Activision - Why They're Hated

[@JakobLogan]

You missed one other big sticking point for some of the hate. 2 years ago he laid off 800 people while boasting about record profits to investors and giving himself a huge bonus.

[@Planag7]

That's a huge one he will sacrifice other smaller employees to maintain the stock prices of his company the dudes already got that 155 million dollar bonus it's insanity

[@taylorleeforcongress8470]

That was the day Activision's artistic competency died.

[@JakobLogan]

@@Planag7 yeah, I was surprised when microtransactions was the 5th point. Sure people complain about microtransactions, but I dont think I've ever had microtransactions come up when discussing the hate for Bobby Kotick and Activision.

[@champnotchicken4318]

I mean that's just business. if you don't need 800 people then you should get rid of them.

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

Activision is one of the only companies that blatantly says: "All we care about is profit"

[@switchspeedster2671]

There's a few more reasons you missed why Activision is hated: 6. Massive layoffs despite receiving record profits. Along with overpaying the CEO 7. The many, many companies shutdowns and dismantling of companies into smaller groups into an oversaturated series 8. The Downfall of Blizzard Entertainment, along with the infamous Blitz-Chun event 9. The awful Sexual Harassment/Misconduct workplace that surrounds the workplace. (Edit: I need to add a 9th bullet point because of recent events)

[@NEEDFORSLEEP213]

That’s basically his ea video plus most of us know how fuck over employees are at both

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

There are more reasons then that but for me to tell you you're going to have to purchase the Extra Reasons Pack for $12.99

[@abzu96]

@Harry Engel Wyatt Cheng is one of the lead Directors of Diablo Immortal which is the free-to-play mobile version of Diablo. During BlizzCon 2018, everyone was extremely hyped for a new Diablo game after years of waiting. Then Mr. Cheng came on the stage and made the announcement that the newest Diablo game is coming to mobile and it’s free-to-play. Yeah… you can imagine the reception that Acto-Blizz received.

[@switchspeedster2671]

@Harry Engel Its basically an event where the winner of a Hearthstone tournament didn't receive his winning prize due to speaking out as Pro Hong Kong. (Which is a movement about Hong Kong trying to keep its Democratic rule from Britain. The rule was supposed to end in 2050 and then they will have to be absorbed back to China with its totalitarian government. But China began to reinforce these forces way too early than its expected.) And he got banned by Blizzard from his comments, most likely due to Activision•Blizzard not censoring his comments means that as a company they side with Hong Kong, and thus they will be removed from the Chinese market. And Activision always follows the money. So they side with China in this one

[@abzu96]

@Harry Engel wait, I got mixed up! Chug was a pro Hearthstone player from Hong Kong! During his live stream of winning a huge tournament he put on a “Free Hong Kong” as part of the protest. To please the Chinese Market, Acto-Blizz took away Chug’s winnings and banned him from competing in future esports tournaments. This cause a huge protest from the western player base and force Acto-Blizz to unbanned and return Chug’s winnings. I can’t believe I nearly forgotten this.

[@CortezaDeAbedul]

This video is more relevant than ever now again.

[@ethyboi1420]

yeah 100%

[@Bladieblah]

Why what happened?

[@Bladieblah]

@@CortezaDeAbedul Oh I knew about that. Yeah it's pretty fucked up, toxic corporate culture at it's finest. Let's hope something changes and some managers/HR gets laid off and replaced

[@JayPlusForerunner]

@KingNyx The man's a prophet

[@Agent-57]

I will side with neither party here. Activison is trying to downplay the situation and the protesters are well trying to exaggerate it. The whole harassment thing happens in many companies they are targeting them . Now I am already tired of those Femanazi people but this people really need help so yeah help them get a good pay . Corrected the grammatical mistake and cleared the misunderstanding between me and our Spanish friend

[@BigEOT3]

Hold on to your panties, They’re about to be more hated than EA.

[@aaronlaughter6471]

Hell has frozen over has it.

[@NewLightning1]

Atleast from what im seing ea seems likely to be "kinda" better

[@Random_dud31]

@KingNyx Nah man. See the details in the lawsuit. Its real disturbing

[@mrdeath9198]

@KingNyx they're doing good lately

[@theguy6080]

All for firing for “misconduct” when it saves em money though

[@catzblu999]

I wish you hadn't glossed over the Blizzard merge. That was a massive catalyst for their current reputation and I know there's a lot to cover there. I understand why you skipped it in the interest of the video length, but it's the area I believe a lot of folks including myself focus on.

[@intense79nick]

What... you guys don't have cell phones?

[@stuntmonkey00]

Yeah, there simply isn't any happiness in any of the major Blizz franchises anymore. WoW is is an abomination of what it used to be, Jeff Kaplan abandoned OW2 mid development, WC3 Reforged was a shambles, Hearthstone is just a skinnerbox time-sink and most spectacularly of all, cancelling the HotS competitive scene just before Christmas right after reassuring the people in the HGC league that it would go on for another year. There isn't one thing that Blizz has done in the past 3 years that has made them respected or endeared by their fans, and they have bled a massive about of talent to start ups and to Riot which is just on the other side of town.

[@remancyrodill4474]

Had nothing to do with Activision itself as a new corp structure was created for the merged cos. Independent Blizzard exec teams fault (beloved devs of WoW) fishing for a cash out through stock comps but folks like to suk their arses for some reason.

[@Korrux]

"The Decline of Blizzard, What Happened?"

[@chriskay1449]

IT's not a merger. Activision and Blizzard are two separate companies under one roof by the name of Activision-Blizzard.

[@Lucky_9705]

Studios Activision Ruined/Killed: -Bungie -Blizzard -Bizarre Creations -Beenox -Toys For Bob -Vicarious Visions -Infinity Ward -Sierra Entertainment -Shaba Games -Luxoflux -Red Octane -Radical Entertainment -7 Studios -Neversoft -Raven Software -Treyarch

[@legendsnakeman6226]

Toys for Bob and V. V are still doing well, take a look at their newest titles (crash, spyro, Tony hawk...) and see how much of a success they had

[@Lucky_9705]

@@legendsnakeman6226 they’re all now entitled to Call of Duty

[@zed77yt3]

@@Lucky_9705 No they aren't, do some research

[@swickzy9250]

surprised Treyarch ain’t here.

[@Custer_X]

I hate Activision because now we can't have anymore good Tony Hawk games.

[@5m4llP0X]

Activision is absolute shit and really their ruining of Blizzard is a huge reason for their downfall. Hell Bobby's "Record Profit isn't enough profit" memo alone should cement him as the worst CEO in history. It spawned 900 layoffs across Blizzard. And then 6 months later many of the jobs were reopened, likely for a greatly reduced salary. They've done this tactic more than once, even.

