7 ACTIVISION Mistakes They Want You To Forget
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- No one is immune from making mistakes - even BIG ones. A lot of game companies try to act like they never do, but too many people have eyes to miss it. Here are some unforgettable screw ups from Activision.
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You must have had a super hard time whittling this down to just 7.
You could probably make a list of about 50 😂
NAcHO1713
Naw 52
Every gesture in Black ops 4 was a mistake by Activision
iLLeag7e it’s not that black ops 4 isn’t a good game it’s just after the reviews came out they did a massive scummy move and black ops 4 was a redemption game for me I didn’t grab a game since ghost and just got black ops 4 because my friends said it was fun but now regardless of how good the new mw is I’m not gonna grab it
@Tha BrownMamba ahuahuahuhauhau probably true...
Honestly, CTR microtransaction case is just disgusting.
Luckily wumpa coins are worthless, it doesn't impact gameplay. In BO4 you can get the new unbalanced weapons from the shop that outclass all the regular ones...
@@Slowp0w that is sooo true! I hate that so much! Every time they add a new weapon its a super unbalanced one and hidden behind paywall.. disgusting..
@@Slowp0w The fact that they can alter a game so drastically after release pisses me off. I had hope for it at launch, since at the time it didn't have a battle pass an item shop and loot boxes. At launch it needed a bit of polishing but it could've been a solid product, but almost every new update brings in new stuff and break's the game more. Wth fix your game first before begging us to throw more cash at you, still can't create a class before a match starts and its been over half a year. I'm not hopeful for the next COD, while it does look good I'm not dropping any cash onto it until after a month or two to see what type of monetization they have in mind. Looking forward to the next up and coming shit show.
The new COD is going to have a microtransaction to unlock the single player campaign, another for multiplayer, still another for options, yet another to adjust those options, and even more for the credits. This all on top of their normal microtransaction model. Basically you pay 60 bucks to see the title screen and then roughly 9.95 a minute to play single player or 19.95 to play multiplayer.
nothing is free in the modern age .
It’s not just Activision. The gaming industry has been destroyed by DLCs and pay-to-win models. Gaming is no longer as fun as the old PS2 days.
I honestly don't have much problem with the DLCs as long as they add extra content , not like DLCs that are basically chopped pieces of the actual game.
yea I remember playing gow3 and then it started. they had a dlc for cash that gave huge advantages allowing players to prestige and get waaaybetter items and silverback etc it made huge gap between players I haven't bought another game since now I just do phone games which are almost all ptw
TheeRepenter AkaTheeComforter lmao won’t play actual video games but you’ll play stupid mobile games that are ptw? Bro god of war 5 is a masterpiece w/o any dlc
Then play fortnite, I know it’s not really a good game but at least it’s not pay to win.
Theres still plenty of games without pay to win or micro transactions buy a playstation all of their exclusives have none of that
Should’ve added that Activision reportedly “weren’t happy” with sales figures after the massive success of Forsaken
Fuck em, I paid for the dlc pack but could never access it.
HoloWolfe3 not the best dlc but close hahaha. Taken king will always be my favorite.
@@mexicrispy501 ttk was awesome 😮
How, it was a great dlc
I bet they hate bungie now with how well shadowkeep did
Number 8: Forget Activision.
Number 9: Forget Greed.
He said forget em 😂😷
@@JimBobe i think he forgot
@@robotworgen2688 😵😵
Well...wait yes that’s it
Remember the good ol days where Microtransactions wasn't even a thing yet? I miss those days. lol
those days also had thick colored time taken to make decent booklets in the game cases
@@kiervets remember when their was in game unlockables for getting good.Thouse were the days
Probably because online gaming wasn't as popular back then as it is now, making it easier to implement microtransactions now.
Dont we all?
And the days where games had to be perfect on release because there was no patches
Never trust Activision & EA and you’ll have a happy life!
Bethesda : cowabunga !
Mojang?
@@mr_supreme1862 what about mojang?
Activision: we promise there won't be any mtx in this game
Gullible fans: we have complete faith in you!
Activision: *adds mtx 1 month after release*
@@thomastorodo9968 Microsoft and Bethesda rarely got called out for the shit ea and Activision does. Right now Bethesda is in the limelight for their Bs and Microsoft had their bad press on xbox one launch year. I predict in a couple years like Microsoft people will forget the scumbagery that Bethesda is doing and move on just like Microsoft.
