Activision CEO threatens to Stop Supporting Sony

[AikonEnt]

So a bajillion PS2s, 20+ million (and rising) PS3's and 50+ million (and rising) PSPs don't make them enough money?

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

I remember EA doing something similar to this back in the Dreamcast days. But overall, I don't like the idea. I mean, isn't the new ActiBlizz all about making money? Not supporting it at all will only lose them so much money. Compare that to EA as of recient which is actually starting to put some effort into its games with new IP's and such. Now ActiBlizz is starting to turn into what EA was las generation.

Sorry for the ramble. I get a bit off topic at times.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

I remember EA doing something similar to this back in the Dreamcast days. But overall, I don't like the idea. I mean, isn't the new ActiBlizz all about making money? Not supporting it at all will only lose them so much money. Compare that to EA as of recient which is actually starting to put some effort into its games with new IP's and such. Now ActiBlizz is starting to turn into what EA was las generation.

Sorry for the ramble. I get a bit off topic at times.

EA said they wouldn't support the Dreamcast unless they could be the only sports game producer. Sega said no, since they wanted to launch their 2K series, so EA chose not to make games for Dreamcast.

[bajor27]

I feel like adding more, and since it's kind of a different thought, I don't think I'll use the edit feature.

Would it really make a huge difference if the PS3 lost Activision support?

When I think about it, I don't think it would.

We'd lose

Call of Duty - enough other shooters (Resistance, Battlefield, Killzone, etc) that I don't see it as a huge deal

Guitar Hero - we'd still have Rock Band

Tony Hawk - we'd still have Skate

Dreamworks movie games (Transformers and dreamworks animation stuff - Are these even any good? Would still get Pixar movie games

Marvel games - Spider-man games haven't been that good since 2, Ultimate Alliance isn't too bad, and Wolverine seems decent

The marvel stuff is probably the biggest loss in terms of there not being anything to really make up for it, but I think this would hurt Activision more than Sony. Would anyone here buy a 360 just for Activision games? I sure wouldn't. There are 360 exclusive games I'm interested in, but they are made by better developers.

I also think you might see other developers trying to fill in the gaps with whatever they can since they'd have decreased competition which could be awesome.

[mikejet]

Time to send complaint letters about the CEO to the Board of Directors!

Seriously though, letters to the Board indicating your love of both Sony and Activision but your dissatisfaction with the announcement that the CEO made could have an impact.

Let me find an email and address!

[ras752000]

Originally Posted by bajor27

Call of Duty - enough other shooters (Resistance, Battlefield, Killzone, etc) that I don't see it as a huge deal

Agree with all you point except this one . . . COD fans are like their own subculture (I know cause I am one) and none of the alternatives you listed (while they are great games) do anything for us long term online . . . I can still pop in COD4 or 5 every night, not so with the others.

[bajor27]

Originally Posted by ras752000

Agree with all you point except this one . . . COD fans are like their own subculture (I know cause I am one) and none of the alternatives you listed (while they are great games) do anything for us long term online . . . I can still pop in COD4 or 5 every night, not so with the others.

Ya. I was a bit worried with that point myself. I know COD is huge, but since those games would still exist and Modern Warfare 2 would still come, I don't think it would make too much of a difference for the rest of the PS3s lifecycle or however long Activision could actually hold off developing for the PS3.

Battlefield 1943 maybe? I was always more of a battlefield fan myself

[Rike255]

This isn't going to actually happen. As many have said before, it's a scare tactic. Activision games sell extremely well on the PS3 (in fact, so well that it's in Activision's best interest for the PS3 to do very well...hint hint ), this is about business after all.

[Darkhawk9587]

This doesn't make sense. How is the PS3 losing momentum (I don't own a PSP so I don't know about its momentum). This past year was arguably the best lineup of games for the PS3 and with games such as MAG, God of War III, Uncharted 2, Bioshock 2 and Modern Warfare 2 and others, it seems to me that the lineup for the next year will be stellar as well, keeping the Ps3's momentum up to pace. Activision is just being lame IMO.

[Simplayer]

Originally Posted by Darkhawk9587

This doesn't make sense. How is the PS3 losing momentum (I don't own a PSP so I don't know about its momentum). This past year was arguably the best lineup of games for the PS3 and with games such as MAG, God of War III, Uncharted 2, Bioshock 2 and Modern Warfare 2 and others, it seems to me that the lineup for the next year will be stellar as well, keeping the Ps3's momentum up to pace. Activision is just being lame IMO.

