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Kotick: Looking Out For Shareholders First, Gamers Second?

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"Activision Blizzard CEO Robert Kotick is a determined man. Focused on little but the bottom line, Kotick spoke openly to investors and analysts at the Deutsche Bank Securities Technology Conference in San Francisco about Activision Blizzard's status within the gaming community. Kotick made some fairly large claims during his 45 minute presentation, surrounding the future of game development and Activision Blizzard's role therein, but most of these claims seemed more focused on making or saving money rather than on the enjoyment of consumers."

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Nitrowolf25767d ago

This guy a greedy duoch
but i guess thats business

UnSelf5767d ago

Kotick

Konniving Opportunist Tethered Into Castrating Kittens

Seraphim5767d ago

that is business...

but leave it to Kotick to stir up a Blizzard...

Leathersoup5767d ago

It's not business. It's "publicly traded company" business. It's one of the reasons I appreciate Valve and all they do.

THE-JAGON5767d ago

Fire Robert Kotick !!! Fire Robert Kotick !!!
Fire Robert Kotick !!! Fire Robert Kotick !!!
Fire Robert Kotick !!! Fire Robert Kotick !!!

sunil5767d ago

its just business, but he is being an idiot coming out and saying the things he does... Hes just alienating gamers and thats not good

morganfell5767d ago

A lot of people workout because they want to lose weight. Their goal is to look better, feel better, and drop those pounds and the workout is something you have to deal with. You endure it. Gradually the chore of exercising, going to the gym, eating correctly wears on them and they fail.

But if they make the workout itself the goal, an adventure, something to be enjoyed and adjust their lifestyle and don't focus on the end result then the pounds drop and end result they want actually takes care of itself.

Bobby (Hank Hill voice) if you take care of the gamers and focus on treating them fair and providing a great product that everyone enjoys then the shareholders will reap huge profits. The end result will take care of itself.

But focus on the greed and profit, rather than the enjoyment, it will wear on devs, the games will blow and your system will fail.

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VampHuntD5767d ago

Kotick should realize that looking after gamers and consumers is the BEST way to look after his shareholders. Gamers ain't buying means stockholders aren't getting paid.

D4RkNIKON5767d ago

It doesn't get any more true than that..

Johnny Rotten5767d ago (Edited 5767d ago )

in other words...

if you keep putting out overly priced plastic toys and give us nothing more than a rehash of the "been there, done that" people WILL get board of you. When I say people I mean the ones your trying to milk.

DARK WITNESS5767d ago

Exactly..

now if only gamers actually realized this... i don't the few of us on this site and the few who are ready to leave activisions games on the shelf and not support them, but the masses of gamers who regardless of what price or stupid schime he comes up with will gladly skip down to the shops like lemmings and feed him and his board of directors while getting less quality and paying more for it !

honestly, wake up people.

kaveti66165767d ago

Bobby Kotick is actually a lot smarter than most of us on here. We sit here in our little internet bubble and think we are the world, and we're not. We read these articles about the douchey things that this guy says and does, and we say we should boycott his games, and all of that, but guess what? We are the minority. Bobby knows this. Modern Warfare 2 is going to sell millions of copies and most of the world has no clue what Kotick has said. They don't know and they don't care, only we do. We make mountains out of molehills on this site, thinking what? That we are the voice of gamers? The world will continue to pay for the game, even if the price went up 20 bucks. That's what is happening, and that will continue to happen. I really have no idea what kind of arrogance it takes to post a comment that advises this man what he should do.

Bobby is the CEO of a major company. Do you really think he gives a crap about what an internet blogger has to say? No. He has more info than anyone else about what it takes to sell games. Will he make mistakes? Yes, and in hindsight the rest of us will seep out of the woodwork and make claims that we knew all along that so and so game was gonna fail, whereas the majority of games by Activision Blizzard are in high demand and are anticipated by millions of people around the world. World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, Modern Warfare 2, Guitar Hero, Diablo 3 are all games that I have no intention of buying because they don't interest me, but I assume each one of them will be successful and Kotick's shareholders love him, and gamers all around the world don't even know who he is. They just play the games that his company makes.

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Ares84PS35767d ago

How is he a CEO of anything if he can't think???

wow.

mrv3215767d ago

Atleast we are second, surprised we are that high, he treats us like a clingy woman, no matter he does we come back.

