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geddesmond2 on 15 September 2009
deathgod33 said:
leo-j said:
Hey lets all buy Modern warfare 2 and support them!


you can hate the company that makes the game, but not buying the game because of it is just stupid.  

No it is not stupid. People have the right to not buy anything off a company that exploits them. Activision are exploiting there customers. Only buying there products incourages them to continue acting the way they are. I'm not buying any activision game ever again. Does that make me stupid? NO because unlike what Activision and a lot of gamers think, COD is not the only game on the market worth getting.



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NJ5 on 15 September 2009

It's perfectly normal to not buy services/products from a company if you disagree with its practices.

People do it all the time, it's called "putting your money where your mouth is".

 



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yo_john117 on 15 September 2009

Thats such a retarded idea!!!



Staude on 15 September 2009

He later added, "We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."

If that sounds like it would create a corporate culture that isn't all sunshine and hugs, then it's "mission accomplished" for Kotick. The executive said that he has tried to instill into the company culture "skepticism, pessimism, and fear" of the global economic downturn, adding, "We are very good at keeping people focused on the deep depression."


lol wtf.... .. No seriously.. what the fuck ?!



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noname2200 on 15 September 2009
Final-Fan said:
"You have studio heads who five years ago didn't know the difference between a balance sheet and a bed sheet who are now arguing allocations in our CFO's office pretty regularly," Kotick said.

read: We squeezed their budgets until they learned how to fight back?

So he gets more money for himself, and studio heads learned the basics of running a business. Think of it as the price of education...



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KoRnster on 15 September 2009

damn, these means blizard is doomed with such a d*ckhead as ceo



masschamber on 15 September 2009

kinda of sad what activision has become
activision was the first third party and founded to escape the very corporate culture that this pinhead is describing
activision back in the atari era was a bastion for creativity and risk, activision published a game about playing as a tube of toothpaste defending against attacking food and whatever the insanity which megamania is
the only game I have from activision from the past decade is activision hits remixed, a solomn reminder of a more noble time (plus mexican radio)



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Vashyo on 15 September 2009

I haven't bought a single activision game this or last gen and what they are offering in the future doesn't interest me the slightest so I have no temptation to buy anything from them.

I feel sorry for the employees that have Kotick as a boss (they should just leave and find something better). :(



Akvod on 15 September 2009
yo_john117 said:

Thats such a retarded idea!!!

Yeah, boycotting services because of an opposition to segregation was retarded... sure didn't put any pressure on anybody...



Final-Fan on 15 September 2009
noname2200 said:
Final-Fan said:
"You have studio heads who five years ago didn't know the difference between a balance sheet and a bed sheet who are now arguing allocations in our CFO's office pretty regularly," Kotick said.
read: We squeezed their budgets until they learned how to fight back?

So he gets more money for himself, and studio heads learned the basics of running a business. Think of it as the price of education...

I guess you're right.  Everyone wins except the games! 



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