Activision and EA should partner up and make "The microtransaction game"
What an amazing idea.
that's the dlc of their every game.. no need to make a separate game 😂
Mishel Atanasov that would be every gamers worst nightmare, lol!
EA activision to the game
The game's name:
P(l)ay to Win: Spend money to spend more money $$
I hate how money hungry these executives are. They have no passion for the game and are put in charge of it and those who do have passion don't get a say
It reflects how society works as a whole today, greedy psychopaths have hijacked the economy and politics, people with good intentions end up demonized or even jailed (see what they do to whistleblowers).
The number at the end of the quarter will always be more important than anything else... you think video game companies are bad? You’d be fucking disgusted if you saw the spreadsheets for your local hospitals...
Remember when bungie split with activision and then for the next couple weeks every single one of activision's investors began lawsuits against them...
And how the split made activision's stock prices almost worthless.
Good Times.
Activision Director: "So guys is there any way we can milk the shit out of our Call of Duty games some more?"
16 yr old intern: "Well i always liked the red dot on my guns a lot"
Actvision Director: "Ok we'll make that a dollar from now on"
7 Activison Mistakes they want you to forget:
1-Existing
2-Existing
3-Existing
4-Existing
5-Existing
6-Existing
7-Not going bankrupt
well don't play call of duty then
@@39johnsamueljeeson62 I don't.
@@UPoohto well that's the thing we have in common(i can't afford call of duty)
@@39johnsamueljeeson62 well I saved up for 6 months and just got cold war lol
This is the 4 time i see you're comment. I fucking adore your comments. They are so good!
Shuting down the people who made the prototype games makes me mad
Prototype 1 & 2 are by far my favourite single player games, Radical Entertainment was the best Studio for that type of game i would of Loved a 3rd game playing as oh IDK Heller's Daughter in like the future in NYZ or even LA for that matter.
Nice
Prototype 2 was stupidly easy though. Completed on hard on first play through and I think I died once. I am not nearly a good enough gamer that I should be able to pull that off and I felt cheated after being a day 1 purchaser that my experience ended on day 1…
Everyone: I'd be willing to pay 60$ for quality
Activision: MiCROtrAnsActIoN TiMe
sounds about right
After a decade call of duty games prices still stay up more than $80. A "good quality" indeed. Should have make the old cod games free or by dropping the price.
1 thing Gameranx wants you to forget about.
This video's original thumbnail.
Now I'm curious.
What was the original thumbnail?
I will NEVER forgive Activision for adding microtransactions to CTR.
Guitar Hero was too early for DLC and microtransactions. If the game was released today instead of saturating the market with so many indidivual games, they'd just charge you for song packs, lol.
Um.... there was DLC for all the Hero games after Guitar Hero II on the Xbox 360.
they would charge per song
So basically turn it into Rock Band 4?
DLCs are in the market since the beginning. Diablo and Gothic had them.
@Rambo Dogg auto-correction 😅
I just had a horrible thought: if Bungie had not left Activision can you imagine the absolute Shitshow that the new Destiny season pass ( which is included in the price of the new dlc- so,it’s not an add on above the dlc cost) would have been. I think we dodged a bullet or several thousand.
Shadowkeep:45
Season pass:35
Premium pass:20
That's what it would of looked like and it would of ONLY been that, no purchasing each season individually.
I think Destiny New light wouldn't be a thing if Bungie was still with Activision.
Yeah it would be monetized out the butt. Look at crash racing. Go Bungie
Carpe Mkarzi What are you talking about? Bungie is doubling down on micro transactions now since they don’t have any big boy money. Activision leaving brought MORE micro transactions in.
