Maryanne Lataif, Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications at Activision Blizzard has responded to Tim Schafer’s noise that, amongst other claims, Kotick is a ‘prick‘.
Mr. Schafer attacked Mr. Kotick whilst comparing games deveopment to producing soap, a previously unmade connection between coding and Lemon and Jasmine body wash. Ms. Lataif has stepped up to defend Mr. Kotick against any such allegations of disliking games;
“Tim Schafer’s comment that Bobby Kotick ‘makes a big deal about not liking games’ just isn’t true. Bobby has always been passionate about games, and loves the video game industry.
But as CEO of a company that makes games enjoyed by millions of people worldwide, the demands on his time now make it difficult to play games as often as he’d like to or as much as he once did. As Schafer himself notes, he has never actually met Bobby Kotick.”
Nice to hear that Bob does enjoy gaming, lets hope he find a few minutes to ‘tear up the funky house scene’ on DJ Hero.
Source: IndustryGamers
iAvernus
Give jack his jacket, he does make allot of money, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a prick. The way he comes across to gamers, is as a money grabber. Just maybe Activision should gave something away for free…just a suggestion =)