EA’s anti-Modern Warfare campaign “bad for our industry” – Activision
This week at Gamescom Activision exec Eric Hirshberg spoke up (via Eurogamer) about that rivalry, and his view might surprise you a little. ”Competition is of course a good thing,” Hirshberg told the crowd at a keynote speech. ”It keeps us all on our toes and ultimately makes the games better. It’s healthy. But it’s one thing to want your game to succeed and another thing to actively, publicly say you want other games to fail.”
“Recently a competitor of ours was quoted as saying that he wants to see Call of Duty ‘rot from the core’ [referencing EA CEO John Riccitiello's comments]. I’ve been asked countless times to respond to this comment and I’ve generally chosen not to. My job is to help our incredibly talented, passionate teams to make the best games they can, not to throw insults around at others. But I actually feel this kind of rhetoric is bad for our industry.
“Can you imagine the head of Dreamworks animation coming out with a new movie and going to the press and saying that he wants Toy Story to ‘rot from the core’. It’s kind of hard to imagine, right?
“As someone who runs one of the biggest publishers in this business I can tell you that I want as many games as possible to succeed, whether we created them or not,” he continued, “because I want this industry to keep growing and bringing in new people.
“I believe when someone in this industry does something great, whether they work in California, or Sweden, or North Carolina, or the United Kingdom, it doesn’t just benefit their company. It benefits us all.”
Hirshberg stops short of asking all publishers to join hands and sing Kumbaya, but does continue: ”I believe that as many great games as this industry can make, that’s how many people will buy. I say that not only as the CEO of Activision but also as a gamer.
“This isn’t politics. In order for one to win, the other doesn’t have to lose. This is an entertainment industry, it’s an innovation industry and, at best, it’s an art form. But we’re still a young art form. If we were the movie industry the movies wouldn’t even be talking yet.
“We all still have a lot to prove in our position in the pop cultural landscape. We still need to stand the test of time. We need to show we can withstand the kind of disruptive change and new competition that we’re facing now.
“The only way to do that is to continue to make great games. We shouldn’t be tearing each other apart fighting for a bigger piece of the pie – we should all be focused on trying to grow a bigger pie. If we as an industry act like there’s a finite number of games in the world, then there will be.”
A lot of words there, but we certainly like this idea of some sort of pie. Will EA respond to Activision’s ‘bigger man’ approach? Come November the war will be brought upon gamers as we decide which shooter deserves the crown. Who will win? WHO WILL WIN!?
http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/08/18/eas-anti-modern-warfare-campaign-bad-for-our-industry-activision/
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FoxsPosted:
AzUrExx EA's making all this sh*t up, becuz theyre so insecure about their game.
well the more EA do this the more it gets gay for BF3
trying so hard to destroy MW3
OMG your so right :P
DrPhil321Posted:
3OH3 And this is why I dropped my pre order for BF3... A company that says things like that doesn't deserve my business. And I won't be buying that game until an apology is made.
I don't care who it's directed towards. Disrespect like that doesn't fly with me.
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CerebalAsassinPosted:
As much as I hate activision for being so greedy, I do have to agree. I think it's better to push the limits of your software (game) then to push the limits of others nerves and then let the customers decide who comes out on top. All this bickering EA is doing they can use that energy towards making the greatest game ever. Instead they are wasting it by pointing fingers and calling names. Grow up EA, this isn't High School.
TTG-FlashingPosted:
Battle field 3, in my view is probably gonna be the best...
why? every call of duty has been a fail since cod 5... cod 4 and cod 5 were the only 2 that didnt FAIL...
why? every call of duty has been a fail since cod 5... cod 4 and cod 5 were the only 2 that didnt FAIL...
TheMoDiiFii3rPosted:
EA's making all this sh*t up, becuz theyre so insecure about their game.
well the more EA do this the more it gets gay for BF3
trying so hard to destroy MW3
well the more EA do this the more it gets gay for BF3
trying so hard to destroy MW3
Veox11Posted:
3OH3 And this is why I dropped my pre order for BF3... A company that says things like that doesn't deserve my business. And I won't be buying that game until an apology is made.
I don't care who it's directed towards. Disrespect like that doesn't fly with me.
It would be funny if some of their preorders suddenly dropped dramatically after that "CEO" comment. Oh well they brought it on themselves. :P
3OH3Posted:
And this is why I dropped my pre order for BF3... A company that says things like that doesn't deserve my business. And I won't be buying that game until an apology is made.
I don't care who it's directed towards. Disrespect like that doesn't fly with me.
I don't care who it's directed towards. Disrespect like that doesn't fly with me.
RojoPosted:
EA is being a deucebagz cuase there thinkin that there better the Activision...which there not....just team-up to form the last CoD and the last BFBC put together.... BattleFieldCoD...lol
Poor_WyattPosted:
I'm with activision, yeah it's pretty stupid to say, I hope that game fails. One, we all know COD won't it's too big of a franchise, two, it looks great; both games do. But I mean, if COD outsells BF3 then EA and DICE going to look like jackasses, and it's going to hurt them in the long run.
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