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Activision: Improvement In Consumer Experience Will Outweigh Modern Warfare 2 PC Complaints [Activision]
Activision: Improvement In Consumer Experience Will Outweigh Modern Warfare 2 PC Complaints [Activision]
On an earnings call today, Activision president Mike Griffith said his company is "not overly concerned" about gamer complaints regarding the lack of support for dedicated servers in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 . "We're, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to ...
Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
kotaku.com — Major online retailer Direct2Drive have announced today that the year's biggest game - Modern Warfare 2 - won't be made available on their PC digital delivery service. Why? Because of rival platform Steam, of course! Activision's shooter includes ... (more) Online Retailers Refusing To Sell Modern Warfare 2 [Retail]
PS3 Game Sales Insert Foot in Kotick’s Mouth
playstationlifestyle.net — Over the past year, Bobby Kotick , CEO of Activision Blizzard , has frightened and angered many gamers, particularly PS3 fans. A few months ago, before the September price cut, he publicly threatened (whether his words had substance is another story) Sony to cut the price of the PS3, or ... (more) PS3 Game Sales Insert Foot in Kotick’s Mouth
No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero Appearance [UPDATE]
No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero Appearance [UPDATE]
gameinformer.com — Following in the footsteps of Courtney Love’s complaints concerning the use of Kurt Cobain’s likeness in Guitar Hero 5, The L.A. Times music blog is reporting that the band members of No Doubt are suing Activision because their ... (more) No Doubt Suing Activision Over Band Hero Appearance [UPDATE]
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Activision "Not Overly Concerned" By MW2 PC Furore
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — ... , he said that Activision has been watching the situation very carefully, "But we're not overly concerned about it", reports Kotaku ."One of the problems with our PC SKUs in the past is that it has not been as friendly a consumer experience in terms of matchmaking and online play as the consoles have allowed it to be. Our solution here improves that consumer experience overall by a significant margin. And so we we think that the benefits we will see are going to far outweigh any negatives that seem to be surfacing."

Activision nonplussed by Modern Warfare 2 PC concerns
Destructoid — ... in the home of many a computer game fan. Activision has largely kept quiet on the whole situation, but recently confirmed that it's not really bothered by the situation. ...

Activision apathetic to Modern Warfare 2 PC concerns
Destructoid — ... in the home of many a computer game fan. Activision has largely kept quiet on the whole situation, but recently confirmed that it's not really bothered by the situation. ...

Activision 'Not Overly Concerned' With Modern Warfare 2 PC Backlash
1UP RSS feed — ... "We're, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to it," said president Mike Griffith during an earnings call (via Kotaku), in response to a question about whether the backlash could affect sales. "But we're not overly concerned about it." ...

Modern Warfare 2 PC gets several downgrades, Bowling labels it their “most feature-rich PC game yet”
That VideoGame Blog — ... we’re not overly concerned about it.” Griffith continued saying, “One of the problems with our PC SKUs in the past is that it has not been as friendly a consumer experience in terms of matchmaking and online play as the consoles have allowed it to be. Our solution here improves that consumer experience overall by a significant margin. And so we we think that the benefits we will see are going to far outweigh any negatives that seem to be surfacing,” reports Kotaku. ...

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Believes its multiplayer solution improves the consumer experience by a 'significant margin'.