Biggest assholes in the gaming industry?

[Mineshaft_Gap]

So I've been reading up a bit on Bobby Kotick and it just got me wondering. Who are the biggest shitheads currently in powerful positions within the gaming industry at the moment?

I'm talking about people who are responsible for stifling creativity of developers. Giving us fewer choices of what we can play and how we can play it. People whose idea of a perfect game is one that's been focus tested to death. Overall people who are just bad for the advancement of the industry. Or maybe they're just dicks.

Since a lot of these folks are going to be pretty obscure it would help to give a name along with some description of what they've done or what they're doing to fuck up us gamers.

My votes?

Jack Thompson - Pretty obvious. This troll appears to have gone away but he's been responsible for more bad gaming press than just about any other media whore I can think of.

Bobby Kotick (CEO Activision/Blizzard) - From Wikipedia: Advocating a business strategy focused on only developing intellectual property which can be, in his words, "exploited" over a long period, to the exclusion of new titles which cannot guarantee sequels.

 

[Genesis Knight]

 

[JazzmanZ]

That guy whos leading Rare right now.

 

[The Mana Legend]

I am expecting perverted pictures that involve hands and holes.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

Whoever is responsible for the 3DS region nonsense.

 

[MikeE21286]

Brendan McNamara of Team Bondi needs to get a vote up in here.

 

[Kade]

Mark "I don't fucking want innovation, you're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers" Pincus, CEO of Zynga.

 

[chickdigger802]

David Jaffe is my favorite asshole of the gaming industry. I don't really think he's an asshole, but I pretty sure he admitted that in some form of interview.

 

[Yoshichan]

 

[zlatko]

 

[Card Boy]

I don't like threads like these. If you don't like someone for the way they conduct business, you shouldn't call them an asshole. Would you like it if someone called you an asshole?

Having said that i'm a hypocrite.

 

[Woorloog]

http://i.imgur.com/QbNLO.jpg[IMG][/URL][/QUOTE]
Didn't take long.

 

[jett]

Brendan McNamara of Team Bondi needs to get a vote up in here.

We're done here. That guy is a proper douche.

 

[Rebel Leader]

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Knew it.. Just Knew it.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Any company who cries about used sales but bends over backwards to give gamestop pre order bonuses.


Bobby Kotick is at least honest and upfront when he's an asshole. Companies that deal with online passes and such are sneaky and hypocritical.



Companies who region lock/remove features and then complain about piracy/jailbreaking/hacking etc.

 

[The Mana Legend]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZIpg4-wF4g

 

[Genesis Knight]

Didn't take long.

Knew it.. Just Knew it.

It was the only first post appropriate for GAF!

 

[Danny 117]

http://i.imgur.com/MWtqu.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Why?

 

[Derrick01]

John Riccitiello.

Some people say assholish things (Kotick). Some people do assholish things.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

I'm sick of his lies.

 

[GDGF]

A lot of the people that are going to be named probably have GAF accounts.

This thread could get interesting fast.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Kojima. I'll never forgive him for MGS4 :'(

 

[Grisby]

I'm curious, why? He's no Peter Moore when it comes to the stage but what else has he said or done?

 

[Criminal Upper]

"I have no sympathy for devs who work unpaid overtime."

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

David "I write the best stories in the industry" Cage

 

[Carl]

That guy from Rovio

 

[Finaika]

Tameem Antoniades
David Cage

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Kojima. I'll never forgive him for MGS4 :'(

and that makes him a asshole?

 

[Cruzader]

In before David Jaffe....LOL.

 

[smilebig1337]

I'd definitely have to second the vote for Bobby Kotick. That guy has successfully derailed the first person shooter genre into a narrowly defined series of Call of Duty imitations while simultaneously killing Guitar Hero with it's incessant amount of new releases and spin-offs.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

and that makes him a asshole?

Yup.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Tameem Antoniades
David Cage

Never heard of either..
Will do a google search

 

[Derrick01]

I'd definitely have to second the vote for Bobby Kotick. That guy has successfully derailed the first person shooter genre into a narrowly defined series of Call of Duty imitations while simultaneously killing Guitar Hero with it's incessant amount of new releases and spin-offs.

So it's Kotick's fault that everyone is trying to copy his success?

Did you blame the Housers for everyone copying GTA last gen?

 

[ultim8p00]

Uhhh...why?

 

[chickdigger802]

I'm sick of his lies.

aw. his lies are the only thing that keeps me not completely depressed with modern gaming (that rainbow 6 'trailer' hits home, where gaming is right now).

and without him, there wouldn't be the fake twitter account!

 

[LuchaShaq]

I'd definitely have to second the vote for Bobby Kotick. That guy has successfully derailed the first person shooter genre into a narrowly defined series of Call of Duty imitations while simultaneously killing Guitar Hero with it's incessant amount of new releases and spin-offs.

Bobby Kotick didn't put a gun to Ea's head and tell them to try and copy Cod with all of medal of honor/bf3's campaign or THQ and Homefront etc.

 

[apana]

I created a thread like this a while back except it was on "most hated people in the gaming industry". Here it is in case anyone wants to look:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=414953

Anyways I nominate:

 

[elohel]

rovio guy

Angry birds guy or whatever

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Anyways I nominate:

wat?

 

[Coxy]

Reggie

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Photos aren't enough. I need to know who these people are and what they've done so I can hate them with the appropriate levels of ferocity.

 

[Infamous Chris]

He said assholes, not ass. Are you implying Wrex gave it to her? You're sick!

 

[Shtof]

I'd definitely have to second the vote for Bobby Kotick. That guy has successfully derailed the first person shooter genre into a narrowly defined series of Call of Duty imitations while simultaneously killing Guitar Hero with it's incessant amount of new releases and spin-offs.

Why blame a great businessman when he's only been doing his job? I'd rather blame the millions of frat boys who picks up the same game every year. I think a lot of them picked up BF3 this year instead, but still, it's pretty much the same game, just made by a different company.

 

[Mafro]

I see nothing wrong with that quote.

 

[Tomat]

Whoever put tactical flashlights into Battlefield 3 is worse than Kotick.

 

[Square Triangle]

Kudo Tsunoda

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

That guy from Rovio

Great answer if you know the backstory to this.

 

[EloquentM]

Is "gamers" an appropriate answer?

 

[Shtof]

Great answer if you know the backstory to this.

Tell backstory please.

 

[smilebig1337]

So it's Kotick's fault that everyone is trying to copy his success?

Did you blame the Housers for everyone copying GTA last gen?

I don't blame him for people copying Call of Duty's style. I blame him for forcing his games to come out on a yearly cycle even though they are filled with bugs, glitches, and generally broken game mechanics that support skillless play. He aided in setting the precedent that games do not need to be finished when they are released, and that it is not only okay, but encouraged to downgrade the skill involved in a game so that you can attract the casual market.