That’s one spot ahead of NBA superstar Lebron James and one spot below tennis ace Rafael Nadal. Coming in at no. 1 is comedian Jon Stewart, while right behind him was Bill Gates.
Kotick was selected because “as long as he retains control of franchises like Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk, he’ll continue to be one of the richest and most influential men on the planet”.
Richest, sure, but influential? You’re only influential if you influence other people, and you don’t see too many other publishers following Activision’s “exploit at all costs” business model, especially when it’s done so brazenly and so publicly.
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SillySam
Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 10:48 AMif you mean by the ability to make people want to throw eggs at him
yeah, he’s influencial
Perry Nicholas
Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 11:48 AMnah, the thing is regular plebs dont know that he’s destroying the industry and killing franchises
Joe Mama
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 11:47 AMWho cares about AskMen. They think Jon Stewart is more influential than Bill Gates, it’s not hard to see what’s wrong here.
Steve0410
Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 2:15 PMThe same way Donald Trump, George W. Bush, or Pol Pot were considered influential, sure.