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Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick departs in just a few days (www.eurogamer.net)
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Controversial Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick will depart the company on 29th December, it's been announced. Koti…

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Can't come soon enough, and I hope he's not the last.

I know there's still some who are angry about the deal because "muh free market," but it's really hard to get upset about Microsoft coming in and sacking all of ActiBlizz executives. It desperately needs a leadership purge, and Microsoft was one of the only companies that was poised to do it.

[–] fuzzzerd 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's possible to lament the consolidation of studios and applaud the sacking of the awful executive team at the same time. It's not a zero sum game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's not quite zero sum, but the two are directly connected. ActiBlizz was never going to get a leadership shake-up without being acquired by a major company, so to praise one consequence of the merger while vilifying another is contradictory.