Activision Blizzard CEO siger at han undervurderede Switch-konsollen i starten

Det er angiveligt derfor at blandt andet Call of Duty ikke rigtig er kommet til Nintendos platform.
Tekst: Magnus Groth-Andersen
Publiceret 2023-06-29

Nu har Switch-konsollen været på markedet i ret lang tid, men Bobby Kotick mener at grunden til at eksempelvis Call of Duty-serien ikke rigtig dukkede op på platformen igennem de seneste år, er fordi han som udgangspunkt fejlvurderede konsollens popularitet.

Som VGC skriver dukkede Kotick op i vidneskranken i FTC-sagen, og blev udspurgt om seriens historie på andre platforme, deriblandt Nintendos. Kotick forklarede overfor advokaterne, at Activision og Nintendo kom skævt fra start.

"I made a bad judgement. When I had seen the prototype of the Switch, it was different then when I saw the prototype of the Wii [and] I thought it was the most extraordinary video game system ever created. When I saw the prototypes for Switch, I was concerned because they were trying to accomplish a lot with a console that also had a portable capability. I didn't think it was going to be wildly successful. It's probably the second most successful video game system of all time, so it was a bad decision on my part."

Man ville kunne argumentere for at Activision Blizzard har haft tid til at omstrukturere og derefter bringe Call of Duty til platformen, men det er ikke rigtig sket.

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