During the earnings call for investors and analysts held today by Activision Blizzard, the company's CEO Bobby Kotick made a bold statement about the upcoming shooter by Bungie Destiny, but it was misquoted by several outlets, mentioning that he said that he expects it to be the best-selling game in history. The real quote was still bold, but not THAT bold.
With Bobby Kotick no longer at Activision, some developers who worked on Call of Duty and more have begun speaking out about his actions.
"Glances at Bungie Studio"
Hell yeah, the monetization got sooo much better when they ditched Activision, oh wait . . .
please.
ifs easy to come forward after your boss was let go. haha.
we all know what goes on in those offices
Unfortunately, this is leadership everywhere in major corporations. Toxic, unethical, ignorant.
The Peter Principle in a nutshell.
As far as the games, I struggle to see MS as doing better but we'll see, their track record so far is not the strongest argument in their favor.
But Kotick belongs in prison, dude is literally scum, still find it weird how his sexual assault charges went completely silent and seem to have disappeared as soon as the MS acquisition was announced, shady AF if you ask me.
Microsoft is largely keeping the Activision Blizzard leadership structure in place, minus a few high-profile names. Kotick’s last day is December 29th.
Kotick taught them everything they needed to know about slot machines, now he's off to manage the Tangiers.
Never got to be held responsible for any of the harassment goings on in Activision and walks away with a huge pay check.
Combining with Microsoft will enable us to deliver more fun, more joy, and more connection to more players, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick writes.
yeh, he'll retire after that and walk away with 520 mio lol
i dont think that this decision makes Phil a saint
"more players"
Yes cutting one console out the equation means more players.
Guess with PR bullshit like this him and Phil Spencer get on so well
God. This is such PR bullshit. You forgot to add more.... microtransactions and less titles for the competition.
What did the Bethesda acquisition do exactly?
What will the Activision acquisition do exactly?
These are rhetorical questions.
Microsoft can't manage the studios they started with now all of a sudden you expect them to run abk?
Well, that's more believable.
I can believe this. Based on the fact that it is coming to more consoles (and coming to the most-popular 8th gen console) I think this has a chance to sell quite a lot. Activision knows how to market a game. They know how to sell a game. People want an online-focused game? I think Destiny will be the first next-gen shooter to really pull it off in a big way.
Plus, it has a campaign and I believe it's playable offline. Always a bonus.
Do not understand the hype behind this game.
Looks decidedly average.
I certainly like the looks of destiny more than titanfall
No split-screen co-op no buy.