Thrillkilled hey, not sure where that conclusion is coming from or you are, like me, just stating a prediction. Let’s reconvene in sayyyy...December to see what has changed. Given what Activision has done in other more recent titles I suspect that a lot of monetization was stuff coming from from Activision. Will there still be Eververs..yes. Will it be pay to win...hope not but if it was this community would riot.fingers crossed
Activision: finally they are forgetting those 7 mistakes we did
Gameranx: *7 MISTAKES ACTIVISION WANTS YOU TO FORGET*
Activision: OH FFS
They are lucky Gameranx stopped at 7.
dude DJ Hero was one of my favorite games growing up! It was nice to have a game like that with my taste in music lol
Activision’s existence and ea existence is what most people would like to forget
Them transformers games on ps2
Don't forget that one on ds
swag me oh gawd i bought that game when I was 8 I was so damn stupid and I liked it
transformers armada was a gem
Really just this. 1 film can be made on what they have done. They destroyed all great studios (Moon studios, Raven software, Bizzare Creations, Radical Entertainment, and many many more) and franchises (Transformers, Singularity, Blur, Marvel licensed games, prototype and many many more). I hate Activision soooo..... Much specially for ruining Moon Studios. I love Transformers war for Cybertron series so much. It's one of favourite games of all time. And they did it all for just 1 franchise Call of Duty. Activision is the greediest company, even worse than EA. I hope they will be bankrupted some day along with EA.
I would've really loved a Blur 2. 😔😔😔
@@jaymacc93 Me too, buddy. Blur could have a been great franchise. It just needed little support for sequels which unfortunately Activision can't give to anyone.
of all the work that's done on this video, the most impressive part is boiling it down to JUST 7 because i can name 10 and that's just on top of my head.
I’ll never forget I paid $100 for the dlc pass and black ops 4. But they sold all the dlc stuff separately except the map. I paid $40 for a few remade maps and some zombies.... got nothing else
Activision has destroyed the very soul of Blizzard and all of their games. They're the reason World of Warcraft went from the best MMO to an impersonal cash shop ridden shell of it's former self
That's why people begged for Classic.
I mean, tbh, WoW is still the best mmo on the market.
The top of my list for 'Most blatant display of greed and disrespect for your customers' is this whole practice of delaying microtransactions until after launch, allowing all the press releases to claim otherwise.
The industry has become one of dealer and addict, and our dealers fully understand that a lot of us will buy because we don't have options for our franchises, little to no competition AND the big dealers simply buy and scatter the talented studios before pimping out our once great franchises to collect their cash and suffer our scorn.
Companies: *want us to forget their mistakes*
Gameranx: "7 mistakes x company wants you to forget"
Companies: "am i a joke to you?
The time when Activision basically said "No" to Destiny 1's original story, and pretty much forced people out, and a re-write when they were supposed to be in finalization time. This spearheaded the clusterfuck that is Destiny today.
I honestly think if activision wasn’t involved with destiny it could’ve had atleast a good story on top of the expansions and major expansions released later
This needs more exposure! Great vid
Next: 500 mistakes that EA wants you to forget
Long story short : don’t buy activision games.
Its more complcated than that.
It's more like don't buy an Activision game until it's 2-4 months after it's released then it shows it's true colors.
@@idontwantaname9750 what do you mean?
I have to. But I avoid it. I bought a used copy of CTR-NF so I'm not supporting their BS
@@dustinbrite2422 obviously that activision is the publisher, of course they have a massive impact in how their games are made but at the end of the day they arent making the game and a lot of the managing decisions, yes including microtransactions, are done at the branch/developer level. As per me Ill be playing warcraft until the day my dick falls off.
the way they dismantled and turned blizzard into a cash cow that will never make a decent new game again.
Yeah that's a shame and sucks, without activision blizzard would be much better
What are you reffering to? What dis they do wrong?
It's not like Blizzard is a saint.... let's be real here.
Activision: Past is Past
Gameranx: Makes a video about their past.
9:16 "Bungie is a phenomenal developer"
*Shows Master Chief from Halo 4*
The Bungie-Activision split IMO should have been Number 1
Other companies adding microtransactions:
Activision: iTs FrEE ReAliStATe
DJ Hero 1 & 2 were refreshing takes on the Guitar Hero model with fantastic mixes.
Dj hero was fun. Just creative enough to revitalize the idea of the hero franchise (atleast for the time that *that* lasted) imo
Loot boxes, and call of duty ghosts are 2 things that fit this list perfectly.
Call of Duty what?
Damn! Activision is really competing with EA though I still think EA will win.
Niko Furious lol
Uhh yeah Konami beat them with locking extra save slots in MGS behind a $10 paywall.
2K is also flexing in that category with the 2K20 National Casino Association game. Apparently it comes with a weird basketball mini-game.
