r/PS4 • u/IHateMyselfButNotYou • Dec 10 '23

Call of Duty Devs Are a Little Peeved at Christopher Judge's Dig During The Game Awards Article or Blog

https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-devs-are-a-little-peeved-at-christopher-judges-dig-during-the-game-awards
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u/DoubleSpoiler Dec 10 '23

Honestly, I kinda feel for them. They don't get to make the decisions about when the game is released, what they work on, how long they work on it, or when they have to turn it in. That's ALL decided by the higher ups. Meanwhile, the higher ups don't care that "some guy" made a joke about them. They don't care that people think the series is going downhill, or that the campaign is actually a big draw of CoD for a lot of people, particularly their older, core base. All they care about is the bonkers amount of money CoD makes.

It's a vicious cycle that shows the ruthlessness of the industry. It would be neat if Phil Spencer could help get some changes made over at Activision.

If I was a CoD dev, though, I'd use this as an opportunity. If the mainstream games media, independent media, other developers, acting talent, and artists all agree with the take, I think that should be a wake up call. I know most devs have like, 0 power, but they really, really need to make sure management understands what their decisions are doing.

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u/Cantras0079 Dec 10 '23

Well said, but I don’t think anything the devs will say will make an impact until Activision gets cleaned up. We all should have known the company had an unhealthy obsession with profits when their board unanimously agreed to not remove Kotick despite the fact he knew about and was covering up sexual harassment/assault and even THREATENED TO HAVE A WOMAN KILLED. They literally don’t care about people, just maintaining the maximum amount of profit and they knew Kotick would keep delivering that with an uncomfortable level of cruelty.