Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard

Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by zadjii on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:44AM (#29978900)

Literally the next sentence:

> Once the deal closes, the Activision Blizzard business will report to Phil Spencer, CEO, Microsoft Gaming.

So no, they aren't keeping him around. Good call.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by ferdowsi on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:48AM (#29978959)

That doesn't say that Kotick will be gone, it says that he'll be reporting up to Microsoft.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by stoobs on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:54AM (#29979069)

Golden parachute incoming... Probably hanging around for a few months until the buyout completes, then off he goes.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by Hamuko on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:17AM (#29979445)

Apparently his shares are worth about 385 million and his golden parachute is like a maximum of 293 million.

So if Microsoft buys out and fires Kotick, he'd walk away with like 678 million dollars. It's pretty weird that there are people who are happy about this proposition and are not named "Robert Kotick".

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by Ygg2 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:10AM (#29979337)

https://tenor.com/view/crying-wiping-tears-with-money-sad-mo...

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by uptown on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:50AM (#29979010)

Corporate speak sometimes requires you to read between the lines.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:55AM (#29979099)

Thats what I thought. A CEO reporting to a CEO isnt going to end well.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:58AM (#29979145)

Who exactly do you think the CEO of Microsoft Gaming reports to? This is a pretty common corporate structure. I've worked under a total of 4 CEOs in a hierarchy before (CEO of an investment firm reports to CEO of the owning bank's European investment division reports to CEO of Europe reports to actual CEO).

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:00AM (#29979166)

CEO within CEO is for separate Business Units or divisions, which is clearly not the case here.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:23AM (#29979529)

How is Activision Blizzard not a business unit?

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mandis on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @11:28AM (#29981531)

It probably isnt and it should become an integral part of Microsoft Gaming within 3-6 months. There is nothing dramatically different between it and other gaming projects/units in MS Gaming. This is not a large enterprise acquiring a startup and letting them run independently.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by mbg721 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:57AM (#29979127)

Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by bidirectional on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:55AM (#29979100)

There's nothing to read into. He is categorically going to being staying on.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by TigeriusKirk on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:06AM (#29979278)

There's still a CEO of Mojang. So maybe they keep him, maybe they won't.

They wouldn't muddy their happy upbeat acquisition announcement by mentioning they're pushing him out, though.

So it's wrong to draw any conclusions yet.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by Miner49er on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @08:50AM (#29978996)

No, he's just going to report to Phil Spencer it looks like. He will still lead Activision Blizzard. Might be different once we know more details.

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Re:Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard by user-the-name on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @09:01AM (#29979189)

I do not see that saying that at all.

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