Activision CEO at it again:Activison Proud Of How It Gouges Customers Over Price

http://kokugamer.com/2009/09/15/activison-proud-of-how-it-gouges-customers-over-pricing/

Speaking earlier, Kotick had this to say:

"Today, we'll sell you for $100 a guitar. You might add a microphone or drums, you might buy two or three expansions packs, different types of music. Over the life of your ownership you'll probably buy around 25 additional song packs in digital downloads. So, what used to be a $50 sale is a $500 sale today."

:roll:

Wow, it's like his intention is to piss everyone off.

Yeah, companies like money. Why do you think Activision was like, yes, lemme buy blizzard, that money is delicious is what they're thinking.Jandurin

Despite having Blizzard on the team Activision still lost a ton of money last year. They like money but they sure don't know how to manage it.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]Yeah, companies like money. Why do you think Activision was like, yes, lemme buy blizzard, that money is delicious is what they're thinking.Kiyobear

Despite having Blizzard on the team Activision still lost a ton of money last year. They like money but they sure don't know how to manage it.

Despite having Blizzard on the team Activision still lost a ton of money last year. They like money but they sure don't know how to manage it.

Kiyobear

I'm sick of Activision!

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"][QUOTE="Jandurin"]It was the way he said it. He might as well say "We as a company have become so big and bloated that we don't even give a flying crap about the consumer anymore and don't care who knows it " Jandurin

Despite having Blizzard on the team Activision still lost a ton of money last year. They like money but they sure don't know how to manage it.

Kiyobear

I need to dig up a link, and I will, but I am sure you can just google it. What I really hated about this whole they bought Blizzard deal was a statement they made (again you can just google it) that wassomething along the lines of "you can expect one big release a year from Blizzard". The days of Blizzard releasing a game "when it's done" will soon be over. Is it a coincidence that just after both SC II and Diable III were announced?

Also, not long after they picked up Blizzard WoW began allowing PvE-PvP transfers and now they even allow you to pay thirty dollars for a faction change. Blizzard has no integrity left and I expect SC and Diablo to be the last truly good games they produce. You can bet your ass that Activision would love to release a new Star Craft every other year.

This guy is such a prick someone must have pointed out to him how gamers have been reacting to his comments. I'll buy COD but i'm not giving this greedy jew anymore of my money.LiquidShnake

You can bet your ass that Activision would love to release a new Star Craft every other year.

Kiyobear

I am never ever gonna buy another GH game or guitar peripheral oranything from those a**holes ever again....it's one thing to screw ppl but to gloat about it and basically call ur consumers stupid is over the top....The more I hear bout these idiots the more I despise them and anything they put out...after MW2 I am done!!!

Activision still lost money, even with Blizzard.

I don't how to make a link on this forum, or even if I can with a low post count but.....http://gaming.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/11/wow-contributes-1-billion-to-activision-blizzards-sales/1639/does that work?

Anyway, I am 90% positive I first saw that story here at GS but I can't find it so......

after MW2 I am done!!!

chikenfriedrice

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

after MW2 I am done!!!

Jandurin

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore

I just can't find a quality source for that information which makes me sad because until I do I can't stand behind it 100%. Still, it's gotta be here on Gamespot if it's true because I am so certain I saw it here and the link I posted is NOT where I found that information.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

after MW2 I am done!!!

chikenfriedrice

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore

Ok, here is the GS link http://www.gamespot.com/news/6204549.html?tag=result;title;3

Edit: Even this is not the original story I saw but as I am at work I can't really piss away too much time researching this one.

With every passing day this douche-bag seems to be more and more like a professional troll as opposed to a CEO of a major company.

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"] and this is why that dude can say what he says. Because his consumers continue to buy his games. In a month, you won't even remember being "angry".clubsammich91

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore

I may rent those but will not buy...I refuse to buy

I will be doing my best to avoid activision titles. This guy is probably the biggest tool I have ever seen. Guitar Hero will fail eventually and his precious little cash cow will be no more. I guess he fails to realize that the market is absolutelyover saturatedwithrhythm titles and people arent going to keep shelling out money for crappy tracks.

