Such overt contempt for pretty much everyone directly involved in the economic transaction. But not the investors, of course.
One silver lining is this shows how even the “great men” of business are completely owned by bosses of their own. They’re not that different from us in that regard.
... of course the whole company from Satya down to the idiot whatever art director who asked for this are impervious to shame, so yes, how it could matter? it's not like people bought the last ~10 years of CoD for its artistic value, people bought it because they wanted to switch off their brain and get shot and shouted at by teenagers
The titanic had 3 days off warning. It took 3 hours to sink.
It "won't matter" until it does. And then it will collapse all at once. WWE 2K20 shows that even yearly franchises have breaking points where the backlash is too much to ignore.
But i guess Activision executives are thinking thwy will have jumped ship if and when that time hits.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/cod-black-ops-7-is-the-most-...
Maybe we're observing different parts of the elephant. This is my industry right now: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/call-of-duty/call-of-duty-blac...
A deca-billion dollar franchise now owned by a trillion dollar tech company... using it to make art that wouldn't pass a junior interview. It's no surprise there's such a strong rejection by the community who's paying attention. Cheaping out on a product a consumer pays $70 + a bunch of microtransactions for clearly shows the company's priorities.
Maybe there are spaces where you find success, but it's very clear that the water is muddying at large. You don't argue against a swamp by saying "but my corner here is clean!".