Kotick is a [censored] (again) : Othor Games

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 12:43 pm

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/xbox-360/news/cutscenes-for-cash-activision-mulls-over-the-sale-of-in-game-movies/a-20100917172723461060/g-20060321132945404017.

Apparently Kotick wants people to pay for cutscenes. Commence rants.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:11 am

I don't see the issue here. They didn't say they were to actually remove the cutscenes from the games and sell them separately.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:42 am

Bobby Kotick is an utter moron. Honestly I don't think he understands at all what gamers want out of the video games. (Who in their right mind is going to spend $30 for jumbled together CGI cutscenes?) Bobby Kotick is a greedy [censored] who needs to stop making suggestions on Activision's business practices.

This is up there with his suggestion of putting a price on being able to play the online components of CoD when we already have to pay for LIVE.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:03 am

He sure knows what his stockholders want though.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:08 am

He sure knows what his stockholders want though.

Well good for him, but when he milks us gamers dry and no one can afford activision games any more, then he'll be sorry

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:38 am

Well, it's not like he's actually hurting gamers with this plan, like with so many of his other plans. It's just another way to make money. I mean, yes, it's further evidence that he's really money hungry, but for once, as a gamer, I'm not mad at him for this.

Note: He isn't talking about removing the cutscenes from games altogether. He's just talking about making movies out of those cutscenes and selling them.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:07 am

I don't see the issue here. They didn't say they were to actually remove the cutscenes from the games and sell them separately.

I agree, it's not like he was saying that they were going to remove cut scenes from games and you could only view them if you buy them. It's really no different than charging for a deluxe edition containing the game sound track, or selling the sound track separately, which a number of companies (Bethesda being one of them) do.

» Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:41 pm

"and take it out of the game and we were to go to our audiences, who we have their credit card information and a direct relationship, and say to them 'Would you like to have the StarCraft movie?”

What does that mean? Why would Activision have people's credit card information?

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:12 pm

Youtube ftw

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:28 am

Well good for him, but when he milks us gamers dry and no one can afford activision games any more, then he'll be sorry

because people totally resisted paying $15 for a few maps, some of which were from earlier games, didn't they?

He can do what he likes, and he pretty much knows it.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:36 am

"and take it out of the game and we were to go to our audiences, who we have their credit card information and a direct relationship, and say to them 'Would you like to have the StarCraft movie?”

What does that mean? Why would Activision have people's credit card information?

I believe he was talking about people who have their credit card information saved in the battle net store so they might be more likely to buy the pack.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:27 am

Well good for him, but when he milks us gamers dry and no one can afford activision games any more, then he'll be sorry

Not seeing how this would happen. He's talking about taking cutscenes that are in the game, and selling them "standalone" outside the game as movies. While still having them in the game. About the only people this would "milk dry" are people who would buy chopped-together cutscenes that they already have in their copy of the game.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:28 am

Well, as long as the game's price becomes lower or the game becomes lenghtier to justify the price, no problem.

Waitaminit, we're talking about Activision... <_<

Not seeing how this would happen. He's talking about taking cutscenes that are in the game, and selling them "standalone" outside the game as movies. While still having them in the game.

Are you sure about that?

"[what would happen] If we were to take that hour, or hour and a half, and take it out of the game and we were to go to our audiences, who we have their credit card information and a direct relationship, and say to them 'Would you like to have the StarCraft movie?”

(emphasis mine).

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:49 am

I dont think I own any Activision games.

Capcom, Microsoft, Bioware (Now EA, although havent purcahsed anything since EA got involved with Bioware), Konami, Sega

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1117896/crazy-mass-effect-2-stats-and-what-theyre-used-for-20100903105831289-000.jpg

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:57 am

Not seeing how this would happen. He's talking about taking cutscenes that are in the game, and selling them "standalone" outside the game as movies. While still having them in the game. About the only people this would "milk dry" are people who would buy chopped-together cutscenes that they already have in their copy of the game.

Maybe you haven't heard any of his other plans...

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:42 am

Game developers are gonna need to start producing higher quality stories, if they want me to buy the cutscenes as a seperate movie. As it stands, most of the games out there have such awful, cliched plots and dialogue that I'd rather skip the video than watch it. Once upon a time, the CG scenes were a reward for completing the game.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:32 am

I agree, it's not like he was saying that they were going to remove cut scenes from games and you could only view them if you buy them. It's really no different than charging for a deluxe edition containing the game sound track, or selling the sound track separately, which a number of companies (Bethesda being one of them) do.

Indeed, this comment by Kotick isn't an issue at all. If people want to buy ingame cutscenes on a normal DVD, let them. But I can't say I'm interested in buying anything like that

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:37 am

I want to do terrible things to Kotick... I don't know how he is the president. He comes up with the worst ideas. I don't think anyone would buy cutscenes that jump from one to another. There's no transition.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 1:24 am

Meh, all this shows is that Kotick's brain has been replaced by a penny, something we've all been aware of for a while now. I personally think this idea is absurd with Youtube's presence on the internet, but since when has sense been a part of the Activision thought process?

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:24 am

I dont think I own any Activision games.

Capcom, Microsoft, Bioware (Now EA, although havent purcahsed anything since EA got involved with Bioware), Konami, Sega

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1117896/crazy-mass-effect-2-stats-and-what-theyre-used-for-20100903105831289-000.jpg

What soldier beats vangaurd, noooooo soldiers are boring, vangaurds are awesome.
Its sad I read this after reading him saying "Activison was bungies only choice".

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:44 am

He sure knows what his stockholders want though.

if this destroys the value of the stock it isn't what they want, and i hope this is something that would destroy the value of their stock

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 8:53 am

Yet again, people are trying their best to vilify Kotick when he comes up with another interesting idea that people might be interested in. He's interested in exploring new business opportunities, but you lot are only interested in everything remaining the way it always was.

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 3:41 am

He's interested in exploring new business opportunities, but you lot are only interested in everything remaining the way it always was.

Thus his policy to milk popular franchises until the teat is shriveled and broken instead of allowing for new, exciting and original IPs to be published by Activision? :huh:

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:34 pm

Thus his policy to milk popular franchises until the teat is shriveled and broken instead of allowing for new, exciting and original IPs to be published by Activision? :huh:

Unlike what Nintendo, Microsoft, Blizzard or Square Enix are doing?

» Sun Aug 01, 2010 7:43 am

Unlike what Nintendo, Microsoft, Blizzard or Square Enix are doing?

Not to the same extent (except for final fantasy). We're on CoD 7, Guitar Hero god-knows-what etc., and the games they're churning out are nearly identical to the old ones.

Edit: [censored] over the consumers is not innovation, it's being a [censored]