[@MB-ln4yx]

Where’s that memo? Not saying it doesn’t exist but I’d love to see it. Dudes an asshole.

[@anasevi9456]

"ruining of Blizzard is a huge reason for their downfall." Wrong, their downfall was already well underway back in the Vivendi era, Activision just gave the wrong sorts already there enough allies to drive out all opposition faster. Certain developers turned executives, who were never the original talent [but posed as if they were]; drove out all the actually talented original developers who cared about the quality of their games. Todd Howard Syndrome killed Blizzard, Activision just pushed the clock forward.

[@stickyrice38]

Activision just scammed thousands of players in a bad way

[@5m4llP0X]

@@stickyrice38 Oh, how?

[@stickyrice38]

They just perma banned thousands of players for no reason

[@jonathangoodman9089]

1980: Activision is founded on the idea of game developer support and recognition. 2020: Activision actively destroys game developers lives and careers. Thanks Bobby.

[@SirBlackReeds]

What makes you so sure Kotick is the devil and not the dragon?

[@mikelisteral7863]

women destroy nations. with their constant socialism

[@isaiahadams1996]

Speaking of Activision’s lack of originality, let’s not forget about their movie based games. Which is pretty much the first thing I think of when I think or hear of Activision.

[@sd-fz3wn]

Fuck, 10 year old me remembers the spinning Activision logo before loading Shrek gokart racing

[@nslouka90]

LJN all over again.

[@uria3679]

Trump and Trump’s Army: stop hating on hard working Americans

[@marko-gj1uj]

I miss those days when they published movie based games.

[@fatbastard9187]

@@uria3679 Trump's Army is the hard working Americans. You forgetting whose asking for freebies like the stimulus checks, free or affordable healthcare, zero student debt, lastly free bottom surgeries. Last one, I made it up lol. But it makes sense

[@connercoughran4677]

How to make a hated game company (the "EA / Activision way"): 1. Start a company trying to credit game devs more 2. Make modest incomes 3. get bought out by investors, who care more about profits over people 4. buy out small game studios and milk their loved franchises to death

[@NEEDFORSLEEP213]

Call it the ray kroc effect when a person sees what they can have themselves through other peoples hard work

[@dandruff3414]

@@NEEDFORSLEEP213 100% facts

[@test-ti1xj]

@@NEEDFORSLEEP213 True

[@JonTheVGNerd]

Activision's obsession with CoD will be their eventual downfall.

[@AEMoreira81]

Activision also owns Candy Crush (although that is operated independently from King's Malta offices).

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

@@AEMoreira81 I think they operate in three quite distinct parts, activision, blizzard and kings. Activision blizzard is like more and more activision like though. I really want to fuck Activision blizzard shut down more sc2 contents development.

[@NEEDFORSLEEP213]

Maybe but cod is like Coca Cola now it has a flavor others will try to replicate but there’s only one Coca Cola

[@mistycredo4861]

@@NEEDFORSLEEP213 yup, alot of people play Call of Duty

[@n124ajdx]

@@AEMoreira81 just to make it clear Activision only published Sekiro in the US and thank god Fromsoft didn't let Activision interfere in the game development, Bandai Namco is the publisher for Fromsoft games now.

[@jamesbond-cj9wh]

Lmao, this vid needs a quick update. Those court documents were sickening.

[@SIOYGYG]

More like disturbing

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

What court documents?

[@historylovingvileplume895]

@@MASTEROFEVIL They are being sued by the state of California for sexual harassment against female workers.

[@cuteasduckk]

@@historylovingvileplume895 Not just sexual harassment, but potentially drove a woman to suicide because of the horrible working conditions for women.

[@stephano_jvr]

@@cuteasduckk Thank you for actually mentioning that part because it seems that nobody is actually talking about that on here. Literally, the main point showing the extent of their nauseating, repulsive (I could go on) behaviour. Maybe that's just me though because I work in mental health on psychiatric wards in the UK...

[@MehOhWell222]

“I’ve waited a long time for this.” “Haven’t we all?”

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

He should do a video on Valve, 2k, and Nintendo

[@ericancion2442]

Did you mean in this this format because I think valve and Nintendo are pretty good and 2K isn't that bad at all

[@flumpledorf]

Yeah none of those companies can really be hated if you know enough about them.

[@darter9000]

Valve is the uncle you barely see, but have fond memories of. Nintendo is that ranty, old school uncle, he has yet to really go overboard, but you really hope he catches up with the times-his insistence on handwritten communications is getting annoying. EA and Activision are like the uncles that tries to con you each time you meet, they won’t even give you the time of the day unless you pay em a dollar, but yet you are completely annoyed as your friends and family gush about how great those uncles are…

[@flumpledorf]

@@darter9000 Nintendo does what they do on purpose. They make less powerful hardware to keep the price of their stuff down. They have been the best selling console in the United States for 2.5 years. This is why I say people don’t know anything about them.

[@wh4221]

Honestly, Activision is sort of like the worse aspects of Nintendo, Microsoft, and EA combined. They could gives less than a shit about their fans (Nintendo treats their fans by essentially ripping them off at every turn). They also abandon franchises for various reasons (Microsoft is getting better at not doing this, but they seem to be the company most infamous for abandoning franchises, even if it isn’t for money like in Activisions case). They also embody most of EA with shady business practices, micro transactions, and franchise abandonment. I don’t know whether ea or Activision is worse, but they’re pretty neck and neck along with Ubisoft.

[@BigBargeXL]

Couldn’t have said it better myself

[@flumpledorf]

Bruh you don’t know enough about Nintendo. They might make some stuff super expensive but they treat us fans very well. You can just look at My Nintendo and Club Nintendo by themselves. Sure some stuff is dumb but if you actually did your research you could easily repeal all of your bullshit. I’m not a huge Microsoft fan but what you said about them is far from their worst problems but I will always agree that they are better than EA or Activision.

[@silversonic99]

@@flumpledorf people don't understand that not every game has the same value. Same way an old geo metro isn't as valuable as an old mustang. Playstation and xbox games just aren't as valuable and do not hold their value well. Even in the used market, old Nintendo games are generally more expensive than old xbox and playstation games

[@wh4221]

@@flumpledorf Actually out of all these companies, I’m the biggest fan of Nintendo (I own a Wii U for corn sake), so I think I know what I’m talking about when I say they rip off their fans. You seriously think I should pay 60 dollars for a Wii port with small changes and buy an amiibo for 25 dollars not scalped just to experience the full game? 85 dollars for a 10+ year old game, give me a break. The online is garbage, the ways they give us to play old content is almost non existent or very limited, and club Nintendo doesn’t even exist anymore. I’m sorry, but you’re kind of ignorant (not stupid, just ignorant). Even Activision provides better ways to play their classic games with the crash and Spyro remasters. I’m not even comparing the quality of the games to these other companies, not once did I say that their games are bad (Nintendo’s games are usually always good so there’s that), but Nintendo has an abundance of anti-consumer practices that are hard to get behind from someone who not only likes quality games, but also quality service.

