Activision Stock Dropping in Wake of Infinity Ward Scandal - Gamervision.com

Gamervision.com writes: "Overnight, all hell seems to have broken loose over at Infinity Ward, where some kind of scandal is brewing. We don't know all of the details yet, but it does seem like IW execs Jason Ward and Vince Zampella are no longer with the company due to some sort of human resources issue. While the gaming industry waits for more information, or a statement from either Infinity Ward or Activision, the publisher's stock is slowly dropping, which is sure to displease investors."

[dominicm]

I don't want to jump to conclusions since no one really knows what's going on, but the investors have got to be pissed at Bobby Kotick after all this bad publicity.

[Lifendz]

let alone risk losing them in October. If it wasn't for Modern Warfare I wouldn't buy one single Activision game. Not one. Music games don't interest me and the Marvel Alliance games are a rental imo. Based on the numbers, the popularity of all those plastic guitar games are declining. And if I were to make the plunge into that genre it would be for Rockband since they don't seem hell bent on making me buy a new game every year.

Activision, where IW goes the gamers will follow. Bobby better kiss up and make nice nice or he and the other higher ups have quite the rude awakening coming their way.

[Bnet343]

Reminds me of Tecmo stocks dropping when Itagaki left. It's sickening to hear news like this. Great developers put their asses on the line to make a great game only to get spit on the face by their publisher and then fired.

[kratos123]

but you moent forget itakagi is a b&%$ he was acting like he owned the company

[Kassanova07]

Activision will rott.

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

ATVI (Activision stock) dipped down less than 2% which is normal fluctuation in a day. There is nothing here linking the loss of IW to the stock price drop and believe me that only idiot investors would sell ATVI based on the loss of IW as if that is the sole reason to own it.

I love Infinity Ward (see my comment history), but IW doesn't make Activision.

The author should stick to games and not misleading reports of stocks!!!

[Greywulf]

I don't feel bad/good about this. But You get what you put out.

[sikbeta]

@Kassanova07

Is not gonna happen Pal, Blizzard is still There ready to save the Boat, that's why Kod!ck act like he can do whatever he want, man they are firing a lot of Devs, it's almost unbelievable

Anyway, Gamers FTW!!!

[SilentNegotiator]

Investors don't want to see disorder amongst their companys' relationships.

[jamesgtaiv]

Its like when EA tried to do a hostile take-over of Rockstar. The stocks dropped like a meteor shower. Any time theres a chance for a publisher change for any company, especially one so liquid, theres a lot of uncertainty in the air. I think IW should have kept their mouths shut to begin with and Activision shouldnt have acted like the mafia and stuck henchmen at the doors. This is like watching kids fight over who gets the money from a lemonade stand. Things like this make you wonder how any of these people got the jobs they lost today.

[madjedi]

@1.5 Activision's financial lifeline is wow and the cod series, without those 2, they wouldn't have sh^t in the way of high revenue earners in their line up, the music and 150+ dollar gimmick controler based games are killing activistion.

IW's new ip they were going to make, would probably have done fairly well(assuming it's a shooter), despite mw2 being glitchy as hell, iw has made alot of good solid games, so they still have a rep as one of the better dev teams.

IW might not make up activistion, but with iw closing it seems, i see it affecting sales of future cod games and not in a positive way.

[BlackIceJoe]

Like the old saying you Reap what you sow.

So this is just people getting mad at Activision and I think this is sad how Activision is treating there employees and I hope the people that lost there job at Infinity Ward find new jobs soon.

[FragMnTagM]

It's supposed to be THEIR not there in the context of your sentence. Their meaning ownership. There meaning a place. Get it right! Like, Over there! For their: the truck is theirs... etc. etc.

[GameOn]

Am I ready to teach English now?

[Mc Nasty]

The best thing to do is wait for a statement from either Infinity Ward or Activision to see whats really going on, O and one more thing, screw Bobby Kotick.

* Lets get NASTY!!!

[LadyStardust]

Activision would never get rid of Bobby Kotick, he brings them so much money. Sure, it's at the expense of creativity, innovation, and the happiness of employees, but who cares? MONEY!

[mikepmcc]

they have released a statement...nothing is being said about the lawsuits though, usually nothing is until they are through.

http://investor.activision....