Ok, I swear after this link I will stop looking into thisand focus on what I should be doing but I couldn't help it. Mostly because PC gamers (not all, but a lot; but not me) still see Blizzard through rose colored glasses. This one speaks to the "we can expect one big title a year from Blizzard"

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/02/12/activision-blizzard-predicts-console-sales-in-2009-promises-one/ Again, not the original source I saw way back whenever but same point.

I mean its ok to like money, its just sad that even though they flaunt how they make their money, people flock to their games even when there are TONS of substitutes that are just as good if not better.

I mean its ok to like money, its just sad that even though they flaunt how they make their money, people flock to their games even when there are TONS of substitutes that are just as good if not better.

Wasdie

Who are the PC gamers among usthat won't be buying Diablo 3 and SC II, though? I am not an RTS fan so I can resist SC II but as far as Diablo 3 goes; give it to me NOW!

Still, I like Titan Quest better then Diablo 2 *takes cover*

Edit: Not that TQ isn't a Diablo clone it's just such a damn good one. I still play that game. To bad the community is all cheaters and a-holes.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

after MW2 I am done!!!

chikenfriedrice

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore.

*MW3 is announced* "Ok I'm done with them after MW3, seriously!"

:P

[QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"] and this is why that dude can say what he says. Because his consumers continue to buy his games. In a month, you won't even remember being "angry".jakehouston88

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore.

*MW3 is announced* "Ok I'm done with them after MW3, seriously!"

:P

well I really liked COD4:MW lol one of my faves but like I said I will not buy the games just rent

*shrug*

If people are will to spend $500 on fake plastic guitars and song downloads, then there's nothing wrong with Activision being there to give them what they want.

Personally I don't find myself in that crowd.

[QUOTE="clubsammich91"][QUOTE="chikenfriedrice"]

I will remember trust me I hold a grudge and yeah I wanna play MW2 but I'm serious after that I don't care anymore

chikenfriedrice

I may rent those but will not buy...I refuse to buy

:lol: God I'm beginning to really like Bobby K.

He's like the perfect internet troll. He says anything he wants and everybody gets all pissed. It's hilarious. I can't believe how easily this guy gets under everyones skin. Your little boycotts aren't going to work because the majority of people that are buying his stuff are people who aren't reading this crap.Stop letting him get to you. He's only saying what all the other companies are saying behind your back.Sure he's a scumbag, but usually people in his position tend to be that way.

Get over it.

:lol: God I'm beginning to really like Bobby K.

He's like the perfect internet troll. He says anything he wants and everybody gets all pissed. It's hilarious. I can't believe how easily this guy gets under everyones skin. Your little boycotts aren't going to work because the majority of people that are buying his stuff are people who aren't reading this crap.Stop letting him get to you. He's only saying what all the other companies are saying behind your back.Sure he's a scumbag, but usually people in his position tend to be that way.

Get over it.

heretrix

A grain of sand sinks the same as a stone.

Kotick realizes the people that read these quotes of his make up the smallest percentage of potential buyers for his game.

He probably laughs at people who take it so seriously.

I love how mad he makes people. I do. Because ultimately what he said is 100% accurate. Maybe it's the truth that hurts so much.

I'm actually considering not buying SC2 and D3. Damn, that sucks.

Here's another perspective:

From X Console Manufacturer:

"Today, we'll sell you for $300 a console. You might add a second joystick or headset, you might buy 10 or 15 games, different types of accessories. Over the life of your ownership you'll probably buy around 25 digital downloads. So, what used to be a $300 sale is a $2500 sale today."

I got Guitar Hero last christmas and haven't touched it since.

I can't believe Activision actually say this so stuff so blank-faced, it's like capitalist satire.

I can't believe Activision actually say this so stuff so blank-faced, it's like capitalist satire.

Troqe

otherwise they would just run wild milking the heck out of us with crazy prices.Javy03

...Isn't that what they're already doing?

As a customer, Bobby Kotick's wet dreams of hoovering cash directly from my wallet don't concern me, so long as they can provide something of value. When that stops, so does the stream of cash. EA's pretty hungry for revenue as well, but for the most part, they understand that they have to deliver a solid product, or occasionally make something crap and hope people don't notice (cheat codes as DLC, for instance).

Now, if I were a shareholder, I'd be pissed that this guy was destroying the long-term future of the company for short-term profit.