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slowmo on 29 June 2013
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VGKing said:
J_Allard said:
VGKing said:

Activsion is much better than EA at marketing their games and turning them into cultural phenomena.
EA pretty much are just copycats.

EA's answer to Tony Hawk = Skate
Guitar Hero = Rockband
Call of Duty = Battelfield(they tried with Medal of Honor but it didn't take)

EA just has too many games to market while Activison focuses on a few select few.

Both publishers do a phenomenal job of incrementally updating franchises and eventually running them into the ground. EA at least tries to spread around a bit. Activision focuses on what can make them the most money and just hammers away at it until nothing is left and then they move on. They are like the aliens from Independence Day.

By the way, your CoD part is hilarious considering

a. Both Battlefield and Medal of Honor came before Call of Duty
b. Infinity Ward, the team that made Call of Duty, was comprised entirely of people from the team that made MoH: Allied Assault. The game that really put Medal of Honor on the map.

I already know that. The MoH team made a niche game with EA that didn't really penetrate pop culture. With Activision the team was able to make a franchise that breaks entertainment records year after year and is the most popular video game franchise of all time.

I think this speaks a lot of Activisions power to create huge blockbuster franchises.

You mean like buying the Guitar Hero IP then running into the ground releasing lots of poor additions to the franchise all while copying the far more original and innovative Rockband (EA published).  Let's not forget that Rockband was made by Harmonix the original developer on GH1 and GH2 too by the way which kind of obliterates your point on Activision being this huge generous organization out to revolutionize gaming.  

You're looking a bit like a sheep really jumping on the "I hate EA bandwagon".  You'd be better off researching your arguments first before you write them down as two thirds of your points have proved the opposite to what you intended.