With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.

Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse::With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.

    • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      341·
      10 months ago

      And people still playing those games. Kotick wouldn’t be as successful if those that usually buy Activision titles would care enough about the games getting worse.

        • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          133·
          10 months ago

          It’s not going to work. For every person that hears the calls to boycott and acts on it, ten others won’t. For every person that hears the calls to boycott, ten others won’t hear that call at all. The only viable way of cutting into CoD in my opinion is to give people an alternative to play.

            • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
              71·
              10 months ago

              Battlefield is undercutting itself by being terrible. Battlebit is restoring what originally made battlefield great but has since been stripped out.

          • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            10 months ago

            The only viable way of cutting into CoD in my opinion is to give people an alternative to play.

            A better alternative needs to supplant CoD’s place in the minds of the casual gaming crowd. I know so many people who don’t care about industry drama and just buy the latest CoD, Madden, etc. game every year simply because it’s the thing to do.

            • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              10 months ago

              And because it’s what all their friends are playing.

              If the whole school is playing CoD, you’ll be left out of you’re playing a better game.