Activision Warns it Might Leave the UK Over Tax Break U-Turn

[Atmos Duality]

I'd believe Kotick is serious when he complains about a government possibly cutting into his profits.

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

Oh Lib Dems, if only you could have actually stuck to your promises instead of siding with the Tories.

You can't be mad at them for not keeping their promises, they really never expected to end up in a position where they'd be able to break them.

As for Activision, if they want to go elsewhere, then good riddance to them, we're all feeling the squeeze right now, why should they get a break? Much as I love video games, I really don't think it's an industry worthy of a tax break. Perhaps a tax break aimed specifically at smaller developers could be justified, but not Activision.

Very true and I'm not really a big fan of Activision - we might be better off without them to be honest.

 

[Necromancer1991]

For the love of god Bobby, your company f**king prints money, you're the US equivalent of Nintendo and you still act like you don't have money to spare, my god your worse than Ebeneezer Scrooge FFS, "Oh they're increasing taxes over there eh, YOUR FIRED!!!!!"

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Does this mean that games that are already highly priced are going to be more expensive?

Labour are going to storm the next elections.

No, retailers said that they can't sell them any higher than they are now, and will have to take the increase themselves. If games run any higher than they are now, sales would plummet.

I'm gonna have to echo the statements above. Fucking Tories...