Bobby Kotick....... Attacks EA for... killing franchises?

AH YES! Yet another Kotick related topic! [I just wanted to post about this right now..lol!] GO BOBBY GO!

He never stops giving gamers ammunition. I guess he's an honest believer in any press, or rather always bad press, is better than no press at all.

I guess he saw EA starting to make an effort at decent PR and he just couldn't stand it. I wish he would come to my town and be a grand marshall at a parade. All the grocers would run out of eggs that day I'm sure.

EA's smackdown was pretty good.

Atari was the publisher for those MMOs. And it's mostly Cryptic's fault. Their goal is to push our quick cheap games.

Dubious Quality had the best comment on this, I think.

Christ what an asshole.  There are people out there that don't see through this bullshit?

How come he hasnt been interviewed regarding the Infinity Ward debacle?  I'd like to see what he has to say regarding IW. Maybe he's worried that black ops won't be such a chart topper with similar titles like medal of honor being out at the same time.

Activision ruined Blizzard.

well, ea allowed cnc3 to die with lack of support and made a ridiculous sequel, so i can see where he's coming from

You know what's really funny? Ole Koklick seems to have made EA more liked by starting this whole thing. People who raged on EA bad in the last few years(my self included) are now coming to their defense in order to rage on someone they hate more.

While this forum is quite civil, I saw a very informative post about the history of bobby and activision on Team Liquid forums and the amount of responses the mods had to nuke for threats and instigating illegal activity(more threats) was pretty amusing. Hardcore Blizzard fans get serious when your screwing with their beloved. By now he must have personal bodyguards and has to take the rear entries and exits to anywhere their might be gamers.

Blizzard, clearly, are not the same company they once were.  After World of Warcraft's success, they've clearly rested on their principles; Starcraft II is the first Blizzard game that even has a debate around it's quality - the rest are all agreed upon 'gems' and 'classics'.  It's also the first Blizzard game that isn't a 'World of Warcraft' one since their merger with Activision.  It takes a lot of... effort, shall we say, to take one of the all time great PC Gaming companies and make even their dedicated zealots question them.  Such is the power of Activision.  The fact that people now don't like Blizzard (BLIZZARD!) because of Activision should show up deep the hatred of Activision runs.
Who is worse?

EA ruined SPORE and with it Maxis.  Activision ruined Blizzard.
EA has the worst customer support in the industry.  Activision are waging war on their customers.
EA runs franchises into the ground.  Activision runs companies into the ground, and keeps their IPs.
Both are attempting to destroy the second hand games market.

I personally don't like either of them.

I believe the tagline for a terrible movie fits here: No matter who wins we lose.