Kinda ironic coming from someone who keep posting on Sony related news just to troll and dumb down the news. L'hopital qui se fout ce la charité.Posting something completely irrelevant to the topic-at-hand and talking about PS exclusives as a gotcha over this deal that hasn't even closed.
Yeah, no that's an equally terrible follow up lol.
c'est magnifique
If you don't care about X acquired Y, why even bother posting in this topic which is specifically about X acquiring Y.
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just shows that guy doesn't know what he is talking about. I would have rated EA even lower then Activision.Just found it and it is quite funny, published after the Bethesda acquisition.
Oh snap! Who is Microsoft buying now? Valve? 2K? Sega? Sony??
According to rumor, Microsoft's prepping a major gaming acquisition on par with the Bethesda buy out. Who could it be? Come speculate with us.
Rich people generally "win" anyways. Even if ABK doesn't get bought out, he will be fine.
I think he is gone as well I just think someone told them to change the wording to help push this through
it feels like a move just to appease that group of shareholders trying to convince people to vote no and the Democratic senators.
This will make it easier to get rid of him. Read the language. Basically says nothing was agreed to, so once MS takes ownership, they won't be contractually obligated to keep him.
My call is Mike Ybarra takes over.
Those have always been MS's 2 choices..
You're forgetting next WoW expansion in 2023 and Diablo 4 as well. Big titles, so it checks out.Not sure if anyone posted a thread on it, but Activision’s revenue projections for 2022/23 are quite rosy indeed.
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Blizzard especially shows a sizable projected revenue growth of +90%, so we can expect that’s tied to Overwatch 2 release.
That's simple. He has no shame and wants more money.
Source: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-231711273.html
It's not like they have any option.
They did have the option when they negotiated the sale with Kottick himself, they'll be buying a lot of shares from his hence doing business directly with him.
Is your take that Kottick would have negotiated his exit? Why would he do that when it's in clear terms in his contract?
He wouldn't, unless he had to but when negotiating the sale of the company Microsoft could force that as part of the deal. They're buying a truckload of shares directly from him after all. Unless he plans on keeping them.
After the deal closes he will have zero leverage to push to stay. Kotick won't even be head of the organization anymore because he'll answer to Phil Spencer. Phil would be foolish to keep that liability around.
Definately. I personally hope hes gone when it does. Or they will keep on carrying his dirty laundry around for years until he resigns from old age.
Multiple articles are saying he will stay hence my question mark
I said there’s multiple articles saying opposite things! Once again why I used a question mark! But since you are so invested and triggered by that crap that you are the one lacking reading comprehension!
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Well, these articles say exactly what has been said here, that his future is being decided because of his contract. They do not affirm in any way that he's staying on. Also, these are quite bad sources (eurogamer.pt is terrible for MS related news).I said there’s multiple articles saying opposite things! Once again why I used a question mark! But since you are so invested and triggered by that crap that you are the one lacking reading comprehension!
Have fun! All this from a stupid question!
Futuro de Bobby Kotick na Activision Blizzard após compra da Microsoft ainda não está decidido
A Activision Blizzard revelou que o futuro de Bobby Kotick após a venda da companhia ainda não foi discutido com a Micr…
Microsoft e Activision não discutiram a posição de Bobby Kotick após a aquisição
A Activision Blizzard tem sido objeto de muita controvérsia ao longo do último ano, com vários relatórios lançando luz sobre o contínuo e amplamente divulgado
Activision shareholder don't get a say if it completes.
And that is not all of the articles, google news showed me several articles but they refresh everyday so I do not have all the clickbait ones.
The ceo of Zenimax says "Hi"
Just because netflix is not growing this quarter (note that they would have growth if not for stopping the service in Russia and losing 500.000 subscribers in the process) doesn't mean that streaming/selling virtual licences for entertainment is a bad business to be in. There will always be a time when there's market saturation and no new people to sell to but that doesn't mean these companies are not viable. Fighting shared accounts for instance, which they stated this quarter as a problem, wouldn't solve their problem and could actually decrease their userbase.
If you know more than the market good for you, buy more Netflix now that their market cap took a massive dive. Netflix is hardly something one should aim to become.
Who was the CEO of Zenimax as Microsoft was completing the deal?
My point: Who cares about wall street bullshit like a "market cap"? I would care if I had stocks. The moment there's anything less than stellar regarding any company, they all sell and low and behold, you have a 25% market value drop. If news tomorrow said that "Knowing Zelensky Inside and Out" and "Putin is Devil Encarnate or is he?" documentaries were making strides with new costumers you'd have a 10% market cap increase for gods sake.
Meme or not, this happens way too many times with MS.
Sorry to burst your bubble but Robert Altman died in 2021. There is no evidence the current CEO of Activision will still have a job post acquisition. All signs point to him being gone and the whole organization will be better for it.
