I think its pretty obvious he'll be gone, especially if you read the filings. They have the heads of each individual publisher (Activision, Blizzard, and King) reporting directly to Phil Spencer... not Kotick.
Microsoft And Activision Blizzard Have Not Decided If Bobby Kotick Will Stay Or Leave If Buyout Goes Through
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If you acquire a company and you like the current leadership and you plan to keep them in command, you announce that when you buy the company. It's a vote of confidence in the existing leadership and helps ensure business continuity, two important factors when a company is changing hands.
It would be utterly bizarre for Microsoft to very specifically not do that and then still end up keeping Kotick on.
They've telegraphed their plans pretty openly.
It would be utterly bizarre for Microsoft to very specifically not do that and then still end up keeping Kotick on.
They've telegraphed their plans pretty openly.
It doesn't make sense for Bobby to stay anyway, at least not as a CEO. Phil is already CEO of MS Gaming which Activision will go under so the role would become redundant. I doubt Bobby would take a demotion.
Nothing can be announced now even a hint of one would wreck havoc the current operations at Activision. For now it's just business as usual.
Nothing can be announced now even a hint of one would wreck havoc the current operations at Activision. For now it's just business as usual.
Activision/Microsoft acquisition talk riles people up, so they get potential clicks. They're praying on angry fanboys or those that don't understand that changes can't be done or talked about yet.
Yup, they even made a point to state this on the Xbox Wire post too.I think its pretty obvious he'll be gone, especially if you read the filings. They have the heads of each individual publisher (Activision, Blizzard, and King) reporting directly to Phil Spencer... not Kotick.
can Bobby, appoint a woman from outside of the company into his position.
nvm lol.
nvm lol.
Exactly, journalism at it's worse. But I guess that's how it often goes these days. Clicks, clicks, clicks. Let's ignore common sense for a second and say Kotick stays, then I would be very angry and disappointed in MS leadership. They can't make the mistake and keep Kotick.
MS didn't talk about Kotick specifically, but they did mention the divisions lead by *insert names here* (can't remember them right now) will report directly to Spencer. Which kinda makes Kotick position obsolete. phonicjoy example isn't good imo, because the announcement talks about not changing anything and something positive (stability) for King.
While we believe Kotick leaving is good news, it may not be the investors opinion, because he saved the company from bankruptcy years ago. Remember they'll still need to vote for the acquisition or did so just days ago. Personally I've never seen a company announce departures before the acquisition was completed.
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To be fair, though, I don't think MS makes business decisions based on how they will make arsene_P5 feel. :P
But yes, the public backlash would be immense and I don't see them making that PR mistake.
This is well spotted and part of a much wider problem in content production at the moment.
Seems the reaction economy is way more profitable than the actual news economy.
Yes, I didn't meant to say they'll care what I think. I am just a random person. I am just saying I would be angry and in general it's a mistake to do that imo, because of the PR and more importantly how the devs will feel inside the ABK arm.
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Can this enough for kicking him out without giving him any money?
I think its pretty obvious he'll be gone, especially if you read the filings. They have the heads of each individual publisher (Activision, Blizzard, and King) reporting directly to Phil Spencer... not Kotick.
The fact that Blizzard is going to be untangled from the Activision umbrella just dawned on me. And gives me hope despite the supposed "independence".
Kotick is getting money in two ways. His contract and his shares. The latter is a bigger sum. ABK or the government couldn't stop him owning shares, even if he would kill a person. I wish Kotick would end up in prison. He deserves that. But financially he will always be save sadly.
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