Gamer Limit Banner     Kotick made this statement when
discussing the merits of kids and movie-based games. He had “one
of those wake-up calls” when Blizzard executives asked why
Activision was hoping a “kids game” would achieve an average
review score of 80.  “The producers said, ‘Well, it’s a kid’s
game, you don’t get the best ratings on a kid’s game because
reviews aren’t going to review them as favorably, so if you look
at them objectively an 80 is actually a good rating for a kid’s
game or movie game,’” said Kotick. “I remember walking out of
the meeting saying, ‘Why would we make an 80-rated game?’ Even
adjusting for genre. I was thinking that when we did the great
Spider-Man PlayStation game, we got a 95 rating. You can make a
great game.”  While this may not be the most pressing news story
today, it does shed some light into the videogames making
process. Maybe I’m just naive or idealistic, but I always
assumed that when a developer makes a game it would make the
best game they can with the allotted r