CoD Director: We brainwash people and the US should too

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I knew they were brainwashing people. Its the only way a mediocre shooter can attract so many casuals each year. I wonder if this is the same guy who wants to put soldiers in the schools.

that explains why princess gomez is such a drone, now i feel bad for insulting cod lovers because its kind of like victim blaming. we should help people like princess gomez recover from the disease not mock them.

#get well soon princess gomez and all other codders

Shit actually works on me.

Advanced Warfare Day One! No holding back!

Marketing is powerful.... we get it... "Brainwashing" ... abit far.

Destiny is another prime example... barely anything decent was shown about the game.... yet THAT HYPE ... that pre-order for alpha access (LOL ALPHA) a year ahead of the alpha ..... adverts a year before release....

and what did we get? one mediocre game.... that sold way too much.

we saw a 1/4 of the game in the alpha .... bloody hilarious....

If someone can't resist their Jedi mind trick than take their money

Classy.

Obviously I am unbrainwashable

Haha, I bailed on COD ages ago (COD4:MW1 was the last good one, RIP IW) and I think marketing and PR for the most part is for suckers. It's disgusting that some companies spend far more on marketing games than developing them. I like that this guy can openly say this and it won't affect anything. The drones will continue blissfully unaware and buying mediocre, cookie cutter developed FPS paint by numbers bullshit and tell others they enjoy it. I love it.

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Dave Anthony, former Call of Duty director has stated that, through marketing, they brainwashed people into liking the franchise. What's more he encourages the US military to learn from their approach.

Speaking to BusinessWeek Anthony said:

"When we have a new product that has elements that we're not sure how people will respond to, what do we do as a corporation?" he asked, referring to his time as writer and game director on Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops 2.

We market it, and we market it as much as we can - so that whether people like it or not, we do all the things we can to essentially brainwash people into liking it before it actually comes out."

He continues to state that the government could learn from the gaming industry:

"I look at the US military and government, ironically, as having some of the very same problems as what the Call of Duty franchise has. We are both on top of our game. We are both the best in the world at what we do. We both have enemies who are trying to take us down at any possible opportunity. But the difference is, we know how to react to that."

Haven't touched a CoD game since 4.

The thing is most of America (not sure about EU) are suckers.

Sadly, I can't say I disagree nor am I inclined to disagree.

Haha, good one mate.

He chose some poor words there. He said "essentially" brainwashing, meaning that an actual brainwashing process is intrinsic to COD.

Now, I fucking hate COD, but this isn't true. They mass market to the lowest common denominator. They are the KoRn of FPS.

Worked for Titanfall - look at the lemmings!

How did Killzone Shadowfall turn out cow?

Sounds like a lot of the hyped up games on consoles.

I don't remember the extreme marketing campaign for Killzone. As far as I saw, Titanfall was force fed down the worlds throat by Microsoft, EA, Magazines, Gaming publications. Did you SEE Titanfall? Did you SEE. Titanfall.

Don't be upset because you were brainwashed!

Brainwash is common in this industry. (console gaming, Minecraft, CoD, etc.)

All the hipster haters coming out of the woodwork. CoD 4 is one of the highest rated shooters ever. The later installments are all improvements on the formula.

I don't have an xbox one though.

Well i hope they really brainwash us, a mindset ready for war seems like a neat idea.

I have Black Ops 2 and play it but I don't feel brainwashed. I'm not in line for every new COD game. Could it be because of the tinfoil hat I always wear when I turn on the television?

Not sure what to say about this... can't say it surprises me.

I hate COD so I guess that's a good thing.

Never played Call of Duty, never will. I just hope someday all of a sudden I don't get the urge to want to get one and try one just for the hell of it...

No, must not give in. I aim to be a brainwashed-less survivor.

I think RPG got more power to brainwash gamers, especially japanese RPGs with anime characters.

It is really to marvel the personality changes of them, using anime Avatars and stuff, but yea it is all fun.

In other words, COD director confirms the COD games are just propaganda mouth-pieces for the US government & military... Nothing new here. This is something many gamers like myself have known for a long time... But the irony is that even America's enemies, like ISIS and North Korea, are now using COD as propaganda for their own causes.

It was good idea to admit it.

Didn't touch Call of Duty for over 3 years and have no plans to return to it anytime soon.

I agree. bieng hardcore FPS fan I rather not play COD.

but you should try shadow warrior tophy, you are cutie animu fan and your mind will be blown after playing it.

@wis3boi: dont insult toph like that. tophy is casual cutie. i recommend her shadow warrior

i hate CoD, but i always appreciate honesty. they actually gained some respect-points from me now.

Killzone > CoD > Every FPS game.

No but seriously,they do a mighty fine job into brainwashing,almost bought Ghosts + PS4 bundle,if it hadn't gone out of stock I'd be explaining to other CoD players how I fornicated with their sisters in a high pitched voice

a wild tophy appears

BF > CoD > Every FPS game>>>>>>>Flopzone

Master troll, that guy.

Call of Duty

I'll ignore his masturbatory comment on the US military and government. All he really said is that they marketed the game. They didn't brainwash anyone, unless you think marketing is brainwashing. Sensationalist thread/article.

I thought everyone was aware that CoD is only successful because of it's marketing.

Everyone would be so disgustingly incorrect if they thought that its only the marketing that makes CoD successful.

Ok, it's not entirely marketing. It's marketing mixed with pre-existant popularity. Essentially a bottom feeding franchise. But I would consider "feeding off of pre-existing success" to be along the same lines of "excessive marketing". You see a name a lot, you get interested, you play it, etc.

But yes, maybe it's not only because of the marketing.

I must say, the gunplay is very satisfying in CoD.

Yeah, you know I was being sarcastic ,

But again , just like all the insecure lems on this board , you exposed and made a fool of yourself.Damn.

Or maybe a hermit.But haven't seen herms refer to Killzone as FlopZone

I am a Jedi and not easily swayed by petty mind tricks such as this.

The last time I gave them my money was with COD4:MW. Then it became ridiculous.

No shit, that's the whole point of marketing.

Exactly! Marketing is a form of mass mind control. That's its whole purpose. It's to get people to buy things they don't need/want(/know about, but you don't need to hire marketeers for that).
I've been into mind control for a long time now and marketing departments (and political campaigns) are a great way to learn more about which techniques work and which don't.

Marketeers are kind of anti-philosophers. Philosophers want you to know the truth, marketeers want you to mistake a lie for the truth.