With Activision killing Guitar Hero, True Crime and others and doubling down on Call of Duty and Blizzard titles, it's clear that the publisher could benefit from some more great IP. Although Activision does have a 10-year deal with Bungie, ultimately that's Bungie's IP to keep. The best way for the cash rich company to gain more properties, of course, is through acquisition. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia argues that Activision would do quite well to pick up Take-Two.
Zelnick and Slatoff have received a $25m bonus for their management fund after sacking 550 people from Take Two Interactive.
550 probably consultants.
GTA6 is in tweak phase, no need for massive number of people for that.
Bury them deep, plant an endangered species of tree ontop- body can never be recovered 🧐
Don’t ask how I know this 😂
I really don't even think CEO's should get bonuses. If I were a CEO and I made millions, I would like to think I wouldn't. Or if I had to legally, I would maybe find a way to disperse among the lower tier employees. Take my bonus and turn it into stocks to disperse out to those employees evenly.
That would be the way to do it. Imagine thinking a CEOs "leadership" is worth that much money while the talent makes the product.
Insanity.
I remember when I started working, my department manager used to gift us stuff each year, one year I got a bottle of Scotch, another it was a small basket of treats... But that was also a lot less money than what we're talking about here.
It would be ideal if the CEO could gift a bonus to everyone under them.
Monetary company bonuses (often referred to as Christmas bonuses) were astoundingly common.
The entire premise of Christmas Vacation was set around Clark's bonus.
CEO's work for shareholders and are shareholders they also rely on share price to receive their multimillion dollar paydays and they will happily fire thousands to protect shares. CEO's are there to extract the most value out of a company and give it to the wealthy few.
That is so god damn fucked up!! Unfortunately...I know damn well I will be still buying their games but shit like this should seriously have some sort of repercussion of some sort. 550 people get their lives totally up-ended and the leadership get a bonus on top of an already high salary. 25M could set those 550 people up with an annual salary each of $45,000. Depending on where you live, that is a very livable salary even...
The Take-Two lineup for next year looks epic, with releases like GTA 6, Borderlands 4, Judas, and Mafia: The Old Country all coming next year.
IMHO,
Judas in early 2025
Mafia 4 in mid 2025
Borderlands 4 in late 2025
GTA VI in early 2026
All within fiscal 2025.
Well I know for sure mafia devs and gta 6 will be 2 of the games that finally utilize this gen consoles power
Activision has published a new patent that wants to create NPCs capable of reacting with AI-generated audio and animations in games.
Have people forgotten that the 'A' in 'AI' stands for ARTIFICIAL? As in not real, as in the opposite of realism? AI-Generated content is the opposite of realism.
because I hate activision.
Also, im sure the people at T2 would not be happy when Kotex keeps their bonuses for himself and fires them.
Would you like for the gaming industry to be RUINED? That would be the absolute worst thing that could have to the gaming industry right now. Take-Two has a wonderful amount of great IPs and I would not want to see those ruined by koticks money hungry BS.
How about why Activision should die a slow painful death?
Please God, don't let this happen.
Fuck that, I don't want an annual GTA.