[@flumpledorf]

@@wh4221 I know what you mean. I also own a Wii U. Yes there may be some small stuff that can be dumb but if you don’t want to buy Skyward Sword then you don’t have to. You already own a Wii U so just get the Wii version there for 20 dollars. I don’t know what game you are talking about that you bought for 85 dollars but then just don’t buy it. If you are talking about 3D all stars then you got scammed. Also if you own a Wii U (or even a 3ds) then you can already play most if not all of the retro Nintendo games you could ever want. Many of this games are just for one dollar. While yes their online service is garbage, it is the cheapest and already gives you tons of NES and SNES games for free. If you want to play game and watch games then just get a ds collection on the 3ds eshop or get one of the newer game and watch systems for the anniversaries. And yes I know that Club Nintendo shut down years ago and that My Nintendo is significantly worse. At least Nintendo has been trying to put some more physical stuff on the service. I can see why some people might not like them a ton but they know how to capture nostalgia which Microsoft and Sony either don’t know how or can do at all. They keep their prices for the consoles down to draw in customers and games up because they have nothing to hold up the company if their video games completely fail. They have had the best selling console for 2.5 years because of what they do. I know they do some stuff that is very bad for consumers but so do Microsoft and Sony. I stay away from Sony completely (because ew) and really just play Nintendo and keep up with Microsoft. They both do some dumb stuff because they are large companies that can crash and burn if too many things go wrong. If you want more info then please allow me to direct you to CGP Grey’s videos; ‘Death and Dynasties’ and ‘The Rules for Rulers’. Yes these are mainly talking about governments and other political bodies, but Grey acknowledges that this also applies to large companies. Now watch the videos to have whole new lens on how you view large companies. We many hate EA and dislike Activision but they still have some merit as large companies. We are in total right to dislike them as long as we know what we are talking about. Also fuck Sony.

[@dillonc7955]

I dislike Activision because its so blatantly obvious that their games are rushed, yet they still charge 60(+) dollars for what feels like a half complete game. I pre ordered their most recent CoD game, couldn't even play the beta without the game literally shutting my console off.

[@Swordhero111]

Your fault for preordering lol never preorder

[@LittleRadicalThinker]

Activision is supposed to be hated, but blizzard is the good dog, until corrupted. But It flies under the radar because of blizzard.

[@cunk9437]

You don't really have too much room to talk since you're the one preordering their games and actively supporting their shitty business tactics.

[@normanwestern9450]

Facts

[@DoomWar1]

Who the fuck preorders Activision games?

[@nukeahlik254]

Now there is even more reason to hate them. With the California lawsuit

[@traditionalstone7072]

I just read the article...holy fuckin shit.

[@treymoney2549]

It’s sad how people act like that 😔

[@Pammsa]

What happened?

[@lordmolag45000]

I was just going to tweet this. Thanks anyways.

[@Pammsa]

@@treymoney2549 Thank you!:)

[@christopherhart7008]

The posted record profits and then fired 800 people the next week. Even the board of directors started to question Bobby Kotick’s pay. He did take a pay cut recently but when your own board is saying the CEO makes to much (he was making the most in the industry at the time) that shows something is out of whack

[@berto8232]

I feel you can do a “why they’re hated” for a lot of these gaming publishers.

[@katatastrofa6136]

EA, Ubisoft, Sega, Rockstar and Blizzard Edit: Also forgot Bethesda and CDPR for Fallout 76 and Cyberpunk 2077 being shit.

[@yoman21a]

Nintendo lately, but they still aren't quite as bad as some of the others

[@defunctgoosebumpsaccount]

@@yoman21a yeah

[@WhirlwindQuest]

Activision EA SEGA CDPR Rockstar Ubisoft Nintendo Take Two (they own rockstar and 2k but u get the point) 2K 343 Industries (People didn't really like Halo 5) Basically every major game company got problems

[@katatastrofa6136]

@@yoman21a releasing a 25 year old game for 60$ (and it's time limited), not fixing JoyCon drift for 4 YEARS, shitty online service, no release of switch pro, instead we got a regular switch with OLED screen (which was a norm in 2011) and 64gb (which was a norm in 2009), yeah they definitely fit into being a shitty company overall

[@danielstarr9037]

Activision: Why they’re hated Answer: corporate anti-player bullshit

[@RobertK1993]

Every publisher.

[@Whydidimakethisacc]

Funny thing is, their sales contradict that answer. If they were anti-player, their sales would be declining. They’re actually gaining more paying customers, who are players, every year.

[@nespartan2807]

@@Whydidimakethisacc most are kids who don’t know any better

[@channel45853]

@@nespartan2807 sure, it's just kids even though statistics say that more adults age 18-54 have a higher statistic of being gamers. www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players-since-2010/

[@anna-flora999]

@@Whydidimakethisacc still anti player

[@souls1lver]

The only thing that's gonna kill Activision is Activision themselves

[@Dr.D.R.]

well here we are

[@SirBlackReeds]

Microsoft: Is our money a joke to you?

[@lifeisshørt_420]

@@SirBlackReeds thats not really killing them that’s making them bigger and better since Microsoft takes gaming seriously now. The only thing it’ll kill is Bobby Kotick and the old ways of how the company worked

[@gregbell9839]

Activision will never die if people don't stop buying their crap games and stupidly blowing money on their microtransaction garbage. Until people pop their heads out of the sand Activision will live on forever.

[@maxleon61702]

Some facts and I bet SEGA can do better with Crash and Spyro than ActiBlizz in our Universe.

[@PNN-Legend]

Not even the investors like Kotick. He's one of the most over-payed CEO's in America and the investors hate that.

[@thelouster5815]

Because investors by nature are greedy.

[@brilobox2]

@@thelouster5815 people who put their money into a company and actually add value to the business expect to see returns, not Bobby’s wallet getting bigger for doing basically fuck all.

[@thelouster5815]

@@brilobox2 Except Bobby is the one being told to crunch an additional 10 hours on top of the 60 he's already worked that week while being paid fuck all.

