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@@rasengdori13like all mega corporations eventually they become too greedy and big for they're own good. Caring less and less about their customers. Untill us the consumers kick up enough fuss and that's when a new player enters the game. Untill they too grow too big and greedy. Thus the circle of greed continues.
Bobby Kotick: Proof that Good Things Happen to Bad People, Cheaters Prosper, "Bad Guys" win, and Karma / Karmic Justice is illusory and nonexistent. Also, aggressive market consolidation will be the death of video gaming. The market needs a healthy, independent 3rd party of devs and publishers to survive and grow. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE benefits from having another "Disney" (who owns the Lion's Share of Hollywood and IP) in video games.
I wouldn't hold my breath on this. Like all other greed-driven CEOs, Kotick will be given a golden parachute and land in the commander's chair of a different game studio and/or publisher. Same with Riccitiello.
As good as this change will hopefully be, I can't help but think that Kotick simply retired after acquiring a percentage of that $70B. The prick did his duty by poisoning the industry, and now he's happily leaving the game to enjoy the fruits of his work. *edit:* should have watched the video for another minute ._.
I Missed "clown math". Thank you for bringing that back. Complete with the "honk" sound effect. Always makes my day. Edit: You forgot to mention the entire smartphone/mobile division of Acti-Bliz. That department is a large chunk of that companies revenue - candy crush, COD mobile and more. Interesting what the changes there are going to be. Pushing more gamepass/xcloud stuff maybe? Who knows...
How much would you bet, that before the first "Released Day One" Gamepass variant of COD comes out they release a higher cost Gamepass tier that first party games become exclusive too.
Oh, absolutely. Expect tiered pricing, more ads in paid content, paid early access for literal "rentals," and more from Game Pass. Microsoft has already tipped their hand with the Starfield launch, gamers literally bought into it, which only proves the concept works and emboldens Microsoft - Xbox to go further with nickel-and-diming their customers.
Phil Spencer is Basically Thanos now and instead of infinity stones he's collecting studios and companies and when he finally snaps his fingers Physical media will disappear.
This whole situation has been crazy. My dad actually went to high school with Bob Fitch, the lead programmer on Starcraft, who retired not too long after all the stuff about Blizzard came out.
I love how much you guys have improved since beginning this channel Don't get me wrong it was great at the beginning too but seeing you guys streamline your presentation is very impressive.
There is alot of good that can come for consumers and developers with this deal finally being done but also some bad along with it. For now Kotick just being out and hopefully away from the industry entirely is a 'W" for everyone.
Paying extra for early access is fine with me. It’s usually like a week and it’s good for people who can’t wait. Personally I’ll wait for the GP release
I just want more Blizzard games from StarCraft universe. It’s always had the most potential, imo, to make games outside its traditional RTS format. Give me an FPS, TPS, MMO, Tactics game. All of them could be good, hell, try Ghost again!
Can only speak to right now, and the near future, but it’s insane for anyone to say that GamePass isn’t the best value for gamers on the market right now. Xbox, Bethesda, EA, Activision, Blizzard (plus a bunch of Ubisoft and Sega titles like Yakuza). Sooooo many massive games and content for like $15 a month??? That is insane.
Pretty sure he just means the economy would presumably be in a better economic position, allowing for Microsoft to justify keeping more of the employees from Activision/Blizzard/King.
My "favorite" tidbit of history about Bobby Kotick: Jeetil Patel, Deutsche Bank Securities - Analyst "What do you think the retailers' willingness these days is to hold inventory on the video game side? Are they building positions today or are they still very reluctant and very careful of how they are buying?" Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard, Inc. - President and CEO "I don't think it is specific to video games. I think that if you look at how much volatility there is in the economy and, dependent upon your view about macroeconomic picture and I think we have a real culture of thrift. And I think the goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks that we brought in to Activision 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games." "I think we definitely have been able to instill the culture, the skepticism and pessimism and fear that you should have in an economy like we are in today. And so, while generally people talk about the recession, we are pretty good at keeping people focused on the deep depression."
new comdey tv show coming out - Bob and the Rickster , where two gross ass ex ceo's try to find leadership positions in an industry that hates them both
It's a good start but we also need to get rid of the people on the Activision board that actively knew about (and possibly took part in) Koticks activities and closed ranks to protect him. Kotick is one head on this hydra that needs to be removed but there are more.
Biggest concern is this company buy is a last ditch effort for gamepass as well. They aren't even making the 100mill they want but for gamepass to succeed it's going to have to make $500mill. They are already talking about pulling out of gaming by the end of 2028 if gampass doesn't succeed and it's hard seeing it work right now.
Had to pause the video. To go watch the Xbox one & yep that announcement trailer is smaaaarmy AF 😂😂😂😂. All that's missing from the the title is the 😏😏 emojis & 🖕🏾 Sony 😂. But still a cook trailer 👌🏾👌🏾.
