Do you see Activision going the way of EA, being the gaming juggernaut, making some bad decisions and then sliding down the ranks of giant gaming corporations?  
 
Their three big franchises are currently on the rocks at the moment with Tony Hawk stuck in fake skateboarding hell, Guitar Hero being over saturated to the point that they can't give free copies of the game away, and Call of Duty is going to be quickly bled to death with three titles in development at one time.  Do you see Call of Duty's selling no matter what they are, unlike Guitar Hero? Or will only one of the three truly thrive?

Activision have been way worse than EA for sometime now. Milking franchises. Putting half-arsed ports on every system known to man for anything remotely popular. Desperately trying to implement anything that will get them extra cash (remember that pay-as-you-play idea for MW2?).

Their over saturation of the market may eventually destroy them. However, people will still buy Call of Duty games. If someone enjoys the series they will keep buying them.

I don't understand the impending doom that people think CoD will face now that there is going to be more than one release per year.  Battlefield has seen 3 releases in the past year, and if anything, the strength of that franchise has gotten stronger.
 
Also... let's not forget that Activision has Blizzard.  The monthly payments from WoW alone will keep the publisher from dropping to where EA is now.

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Their over saturation of the market may eventually destroy them. However, people will still buy Call of Duty games. If someone enjoys the series they will keep buying them.

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Unless they can find something new to "milk" they'll run out of their current "cash cows" within three years.
 
That's wishful thinking on my part because fuck Activision and Bobby Kotick  :)

" Unless they can find something new to "milk" they'll run out of their current "cash cows" within three years.  That's wishful thinking on my part because fuck Activision and Bobby Kotick  :) "

So aren't they with Blizzard though?  I have no idea because I still see the companies names separate, but if they are together, then I don't see Activision dieing out anytime soon.  I hope they die down because they're pretty obnoxious right now.  I like EA a lot because they take risks sometimes and do good work.

Not overnight, but I could see them slipping from the top spot over the next few years.  You can't just keep forcing out the talent that got you to the top and expect to stay there.

I think blizzard will keep them a float for a while. Were gonna have to wait and see if they throw out any major failures.

Activision already passed EA as one of the most loathed publishers in video game history. So you're kinda asking the wrong question buddy.

" @MysteriousBob: EA did that back in the day as well. Remember when EA bought out the NFL license- people were PISSED. Remember all the crappy licensed games? Or how about the constant mediocre Medal of Honor games? Or The Sims being everywhere (which it still is, btw)?  It took a ton of failures and disappointments in EA's line-up before they started to look at their business practices and shake things up. I'm sure Activision will end up the same way too. "

" Activision already passed EA as one of the most loathed publishers in video game history. So you're kinda asking the wrong question buddy. "

Activision own WoW? I learned something new today. No wonder these guys don't care about over-saturation of their franchises, they have their MMO subscriptions to rest comfortably on.
 
And COD is fun, I've played my share, but as soon as you realise you have winning chance just by sitting in a corner with the most powerful assault rifle and the stopping power perk, it loses its entire appeal IMO.

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" Activision already passed EA as one of the most loathed publishers in video game history. So you're kinda asking the wrong question buddy. "

I'm not talking about reputation. I'm talking about power and money. "

They are currently way worse than EA ever was

they are kind of like EA with milking of thier games. 

Probably, and then evil Ubisoft is expected to come around 2013 to make Activision look good.

What's activision? I think I permanently removed that out of my brain.

i will buy every single EA game before i buy one activision game. Thats how much i hate Activision

Activision is already what EA used to be. Now EA is somewhat respectable by comparison.

Heads will always roll, payrolls will always be cut, that's just business. Buy and sell, that's always the deal of the trade. I just hope games continue to be made.

I'd rather not give my hard-earned money to a company that wants to take all the fun out of making videogames.

This topic is more apocryphal than it ought to be. It's all just business, after all.

" @Dalai: This. I just wonder who'll come after Ubisoft to be the biggest dicks "

Go the way of EA?
 
That's a laugh, they've surpassed EA for quite a while. 
 
Besides I think this topic has already been discussed before. I remember typing almost the same thing.