[@edddie7563]

@@thelouster5815 capitalism my friend, don’t like your job quit. That’s just how it is don’t blame the game just learn to play it better.

[@thelouster5815]

Edddie Good advice. Too bad the jobs that would be available to Bob will all pay around the same as the one he quit, barely helping him at all and leaving the only option being he works hard enough to hopefully get a promotion. “Hoping” being the operative word here.

[@noonefromnowhere99]

If you don't like what a company is doing, stop giving them money.

[@osod3caramelo550]

Agreed. Speak with your wallet b/c companies could care less about anything else other than your money. Businesses are there to make money and if we don't like their approach on something, then stop buying their products, and have the company reevaluate their business strategy.

[@CrimsoniteSP]

Harder said than done. We all hate microtransactions, yet even the most malicious offers are still being bought by millions. There could be an in-game offer that gave you nothing for $25 and it'd probably still sell.

[@Okwardi]

@@CrimsoniteSP I love how y'all start complaining yet meanwhile y'all buying roze skins in warzone or some shit like as if you're not part of the problem lmaoo

[@Ineedgames]

We don't give them money. It's the stupid people with too much money that do.

[@katsudon2048]

Not all people are stupid tho

[@The_Horizon]

easy, P2W.

[@miguelalayon6590]

Less Go!

[@starbrownie]

perfect comment

[@jarronwilliams1281]

P2w?

[@PhonyFox_A]

I don't think p2w makes you better at codm thought.

[@orb6013]

@@jarronwilliams1281 pay to win

[@hopefulgeneration152]

Oh, they're about to be hated even more after this lawsuit that was filed against them.

[@MurrmorMeerkat]

Blizzard not activsion

[@johnhoftb]

There are three things your forgot to mention, all from this year: * Activision moving studios over to support for their others. * The reports saying the Call of Duty game scheduled for this year (which had already been pushed back) being such a shitshow, they basically went "all in" * And Kotick taking a 50% pay cut (with the stipulation he'd get it back when everything was fine again).

[@connor8292]

Beenox is the *only* studio who worked on Crash and Spyro since 2017 to still be in the state it was back then.

[@DunDunDuuuuuum]

That comments pack for $9.99 joke was hilarious Lmaooo

[@EmmureMARIO64]

Activision-Blizzard makes so much money and they’ll lay off 1,000 of their employees without any explanation

[@luchaescolar]

Less employees, more money for Activision

[@wyw201]

They did provide an explanation in their financial disclosure. Basically they have no intention of spending money on new development, milking existing franchises is far more profitable.

[@bathangalley9446]

“They even took the one reason I still played over watch *cries* my Jeff”

[@Ineedgames]

EA: We force and underpay out workers to over work them selves to death. Ubisoft: We sexually harass our employees to the point of suicide. Activision: I can do both and proud of it.

[@nikamiruashvili1571]

Wait ubisoft did WHAT!?!?!?

[@Pakistani890]

@@nikamiruashvili1571 he's joking

[@donnatelliunderwood2592]

@unvillage Based lol

[@Matevoz72]

@@Pakistani890 he’s not joking what are you talking about

[@insectbite1714]

@@Matevoz72 he is joking

[@Amy-J]

Not even a day after I watched this, we can add allegations of ‘Frat Boy Culture’ to the list.

[@mikelisteral7863]

frat boy culture. says all the mentall ill feminists

[@joelvelez2538]

And yet you assholes keep lining up to buy their games. I don’t get it.

[@zipzeolocke2]

The big difference is EA boils down to corporate greed, it's the marketing and micro transactions show them to the most greedy of game developers. Whereas Activision eating up Blizzard and totally ruining what used to be a great developer who made the best games! That's why I hate Activision more than EA, I can understand corporate greed more than I can destroying one of my favorite game developers I grew up loving. It's personal when they take something you love and break it into mobile garbage and insult your intelligence. At least EA is trying to apologize and listen to gamers. Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order felt like a great response from them that single player story campaigns really do still matter to gamers!

[@anon2427]

EA has acquired and then closed down more game studios than Activision has

[@trentbolt2006]

Mobile garbage really?

[@zipzeolocke2]

@@anon2427 yeah but the difference is those other studios didn't carry childhood baggage. With Blizzard it's personal for people like me. It matters so much more

[@chesterstevens8870]

@@zipzeolocke2 So you admit the major difference comes down to personal bias? I'm sorry; but I don't care how good anyone thinks Fallen Order was. It will never make up for the egregious and fan-hostile cashgrab that Battlefield 2 was.

[@zipzeolocke2]

@@chesterstevens8870 when it comes to corporate greed, they are both equally guilty of those actions. So it does boil down to individual bias, childhood nostalgia that really drives my emotions and many others who grew up loving so many of the games blizzard made in the past, but when they got purchased by Activation and all the original staff is gone they definitely lost their original spark

[@redacted-3886]

oh man you could’ve waited a little bit longer to make this video or you could make a part 2.

[@shanemcmahon2618]

Had to Google what exactly happened and WHAT IN THE FUCK

[@lilrott3n]

What happened

[@RAB-xi1yd]

@@lilrott3n Massive sexual harassment alegations and a lawsuit.

[@p0k3mn1]

RAB1618 and it came out like a week after this video came out the timing is wack

[@yanmanck1215]

@@p0k3mn1 Company Man's perfect timing

[@KareemHillJr]

Now they're hated for a whole nother reason now.

[@dominant2576]

other*

[@moissaniteshinierthandiamo3934]

Correct regardless of grammer

[@eduardopantoja9115]

What happened?

[@KareemHillJr]

@@eduardopantoja9115 Sexual harassment and abuse allegations.

[@triadwarfare]

That's the blizzard side of things. While I agree Activision's money-first culture is terrible, the current Blizzard allegations have nothing to do with it. It happened way before Activision started micromanaging Blizzard's finances and laying off staff.

[@AdmiralBison]

This is why it’s important for independent devs to try and stay independent, not sell their souls to the corporate/shareholder devil. Keep control of your work/IP, direct relationship with gamers AND vast majority of the earnings go to the staff and studio. Not feeding dividends to the infinite greed of outside shareholders who don’t do any work and bleed companies dry.

[@Jean_Jacques148]

Exactly it’s important for devs to not go public and not sell out. Otherwise they will be raped and shut down.

[@MagCynic]

"Gamers" hate both EA and Activision yet they keep on buying their games and making each company millions. You want change? Stop buying the product.

[@Mainancepatsaji]

Not it's the casuals that keep buying the game not the core gamers

[@uneducatedgamer8881]

But they need the money though.

[@wolfbones666]

Support a small game studio today!

[@uneducatedgamer8881]

@@wolfbones666 They're not as exciting as the bigger studios.

