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Post by darbus alan on Oct 13, 2023 11:27:12 GMT -5
Kotick is sticking around until the end of 2023, then he's out.
I don't like that it's taken a mega purchase like this for that to happen and he's probably getting one hell of a golden parachute. But good riddance.
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Post by ace on Oct 13, 2023 11:47:16 GMT -5
Yes…he will get a giant pile of money but the thing to remember about already wealthy people is that business for them is as much about perception as wealth. It’s why Musk can have everything but his ego won’t let him be happy because he’s perceived as a fool. As people in the AEW section try to understand why Tony loses his cool so often when he’s rich and his company is successful…this is it. People can get under rich people’s skin easier than anyone else because respect is something money can’t buy from anyone except the sycophants. And there is NOTHING successful people think they deserve more than your respect and admiration. Nothing. So while Kotick will be cashing in a bigger payday than any human can ever need…take solace in the near certainty he’s going to be miserable
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Oct 13, 2023 13:37:36 GMT -5
Daily reminder it hurts Bobby Kotick's feelings when people Photoshop him with devil horns.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Oct 13, 2023 13:45:20 GMT -5
I find myself conflicted about this whole thing in that I really don't like the idea of more gigantic business mergers happening and shit becoming more and more self-contained, but Activision both has nothing I care about and has been firmly in the, "I would not give them a dime," pile for a long time anyway. Kind of a thing where I object to it on principle but in practice it basically has no effect on me at all.
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Post by Push R Truth on Oct 13, 2023 13:47:24 GMT -5
DO WE LOVE BOBBY!?
Narrator: They didn't.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Dec 20, 2023 13:34:59 GMT -5
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 20, 2023 13:44:57 GMT -5
Also on an interesting note, according to Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, Blizzard is being completely separated from the other parts of Activision. So Blizzard will be its own studio again without being part of the Activision hierarchy. MS is also going to be relatively hands off in terms of day-to-day operations.
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Post by Rise on Dec 20, 2023 13:52:04 GMT -5
Also on an interesting note, according to Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, Blizzard is being completely separated from the other parts of Activision. So Blizzard will be its own studio again without being part of the Activision hierarchy. MS is also going to be relatively hands off in terms of day-to-day operations. Unless they ditch the MMO aspect of World of Warcraft and revert back to reign of chaos etc, I have very little interest in what they have to say unfortunately. I know I'm in the minority though. I should check out their other titles though
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 20, 2023 13:53:33 GMT -5
Ironically, after this Blizzcon this is the most I've been interested in WoW in years.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 20, 2023 14:29:29 GMT -5
Also on an interesting note, according to Blizzard president Mike Ybarra, Blizzard is being completely separated from the other parts of Activision. So Blizzard will be its own studio again without being part of the Activision hierarchy. MS is also going to be relatively hands off in terms of day-to-day operations. Unless they ditch the MMO aspect of World of Warcraft and revert back to reign of chaos etc, I have very little interest in what they have to say unfortunately. I know I'm in the minority though. I should check out their other titles though I've been hoping that survival game they've been working on that "is a new IP" is actually just a Warcraft or Starcraft survival game. Either would be pretty awesome.
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Post by Rise on Dec 20, 2023 14:56:34 GMT -5
Unless they ditch the MMO aspect of World of Warcraft and revert back to reign of chaos etc, I have very little interest in what they have to say unfortunately. I know I'm in the minority though. I should check out their other titles though I've been hoping that survival game they've been working on that "is a new IP" is actually just a Warcraft or Starcraft survival game. Either would be pretty awesome. That would have my attention tbh. The ks for the heads up
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Dec 20, 2023 15:06:13 GMT -5
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Post by Scoops on Dec 20, 2023 22:05:08 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2023 22:31:17 GMT -5
Nice to see a decades only sketch will be this mans lasting legacy.
Also language
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Post by darbus alan on Dec 21, 2023 0:34:14 GMT -5
On a related note, it makes me kinda sad that the WoW sparkle pony mount made more money for Blizzard than Starcraft II. It does feel like the RTS genre is dead in favor of MOBA's and 4X games. Or at least not in very good shape.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 21, 2023 1:19:43 GMT -5
Daily reminder it hurts Bobby Kotick's feelings when people Photoshop him with devil horns. I don't know, man, that doesn't feel right. The Devil has done nothing to deserve this comparison. And I'm not joking, every depiction of the Devil I can think of has him following some set of rules and morals, unlike Kotick. I find myself conflicted about this whole thing in that I really don't like the idea of more gigantic business mergers happening and shit becoming more and more self-contained, but Activision both has nothing I care about and has been firmly in the, "I would not give them a dime," pile for a long time anyway. Kind of a thing where I object to it on principle but in practice it basically has no effect on me at all. Same for me. It got to the point I couldn't even bring myself to play Overwatch any more even though I genuinely enjoyed it and even if I didn't buy anything, because all I could think while playing was what a horrid company Activision-Blizzard is and what a horrid man Bobby Kotick is. I felt bad thinking I might somehow contribute to people paying them.
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Post by Scoops on Dec 21, 2023 2:17:10 GMT -5
Just make Tony Hawk Multiplatform, you can have everything else, just give me Tony.
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Post by Von Wagner's Brownies on Jan 25, 2024 13:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Jan 25, 2024 15:32:13 GMT -5
That was inevitable. There were obviously gonna be redundancies in absorbing a company the size of Activision, and a change in leadership is gonna lead to a change in priorities and plans
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Post by Scoops on Jan 25, 2024 16:23:42 GMT -5
He mentions that MS can still outsource those jobs but I would put money on this being the last Xbox (and maybe Playstation) with a disc drive.
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