I will never buy GH, WoW, WarCraft, Starcraft or Diablo 3, because of this guy I got too close to buy WoW and I went I refuse to put faith in a company that treats me this way. I'm buying COD 6 second hand unless they implement some anit second hand system in which case I'll pirate.

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Looming Xbox layoffs threaten Microsoft's reputation

Even as the company sets out to overhaul the very definition of Xbox, cuts at its studios risk creating a negative image reminiscent of EA's worst era

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Jingsing3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I appreciate the article but this guy must be living in a delayed universe, The reputation was ruined 10+ years ago and hasn't recovered since. As such people have voted with their wallets and stopped buying Xbox products in large amounts.

YourMommySpoils2d ago

Their reputation was lost way before that. From the moment Microsoft said they entering the console business, we all knew it would be a downgrade.

Bathyj1d 12h ago (Edited 1d 12h ago )

That's not true at all the OG Xbox had drive and they had hunger and they wanted to accomplish something. It was a great console.

they didn't quite reach their goals and they gave up prematurely because they couldn't win. It was halfway through the Xbox 360 when kinect released and that was when they lost their way and we're a rudderless ship ever since

Agent751d 10h ago

In all fairness, Xbox had some great games with online play, Xbox 360 even better. Xbox consoles started to die with the Xbox One. Ditch consoles for the PC and PS.

YourMommySpoils1d 2h ago

@Bathyj hard to compute ay. Xbox was never better than a PC and that's all they ever were. A demo box. Doesn't get more true than that.

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isarai3d ago

What reputation is this threatening exactly? 😂

Lightning773d ago

Rumors of Turn 10 being either shut down or hit with massive lay offs is on the horizon.

The issue is MS will do something right only to do something very, very wrong. And they do this what seems calculative at this point. Doesn't matter what they do the Investors and leadership want more and more money an endless bottomless pit of purr insatiable greed. A company that acts like it's broke or hurting is what really, really infuriates me. They've surpassed apple again well over 3 trillion who acts like they're a million dollar company is fk stupid. Pivots and changes for no reason and can't do things for more than a year with out a pivot or changing their metrics.

Christopher2d ago

That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest.

1Victor2d ago

@christopher: “ That would be really bad since Phil just hyped up next year as a big Forza year at Summer Game Fest”
The key word big can be ether good or bad 🤷🏿only time can tell

DarXyde2d ago

First Forza being generated entirely via AI?

If any company would do it, it'd be them.

Nacho_Z1d 18h ago

Isn't the point that it's irrelevant how profitable MS is, the suits have decided it's time that the Xbox division started making them money. Hence the layoffs, the pivots.

hennessey861d 13h ago

That wouldn't surprise me, as motorsport has been heading down hill since the great number 4. Where as playground have consistently put out better games. I think the two studios will be merged under playground games banner.

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The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline

Ross Scott—also known as Accursed Farms on YouTube—has been fighting tooth and nail for almost a full year to help spearhead game preservation. Starting after it was announced that Ubisoft's The Crew would be shutting down, permanently ending support for the game, Scott launched the "Stop Killing Games" initiative.

That makes a twofold deadline for the Stop Killing Games initiative. Or, at least, one headed up by Scott: The UK petition, which ends July 14, and the EU Citizens' Initiative, which ends July 3.

M3talDiamond6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

If you live in the EU then Please sign this or our game ownership rights and game preservation is
at stake. I know there isnt much time left but please consider signing the petition

-Foxtrot5d ago

I never knew Ross Scott was doing this

I love Freemans Mind

Inverno5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

People whine and in the end don't do a thing. Then whine more when they get screwed some more smh. If this makes it then it'll be monumental for consumers. That Pirate software guy was no help either smh.

GazCBG4d ago

The EU Date is the 31st July not the 3rd

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Xbox June Update: Copilot for Gaming Available on Mobile, Aggregated Gaming Library, and More

There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.

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darthv727d ago

"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."

This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.

Profchaos7d ago

Not everything needs co pilot ms

1Victor6d ago

Gotta be a slow news day when a 18 hours and 3 comments (now 4)makes it to the front page🤷🏿
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Well anything that adds and help gamers is a good thing even if some don’t need it there’ll be more that will use it.

darthv726d ago

Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops.

Obscure_Observer6d ago

"Well its MS news... those are usually pretty dry, unless it has something to do with another game being ported to PS. then its top of the pops."

Oh look no further than the "Upcoming layoffs at MS" topic. It will easily top the Hottest of the week.

Special guests like Mr. Dead might also show up. You just watch.