I dont play many AAA games anymore. They arent made for my demographic anymore. But man things are getting weird. Platform exclusives used to be a handful of games at most. Not fucking 40+% of games
I wonder if Microsoft will make a tiered setup for Game Pass where Ads are enabled. The issue with these live stream service models is, as a company. You make waaaay more money selling Ads. Than you do with subscribers. So I wonder if people could get a mid-game ad roll every 10 minutes of game time. I hope not. But I wouldn't put it past them.
Im trying to think, without googling.... what does playstation have left? Just its own in house studios? I wouldnt be surprised if they start talking to nintendo again, not entirely different from how the playstation brand started.
Bobby needs to be also remembered as one of the money men behind the Republican party to the tune of over a million dollars to candidates . He helped the campaigns of many a supporter of many a Trump guy, including a dark money hedge fund operation apparently according to various reporters that dug thru the paper shuffle to hide his involvement.
I think Bobby should only get his money if he agrees to jello wrestle John Riccitiello in bikinis over worst man in gaming; Geoff Keighley officiating. Event right before GOTY winner reveal.
I already pay 20$ a month for Gamepass ultimate. If they had a 35 or 40$ teir that game me gamepass ultimate plus Activision catalog then sure thats fair. Now i. My eyes thats fair because that catalog includes WoW, thats the question i think here. How will WoW fit into this.
@@agray2011That deal was a weird one because even when the contract was still valid we still got Disney infinity 3.0 and lego star wars the force awakens
All these people acting like activision being bought is like disney getting fox are deluded. Theres so many companies and its so easy to be an indie dev in gaming that this will never be a big deal. Worst case scenario is AAA games will suck, which bad news, most akready do. Indie and AA are and will always be superior to corpo crap anyway. The only reason I care about this is that it gets that tick out of the indudtry, and I can play some brain dead CoD on my gamepass in a year or so.
Call me tinfoil hat, but I'm suspecting that all these buying of studios is for a bigger purpose. It's not the Xbox brand, but the GamePass brand. Microsoft may go the way of Sega and just publish games and push cloud gaming.
Microsoft buying every big game studio, while fully knowing that there is a very real possibility of Microsoft dissolving their gaming branch is crazy. Imagine, if you will, a 2030 where game pass never got its 300% increase in subscribers. And Microsoft decided to close the doors on the Xbox brand. All the developers and publishers that now belong to microsoft.. are shut down along with Xbox. Personally, I have a HUGE backlog that will outlast me at this point lol but the future of games industry seems like it could be very bleak
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He's not really leaving. He's only beginning his 40 year slumber after consuming the amount of souls necessary. Evil never dies.
He'll be CEO of Unity in 2024.
Are there some kind of ancient artifacts we can find and bring together at the Activision office to extend his slumber because if so I’ll totally help
he will be resurrected again when Bobby Kotick V is released.
@@jaredbangerter8156 No, that's ruled by the Strauss Zelnick.
I wouldn't be surprised if he's named the new CEO for Unity in a few weeks.
The only worse option then what they had
Bobby Kotick 2: The search for More Money.
@@MrLiguiniiwe're not doing it for money, we're doing it for a shitload of money
I mean unity already has its own chaotic evil ceo lol
@michaelmatthiesen8300 he stepped down a few days back.
Bruce and Lawrence know the game so well. I will not be surprised if their predictions about that tiered game pay price system becomes real.
There’s absolutely no scenario in America where a corporation owning majority of something is good for consumers
Yep, which is great to know that has not happened, in this industry at least
Globally
@@rasengdori13the gaming market is much bigger than Xbox or Activision, even together
@@rasengdori13like all mega corporations eventually they become too greedy and big for they're own good. Caring less and less about their customers. Untill us the consumers kick up enough fuss and that's when a new player enters the game. Untill they too grow too big and greedy. Thus the circle of greed continues.
@@rasengdori13You can’t be a monopoly when you’re in 3rd place remember? Least market share?
Bobby Kotick: Proof that Good Things Happen to Bad People, Cheaters Prosper, "Bad Guys" win, and Karma / Karmic Justice is illusory and nonexistent.
Also, aggressive market consolidation will be the death of video gaming. The market needs a healthy, independent 3rd party of devs and publishers to survive and grow. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE benefits from having another "Disney" (who owns the Lion's Share of Hollywood and IP) in video games.
I wouldn't hold my breath on this. Like all other greed-driven CEOs, Kotick will be given a golden parachute and land in the commander's chair of a different game studio and/or publisher. Same with Riccitiello.
As someone who has played Overwatch almost daily since 2016, Bobby Kotick is the devil
As good as this change will hopefully be, I can't help but think that Kotick simply retired after acquiring a percentage of that $70B.
The prick did his duty by poisoning the industry, and now he's happily leaving the game to enjoy the fruits of his work.
*edit:* should have watched the video for another minute ._.
Shame he still gets a HUGE severance package...
