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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg is leaving in March
- Thread starter zsynqx
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I see two things happening here.
1. We get a great new CEO who is more consumer friendly.
2. They give us the Satan of gaming hell.
1. We get a great new CEO who is more consumer friendly.
2. They give us the Satan of gaming hell.
The man behind Kevin Butler in case you didn't know. Well, his old company, Deutsch, was the creative for that campaign.
I think he had to go. I think he is the guy behind the mess of D1 & D2. He wanted a new IP but never had that much interest because CoD sold very well.
well, coincidently, the third party relations, vice president position at SIE just opened up again...
https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/18/...nues-with-exit-of-third-party-relations-boss/
maybe related?
https://venturebeat.com/2018/01/18/...nues-with-exit-of-third-party-relations-boss/
maybe related?
Number 2 is already running EA. So unless EA buys out Activision and becomes EActivizzard then I can't see that happening. I'm hoping it's #1 though.
Giving where we are in the cycle, probably next gen prepping is starting to get real.
Makes sense to leave and let new people do if you dont see yourself committing to it. It happens a lot. Its a natural jumping off point.
You guys are killing me.
He's been there for 8 years? That's around the time activision just became focused on as few franchises as possible. So maybe the new person would be open to allowing developers like raven to go back to making original/ their own stuff. A guy can dream can't he?
I look forward to the new CEO being exactly like the old one and nothing changing at Activision while dedicating all their internal studios to two franchises.
That would be quite the downgrade that's for sure.
If they get someone who isn't as aggressive they'll fire him within the first 12 months.
Hopefully whoever comes next directs Treyarch to drop the season pass. Everyone else is dropping them. Even EA. Time to join the present, Activision.
I hope the new CEO shift doesn't affect the studios and the projects they're currently working on.
People want a CEO with a different mentality but for a company like Activision with what they do, it's pretty stupid. It's pretty obvious that it's going to be the same.
I mean, sure probably. But when he took the job, his primary plan was to push micro transactions. And that's not based on Activision's behavior or some theory I'm merely assuming - they were words that came out of his mouth at his farewell party from his previous job.
This.
He got a sweeter gig somewhere else. Sounds like he's leaving on good terms.
I don't care for Destiny and don't follow the news surrounding it but what happened?
Well both titles were essentially mostly/completely started over midway through development
Sony sending in an Insider. House will rise up the ranks, become Blizzard Activision CEO and take back the Crash rights XD
In addition to the expansion of micro transactions in Destiny 2 through the bright engram nonsense.
Whose to say though, I have a feeling the completely botched development is more on Bungies end.
I see nothing changing as his replacement will still answer to Kotick
Ah true, I always forget that Activision is a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, not the other way around.
Activision publishing isn't strong right now. They lost(?) a ton of licenses like the Bond and Spider-Man licenses, and the last new IP they introduced was Destiny. They need something new and interesting and for God's sake consumer friendly. New CEO needs to have the IP push that John Riccitiello had a decade ago.
They do like three games per year now and still are the biggest one. I wouldn't call that they're not strong when CODWII and Destiny were the biggest sellers of 2017 with Crash also being a big success.
Despite the strong WW2 sales, CoD isn't the powerhouse it once was and Destiny 2 is an unmitigated disaster for the franchise. Destiny 2 probably chose a really awful time to disappoint fans with Anthem just a few months away, as well as Halo and Borderlands 3 expecting to release before the Destiny 2 content cycle ends.
I just think a healthy approach to Activision publishing would be to branch out and invest in some new titles.