[@darkthunder301]

@@uneducatedgamer8881 Supergiant's Hades

[@ghostzombies3252]

As a CoD player I've been PAINFULLY waiting for this one

[@sevenbrian1806]

Same 😩

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

They ruined cod mobile

[@JonTheVGNerd]

I stopped playing anymore CoD games after Black Ops II. Didn't looked back.

[@ghostzombies3252]

@@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985 They ruined the CoD franchise in general From CoD 4 to BO2 was 6 years of fun AND little to no issues WHAT SO EVER From Ghosts to now is basically a dick measuring contest of figuring out which of the 3 developers can make the shittiest game on planet Earth AND piss of the fans the MOST I think Ghosts/Infinity Ward (also Infinite Warfare IS a runner-up for their worst CoD) is winning thus far, but SHGames pulled a fast one outta knowhere with CoD WW2, stopped THEIR CoD 2020 release, and I think they fell off the map Treyarch seems to at least have SOME of their shit together (although BO4 is only good for Blackout, don't @ me)

[@Americanspy-hn2kw]

@@JonTheVGNerd last good multiplayer

[@TitanCrash630]

This video DESERVES a part 2 one of these days

[@jmanx360]

Activision still sells old Call of Duty games and their DLC packs at full price, with quite a few of these games now over 10 years old. Even EA will heavily discount most AAA games and DLC a few years after release.

[@carsonrichardson9814]

They crushed my dreams of more Starcraft games

[@taylorleeforcongress8470]

You'd think the mega corp would milk all successful franchises dry.

[@amanwithdope]

😭 it’s really weird. SC and SCII have really significant esports followings… why not keep releasing skins and warchests?

[@brianmiller1077]

@@amanwithdope Is that really satisfying content? I'd love more story and new mechanics/playstyles. I think they did a fine job with SC2

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

@@brianmiller1077 I know lots of people really liked the campaign, and the co-op was well-liked too, but it's undeniable that SC2 has been *the* face of player vs player RTSs for more than the past decade. Not to mention, skins and warchests were relatively easy content to make, compared to, well, more game (unfortunately).

[@Ava6581]

The fact that Activision forces it’s studios to release a new call of duty every year no matter how broken, uninnovative, or unfinished, is good example of why people hate Activision. And to maintain this yearly release cycle once great studios like Raven, High Moon, Toys For Bob, and many others are robbed of their individuality, forced to forever work as support teams.

[@clipperfan1714]

How is cold war rushed

[@JiffyScooters]

the timing of this video couldn’t be more accurate

[@Honed-]

"they do put out amazing games." *shows cod mobile* me: how dare you

[@osm1718]

If you're a CoD fan you'd be surpised on how good that game is

[@Honed-]

@@osm1718 well, its nothing like call of duty online, many cod fans have been asking for that, but they decide to give us a mobile version. i want to play a game like cod thats free to play, on a controller or mouse, that has all the bells and whistles that a high end pc can give/ console, no war zone dose not count cause that's a battle royal, not a team deathmatch or search and destroy.

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

It use to be good, but Activision filled it with microtransactions and refuses to fix the bugs

[@DarkDyllon]

@@hamschh Yeah, when that bullshit was going on a lot of gaming companies started doing that. Rocket League had this aswel, so did Apex Legends, I don't want shitty politics in my video games, but hey, the "woke" community will eat any company that will "support" their cause. Burn, Loot, Murder, nothing more nothing less.

[@rexamidalion]

@@Honed- you do know trhat you can play codm on an emulator that spportr controller and mouse and keyboard. what do you mean by the bells and whistels of pc and console? putting codm on the highest graphics can look almost the same as what your used to. codm has almost all the gamemodes that MW19 has.

[@lorddeez1385]

I used to play activision games alot as a kid. Just seeing the logo gives me a little nostalgic trip. But they have changed quite a bit since then. Not that great anymore.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Same. I remember pitfall, and soldier of fortune

[@cooleyYT]

more than a bit qulnn

[@harveynorman8787]

My favorite, tenchu.

[@cooleyYT]

@@harveynorman8787 what??

[@TexasDragon]

The biggest problem for Activision is that they’re putting all their eggs in one basket with Call of Duty. If that falters, Blizzard alone ain’t gonna be enough to help them. They’ll be screwed. Putting your eggs in basket is probably the worst thing you could do as a company

[@pyramidhead0420]

Because 20 straight years at the top isnt good enough ? Lmao. The game has already died multiple deaths only to be revived like the fucking highlander.

[@E-Chap]

Just found your channel today and I've been listening to your videos for the last 8+ hours while at work. Great stuff man, keep it up!

[@Htx.lunatic]

If people are stupid enough to spend $20 for a costume on Call of Duty, why shouldn't Activision be smart enough to sell it to them?

[@thelouster5815]

Most of the customers who do that are young and ignorant. Boycotting doesn’t work and never has.

[@TheZigzach]

Thank you.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@thelouster5815 Nope. Their all 8-13 years old. Their in the age range that spends the most on micro transactions and makes the most revenue for apps and games. Parents are irresponsible and let their kids play and buy whatever they want. I know multiple people in real life that spend hundreds on games. They were all in that age range when they did.

[@acupofcoffee9082]

i agree and disagree. yes let the idiots waste their money but at the same time that send Activi$ion the message that that is what we all want and then call of repeat is just one big microtransaction. the SBMM algorithm is even involved to the point where if you buy a skin or a camo or whatever that i have not, it will put you in a game with me so that when you kill me i will see it and want to buy it. jokes on them though, the last "microtransaction" i made was back in cod 4 when they released the map packs.

[@mxvrick]

Yeah we are not forced to buy..we choose to buy and complain..so i guess we want everything free n how are the companies suppose to make money

[@Carlton_Banks]

If there's someone else who embraces the role of _"cartoonishly evil"_ villain so well as Bobby Kotick, I don't know who it is.

[@kaleiohulee6693]

You can't really have a list like this and not include their evolution of Blizzard. People can actually remember what Blizzard was like before and compare it to what it is today. That is a major reason the company is hated now.

[@kelvincuellar2427]

Who’s here after the activision lawsuit?

[@moonshinemike5410]

Activision goes out of their way to ruin anything their customers like

[@roshelltannen9698]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bradpollard444]

Facts! Have you seen Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 tf was that trash?

[@watershipfalls5520]

Just like Disney.

