Comments on: What’s The Difference? http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-difference Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stevokenevo http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Stevokenevo Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:21:53 +0000 http://www.ca9ine.com/?p=626#comment-165 You make a valid point. I guess the one upside to the greed focused empire is that people who get pushed away from it, like us, will gravitate towards more promising games like you mentioned Brink. Thats great because it gives those developers more of a community to develop for. The whole Activision thing reminds me of Nintendo. Remember when the 'Nintendo seal of approval' on the box meant the game was awesome! That glorious gold sticker.... I wonder how much they charge for it nowadays. You make a valid point. I guess the one upside to the greed focused empire is that people who get pushed away from it, like us, will gravitate towards more promising games like you mentioned Brink.

Thats great because it gives those developers more of a community to develop for. The whole Activision thing reminds me of Nintendo. Remember when the ‘Nintendo seal of approval’ on the box meant the game was awesome! That glorious gold sticker…. I wonder how much they charge for it nowadays.

]]> By: NIDCLXVI http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-161 NIDCLXVI Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:01:27 +0000 http://www.ca9ine.com/?p=626#comment-161 Good Blog. If Activision was not such a ballsack "greedy to the core" publisher and had given Enemy Territory Quake Wars (Splash Damage) more long term support, it would be the most perfect game for the new maps and campaigns delivered via DLC. Infinity Ward on the other hand has kowtowed to pressure from Activision to implement a network invasive anti-piracy (and good online play) system.... IW.net. We will see a steady decline in quality in all the "Best Sellers" for our generation and the small 10% of the current upcoming "gaming generation" that appreciate more than instant gratification and pretty graphics. As long as 2nd place stays profitable but full of quality, that is where I will vote with my feet, I have so far avoided buying any more Activision published games since this debacle and intend to continue doing this until I see a change in their company profile. See you online tomorrow!!! Good Blog.

If Activision was not such a ballsack “greedy to the core” publisher and had given Enemy Territory Quake Wars (Splash Damage) more long term support, it would be the most perfect game for the new maps and campaigns delivered via DLC.

Infinity Ward on the other hand has kowtowed to pressure from Activision to implement a network invasive anti-piracy (and good online play) system…. IW.net.

We will see a steady decline in quality in all the “Best Sellers” for our generation and the small 10% of the current upcoming “gaming generation” that appreciate more than instant gratification and pretty graphics.

As long as 2nd place stays profitable but full of quality, that is where I will vote with my feet, I have so far avoided buying any more Activision published games since this debacle and intend to continue doing this until I see a change in their company profile.

See you online tomorrow!!!

]]> By: Zushii http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Zushii Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:55:13 +0000 http://www.ca9ine.com/?p=626#comment-160 Great Article. Infinity Ward has just gone byebye, like EA started to do like 1 year ago. It would be sad to see Infinity switching to the dark side. Great Article. Infinity Ward has just gone byebye, like EA started to do like 1 year ago. It would be sad to see Infinity switching to the dark side.

]]> By: Ca9ine http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Ca9ine Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:32:48 +0000 http://www.ca9ine.com/?p=626#comment-159 Their faces outwards is what portrays them. It's that simple. That's what makes this entire entry. Ignoring the consumers just isn't working out for Infinity Ward, obviously. Splash Damage's including of their consumers does work out for them. The politics behind it all is not known to anyone outside the companies, so a point beyond their outward faces simply isn't a valid point. The keyword here, the common word and name for both, is Activision. If Activision is behind Infinity Wards's politics, it's still not working out. Infinity Ward's face outwards still looks bad and gets damaged. Their faces outwards is what portrays them.

It’s that simple.
That’s what makes this entire entry.

Ignoring the consumers just isn’t working out for Infinity Ward, obviously.
Splash Damage’s including of their consumers does work out for them.

The politics behind it all is not known to anyone outside the companies, so a point beyond their outward faces simply isn’t a valid point.

The keyword here, the common word and name for both, is Activision.
If Activision is behind Infinity Wards’s politics, it’s still not working out. Infinity Ward’s face outwards still looks bad and gets damaged.

]]> By: bFunk http://www.ca9ine.com/2010-01-21/whats-the-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-158 bFunk Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:30:53 +0000 http://www.ca9ine.com/?p=626#comment-158 It's a good point. Gomf, I like to point out that SD funded the last QW patch themselves. As for self funded maps or campaigns, I think the company in the end also needs to be at least cost neutral (or preferably making money). IW on the other hand is supposed to make more than enough money from running success after success topping each title with a better one. Now their publisher announces the 1 billion USD in turnover was passed for MW2, I guess some kick back must go to IW and this should somehow translate into better support for the gamers. ET:QW will never come close to this kind of turnover and still SD does more for the gamers. It’s a good point. Gomf, I like to point out that SD funded the last QW patch themselves. As for self funded maps or campaigns, I think the company in the end also needs to be at least cost neutral (or preferably making money). IW on the other hand is supposed to make more than enough money from running success after success topping each title with a better one. Now their publisher announces the 1 billion USD in turnover was passed for MW2, I guess some kick back must go to IW and this should somehow translate into better support for the gamers. ET:QW will never come close to this kind of turnover and still SD does more for the gamers.

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