influence over what goes on in World of Warcraft? Precisely. None what so ever.
And there were already fees before Activision came aboard. Don't try to blame everything on the company no matter how much you hate them. I haven't seen that much a change in WoW but that maybe because I PvE, not PvP. But PvE is what the game is for anyway.
 
Stormrider^ said:
@Guammer,
Guess how much Activision has influence over what goes on in World of Warcraft? Precisely. None what so ever.
And there were already fees before Activision came aboard. Don't try to blame everything on the company no matter how much you hate them. I haven't seen that much a change in WoW but that maybe because I PvE, not PvP. But PvE is what the game is for anyway.
Click to expand...

There is no way. The facts are so clear. So you're saying that if you committed to a nearly 19 billion dollar deal with another company, and obtained publishing responsibility of their most successful game, all with the intention to create the most profitable game publishing conglomerate in history basically, you wouldn't have a hand overseeing the development of the game? If you haven't seen the changes that occurred nearly concurrently with that merge then I guess consequently you wouldn't see the influence they had on the development :P

And I'm sure the same approaches are taking place in any number of their games.

The game itself became a marketing marvel and a gaming peril.

I'm not even knocking either companies ability to develop great games. They're so talented beyond belief. Truthfully though, I'd say theres a direct relationship between the change in quality of the gaming experience they provide now and their financial success.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Back
Top