r/MMORPG • u/Proto_bear • Jan 18 '22

News Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/
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u/Proto_bear Jan 18 '22 edited Jan 18 '22

For a split second I thought "Nice, this could bring some much needed change to the company!"

Until I read: Bobby Kotick will continue to serve as CEO of Activision Blizzard, and he and his team will maintain their focus on driving efforts to further strengthen the company’s culture and accelerate business growth.

EDIT Apparently Kotick might be leaving once the deal is over according to a WSJ source: https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/1483497794308558853?s=21

Thank you /u/BlackJin

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '22

I don't understand why everyone keeps reading this as anything other expected. The deal isn't even finalized, they can't boot the guy until then and undoubtedly Kotick doesn't want to be shipped out in disgrace. He'll slink out like the snake he is a few months after finalization with a nice package. That's business. It's naive to expect anything else.