Bobby Kotick wins again

[KrazyKraut]

745 Mio $ turnover as opposed to the prognosed 600 Mio $ and the 703 Mio $ realized last year. 51 Mio $ profit as opposed to 15 Mio $ last year.

And as for shares:

 

[DraKon2k]

Funny, though I guess that Blizzard is responsable for a major part of those +28%

 

[[TW]Wilsonam]

That and MW2, I suspect...

 

[SheepDip]

Stop buying Activision published games ffs.

 

[Merin Redplate]

Stop buying Activision published games ffs.

No hope, the bandwagon is forever growing, there's no stopping them now.

 

[Alexei]

a sad day for "true" gamers

 

[SheepDip]

See I really (really) want Goldeneye (Wii) but it's published by Activision. So I'm not buying it!

 

[NoxNoctum]

Stop buying Activision published games ffs.

Are you ACTUALLY SUGGESTING not purchasing Starcraft 2???!

 

[SheepDip]

Yes.

 

[The Masta]

No hope, the bandwagon is forever growing, there's no stopping them now.

*UT announcer voice* UNSTOPPABLE.

 

[C_Gibby]

Yes.

This ^ it was kinda ****ey in my opinion. :IS2:

 

[smokeythebear]

Well I bought scII and preordered Black Ops but strangely the world hasnt ended.

 

[Merin Redplate]

Haven't tried it, didn't strike me as a good Strategy game.

 

[DraKon2k]

As long as the games stand for quality in my eyes(SCII, CoD:BO) I'll buy their games, of course only imported for 45

 

[The Masta]

Well I bought scII and preordered Black Ops but strangely the world hasnt ended.

That'll happen in 2012.

 

[gusone]

a sad day for "true" gamers

Have you got a brain?

 

[The Masta]

a sad day for "true" gamers

I do believe that some of those WoW player are pretty hardcore gamers.

 

[SheepDip]

Well I bought scII and preordered Black Ops but strangely the world hasnt ended.

It's about not supporting a publisher is bad for the industry. Regardless of how "good" their games might be.

I think (and can't see why anyone wouldn't think) Activision is a bad publisher. And I do not want to support them in any way.

 

[DraKon2k]

I think (and can't see why anyone wouldn't think) Activision is a bad publisher.

Bad isn't the correct word, because they're good at what they're doing. I'd rather use the term "evil". But then again, Ubisoft and especcialy EA are currently trying to catch up with Activision after 2-3 good years.

 

[Reise]

Making money is great, and pretty much the center of capitalism, but there's something to be said about a large company which just barely manages to release media and games that are on par with studios far smaller than they are.

Blizzard and Activision wouldn't receive so much flak if they actually used their money to make games that stood out for something other than biggest bread winner.