Activision had purchasable skins and whatnot first. Then 2k maybe? And then EA with fifa.
Love these videos keep it up!
I love how the ad at the beginning is an activision game XD
Anything after 2013 was a mistake
"Number 4 a little red dot"
Made me instantly angry. Might have ruined my day.
The fact that there were so many Guitar Hero games is great. It let people get familiar with a variety of forms of rock music, high-profile or not. If anything there should have been more of them because you're basically just paying for a bunch of songs in another subgenre. There's no real way to exhaust that so they could have get turning the crank endlessly if the games hadn't fallen out of fashion
hey.....dj hero (dj hero 2 more specifically) was lit. definitely takes some getting used to and I understand what you're talking about in terms of milking the franchise but dj hero 2 was awesome.... BTW love the channel
You know what’s worse then the micro transactions in CTR? How about completely screwing up both Crash and Spyro entirely?
Crash was good haven't played Spyro remastered what is wrong with it
The hell are you talking about? Both of those rereleases were fantastic
I’m not talking about the remasters. I’m talking about the mid 2000s crash and spyro games that made them stop til they needed to remaster the originals to get them back into the limelight.
Wtf how u guys forget prototype series? Activision dump the radical entertainment studio that was a serious mistake from them.. We Need our prototype series back in line..
Thank God Bungie left the abusive company that is Activision
The games actually pretty good now that Activision is gone
Shadowkeep is going to be awesome
Shade hype!!!
this series too good keep it up!
I'm glad you threw Activision under the bus for immortal lmao priceless. Long live Bungie!
Activision: finally the past is in the past
Gameranx: uploads video
Activision: *ight imma head out*
Dj hero was fun!!! Especially for someone that was getting into djing. Just playing with the cross fader and timing was worthwhile
DJ hero 1&2 are my JAM! still love it
they're biggest flop for me was the ps2 version of star trek Voyager elite force, on PC it was good, but the ps2 version was a train wreck in my opinion
Wow, someone actually mentions Elite Force! Nice! While it wasn't as amazing on the PS2 as on the PC but it wasn't bad, it was competent & fairly playable. Definitely not great tho.
@@jkajmo I had the misfortune to play a version that was translated into German, even with the corresponding voice cast, it was terrible to listen to, I rather have the original language of stuff like that
@@ponyperson7513 oh man that sucks! Lol I spent a lot of time playing Japanese imports on my PS1 back in the day so I understand the irks of playing a game in a different language. I would love to see a new Star Trek FPS game with current gen standards. I love the lore of the franchise.
Activision.. We Need a prototype.. From a hardcore prototype fans club!!!
No thanks
6:36
My hypothesis was that in the time that Guitar Hero Live was being developed, Rock Band 3 was the dominant force in the action-rhythm genre, and was having this huge push for their Pro Instrument feature. RB3 sold controllers that used real guitar strings across a standard 21-fret board. it was still plastic, hollowed out for the electronics and sensors inside, and couldn't do much beyond normal notes and chords; it couldn't tell if you did a pinch harmonic, or used proper technique for a pick scrape, or anything like that, but it got the job done for a video game. Along with Rock Band 3's Pro Guitar / Pro Bass- as well as their Pro Drums which are still supported in RB4- there was also Ubisoft's Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 Edition which allowed you to plug in real guitars and basses. This new Guitar Hero would be competing with the then-upcoming Rock Band 4, and potentially another Rocksmith title in the near-future. Because of this data at the time, they couldn't afford to stagnate with 5-button controllers anymore.
lol I love how they say they'll "avoid" microtransactions. as though they're like "oh damn, accidentally hit one of those microtransactions we were avoiding!"
Look at Diablo Immortal on Google Play lol I think it's abandoned.
Wait... it came out?
@@saviourfade6849 No. Still saying "pre-register". It's been like that for a long time now. So I figured they abandoned it.
@@rhythmmania6407 if they released it it would create more hats towards them so I dont blame them
I don't have a phone... or rather I don't have a smartphone and I'm living relatively alright with no problems.
in China you wouldn't survive without it. this country is designed for smartphone users. even the elders use them like no problem.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 That's impressive. Most elders I know here in the US have a hard enough time handling ordinary computers and even some basic technology. I'm one of those people however who prefers to use phones as phones and gaming systems as gaming systems. Even though most technology nowadays double as computers anyway...
