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Former Call of Duty and Blizzard Devs Speak Out Against Bobby Kotick; States He Made Games Worse (mp1st.com)
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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.

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[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] dallo@lemmy.kiois.net 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

True. Keep pushing the boycott.

[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

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.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Battlebit Remastered is quite good, but it aims to undercut Battlefield.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 6 points 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 Battlebit is restoring what originally made battlefield great but has since been stripped out.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.ca 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.works 2 points 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.

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You mean someone should make another computer game?