[@yellowbananago]

@@watershipfalls5520 Disney's been terrible lately lol

[@JakobLogan]

I firmly believe that there is no such thing as a non-consumer in our society, and that as consumers we have to take that responsibility more seriously. If you complain about Activision but you buy any of the games they release, then you are actively hurting the situation, not helping it. Despite having been a fan of Guitar Hero, Tony Hawks, CoD, Warcraft, starcraft, diablo and many other franchises under their umbrella, I have boycotted them for more than a decade now.

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

THIS!!!

[@meregaming1770]

I haven't bought anything since blitzchung. Fuck Activision, fuck blizzard.

[@Goodpatron]

Reason #1: They ruined the greatest MMO in history. That one reason alone is enough to get a company to be hated forever.

[@jettslappy7028]

Everquest was the better game. Fight me!

[@Goodpatron]

@@jettslappy7028 I never played it. I can't disagree with you.

[@86TrapHouse]

Yea.. They destroyed Archeage

[@V2ULTRAKill]

@@Goodpatron wildstar was better Fight me

[@narrahian9713]

FF14 and GW2 are now the top MMOs because of them.

[@kalebproductions9316]

The benefit or positive side of computer games is a tough thing to argue for, to begin with. I was briefly a game developer in early 2000s. The hours were long. The game we made was not that fun. It published and I have credits but quite frankly it published because it had to. It was a launch title for the original xbox. The people I worked with were mostly jerks. Half of the people who worked on the game were let go after the launch. The whole thing was just not fun. The whole computer game industry thing, I think, has had the soul sucked out of it. Arcade games were fun in the 80's because if they were not, the coins would stop flowing instantly. Perhaps that's what is needed. A way of making games where the player gets it for free up front and pays a little each time they play it, a very small amount, less than $0.25. Something where either you pay now play later, or play now pay later. That would put pressure on studios to make games that are actually fun.

[@rathenslog8490]

I was a GM for Wow back in 2006-2007. I was never around so many people I hated in one place ever before or since that.

[@kaet8333]

This kind of sounds like demos that used to be popular back in the day

[@gregbell9839]

Unfortunately, this is what happens when you try to mass produce art. It takes a lot of people a lot of time to make a game these days. Those people need to be supported during the process. Because of unlawful government laws surrounding how companies are created and managed, which ties in to the unlawful 16th Amendment, it's necessary for artists to work under the umbrella of a corporation. Basically, the government created "laws" which, as it turns out, are against the law, in order to make money off of the people. So now you have to have people with business degrees, and whatever degree they make up to tie into that sort of thing, who live to take advantage of everything they can in order to make the most money possible out of other peoples' ideas and work coming in and taking charge. Which is why most corporate heads are sociopaths. (Not kidding. A study was done.) This right here is what ultimately kills art. Video games have always been a form of art. I'm an artist and programmer myself. Once those business people take control of art they try to find ways to streamline production and maximize profits. 100% of the time this destroys the artistic mind of the employees, and ushers in the standard negative corporate-related mindset. Like in the Bob's Burgers episode where the kids start up a company for a class. Everything was going great until the corporate side of the process destroyed the artistic side of the process. We get into making games for the fun of it; it's highly enjoyable to those of us who do it. The mental destruction of the corporate mindset will never be good for art. However, it's an absolute must if you're to be able to live off of your art. There has to be a middle ground. I'm all for bringing back arcades, and even bringing about an arcade-style of home gaming. Though the latter part has already been done in some cases (Ace Combat Infinity, for instance), it hasn't yet been done to perfection. Unfortunately, it will never be truly achievable so long as the 16th Amendment is in place. When we can strip away the largest parts of the financial bullshit the government inflicts upon everyone, it'll be easier to accomplish. Take away that stress, and we could eventually have game developers who once again can have fun at work all the way up to retirement, and not just for a few years before some asshole comes in, buys the place, and ruins it all. I hate to throw in politics, but those idiots ruin everything you can find from sea to shining sea. And it's still a valid point. On one hand, it's a good thing that the government can have the ability to be able to tell corporate leaders that they can't treat people like disposable trash, and if they do they get fined and potentially lose their ability to operate. On the other, it sucks because they can get greedy and put incredible financial strains upon businesses one way or another. There's a saying in the military; shit rolls downhill. Someone at the top says, "Let's get stupid because it benefits me." The stupidity and the strain ends up almost entirely on the little guy who has to work 80-90 hour weeks in order to "make it happen". It's the biggest joy-sucker ever. The depression is real. Real bad. When sociopaths are in control, there is no joy. By definition they don't care about people, and it's felt by everyone who works for them. But people need to eat, so they put up with it. There's a simple fix for it. But we're not at Ghana or South Africa-level yet, so it isn't going to happen for another year or two. We'll get back on track. At least I hope we will. And gaming will once again be enjoyable from concept to final product.

[@kalebproductions9316]

@@gregbell9839 Albert Camus said sometimes to do the right thing you have to be a rebel. The only answer to this beast is to make another beast which is on your side. There are unions which are being created in the game development community, the more the better. Make a shark but it's your shark, a union.

[@gregbell9839]

@@kalebproductions9316 I've never been a fan of unions. They tend to be destructive. Ruining businesses and jacking up costs in order to overpay workers. But in this case it may be warranted.

[@lpnp9477]

Activision seems to handle their employee relations much worse than EA, so for that reason I rationally apply more vitriol to Activision. But on a personal level, I like SSX more than I like Tony Hawk games, which I still like quite a lot. A new(ish) Tony Hawk game was released last year. The last SSX game was released in 2012. So again, personal level, I kinda hate EA more for subjecting me to watching their summer event every year hoping for some SSX, Burnout, NBA Street, Skate or Mirror's Edge title to be announced only to leave in abject self-inflicted disappointment. Both can burn and have their IPs auctioned off to indies in a perfect world.

[@ressljs]

Yeah, for all the hatred aimed at EA from gamers, it seems their employees don't see so disgruntled. And I'll risk the anger of the mob by saying something positive about Activision. I know there are exceptions, but among the AAA publishers, Activision seems to do the best job of having their games in a "finished" state at launch. EA, Bethesda and Ubisoft seem much more willing to... "Oh my God, it's an abortion! But will fix it later ;)"

[@Stefan_Smith]

Who'd of thought that being good at book reports would lead to a huge KZbin career. Good job man

[@rhapzodyk541]

I'm amazed at how many people still buy their products

[@Xinthose]

I think I will forgo them now after watching this video.

[@technopoptart]

i'm not. a combination of exclusive rights on childhood favourites and a long arm owning other development studios while having those studios be the ones named on games causes enough conflict and confusion for a lot of people to keep buying anyway. there are also people who, for one reason or another, shrug their shoulders and decide to "support the game not the company" by buying the games regardless and only complaining about the problems

[@Senorzilchnzero]

It's called addiction. Same reason females with black eyes go back to their aggressive boyfriends week after week.

