If they should have fired anyone, it should be Ion Hazzikostas. Not Ythisens. I am further disgusted by Activision yet again. Blizzard needs to be back on its own.
If they should have fired anyone, it should be Ion Hazzikostas. Not Ythisens. I am further disgusted by Activision yet again. Blizzard needs to be back on its own.
That fucking Kotick comment blows me away. He’s rubbing his slimy mitts together saying that while they made more money than ever before in 2018, it wasn’t good enough so time to fire the employees.
That guy really steps right into it time and time again.
I need a picture of Bobby Kotick, a picture of an Infinity Gauntlet, and a legit copy of Photoshop.
STAT!!!!
Blizzard developers were lazy and they wanted to promote their games a lot without developing new games or bringing meaningful new content.
At least the guys let go don't need to learn to code
When i read they have many mobile games in the making... that cant be good...
man...reading those blizzard titles together with candy crush... I feel like puking.
You know he meant pre Activision. When they were under Vivendi things were different. There’s been many many employees who stated how Vivendi never pressured them on anything. Activision however remains a force hovering above. Especially after 2013 when Vivendi sold their majority shares to Activision and no longer had the power.
It doesn’t even matter though now. The Blizzard of today isn’t the Blizzard of old any longer. A split from Activision wouldn’t matter now.
I do wonder how things would look today if some of Vivendi had managed to get Kotick fired like they wanted to in 2013. Basically Kotick threatened to quit if he wasn’t backed by Activision to buy the majority stocks from Vivendi. At least according to an old polygon article I recently read.
No you dont if you make statements like that. Business = trying to maximize profit. It's not a freaking charity! I feel sorry for the people involved but all stupid comments like "oh they earn enough" or "ceo can share his money", dont know shit how businesses work. I wont even try to explain to you people that only wanna go communism on the world, it simply does not work that way and never will.
If what he is saying is true,well,actually, I applaud to this man. Applaud,because he managed to sell a total shit with a profit.
Now I realize,that making the Hearthstone available on mobile was the first step, then the mission table application, now Diablo. Soon,he will announce,that WoW can be played on phone. So,that's where the most of the resources are going - not the story,not the gameplay,but making crappy quality game add-ons available on the phone.
I dearly hope Blizz is getting destroyed before this year is over.
And people still want to work there... Well if you tell me you work for Activison/Blizzard I will spit on you IRL.
Blizzard is trying to move to a yearly schedule of releasing games, making more money than ever before in 2018 was not enough for them, they layoff 800 people to save money so they can pay their CFOs 15 million dollar bonuses
making more money than ever is not enough, they need more
Last edited by apelsinjuice; 2019-02-13 at 08:34 AM.