Activision: We Don't Have an Ego Problem

[Lazy Kitty]

Maybe Activision doesn't, but Kotick certainly does.

That is what I was going to say...
dam it..

Seems I'm not the only one who wanted to say that.
Well, great minds think alike.

 

[Zeroresistence]

Make Bobby Kotick shut up and then well talk activision.

 

[Scabadus]

You want people to think that Activision is humble? Tell Kotick to shut the fuck up. That would solve that problem. Want to fix all of Activision's other problems in one fell swoop? Take away Kotick's ability to make business decisions.

Or you know fire him for someone who is probably better suited to the job and doesn't have a vendetta against the poor guy in the PR department.

Probably better suited? Yesterday's lunch would probably be better suited to the job, anything with a pulse would definatly be better than him.

 

[WanderingFool]

I wish I had that picture of Bender laughing right now, it's perfect for this thread.

There you go...

Close, but not quite it. I'm reffering to the one "oh wait you're serious. Let me laugh harder."

I found that, but it wouldnt let my link it.

*Edit*

Found it!

Now go fetch me a turkey sandwich.....and a milkshake.

Spoiler: How about you...

Actually had this one saved for just an occasion...

 

[Tharticus]

They say that but Bobby Kotick is flaunting himself around. What you gotta say for that?

 

[PeePantz]

The problem is, Kotick's decisions makes Activision A LOT OF MONEY. As far as investors are concerned, they couldn't have hired a better CEO for the job, unless they were able to find an automatic cash dispenser. PR is completely irrelevant if your company is pulling in $200 million a year in profit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105028-Breaking-News-Activision-Makes-Money].

*cough*Blizzard*cough*

You or I could make ActivisionBlizzard a shitload of money too. Hell, my dog could. However, an apt CEO could make the company much much more money (I guess they're not so greedy, after all) and elevate the video game community with their influence, solidifying even more money for the future as well.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

The problem is, Kotick's decisions makes Activision A LOT OF MONEY. As far as investors are concerned, they couldn't have hired a better CEO for the job, unless they were able to find an automatic cash dispenser. PR is completely irrelevant if your company is pulling in $200 million a year in profit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105028-Breaking-News-Activision-Makes-Money].

Well not really as they would be pulling a lot more money if they didn't have some twat fucking with the PR and someone who actually knew what they were doing. This is a creative industry and as such you can only milk a series so much before it becomes stale and shit leading to less sustainable profit. Right now they are over farming their land and in awhile the land will become infertile.

 

[Ldude893]

Maybe Activision doesn't, but Kotick certainly does.

Too right.

 

[Antari]

No egos, No ethics, No care for anything but the bottom line. I can see where hes going with this... and its still why I won't buy from them. The only thing they seem to be learning is how to make the product for less money, and sell it for more. Thankfully steam has been taking weekly drastic action against this.

 

[TheGuy(wantstobe)]

You want people to think that Activision is humble? Tell Kotick to shut the fuck up. That would solve that problem. Want to fix all of Activision's other problems in one fell swoop? Take away Kotick's ability to make business decisions.

Or you know fire him for someone who is probably better suited to the job and doesn't have a vendetta against the poor guy in the PR department.

The problem is, Kotick's decisions makes Activision A LOT OF MONEY. As far as investors are concerned, they couldn't have hired a better CEO for the job, unless they were able to find an automatic cash dispenser. PR is completely irrelevant if your company is pulling in $200 million a year in profit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105028-Breaking-News-Activision-Makes-Money].

Actually the most amusing tidbit is found on the actiblizz investor pages, on the 8th slide it actually breaks down the revenues by what company is responsible for it. It shows that for this quarter Activison was responsible for generating $314 million in net revenue while Blizzard responsible for $481 million in net revenue. So things aren't to bad in the revenue side with both parties being roughly equal.

As for net income well that tells a different story alltogether. Activision looks even worse with it's side side posting a net loss of of $43 million with blizzard posting a net gain of $246 million. When you look at the gains for the 9 months the picture becomes even more distorted in terms of income (revenue stays roughly equal again for the nine months with only a 100 million difference in Blizzard's favour) with Actision posting an $88 million loss on revenue of $983 million while Blizzard posts $546 million in net income on revenue of $1,086 million.

Bobby was great for making money in the short term bit as seen here he has ruined long term viability of Activision side of ActiBlizz.

 

[Exort]

Actually the most amusing tidbit is found on the actiblizz investor pages, on the 8th slide it actually breaks down the revenues by what company is responsible for it. It shows that for this quarter Activison was responsible for generating $314 million in net revenue while Blizzard responsible for $481 million in net revenue. So things aren't to bad in the revenue side with both parties being roughly equal.

As for net income well that tells a different story alltogether. Activision looks even worse with it's side side posting a net loss of of $43 million with blizzard posting a net gain of $246 million. When you look at the gains for the 9 months the picture becomes even more distorted in terms of income (revenue stays roughly equal again for the nine months with only a 100 million difference in Blizzard's favour) with Actision posting an $88 million loss on revenue of $983 million while Blizzard posts $546 million in net income on revenue of $1,086 million.

Bobby was great for making money in the short term bit as seen here he has ruined long term viability of Activision side of ActiBlizz.

Very true like what Shamus Young said " If all you want is for Activision-Blizzard to make money - any money - then they could fire Kotick and hire a desk lamp, because Blizzard was an unstoppable cash-generating dynamo before Kotick ever sat down in the CEO chair."

 

[Exort]

You want people to think that Activision is humble? Tell Kotick to shut the fuck up. That would solve that problem. Want to fix all of Activision's other problems in one fell swoop? Take away Kotick's ability to make business decisions.

Or you know fire him for someone who is probably better suited to the job and doesn't have a vendetta against the poor guy in the PR department.

The problem is, Kotick's decisions makes Activision A LOT OF MONEY. As far as investors are concerned, they couldn't have hired a better CEO for the job, unless they were able to find an automatic cash dispenser. PR is completely irrelevant if your company is pulling in $200 million a year in profit [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/105028-Breaking-News-Activision-Makes-Money].

I recommend you read this. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/experienced-points/8169-Experienced-Points-Age-of-Kotick
If you didn't know Activision is not earning money at all, it is the Blizzard half earning money which is not really a suprise, even before Kotick came in Blizzard was recognized as the cash printer of the industry.

Personally, I think the board haven't fire kotick is because it is a part of the deal. Kotick pay 7 billion to buy down Blizzard, and the company ActivisionBlizzard as a whole belong to Vivendi (owner of Blizzard). It is like saying I give you my company for free, if you merge my with your company. and I don't think Kotick is the kind of people that give stuff for free.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

We don't have an ego problem.

Yeah, but someone with an ego problem would totally say that!

While they can thank Blizzard for their gains, they can also thank Bobby Kotick for every negative accompanying a dollar sign. A puddin' cup would be a more successful CEO. Hell, a half-eaten puddin' cup could probably double Activision's sales.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

I wouldn't say 'ego', but Kotick is a bit of a dick.

 

[SmugFrog]

***Most awesome picture of Kotick Evar!***

After saying they were Bungie's only choice of all the game companies... yeah, sure, no big ego problem there.

 

[Danpascooch]

Activision: We don't have an ego problem, who the fuck said we have an ego problem? WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS! NONE!

 

[luckycharms8282]

The title of this article made me laugh. Activision might not have a huge ego, but they are definitely clawing and squeezing anything that may make them money.