[jamesgtaiv]

Stardust has it about right. Greed is a major factor in any corporation. Every company has a D*ck Cheney that shoots employees in the face when they step out of line. Bobby is this companies D*ck. Im just surprised he hasnt flown a plane into the IW offices yet.

EDIT: Lol at censoring the name D*ck.

[DARK WITNESS]

boycott, boycott !!!! lololol

[Mc Nasty]

Better yet, bring that piggly sum b!tch this way

* Lets get NASTY!!!

[Mc Nasty]

we can make him squeal like a pig

* Lets get NASTY!!!

[Quadrix]

We can only hope it reaches zero.

[digger18]

So I guess there will be no MW2 dlc for the 360, since Microsoft already paid for it, they must be p!ssed.

[tdrules]

Heres to the stock hitting the funking floor.
although that would mean Blizzard's demise
hmmmm

[Mr_Showtime1]

I'm sure Blizzard have some clause where they can GTFO of this shi**y mess they got into. I want Activison to sink and I never want to see another CoD game in my life, but I do feel Bobby whathisface is mainly to blame for my under hatred towards them now, hes a corrupt, narrowminded, power hungry dictating a**hole.

[tdrules]

its just a shame he makes shareholders a lot of money or he would be out of the door.

[ForROME]

Good, Not a fan of activision anymore and have no intention of every becoming one again because of who leads them

[joystick555]

down down down to the bottom of the sea

[Captain Tuttle]

CNBC wrote an article about it.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/3567...

When stuff like this makes waves outside of the gaming community it's officially a big deal.

[discstu37]

Dropping 1 point in a day cannot be attributed to firings. Stocks fluctuate like this all the time.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Now could someone look up what they are currently worth? Cause if the stocks are worth say 25 or 30 bucks the few cents decline is hardly an issue as it would be a regular occurance in the stock market for there to be a great deal of variation day to day, hour to hour. However, if the stocks are like 1 or 2 bucks... thats an entirely different matter.

Edit:
Looks like they go for abotu 10 bucks, so its just over 1%, not a huge deal assuming it stops.

Maybe people will finally stop buying activison games new, i only buy them used.

[kwyjibo]

It's fallen by just over 1% today. This is not movement. This is just noise. The share price is still higher than COP on Friday.

The author knows nothing about the stock market.

[dtalon3]

who cares lets all hope it drops whether it is or it isn't. activision needs a little nut tap to remind them the consumer still cares about quality not a name.

[swice]

And we show them by boycotting their games. Meaning stop buying them

[viking805fan]

I hope Infinity Ward leaves them in the future.

[Akagi]

F*CKING YES!!

[Omega Zues]

Because this ship is only sinking down.

[Gago]

they've killed their own life support system

hahaha!

[dkgshiz]

I hope the worst for Activision.

[Sigh]

should just leave Activision. Show em who's boss.

[swice]

Breaking a contract is not an easy thing to do. IW could get in serious legal trouble for that

[R_A_LEE20]

Serves them right, Activision is a twinkle in the Devils eye. At this rate they will go down quick then the Titanic.

[DJ]

This might explain why there's security personel at the studio. The employees are a legal risk in that they will probably take content from that game with them to whatever studio the former execs create later on down the road.

Activision may be confident that they can replace whoever leaves Infinity Ward (i.e. the entire team), but hiring several outside studios to continue the Call of Duty franchise is not going to sustain them in the long run. Infinity Ward makes the best COD titles, bar none. Treyarch's version is alright, but nothing special. And who knows what Sledgehammer Games are going to do.

[FwanK]

Activision reminds me of Robocop's OCP

[jdktech2010]

If they touch Blizzard and ruin that relationship, they're gigantic idiots. They can have the franchises I guess but without Blizzard behind them, it would fail miserably.

[swice]

I spread my cheeks to you Bobby: "Smell this, please"

[Claudinho69]

gotta love the effect of the chain reaction

[WiiPS3beats360]

so Treyarch is leading the pack now?
AWESOME!!! I love that cuz treyarch always makes kick A$$ games and although they are money lovers, they dont favoritize consoles

GAMERS FTW!!!

[madjedi]

I own 5 activision games, one is mua 1, the other one guitar hero 3, does activation make any worthwhile games other than the cod series, because i sure as hell can't think of any.