Activision's chief executive Eric Hirshberg has dismissed fears that the firm's forthcoming blockbuster title Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 might be met with poor sales.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of the Blacks Ops' appearance at Gamescom in Germany, Hirshberg said that today's sales patterns reflect a change in consumer habits, rather than a dwindling enthusiasm for gaming.
The legal battle for the acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues, with Microsoft countering one of the FTC's latest moves and the Judge delaying a relevant ruling.
Look, to be honest the FTC should just stop.
MS has A/B and nothing has really changed yet...if you are worried about 5-10 years from now...just drop it cause the future is unpredictable.
Take this week's news, that 4 Xbox exclusive are going Multiplatform.
The FTC and the lawyers behind the "Gamers' lawsuit" against Microsoft over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard are denouncing the recent layoffs within the respective legal battles.
The legal battle between Microsoft and the FTC over the Activision Blizzard acquisition continues. The house of Xbox just scored a major point but the FTC is firing back.
Yeah man I think Microsoft here getting to probe is kinda wrong unless you only have accessed to necessary information not complete access imo.
Obviously they aren't giving them the password to Sony's computers and telling them "help yourself."
Maybe Microsoft should also talk and get help from their "congressional influencers" at The Capital. They had plenty to say on the matter before the acquisition. They are mighty quiet after the purchase went through. Almost as if they had a stake in the matter.
Could you perhaps explain how this is related? I'm honestly curious since you seem to bring it up rather often.
You should be careful upsetting Sony too much Microsoft.
You might need them to sell your subpar games soon.
This isn't a major victory. They're essentially being allowed to call witnesses in regards to agreements they reached with Sony and Ubisoft which was initially blocked because Microsoft didn't make the request through the proper channels. This case is dead, there is no way the ftc will be allowed to unwind this acquisition.
they probably know case is death but want some proof to sue them for a few millions regarding other stuff, the ftc loves to sue everyone, be sure that as soon as all this end they will just go sue MS and end in a settlement.
And how would he know?
Hey Activision—create a new franchise for a change, take some risks here and there and have the decency to call it like it is. When you find less people are playing your game, it's because they are playing something else. That's what happens when you make any game part 9. How can you expect anyone to be excited about a "part-nine?" The franchise makes loads right now but what happens after that? Too many eggs in one basket—it's longtime they branched out.
FU!!
Gamers are playing fewer titles
I know i am tired of FPS, MULTIPLAYER games. hardly turn on my ps3 now days. good lord wish SNES,PS1 games be revived. im already hounding down IREM with e-mails about R-TYPE and KONAMI to re-introduce GRADIUS for ps3
Customer habits have changed because they can't afford to buy Triple AAA releases throughout the year like they used to in the good ol' days. There is a recession going on you know.