Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Tells Colleagues He Would Consider Leaving

[khazmodan]

The Wall Street Journal reported that "Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Tells Colleagues He Would Consider Leaving if He Can’t Quickly Fix Problems"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activis...ms-11637533064

The Purge continues but will it make Blizzard better?

[Benggaul]

The Wall Street Journal reported that "Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick Tells Colleagues He Would Consider Leaving if He Can’t Quickly Fix Problems"

https://www.wsj.com/articles/activis...ms-11637533064

The Purge continues but will it make Blizzard better?

I won't claim that Kotick was the beginning of Blizzard's woes but boyyyyy did he exacerbate them. I'd love for him to fuck right off.

[khazmodan]

I won't claim that Kotick was the beginning of Blizzard's woes but boyyyyy did he exacerbate them. I'd love for him to fuck right off.

I agree, he is just another finance sociopath in my opinion and while I doubt anything can save Blizz because they have lost so much talent, his exit in infamy is fitting.

[PACOX]

Announce he is leaving, see how the market reacts,???, profit.

[khazmodan]

Announce he is leaving, see how the market reacts,???, profit.

*furiously types "Ameritrade" into Google*

[Cthulhu 2020]

Way back in Cata, when the game began to see a decline in quality and a push towards profitability, micro sales, and pushing cash shop, many blamed Activision's take over for this. However, many current Blizzard employees would openly state that Bobby Kotick and Activision have had no impact on Blizzard's publishing. That they have always remained free from Activision's Influence.

However, many content creators and other personalities have interviewed former employees and top developers who were there through old Blizzard and new ATVI Blizzard. They all basically said that Activision began issuing the marching orders for how Blizzard was to make the game and set up monetization methods within the game. They imposed ridiculous deadlines and even the "frat boy" culture of ATVI seeped into Blizzard offices.

I do not think Activision or Kotick is the entire problem, but they are a big part of it. Can Blizzard turn this dumpster fire around? Not so long as people keep throwing money at them willingly, but with recent events hurting ATVI stock and earnings severely, it seems they may be forced into action. Time to sink or swim.

[PC2]

I never understood the hate for this guy. I want Blizz-Activision to rake in massive amounts of money. Money is motivation, motivation is good.

D2R was pretty good so hopefully next they'll be motivated to make a D1 remaster. People were complaining about the cost of D2R but it's like price is irrelevant for a good game or a classic.

[Lorgar Aurelian]

even the "frat boy" culture of ATVI seeped into Blizzard offices.

this is a ridiculous notion given how many of the pre merger employee's have been named as abusers or supporters you don't just turn around at 30 and say "gee boy harrasing woman sure looks cool those activsion guys are doing it all the time!"

[Shadowferal]

I did say he'd be gone by the end of the year...

[RobertoCarlos]

I never understood the hate for this guy. I want Blizz-Activision to rake in massive amounts of money. Money is motivation, motivation is good.

D2R was pretty good so hopefully next they'll be motivated to make a D1 remaster. People were complaining about the cost of D2R but it's like price is irrelevant for a good game or a classic.

And what has that increased money got you exactly? In terms of content / innovation?

Or did investors just make all that money instead and game quality has gone down and it honestly seems like they struggle to even make games anymore with D4 getting delay after delay and how many changes in director?. WoW shadowlands having bugger all new content and they've already moved onto making another expansion to sell at top dollar.

Yay?

[ProphetFlume]

I never understood the hate for this guy. I want Blizz-Activision to rake in massive amounts of money. Money is motivation, motivation is good.

D2R was pretty good so hopefully next they'll be motivated to make a D1 remaster. People were complaining about the cost of D2R but it's like price is irrelevant for a good game or a classic.

Money in video games has never in itself led to quality. If you want to see what an excess of riches and no fear of competition/losing subs does to a franchise, look at Madden.

[Yadryonych]

Do we really need another "Blizzard bad" thread?

[Azadina]

How many seconds would he consider before deciding on not going anywhere? 2? 5?

[Afrospinach]

I never understood the hate for this guy. I want Blizz-Activision to rake in massive amounts of money. Money is motivation, motivation is good.

And having goals like this is basically a cardinal sin in business. Saying "make lots of money" is dangerously vague.

An example of this is South Africa Airlines(like 90% sure it was them).

They were told to maximise their return on investment which is a $$$ based goal. So they sold most of their fleet of aircraft and leased them back. Massive ROI. Disastrous policy.

Money is very abstract and having goals like this can betray your core mission. Actually this is exactly how I would describe the games industry right now.

[JohnBrown1917]

And what has that increased money got you exactly? In terms of content / innovation?

Or did investors just make all that money instead and game quality has gone down and it honestly seems like they struggle to even make games anymore with D4 getting delay after delay and how many changes in director?. WoW shadowlands having bugger all new content and they've already moved onto making another expansion to sell at top dollar.

Yay?

Money good. Harrasment/sexual abuse cases don't matter against Kotick because he makes $ and PC2 loves that. He just likes watching numbers go up.

[CostinR]

How about he just leaves, like right now.

[Rozz]

This can be continued in the main thread, as it's directly relevant.