Activision Blizzard workers speak out after Bobby Kotick’s CEO exit - eviltoast
After former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick finally stepped down, current and ex-employees have spoken out about his leadership.
  • Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world
    101·
    11 months ago

    TL;DR: Employees say his actions led to a lot of direction changing that forced management to scramble, and the lower workers had to bear the brunt of this. They also complained that OW2 needed more work or would be review bombed on Steam and his leadership refused. Shareholders are still happy to fellate him though because he made them a lot of money.

    So, no actual news here.

  • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
    523·
    11 months ago

    Don’t read this trash ass article, it stealth-fluffs koticks dick like most media does to anyone with money.

    Luck harder, article author! I see a spot you missed.

  • Futs@lemmy.world
    20·
    11 months ago

    I’m genuinely worried for Bungie and Destiny 2. It’s like “We get it, we let our players down. We are going to fix it by firing the current CEO and hiring Bobby Kotick…”

    • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 months ago

      Bobby going to Bungie is only an uncomfirmed rumor.

      However, I will never forgive Bungie.

      • They did Marty and Joe dirty, Marty by trying to rescind his company shares and Joe for the way Jason Jones treated him in Destiny 1s developement

      • They absolutely ruined Destiny 1 and 2, though 2 far more than 1

      • They deleted content that I paid for without my permission, removing my ability to choose to access it (this is when I stopped playing Destiny altogether)

      • They’re tarnishing Marathon’s good name by making it a PvEvP extraction looter shooter

      • “We want you to throw money at the screen” famous quote (they really thought it was a good idea to say that)

      If Bobby does become CEO there, I would not be surprised. But I actually dont think its possible for Bungie to get any lower.

    • William@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      I’ve seen that they understand players are leaving in droves, but I’ve seen no indication that they know why. Every single thing they’ve said an done since the last DLC has been exactly the opposite of what makes the game fun for me. I went from spending way, way, way too much time each week to spending virtually none in a single season… And I haven’t even checked on the game since the second week of this season. It’s really sad.

    • Amerikan Pharaoh@lemmygrad.ml
      51·
      11 months ago

      Do you really think they’d dig themselves out of the Sony-shaped hole they’re in by Final Shape even if left entirely to their own devices anymore? I lost anything I had for Bungie when they wanted to try and pin the reason for their layoffs on ‘the players not spending enough’ with the prices they already charge for base admission.

  • BigFig@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    Going to be really awkward when they meet Bubby Kotman, the new intern, on Tuesday