Activision Blizzard has told shareholders it doesn't have an ego problem, and assured them it "constantly" studies its competitors for ways to improve.
Speaking at the BMO Digital Entertainment Conference, COO Thomas Tippl said the publisher frequently looks to re-apply other companies' good practices - but wouldn't name specific rivals it looks at.
"While we are today, we believe by any objective measure, the clear industry leader, there's no room for complacency at Activision Blizzard," he said.
"We constantly look around. We look at our competitors but also - and maybe even more importantly - we look at other media companies, other online companies, companies in places like China and Korea and see what they do best."
Blizzard writes: "After careful consideration over the last year, we at Blizzard have made the decision not to hold BlizzCon in 2024. This decision was not made lightly as BlizzCon remains a very special event for all of us, and we know many of you look forward to it. While we’re approaching this year differently and as we have explored different event formats in the past, rest assured that we are just as excited as ever to bring BlizzCon back in future years."
How about you not hold Blizzcon anymore period. You fucking POS company. I really hope Blizzard would just die.
Microsoft has 'let Blizzard be Blizzard' following the acquisition of the veteran developer according to World of Warcraft's executive producer.
Diablo 4 storefront being a cash grabbing shitshow does unironically attest to that, kudos.
Okay i will be interested if they become old Blizzard but might as well be dead.
Shame most of the people that made Blizzard what they were, have already left a while ago.
Were you expecting Microsoft to hire everyone that had left Blizzard long before they purchased the company...
Microsoft has let the Blizzard company they purchased continue to be the Blizzard company they purchased.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.
If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.
But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry
So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!
Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.
The company is barely the best at anything. CoD is like the only good game they have(and thats still kinda debatable). Everything else is either complete cr@p or is made by blizzard.
I cant wait till blizzard gets fed up with being the only thing keeping the company from nose-diving and decides to leave.
Well to be fair, they did come up with Guitar Hero which to my knowledge made them truckloads of money, but their CEO is the biggest asshole on the planet with an ego bigger than the goodyear blimp. The bad mouthing that Kotick has done towards other developers is staggering, he obviously rests on the laurels of GH and COD to get his company by, which is why he has no problem burning bridges by completely destroying any relationship Activision had with developers and other publishers (like EA).
kotic however, does, and since he's always yapping and most see him as the face of AV, the company inadvertently becomes branded as arrogant and full of ego because of kotic.
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