PS3 sales have been down year over year for the last 5-6 months.

[dgator783]

xbox can have activision....please take them....

[AikonEnt]

Originally Posted by bajor27

I feel like adding more, and since it's kind of a different thought, I don't think I'll use the edit feature.

Would it really make a huge difference if the PS3 lost Activision support?

When I think about it, I don't think it would.

We'd lose

Call of Duty - enough other shooters (Resistance, Battlefield, Killzone, etc) that I don't see it as a huge deal

Guitar Hero - we'd still have Rock Band

Tony Hawk - we'd still have Skate

Dreamworks movie games (Transformers and dreamworks animation stuff - Are these even any good? Would still get Pixar movie games

Marvel games - Spider-man games haven't been that good since 2, Ultimate Alliance isn't too bad, and Wolverine seems decent

The marvel stuff is probably the biggest loss in terms of there not being anything to really make up for it, but I think this would hurt Activision more than Sony. Would anyone here buy a 360 just for Activision games? I sure wouldn't. There are 360 exclusive games I'm interested in, but they are made by better developers.

I also think you might see other developers trying to fill in the gaps with whatever they can since they'd have decreased competition which could be awesome.

I'd have to agree. I wouldn't be heartbroken to lose any of those. I know lots of people love their COD and GH, but I have little to no interest in them.

The Rock Band producers would love it, they'd have the PS3 all to themselves.

[MacDaddyOJack]

Ha, I'd be fine if Activision did leave! I haven't played one of their games since super nintendo. They aren't leaving anyways. Even if the attach rates drop becuase of a high price, they would still be excluding a huge gaming market.

[Marine Mike]

Whatever helps the struggle for Sony to drop the price of the console I suppose.

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by bajor27

Marvel games - Spider-man games haven't been that good since 2, Ultimate Alliance isn't too bad, and Wolverine seems decent

If that were to happen, I would like to see Stringer make Sony Pictures step up and take the Spiderman movie license games from Activision.

Anyways, I think they are just trying to pressure Sony into dropping the price of the PS3, their games sell well on the machine and we know COD sells well on it, I doubt they'll stop supporting PS platforms.

[SGIBES]

Im just worried that Sony wont do a price cut anytime soon now, so that they dont look like they caved in to Activisions pressure

[Poetic]

Originally Posted by SGIBES

Im just worried that Sony wont do a price cut anytime soon now, so that they dont look like they caved in to Activisions pressure

Do they really need to right away? sales aren't that far behind the 360 monthly, and look at the price difference. They should hold out until this holiday season before dropping the price.

[Marine Mike]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

If that were to happen, I would like to see Stringer make Sony Pictures step up and take the Spiderman movie license games from Activision.

Anyways, I think they are just trying to pressure Sony into dropping the price of the PS3, their games sell well on the machine and we know COD sells well on it, I doubt they'll stop supporting PS platforms.

Or Sony is telling them to say that in order to build up the suspense of their price drop.

[Nerdkiller likes BD]

Originally Posted by fatediesel

EA said they wouldn't support the Dreamcast unless they could be the only sports game producer. Sega said no, since they wanted to launch their 2K series, so EA chose not to make games for Dreamcast.

Well I thought that it had something to do with the Saturn not doing well in the west. I thought that was the reason why EA didn't support the Dreamcast that generation. Maybe I missed out on something.

[fatediesel]

Originally Posted by Nerdkiller likes BD

Well I thought that it had something to do with the Saturn not doing well in the west. I thought that was the reason why EA didn't support the Dreamcast that generation. Maybe I missed out on something.

IGN had a fantastic (and very long) article about Sega and it's eventual death of them as a console maker. In this article there's this paragraph from then Sega head Bernie Stolar:

"[Former Electronic Arts CEO] Larry Probst is a dear friend of mine. Larry came to me and said, 'Bernie, we'll do Dreamcast games, but we want sports exclusivity.' I said, 'You want to be on the system with no other third-party sports games?'

"I looked at him and said, 'You know what? I'll do it, but there's one caveat here: I just bought a company called Visual Concepts for $10 million, so you'll have to compete with them.' Larry says, 'No, you can't even put them on the system.' I said 'Then Larry, you and I are not going to be partners on this system.

http://retro.ign.com/articles/974/974695p1.html

Originally Posted by Lucy Diamond

Seriously bro!!!

I've had my Wii for almost 3 years now. I have FOUR games!!!

I've had my Wii for 2 years and have never bought a game. All I play is Wii Sports or downloaded games like Punch-Out and Mario 3.