The Activision issue

[Limewater]

I never said that they are evil and I certainly am not saying you are either.

Certainly. I was not under that impression. The claim of evil was my own, I believe. I don't really need to day "maybe" or "perhaps." I know I'm evil.

[swiftzx]

thanx a lot
that sums it nicely

MW2 is fairly a new game, they shouldn't release another at least for 2 years
in the mean time, they can release updates and maps, maybe an extension

They want to milk out the Call of Duty franchise like they're doing to Guitar Hero

[emwearz]

As I said Activision want to make some cash off it before there contract runs out.

[Octopod]

Anyone know if Activision is still owned by its founders or if it had been sold off at one point?


To answer my own question from a quick trip to Wikipedia- Activision is owned by Vivendi and is now Activision Blizzard. Vivendi also owns Universal Studios, NBC Universal, Houghton Mifflin and others.

Looks like you should have bought shares of Activision.

[the7k]

Whenever I see people hating on Activision, it reminds me of EA a few years ago. I guess hating EA just got old, and was time to move on.

Actually, people stopped hating EA because of the new CEO JR, and because of the EA Partners Program.

Just so you know, the shareholders hate JR. Hate, hate, hate him. EA was making a ton of money back when they were being the evil empire, but now that they've given that up, the shareholders are pissed as hell.

Word has been going around that if it weren't for this Respawn deal, JR would have been sacked. They wanted to bring in someone who would make profit (a.k.a. EVIL), but now that they have the Modern Warfare guys, they feel like they have a chance to bring in the mega bucks.

Of course, this is all just hearsay and off-the-record comments. God knows, you can't get anybody to comment on-the-record these days. Still, it makes sense to me.

[Pulsar_t]

So it boils down to this:
Pissed off shareholders = Quality games
Satisfied shareholders = Crap games

Life can be simple sometimes

[yomomma1]

Anyone know if Activision is still owned by its founders or if it had been sold off at one point?


To answer my own question from a quick trip to Wikipedia- Activision is owned by Vivendi and is now Activision Blizzard. Vivendi also owns Universal Studios, NBC Universal, Houghton Mifflin and others.

Looks like you should have bought shares of Activision.

Woooow slow down. G.E owns majority stock in NBC universal, Vivendi only own 20% 80% belongs to G.E. HOWEVER.... G.E. has an agreement to sell 51% of their stock to comcast. But before they sell 51% of the stock they are going to buy Viviendi's 20%

[Octopod]

Anyone know if Activision is still owned by its founders or if it had been sold off at one point?


To answer my own question from a quick trip to Wikipedia- Activision is owned by Vivendi and is now Activision Blizzard. Vivendi also owns Universal Studios, NBC Universal, Houghton Mifflin and others.

Looks like you should have bought shares of Activision.

Woooow slow down. G.E owns majority stock in NBC universal, Vivendi only own 20% 80% belongs to G.E. HOWEVER.... G.E. has an agreement to sell 51% of their stock to comcast. But before they sell 51% of the stock they are going to buy Viviendi's 20%

That's what I get for using Wikipedia as my only source I guess. I was looking for a quick answer though.

[yomomma1]

Octopod, It says that on the NBC universal wiki page... But I used a different source.

[Pulsar_t]

Also, do better looking CEOs = better games?

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