[@AshrakAhmed]

well as long as customer puts money down for your product, investor will still invest and the CEO will still get bonus, so never understood the hate for the CEO or the company when my hard earned money is enabling and supporting them to do so year after year! It's always easy to blame someone else for our own shortcomings I guess, rather than not buying the product!

[@expendableround6186]

This video aged wonderfully.

[@ollie_04]

I will give Bobby Kotick one thing. He knows what he's doing and he's not trying to hide anything. (Except the workplace environment of course) He's not like Android Wilson trying to give the players a "sense of pride and accomplishment" Edit: this aged poorly

[@blueberry5822]

“He’s not tryint to hide anything” aged like milk

[@thomasgiles1393]

@@blueberry5822 why

[@blueberry5822]

@@thomasgiles1393 the big blizzard/activision lawsuit saying they basically covered up rape culture

[@ollie_04]

@@blueberry5822 I'm talking about milking franchises and how transparent he is about it

[@Lancewing]

@@ollie_04 Should have been specific.

[@saurondp]

FUN FACT: Bobby Kotick played the Oakland A's owner in the movie "Moneyball".

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Deep Sick Irony.

[@Ofdensen]

FUN FACT: I just wanna leave work early and get high.

[@uncensored008]

@@Ofdensen Hang in there brother!

[@xenlithkayo2221]

I used to be a huge overwatch fan playing almost daily for a period but now I refuse to play and don't really plan on buying anything from them again. Right now there's a big wave of WOW players trying out ffxiv and I'm glad. Activiosn and Blizzard need to change and I hope more people ditch their games so they can finally start at least pretending to care for the player and making new and interesting games

[@Makoto03]

This was made before the scandal. Activision is even more hated now.

[@mikelisteral7863]

hated by who? mental ill feminists? haha

[@filipsequens8]

Honestly I don’t see Activision or EA ever having to change, as long as there are people who will still buy their 19th call of duty or 40th Sims expansion.

[@Lancewing]

Will a lawsuit from California concerning Activision Blizzard’s frat boy culture change your opinion?

[@spencerfrancis8349]

Man I’ve learned more and more about stocks and stuff then ever before thanks company man!

[@MrRezRising]

This video is for you, then. I made a bundle on ATVI stock when Fortnight made their stock drop from 75 to 45. Focus on areas of your personal interest. GL!

[@spencerfrancis8349]

@@MrRezRising yo thanks man I appreciate it

[@gtotheunit91]

It's funny that Activision is practically a one franchise publisher now! I don't see anything in the pipeline that isn't CoD related.

[@sabotage9926]

the only game I've seen that isn't cod and is published by activision, is surprising Sekrio; Shadow's Die Twice

[@gtotheunit91]

@@sabotage9926 very true, although I'm sure FromSoftware didn't want Activision to have any sort of influence on development otherwise they wouldn't have agreed to a deal. But even then, Sekiro came out almost 2 and half a years ago already. Since then, it's been THPS 1&2 but that developer is now part of Blizzard, and Toys for Bob that developed Crash 4 is now part of CoD's ongoing development. lol

[@sabotage9926]

@@gtotheunit91 very true, can't believe it's been that long

[@sabotage9926]

@Harry Engel sekiro is very good, from the same people who made the soul's game, however the combat is extremely different than Dark Souls and Bloodborne

[@MarioMastr]

The irony of a company making the subtitle to their game “It’s about time” is surreal

[@TeeVeeGames]

Like EA, it's hard to accept modern-day Activision considering their history. Both EA and Activision were the gold standard of third parties in the 80's. It's sad to see they've grown to eschew innovation in favor of maximum profitability. I will say they are up against a wildly different industry, where games are more expensive to produce while the price of them remain relatively unchanged. And as a result, there's going to be less chances taken on unproven franchises. But that doesn't justify their actions such as the recent mass layoff and overall lack of innovation. They seem unable or unwilling to fix their reputation. And it's kind of depressing.

[@EmberGyaru]

Oh my sweet deities, I cannot be the only one who gets irked watching people "play games" in ads. Watching them waggle the left analog stick, NEVER touch the right analog stick, button mash, and just generally hold the controller awkwardly is like nails on a freaking chalkboard to me. Ugh...

[@eyeamstrongest]

its cause they're always playing fighting games, but badly

[@ScottyPimpinATL]

Meanwhile Rockstar over there laughing about dangling carrots in front of us until GTA whatsoever comes out. We are their zombies.

[@amosamwig8394]

dont be a zombie then

[@killwillv2610]

@@amosamwig8394 I haven't played GTA v faithfully in over a year, but that's doesn't matter, because hella kids still play it. Rockstar allows god mode glitches to run rampant, all while patching money glitches within hours of them becoming aware of them.

[@yourboizach9681]

I no longer buy games until 2ish months after release and I see positive reviews...

[@TheMissingDislikeButton]

wait until it's free in epic game store

[@connorcornwall1404]

But they makes pretty good games(in term of single player/story mode)and always stick to their quality.the only thing they screwed up is the shark card

[@cheyennereynoso4116]

Ive been watching this channel for like three years now. It’s crazy how fast time flies.

[@eugene44569]

when i was a 3rd grader skylanders were real big and the game was pay to win to some degree because they made your purchase each of the toy figurines so you can play the game correctly. that's why toys to life started fading away in popularity

[@silentwyvern]

"Why Activision is hated" Only 12 minutes long. How have you done the impossible?

[@NT-sx2bd]

I don't know why I don't watch you more, I need to. Your content is great and straight to the point.

[@benoden5838]

Support independent developers and small studios before they’re bought out by the big guys, I try not to support activision but the Spyro reignited trilogy was pretty good.

[@katsudon2048]

Like 34bigthings

[@georgehill8285]

They actually sued Paramount Pictures at one point over Star Trek. They had the license to make Star Trek games, and in the early 2000s, when the franchise was not so hot due to bad box office receipts for Star Trek Nemesis and bad ratings on Star Trek Enterprise, they claimed that Paramount neglected the franchise and thus hurt their sales of licensed video games.

[@devincreislerstudios]

Brand new company man!

[@willg3220]

Bobby needs devil horns. Always. He said it makes it hard for him to get dates. He earned them

[@SirBlackReeds]

Or does he?

[@technopoptart]

@@SirBlackReeds he does. big curvy one, wee nubby ones, ones bearing a striking resemblance to knobs....

[@dixonsmith1580]

Oh boy. This aged well.

