Microsoft/Xbox Buy Activision Blizzard For $70 Billion & WSJ Sources Say CEO Bobby Kotick Is Out

SOURCES

TOP PATRONS
[CIPHER]
- Joseph Lavoie
[BIG BOSS]
- Coopster
- Devon B
- Jonathan Ball
- Sarano
[BOSS]
- Charlie Galvin
- Gerardo Andrade
- Joe Hunt
- Michael Redmond
- Peter Vrba
- Time Dragonlord
[LEGENDARY]
- BattleBladeWar
- TacoBell Call911
- Theron Webb

[YongYea]

Wtf is this timeline anymore.


TOP PATRONS
[CIPHER]
- Joseph Lavoie
[BIG BOSS]
- Coopster
- Devon B
- Jonathan Ball
- Sarano
[BOSS]
- Charlie Galvin
- Gerardo Andrade
- Joe Hunt
- Michael Redmond
- Peter Vrba
- Time Dragonlord
[LEGENDARY]
- BattleBladeWar
- TacoBell Call911
- Theron Webb

[decipher]

Considering all the controversies I’m surprised they didn’t buy Blizzard for the price of a diet coke

[Vontyak]

As the old saying goes, “if a CEO won’t step down on his own, buy his company and force him out yourself.” Now I finally understand what they meant by that

[BallyTheDog]

"Permission to leave the station."
"For what purpose, Master Chief?"
"To aquire Activision Blizzard."

[DawnOfTheOzz]

When Microsoft said that they were "re-evaluating their relationship with Activision Blizzard", what they were really saying was "How much for the whole thing?"

[halcyonactual]

It's a smart move by Microsoft, wait for all the allegations and lawsuits to lower Activision Blizzard's value then swoop in with a good deal.

[LabMatt]

Imagine a teacher that can't get a student to behave, saying "you're not my dad" every time he gets scolded, then the teacher marries his mom
This is basically it

[jackie]

Microsoft is really out here collecting the infinity stones of gaming.

[thedespairsquid]

I really hope Microsoft let all the smaller developers that got stuck supporting CoD I.e Raven, highmoon, Beenox are allowed to go back to develop smaller new ips.

[samofsamnation]

Microsoft: “…what do you actually do here?”

Kotick: “I walk around, participate in some workplace harassment, and convince board members to mass fire devs and employees so I can get raises”

[hooliganfish]

I just saw this on Twitter.

This is insane! Turns out "reevaluating relationships" meant were going to buy and fix Activision Blizzard. Holy crap....

[partialartist]

I honestly think the worst part this deal does is gives Bobby Kotick a way out. He basically gets to leave the company quietly and gives him a legacy of getting this company from rags to riches and leaves with millions if not over a billion dollars with no repercussions for his actions. This is why he was so adamant about staying regardless of the allegations, he knew this deal was coming and was making sure it would go through

[SourRobo]

I hope this leads to more of Activision's obscure games getting another chance. Like Singularity, that game was awesome.

[Alabenson]

The main benefit I see here is the fact that Microsoft's priorities are going to be significantly different than Activision's. Activision saw games as a delivery system for microtransactions, and thus the quality of the games themselves wasn't important. Microsoft sees games as a way to sell Xboxes and Game Pass subscriptions, so they have an incentive to make games that are actually good.

[GamesKickz]

Will be interesting to see if games like World Of Wacraft will continue to be developed, given up on, completely changed, sequels, or maybe even get new games added to their universe.

[oscarftb]

Imagine if Bungie was still under Activision?

Microsoft: Welcome back, Bungie.
Bungie: Time to make the Destiny-Halo crossover.

[bearwitty]

Activision being bought by another company is poetic justice on another level.

A sadistic part of me hopes they get dismantled and phased out of existence like they have done to so many great companies in the past.

I don't even care if we lose all the blizzard games in the process because they're already a shell of their former glory.

[crimsontrooper]

Apparently our main man Phil Spencer means when he says "Evaluating His Relationship with Activision" just translates to "Fuck it, I'll do it myself." What a legend.

[THE_KIRYU]

I just had the realization that if Bungie hadn't cut ties with Activision now the studio would have been effectively re-absorbed by Microsoft, not to say that they cannot outright buy it back given this precedent

[viniciuscoxoba]

Blizzard/Activision: lawsuits, stocks falling

Phil Spencer: **BUY LOW, SELL HIGH**