Gamers and developers everywhere are celebrating Bobby Kotick's departure

[axiomatic13]

But that's by design: By law Corporations need to put the shareholders first, and its when you understand that you understand all the short-term focused moves that corporations make, often to their own long-term detriment.

I love that Larian Studios gave that business model a swift kick in the nuts with BG3.

 

[kira setsu]

Eh, in terms of business he was fantastic for Activision and now the woke lot will probably take over and sink it. Good.

Sure, they milked gamers, but COD fans got COD and WoW fans got WoW. 'Casual' gamers got all the candies they could afford (or not). The only really egregious stuff was the 'don't you have phones?' and Lulu's Twitter tantrums, but that wasn't Koptik's fault.

As for the man himself... I don't really care.

This,

the dude did his job, it isn't his fault that gamers are probably the dumbest fanbase a form of media can get, for all the griping that gamers do, they sure do get fleeced out of their money at truly staggering rates.

for all the hate that got tossed at him, the same gamers kept their precious games afloat though didnt they? I've learned gamers will loudly shout about not doing something only to keep the attention away from the fact their wallets are open for that the exact thing they're screaming at, look at hogwarts legacy, may be the top selling game of 2023, if it wasnt then trusty ol CoD was, which proves my point anyway.

 

[Bamda]

What!?! I heard he was a good guy. He made a lot of money for himself and settled all the outstanding lawsuits before he left the company. What more can you ask of a CEO these days.