This makes me glad that I'll always have my PS2. No matter how bad modern games get, the classics will never get old.
I love that even after about a year or more andrew has his crate animated as the new guy, I can still hear jake baldino speaking "me falcon and andrew the new guy".
#8: I want to forget they bought Blizzard and turned it into a soulless money printing machine
Companies like this and EA make me happy that I pirate games now especially after saying no microtransactions and then a month later throw them in that is so deceptive and you will not see one red cent from me.
“Do you not have phones”… I loved that. All the BOOS in the world could not make them understand why they were BOO’D
Gameranx: there's no games like that anymore
Skate 3: sad skateboard sounds
Next: things Nintendo wants you to forget.
Except from the Wii u and the miscreation of the playstation there not much I want to forget from them
Number 1, the COD franchise after MW3
Black Ops 4 without campaign/story was a huge mistake.
Perhaps also mention that they finished off Raven Software independence. That company had a string of good singleplayer fps (e.g. Soldier of Fortune, Quake 4, Wolfenstein 2009 and Singularity) but they are now only contributor to the Call of Duty franchise.
Last time I was this early I actvison had already made this mistakes
Activision: We rebooth Modern Warfare back to old school with new mechanics/engine and no season pass
Couple of months later
Activision: Next Year Black Ops 5
I bet if was up the the studios they would of dropped the black ops and modern warfare names by now. They're still around for brand recognition and value
i'm glad you talked about activision and bungie
another thing to remember about guitar hero is that all most all of the games released towards the end (before 2015's half assed moneygrab) were released in the middle of a huge economic recession. this is what ultimately ended the guitar hero era due to poor sales.
I just hate Activision but like call of duty
It’s a love hate relationship
Guitar Hero Surprise Mechanics 2020, I can't wait!
DJ hero 1 & 2 were amazing
Awesome videos! Very informative, but there are times when you sound a bit sloshed
Falcon, you are amazing :) thanks always.
DJ hero was super underrated. It's still one of Way Too Many Games in one year, but it was innovative and super fun. It's a shame they didn't focus on just it and GH 5.
And the G live controller buttons, and strumming bar was so easy to break, and stick.
Im happy now that bungie can get destiny back on track and make it the game that we all want
FYI The moon is haunted
2021 here. This list needs an update.
Oh Falcon , I love you XD "A red dot, I dunno how many times I can say that"
bungie is a great example of how great companies can start going under when greed occurs (in this case it was activision)
6:00 I always wanted Guitar Hero: The Roaring Twenties
:D
Looks like we add another number to this list
My first thought: "just 7?"
The way you said “pissed” made my life
It’s a great thing that Activision split from Bungie. As a long time fan of the Destiny series, it great to see that Bungie is making great strides to make Destiny 2 a better game
Shadowkeep was really unimpressive and the fact that they removed the weekly loot box thing from destiny 1 kinda annoyed me, I’m not one to spend my money on loot boxes yet like I want some cool shit, I’d like to see that weekly loot box thing comeback for players like me
I feel a little bad for the guy from Activision Blizzard that had to announce Diablo Immortal at Blizzcon 2018. He instantly became a meme. He wasn't even the person who said the infamous "Do you guys not have phones?" It was some other guy that came on stage later. I'm fairly certain he knew people were going to hate this announcement, but he had a job to do.
Stadia ad before this mistakes list is perfect placement.
Speaking about recent events: the whole debacle about banning a Hearthstone player for speaking out in support of Hong Kong was quite a disaster. Besides that, I think the most hilarious thing about Activision is the fact that they release a new Call of Duty every year.
This is a well-thought out video that addresses some of the lingering problems in AAA gaming right now. However, unlike other CZcamsrs who just run the same points into the ground ad nausea, for views and subs from outrage culture kids, you stated why these business practices are anti-consumer and how they negatively impact the gaming experience, and how games are released.
I love the vitriol in your voice. Nice.
All those “eh” Cabela’s games that they had published over the years.
Hold every company accountable. Good job
I actually liked DJ Hero. And the way the songs was mixed was really good.
I very much enjoyed DJ hero 1 and 2, and one of those suckers that bought all the Hero games, and purchased DLC