They published FUSE too, that was multiplatform.  But yeah they were essentially a sony second party at that point.

yeah, i thought i read that.

I dont know about that.  If Guy A is a gamer, and plays CoD with his bros, sisters, family, friends from college, who only play cod and maybe a sports game...then they will get the console he gets since he likely dictates what they play on since they will otherwise not care.  He could very well decide to get a PS…

That isnt the same. CoD is exclusively a game franchise. Spiderman is a licensed property. Sony secured a license to make a Spiderman game. It made the game itself. For every good spiderman game there have been scores of bad ones. I see all the xbox fanboys acting as if Sony buying map pack exclusivity for 6 months…

It is a perenial sales juggernaut.  There are tens of millions of people who play it every month.  It is in the top 3 in games sales every year, and is frequently number 1.  

Yeah. She cant just live in a 1 bedroom apartment. Hollywood is all about image. She is on the rise, but stars rise and fall all the time. Until she is set, she has no idea how long she will get roles regularly. While there is certainly an element of life style creep....in a lot of fields you have to do certain…

True.  But those same people frequently dont know that spiderman and batman are in two different comic book universes.

Yeah, actually he is probably more popular than everyone but batman and maybe harley quinn.  I read an article a year or so back that pointed out that deadpool for Marvel and Harley for DC had each quietly become a top 4 or 5 character for them.  DC might ahve the big three, but go look at their sales numbers, like…

that was eidos montreal, CD made Avengers.  Might be the same engine, but different studio.

Income inequality is just the root cause of so many problems.  Incomes have been stagnant when adjusted for inflation since like 78.  Except for the 1%.  It gets worse when you realize that people now work longer hours, and have longer commute times then 40 years ago, on average.  Also, rents are exponentially…

yeah, particularly because at their size, its not just about ROI, its about scale.  They could make a really profitable small platformer...but who cares if they make a platformers for 1M and it sells 20M, that 19M is nothing for a company with the revenue stream of Activision.  Its why you dont see indy type games…

There are a whole hell of a lot of people who own consoles, buy CoD, maybe buy Fifa, madden, NBA, etc...and nothing else.  They were hs or college age in the mid 2000s when CoD hit its stride, and its how they stay in touch with friends from hs and college as adults.  Come home from work eat dinner, pop on CoD for an…

I mean Kottick was pretty open about it on the 360 that they only wanted annualizable franchises.  Acti used to have a bunch of licenses, they put out the Xmen Legends/Ultimate Alliance games, tried some stuff...but just went with milking Tony Hawk to death, Guitar Hero to death, pumping out CoD...the minute Blizzard…

not a monoploy, but yeah, consolidation is typically awful for everyone other than shareholders and execs.  With Activision bought...EA is the largest publisher (non platform owner), and we have what...Ubi, Capcom, Square, Bandai Namco, Take2 (which technically isnt a publisher but owns Rockstar and 2K)....and am I…

i find celebrity/actor/athelete/etc worship sickening.  Like people attach their identity to that shit.  

They arent a new version. Its the same group. The far right came together because people like Bannon and high ranking neo-nazi white supremacists (the guys who fund Jordan Peterson, Milo, and other pseudo intellectuals) realized they needed to be smarter about using their brown shirts, that simple thug tactics wouldnt…

bet the ardent supporters of Depp includes a nice overlap with 4chan and magats.

a cerebral d&d movie wont work. Though I am generally surprised they dont just adapt ice wind dale.

yeah, grill stuffed was what i switched to when the queserito got cancelled.  

This.  The ArchDeluxe was their attempt to get grown ups eating more fast food.  The McDlt got discontinued specifically because of the packaging, after McDs stopped using styrofoam.