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194776, Activision Threatens to Ditch PS3 (swipe)
Posted by hilfger21, Fri Jun-19-09 11:32 AM
I mean.... I doubt they will ever ditch Sony.... but the fact that he is even making threats is interesting....



http://gizmodo.com/5296617/the-biggest-game-publisher-threatens-to-ditch-ps3psp

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The Biggest Game Publisher Threatens to Ditch PS3/PSP
By Mark Wilson, 8:30 AM on Fri Jun 19 2009, 29,808 views (Edit post, Set to draft, Slurp)


This is bad. The prisoners have grabbed the keys. Activision Blizzard, the world's largest producer of video games, is publicly threatening to abandon Sony's PS3 and PSP platforms.

From Activision Blizzard President and CEO Bobby Kotick:

I'm getting concerned about Sony; the PlayStation 3 is losing a bit of momentum and they don't make it easy for me to support the platform. It's expensive to develop for the console, and the Wii and the Xbox are just selling better. Games generate a better return on invested capital on the Xbox than on the PlayStation...When we look at 2010 and 2011, we might want to consider if we support .

Kotick wants to see Sony's licensing fees reduced (Activision paid Sony $500 million in royalties and "other goods" last year) and a PS3 price cut. He probably wouldn't mind seeing some incentives like advertising dollars, either (something Microsoft can be pretty generous about).

Oh, and if there's one publisher that can say these things, it's the conglomerate makers of Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, multiple Dreamworks and Marvel movie titles, World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo—even if those Blizzard games aren't on consoles at this time.

As of now, Kotick's words are just corporate smacktalk (bottom line: Activision still makes money on the platform). But what if a company like EA came forward and said the same thing? No good can come of this for Sony.
194781, *Looks at PS3 games library*
Posted by jetblack, Fri Jun-19-09 12:02 PM
No activision titles so I don't care.
194792, ha!
Posted by drugs, Fri Jun-19-09 01:21 PM
194786, clearly just a power move.
Posted by Triptych, Fri Jun-19-09 12:26 PM
Yes it's more expensive to develop on PS3.

But if you're making a cross-platform game from the start, it makes all the sense in the world to do the incremental work to port it PS3, and gain access to the XX million consoles in the wild.

They ain't turning their back on shit.
194803, lol
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Jun-19-09 02:10 PM

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
194804, "lol" meaning you wanna put something on it?
Posted by Triptych, Fri Jun-19-09 02:14 PM
Activision will be developing for Sony in 2010.
194805, lol. Activision: PS3 sales "maxed out"
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Jun-19-09 02:24 PM

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
194812, How's that HD-DVD drive treating you?
Posted by Triptych, Fri Jun-19-09 03:03 PM
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194815, is that your killer comeback?
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Jun-19-09 03:48 PM
cuz netflix hd streaming is doing me fucking lovely.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
194829, i get netflix streaming on my laptop and prolly on my PS3 browser too
Posted by southphillyman, Fri Jun-19-09 08:21 PM
that ain't no feature nigga
194918, lol @ that shitty browser.
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Sun Jun-21-09 03:04 PM
i'm not in the taking sides thing anymore but come the fuck on.

that fucking browser looks like the undercarraige of my nuts, son.

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194920, lol
Posted by Rjcc, Sun Jun-21-09 03:13 PM

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
194930, lol
Posted by will_5198, Sun Jun-21-09 05:41 PM
194795, on another note, publishers beginning to complain bout PSN
Posted by Lach, Fri Jun-19-09 01:46 PM
since Sony basically forces them to foot the bill
194809, That's gonna come back to bite him hard
Posted by chillinCHiEF, Fri Jun-19-09 02:54 PM
*bookmarks this post to up it in 2 or 3 years*
194811, Bobby Ko' is a don't-give-a-fuck type nigga
Posted by JFrost1117, Fri Jun-19-09 03:01 PM
This is the the guy that said he didn't want titles he couldn't exploit on a yearly basis.
194813, so you can see when the ps3 cuts its price an licensing fees
Posted by Rjcc, Fri Jun-19-09 03:14 PM
and still trails in the U.S. forever and ever and ever and ever?

k.

http://card.mygamercard.net/lastgame/rjcc.png

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
194825, This is just whining. Oh noes it's too
Posted by jetblack, Fri Jun-19-09 06:23 PM
Difficult! Concurrent development is hard. LoL

STFU.

Please please cut the fucking shit.
Please, a huge corporation complaining about an even bigger multinational, whining.
WTF do something whining and threats don't make games better or more compelling IMHO.

I don't give a quarter of a shit bout a-b save Starcraft. Unless you talking about Starcraft 2 coming out this decade(10 years to make a game? Apogee ass mu...) coming out on Mac/win AND consoles, shut your muthaglocking mouth. Starcraft came out in 1998. Come on now.

Cut Sony a check and STFU, a-b.
Get to work on MW2 and finish Starcraft 2 THiS DECADE!



194830, nigga still play activision games?
Posted by southphillyman, Fri Jun-19-09 08:26 PM
fuck them pussies
194832, lol @ the sony people coming in here.
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Fri Jun-19-09 09:14 PM
wow. defensive are we?

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194833, not really.
Posted by jetblack, Fri Jun-19-09 09:22 PM


194835, ^^^^ just put a sniper on the control point
Posted by PlanetInfinite, Fri Jun-19-09 10:05 PM

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194836, Call of Duty is the only Activision title I care about.
Posted by Imokuede, Fri Jun-19-09 10:06 PM

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