Activision Wants Consoles to be Replaced by PCs

[Marcus Yam]

So basically, he just wants to make games for PC that will be played from the couch.

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[aznpwned]

Oh the irony.

 

[eklipz330]

what, they want it on pc so THEY can charge us for it? screw you activision. stay on ur console

 

[atdhe]

Although I'm a PC fan, hate consoles, he is basically saying, we want more money...

Well, as long as it benefits us, the consumers, I'm ok with it.

 

[Pei-chen]

StarCraft II is going to be pay per play soon

 

[Regulas]

WOW, suddenly I am liking Activision.

 

[noodlegts]

Every time that man speaks I kind of throw up in my mouth a little bit.

So he wants a PC that plays like a console so Activision can charge its own subscription fee for games that have been deteriorating in quality for some time now...

Maybe if you just made good games, you could sell a lot of them rather than trying to squeeze money out of every point in the system. I mean, I bought BFBC2 JUST because it had dedicated servers and it was Modern Warfare-ish. Thats a lot of extra sales Activision could have made.

 

[hot74rod2003]

if they would get away from console that would be great for us pc gamers!!!! the programers woud be able to concentrate and put all their time into pc,,,making a better overall game!

 

[Regulas]

To add to my comment, this would spur the development and focus back to the PC for games, get away from port jobs. Still not buying SC2 because of their 3 part game with no LAN support.

 

[tokenz]

[citation][nom]regulas[/nom]WOW, suddenly I am liking Activision.[/citation]

Why so they can charge you 60 for a game, 15 for a map pack, and now they want to charge a subscription fee on top of it. Hey activision make a game that is fun. Like MW2 was for the first 5 minutes before everyone started cheating.

 

[digiex]

Linux platform please.

 

[superblahman123]

Activision would "very aggressively" support the likes of HP and Dell in any effort of making an easy 'plug-and-play' PC that would hook up directly to the TV

Solution: PC with HDMI out and a controller... this has been available for quite some time

 

[tokenz]

This guy is amazing . So what he is basically saying is he wants, Dell or HP to make a computer that hooks up to a tv. (basically a console). So they can sell a game that would be on par spec wise with a console. Just so they can charge for the game, all add ons, and make you subscribe for a fee, just to play a game. Hey activision make your own damn console. No wonder Infinity Ward told you to go.

 

[superblahman123]

[citation][nom]superblahman123[/nom]Solution: PC with HDMI out and a controller... this has been available for quite some time[/citation]

They should also look into PC designs like iBuyPower's LAN Warrior PC

 

[sliem]

"We don't really participate financially in that income stream. We would really like to be able to provide much more value to those millions of players playing on Live, but it's not our network."

Translate: we are greedy rich bastards and want your money no matter how. We, like Apple, care not of you, only your money.

 

[matt_b]

We've heard that 60 per cent of [Microsoft's] subscribers are principally on Live because of Call of Duty

Equates to -> "We saw the announcement by EA with the intention of charging a fee for their used games to be played online, then we got to looking at our cash-cow and started thinking of how to come up with a way to cash in ourselves."

 

[ern88]

I don't know how to take this from Activision. I like to know what their true Agenda is. And really. Can there be a "Wanna-be PC Console"that will not need a single upgrade for 5 years...I don't think so. I think Activision better wake up from lala land. Anyone remember 3D0. That was suppose to be a common platform to replace the Sega's and Nintendo's of that era. Never happened and don't seeing it happening in the near future.

 

[hellwig]

I like that game developers are unhappy with XBox live. I don't really like the fact that Activision just wants a cut of those profits for itself. I think its pretty shady that you have to pay anyone (other than your ISP) to play a game online when the content doesn't change. Sure MMORPGs are pay-per-play, but they usually have to update constantly. The only time console games update is when they release new DLC (which you have to pay for). I don't see how they justify making you pay to play online. If they allowed private servers, they wouldn't even be bearing the cost of hosting.

 

[requiemsallure]

I hope Blizzard breaks off from Activision for some reason.

 

[aceright]

First, CoD is dead. Kotick did that when he killed IW. Second, 60% of people are not on Live for CoD. The number of hugely popular games on Live before CoD even took off with MW1 pretty much paints this as revisionist history. Third, maybe he should consider the fact that the success of the platform apart from CoD is one of the reasons CoD does so well. Yes, he wants a cut of Live fees. Yet without the ecosystem that was already in place to support an online environment for the massive living room audiance he doesn't make his 1B off the CoD franchise.

Without reading between the lines: For many months now Activision is preparing gamers for a pay-to-play model for CoD. Good thing they killed IW because it is all down hill from here and I have no interest. I am going to enjoy this blowing up in his face

 

[Euphoria_MK]

[citation][nom]doomedUSA[/nom]****Edited by moderator for language*******.[/citation]

Are you crazy sir?

 

[infodan]

He added that Activision would "very aggressively" support the likes of HP and Dell in any effort of making an easy 'plug-and-play' PC that would hook up directly to the TV.

so any pc with vga/dvi/hdmi as long as your not still using a CRT TV (ok still need speakers if its not hdmi, big wow)

 

[urlsen]

First i saw the title ad said ohh...activision back on the pc wagon...and then...ohh not really, just wanna make mony of a pc like tv console (htpc kind) whith i think still mean ported games...
Usuck and u aint getting my green

 

[jonpaul37]

[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]what, they want it on pc so THEY can charge us for it? screw you activision. stay on ur damn console[/citation]

You are not getting the point. I play MW2 on the PC and do not pay a monthly fee for a "live" service like on the 360,i just paid for the game and play multiplayer. Imagine a 360 where you didn't have to pay the $15.00 a month just to play multiplayer MW2, this is what he is talking about...

 

[accolite]

First PC's are dead and now he says they are the way?

Make up your mind.