[@YouJustAmazeMe]

Remembering old ea and blizzard gets me sad, but Activision hits me in the heart..especially when I load up some old ps2 games...that swirling intro for their logo, then the gorilla and eyeball for neversoft 😔

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I miss playing black ops 2 with my friends

[@MB-ln4yx]

I forgot that feeling till I played the new tony hawk remastered games and I saw it and I was like wow I remember those days when u were a kid and u just knew it was going to be a great day after starting it up. Even EA used to give me that feeling with the old madden games. It’s so sad cause u know they’ll keep puting out the same content only case noones competing with them and so because of that people will continue to buy.

[@msbae]

Activision in the 80s and 90s was a beloved developer whose product you were almost certain to love. Now, they're just an evil money-grubbing corporation putting out the same old schlock every year. No originality or creativity on display whatsoever. It's really sad.

[@nikolainyegaard]

Make a video on Rockstar and their absolute milking of GTA Online

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

I'll have two number 9s, number 9 large, number 6 with extra dip, number 7, two number 45s, one with cheese, and a large soda.

[@passionthethrillcarny3134]

"our goal is to take all the fun out of making video games" Me: WHAT

[@aaronhallow1422]

I love your videos, so informative. I actually went out and did my research because your video caught my curiosity. Well done.

[@axsxylem]

I was wondering if you'd ever consider doing an episode on Kroger?

[@cdvideodump]

But don't you love lower than low prices?

[@SlapstickGenius23]

What about the dark side of Nintendo?

[@nickrustyson8124]

I feel like Take-Two would be a future video, even though a lot of hatred for Take-Two comes from the stuff Rockstar does

[@andreasrnning2339]

Totally agree!

[@lowerclassbrats77]

That and 2k NBA practices.

[@ImBoredAF1]

More so what 2K does. 2K is good for nothing more than graphics

[@Ava6581]

I heard that one of the antagonists of Red Dead Redemption 2 was named after the Take-Two CEO.

[@gtotheunit91]

Not just Rockstar but 2K too. The 2K sports franchises are just greedy as EA is with Fifa Ultimate Team. NBA 2K19 I think it was literally had a slot machine and pachinko machine in the trailer!!!! They weren't even trying to hide the gambling aspect lol

[@oogatooga8280]

Man predicted the future by 2 weeks.

[@mr.minecraft1333]

I remember playing the skylander games made by Activision and I loved them as a kid. But skylanders is a game where you have To buy the playable characters separate as an action figure and you placed the figure on a little stand and they showed up in the game. And one character figure was like 15 dollars and you ended up needing to buy a lot of figures if you wanted to play the game frequently because it took forever for your charecters to regenerate after dying in game. So you ended up spending more money for the charecters than you did for the game. So it's kinda like physical microtransactions that are essential to winning the game. I loved playing the games but my parents hated paying paying for them.

[@madmansmagic5157]

I’ve been waiting for this topic for a long long time

[@DravenT117]

Tooo long

[@The_Did]

I started to dislike them cause when I heard that sky landers wasn’t going to make anyone games devastated me as kid. Also because I was a huge fan of the series.

[@BoomBringer]

Big Facts

[@gagne6928]

Didn't they make like 2 or 3 games tho lol

[@BoomBringer]

@gagne they made 7 games, 6 main line games and one racing spin off

[@gagne6928]

@@BoomBringer how do you want more after 7 games

[@jordanianstudios]

Wait, Superchargers was a spinoff?

[@slimeplayz164]

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain"

[@jedshaffer5956]

Surprised you didn’t mention how he routinely is awarded multimillion dollar bonuses at the same time he’s overseeing mass layoffs.

[@kopzz]

Honestly you missed way too much stuffs about them: layoff on the best performing year and getting bonus from it, destroying Blizzard from the inside (one of the most beloved companies), etc.

[@CritsuKirby]

I can’t stay mad at Activision when they do right with their dormant IPs. But even those good games were tainted. The Spyro Reignited Trilogy was sort of rushed considering Spyro 3’s glitches, although some were patched from what I heard. Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled got micro-transactions after reviews of the game praised it so highly, which makes them look extra predatory. In order to release Call of Duty Warzone by the end of the year, seven developers are all supporting it including Beenox and Toys for Bob from those remakes. I can understand that last one if it’s temporary, but that’s a scary ordeal if that’s what’s needed to sustain yearly releases. SEVEN Developers.

[@mikeymcchoas3511]

Most of the infocom games were released on iOS and required you to pay extra for maps and hints. It was handled by Code Mystics. When the iPads and iPhones updated their software, the apps required an update as well. Code Mystics stated they would have been happy to do the update, but never got the OK from Activision who never even responded to the request. About $40 dropped on an app that is no longer usable.

[@LAPISTime25]

This is a chore by now, but what happened to Pontiac?

[@mikesiciliano210]

Saab, Saturn, Oldsmobile, AMC, Scion; so many cool/interesting deceased auto companies

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

They all got defunct.

[@ErickC]

Pontiac's entire market was douchebags, so when the douchebags all moved on to Mazda 6s and pickups, their market dried up.

[@DoomWar1]

@@ErickC yeah because ricers aren't complete douchebags.

[@Horvie01]

Whos here after news about the lawsuit?

[@Stoney_Eagle]

It's their greed and ways to squeeze as many money out of you as they possibly can. They use disgusting psychology tricks to keep you addicted and spending money on useless pieces of pixels that you throw away the next release. They ruined Call of Duty because they moved the focus to micro transactions instead of making the game experience better. But this has evil arts in common with them.

[@clipperfan1714]

Supply drops don't exist anymore and you don't have to buy skins

[@Stoney_Eagle]

@@clipperfan1714 So you're forced to play a certain amount of time to get the last gun every season. No thanks I'm done playing a game thats not what I love playing anymore.

[@clipperfan1714]

@@Stoney_Eagle the guns aren't that game changing so it doesn't matter

[@Stoney_Eagle]

@@clipperfan1714 If you say that you live on another planet or under a rock or something.

[@clipperfan1714]

And what's the difference between that and getting lvl 55 to unlock weapons?

[@galekeoma7276]

It is good to see that you do not dance around possibly negative or pessimistic information about companies anymore.

[@tynamozapokemando2089]

Aged like fine wine, bottoms up Non toxic GAMERS 🎮 🍻

[@Matheus-vw6ur]

🍻

[@IQUnder30]

I didn't get this in my feed 'til after the Lawsuit from California came out

[@neugey]

Keeping the Activision name was a wise move. Despite everything, thoughts of River Raid, Pitfall and Decathlon still gives me warm fuzzy feelings from my youth 🥰

[@nathanatkins950]

This aged well