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And what is Microsoft going to do with this purchase? Seriously, Microsoft is buy all these game studios and fail to utilize them probably. They own all the IP required to do a followup to Fallout New Vegas and NOTHING.
God damn man. How is this not an antitrust violation? The only answer is that we live in truly corrupt times. What is our answer to this?
I’m convinced we’ve always had corruption, it’s just seeing more of the light today. I mention this to my Eastern European friends and they laugh at the level of corruption the US complains about (compared to what they’ve had for decades+)
These days I’m not that sure that the case (only talking about the Eastern European countries in the US)
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
He won’t continue working after this year, like you said. Microsoft can’t magically make his equity disappear.
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant [1]
Activision's Bobby Kotick Didn't Just Know, He Also Was Shitty To Women [2]
Activision Blizzard CEO Brushes Off Company’s Harassment Issues—Argues There Is No ‘Systemic’ Problem [3]
[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-...
[1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-videogames-bobby-kot...
[2] https://kotaku.com/report-activisions-bobby-kotick-didnt-jus...
[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/05/31/act...
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
What hurts way more at scale is the increasing monopolistic power of Microsoft Games. That should be the primary focus of everyone's attention.
This weakens Sony, Nintendo, Steam, Epic. The consumer. Everyone but Microsoft.
Microsoft can give away "experiences" under-cost and sink a lot of human attention into it. That translates to opportunity cost will be spent in the machine rather than distributed economies of innovation.
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick#Sexual_harassment...
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
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https://kotaku.com/activision-boss-loses-legal-battle-over-s...
separately it was highly reported that he left death threats on his secretary's answering machine
https://www.businessinsider.com/activision-ceo-bobby-kotick-...
which the company apologised for
he's obviously a very shrewd businessman, but my god, you've got to be thick to leave death threats on an answering machine
Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO until the end of 2023 and get a huge check for this purchase. He's getting rewarded for building a toxic, fratboy workspace, sexually and psycologically harassing women. I wonder if Microsoft can be held accountable for allowing a sex predator like him to continue working.
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He won’t continue working after this year, like you said. Microsoft can’t magically make his equity disappear.
I think the problem is the optics of allowing him to continue working a single day after Microsoft takes over. It sends a message that it's okay.
This guy should have walked away with nothing instead.