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[quote]Speaking to CNN earlier this week, Activision's CEO noted that more people play Black Ops, daily, than watch the late night hosts Leno, Letterman and Fallon, combined. No offense, but that would seem to be an easy goal to beat.
No, network television isn't the yardstick Bobby Kotick uses to measure Call of Duty as a social phenomenon. He likens the shooter to Facebook and text messaging, in terms of cultural relevance.
"The audience of 'Call of Duty' is probably greater in terms of size than in any other interactive form of entertainment," Kotick told CNN. "If you look at the 500 million people who are on Facebook and the way that people text each other and instant message and use video chat, there is now an evolution of media. Those are the characteristics and attributes that a generation and audiences feel are very important to their media and entertainment experiences."
CNN said Kotick believes the Call of Duty franchise delivers on that trend through its online multiplayer, which currently drives a majority of the Xbox Live traffic.
Kotick couldn't do the interview without getting in a shot at Infinity Ward which, though its founders were fired and are now embroiled in a lawsuit against Activision, is a studio the publisher still owns. "Multiplayer has been largely developed by Treyarch," Kotick asserted. "I don't think Treyarch got their due for how much they contributed in the production and polish to the multiplayer."
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[url]http://kotaku.com/5718425/activision-ceo-sees-call-of-duty-as-a-form-of-social-media[/url]
Not Even
Man of the Year.
Yeah, let's just leave it at COD, I don't want other FPS games ruined.
everything that comes out of this man's mouth is grade-A bullshit
seeing as servers cannot be dedicated this is impossible
I really hope people continue to play COD rather than see shit like this.
cod was the opposite for me
i'm bad at playing with the console peasants and my friends had a flipshit at me for making them lose
I hate this new "social" buzzword. Social this, social that, socialize, SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL.
[QUOTE=Johnnsen;27022737]I hate this new "social" buzzword. Social this, social that, socialize, SOCIAL SOCIAL SOCIAL.[/QUOTE]
social
social media is me being able to join my friends game of left 4 dead, splitscreen with my man friend
CoD has ruined some social lives...
I've got friends who'd rather stay at home working towards their next damn prestige than actually get out..
upcoming weather predictions for this thread, 12/28/2010:
hey look it's a cod and kotick bashing thread
now you're gonna hear my insane anti-semetic rants and dumb puns about the game like gay of dick: gay gay
To prevent this from biting me in the arse, let me explain that this is usually what happens in threads like these. please, don't just post dumb insults about cod's fanbase or kotick's eyes or something silly like that. use your brain a bit more and post something worth reading
[QUOTE=thisispain;27022759]upcoming weather predictions for this thread, 12/28/2010:
hey look it's a cod and kotick bashing thread
now you're gonna hear my insane anti-semetic rants and dumb puns about the game like gay of dick: gay gay[/QUOTE]
omg kill kotik i kant belive he killed the bestest series ever, somebody should jusst unloade a magazine to this guy!!!
[QUOTE=thisispain;27022759]upcoming weather predictions for this thread, 12/28/2010:
hey look it's a cod and kotick bashing thread
now you're gonna hear my insane anti-semetic rants and dumb puns about the game like gay of dick: gay gay[/QUOTE]
upcoming posting predictions for thisispain, 12/28/2010
nag nag nag nag i'm jewish and am tired of all you naughty atheists persecuting my stupid fucking religion nag nag nag nag
i am such a hardass pro arguer i don't even use grammar, it's like i don't even have to try to rebut each point you put forth lmao!!!
[editline]28th December 2010[/editline]
Really, dude, where do you get an anti-semetic response from our response to COD: Black Ops
Are you just trying your best to be contrary?
[QUOTE=Xolo;27022778]
nag nag nag nag i'm jewish and am tired of all you naughty atheists persecuting my stupid fucking religion nag nag nag nag?[/QUOTE]
lol i am an atheist, nice job at utterly failing to make a personal attack
and i'm trying to make sense of these ridiculous threads, nothing to do with being contrary
i forgot the part where people order his assassination
I've seen you talking in many threads about how you're Jewish unless you mean by race by which case you should feel stupid because it isn't a race
Does this kotick guy do a stand up show? He'd be pretty good if he can make up jokes like that on the spot.
[QUOTE=MasterG;27022885]Hyperbole just doesn't register with you does it?[/QUOTE]
oh you just want him hurt not killed?
[editline]28th December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=Xolo;27022879]I've seen you talking in many threads about how you're Jewish unless you mean by race by which case you should feel stupid because it isn't a race[/QUOTE]
people who are experts in such fields disagree
i don't know why this has to become personal
[QUOTE=thisispain;27022898]oh you just want him hurt not killed?
[editline]28th December 2010[/editline]
people who are experts in such fields disagree
i don't know why this has to become personal[/QUOTE]
No, he's saying that he should be killed as a joke to show how badly he dislikes his games
Are you really that clueless
[QUOTE=Xolo;27022924]No, he's saying that he should be killed as a joke to show how badly he dislikes his games
Are you really that clueless[/QUOTE]
it's less of a joke, more of a manifestation of his childishness
You know what's a manifestation of your childishness? Every 35,260 of your useless fucking posts you make on here at an ungodly rate
the problem i'm having is that everytime bobby kotick does something somewhere people on fp do their absolute best to spread it around while at the same time expressing that they don't like it
that joke simply isn't funny anymore and it makes for some spectacular shit threads
I know why there are more people playing COD than watching those shows.
Because I am pretty sure those shows are only shown in America, whereas COD is played all around the world.
More thisispain thread rants. Fun.
[QUOTE=Xolo;27022953]You know what's a manifestation of your childishness? Every 35,260 of your useless fucking posts you make on here at an ungodly rate[/QUOTE]
with such unwarranted anger i find it laughable for you to use the word childishness in a derogatory way
there's nothing to be so lit over, take a breath and calm down
If you feel that way you should mark the thread read and move on, not shit all over the threads with your completely irrelevant arguments (hurr durr u guyes hate jews)
[editline]28th December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=thisispain;27022978]with such unwarranted anger i find it laughable for you to use the word childishness in a derogatory way
there's nothing to be so lit over, take a breath and calm down[/QUOTE]
Just because I FUCKING use GOD DAMN curse words in my posts doesn't mean I'm angry, I use them for emphasis.
[QUOTE=Xolo;27022985]If you feel that was you should mark the thread read and move on, not shit all over the threads with your completely irrelevant arguments (hurr durr u guyes hate jews)[/QUOTE]
the only argument that was started was when you attempted to assault me with insults
and i find it hard to not see anti-semitism when i see pictures punctuating his "jew" features.
and i don't see where the "hurr durr u guyes hate jews" part comes from, i'm quite certain i spelled guys the correct way
[QUOTE=thisispain;27023013]the only argument that was started was when you attempted to assault me with insults
and i find it hard to not see anti-semitism when i see pictures punctuating his "jew" features.
and i don't see where the "hurr durr u guyes hate jews" part comes from, i'm quite certain i spelled guys the correct way[/QUOTE]
The argument started when you came in the thread and started responding to nonexistent assaults on Jews.
By the way, I intentionally misspelled the quote to show how incredibly stupid it sounded.
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