This presupposes that the next CEO will be competent or better. Also that Bobby won't still be on the board making decisions.
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I Missed "clown math". Thank you for bringing that back. Complete with the "honk" sound effect. Always makes my day.
Edit: You forgot to mention the entire smartphone/mobile division of Acti-Bliz. That department is a large chunk of that companies revenue - candy crush, COD mobile and more. Interesting what the changes there are going to be. Pushing more gamepass/xcloud stuff maybe? Who knows...
A golden parachute for Bobby the Tick. May he disappear and never return. Or be eaten by the masses.
How much would you bet, that before the first "Released Day One" Gamepass variant of COD comes out they release a higher cost Gamepass tier that first party games become exclusive too.
Oh, absolutely. Expect tiered pricing, more ads in paid content, paid early access for literal "rentals," and more from Game Pass.
Microsoft has already tipped their hand with the Starfield launch, gamers literally bought into it, which only proves the concept works and emboldens Microsoft - Xbox to go further with nickel-and-diming their customers.
Best part is ABK under MS now is affect but the laybo law that MS have that allow formation of Unions
Phil Spencer is Basically Thanos now and instead of infinity stones he's collecting studios and companies and when he finally snaps his fingers Physical media will disappear.
This whole situation has been crazy. My dad actually went to high school with Bob Fitch, the lead programmer on Starcraft, who retired not too long after all the stuff about Blizzard came out.
We’re gonna get arcade and elite level tiers for gamepass just like the 360 console variants 😭
One angle that MS does right now is you purchase a discount upgrade to premium and then you get the early access window on game pass
Getting burned out on just scrolling around services figuring out what to play or watch is so real.
No one should ever trust that a corporation has the players "best interest in mind." They do not.
I love how much you guys have improved since beginning this channel Don't get me wrong it was great at the beginning too but seeing you guys streamline your presentation is very impressive.
Is Lawrence related to the comedian shayne smith from dry bar? I've seen him have a funhaus T-shirt on during his skits and they look a lot alike.
We've yet to see them in the same photo...
One head of the Hydra off... get ready for the next
There is alot of good that can come for consumers and developers with this deal finally being done but also some bad along with it. For now Kotick just being out and hopefully away from the industry entirely is a 'W" for everyone.
Oh thank god. Now can we have John Riccitello do the same thing? He destroyed so many studios in the 360 era.
Good riddance! No one deserves to be treated like he treated those people and then left the internals of the company to rot under his sepsis.
Paying extra for early access is fine with me. It’s usually like a week and it’s good for people who can’t wait. Personally I’ll wait for the GP release
When can I uninstall Battlenet?
Bobby will set sail on his yachts saying he made more money with the cash shop than Baldur's Gate 3 game will ever make.
I just want more Blizzard games from StarCraft universe. It’s always had the most potential, imo, to make games outside its traditional RTS format. Give me an FPS, TPS, MMO, Tactics game. All of them could be good, hell, try Ghost again!
With all the hate hes got i bet it doesnt bother him in the sloghtest because hes richer then all of us.
Can only speak to right now, and the near future, but it’s insane for anyone to say that GamePass isn’t the best value for gamers on the market right now. Xbox, Bethesda, EA, Activision, Blizzard (plus a bunch of Ubisoft and Sega titles like Yakuza).
Sooooo many massive games and content for like $15 a month??? That is insane.
im watching this while i poop
I'm watching you poop watching this.
allowing competing platforms is pretty wild. i just assumed MS would ram it through regardless and get everything they want, as they always do.
1 billion dollar idea: give starcraft 3 to age of empire 4 team, then count the money.
Nothing, I repeat, nothing will change.
Don't let the door hit your ass on your way out. I heard Unity is looking for a new CEO
Wait, Bruce, what happens in 2025?
Pretty sure he just means the economy would presumably be in a better economic position, allowing for Microsoft to justify keeping more of the employees from Activision/Blizzard/King.
Inside Games liked my comment and then I edited it because of grammar... it auto removed the like. But at least I know I was correct. lol XD
Got dangit, Bobby!
Gah! Lawdog such a handsome man! Love yalls!
My "favorite" tidbit of history about Bobby Kotick:
Jeetil Patel, Deutsche Bank Securities - Analyst
"What do you think the retailers' willingness these days is to hold inventory on the video game side? Are they building positions today or are they still very reluctant and very careful of how they are buying?"
Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard, Inc. - President and CEO
"I don't think it is specific to video games. I think that if you look at how much volatility there is in the economy and, dependent upon your view about macroeconomic picture and I think we have a real culture of thrift. And I think the goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks that we brought in to Activision 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games."
"I think we definitely have been able to instill the culture, the skepticism and pessimism and fear that you should have in an economy like we are in today. And so, while generally people talk about the recession, we are pretty good at keeping people focused on the deep depression."
Jesus. He's a sociopath. Almost a Bond villain.
Pretty compelling,
Source?
@@brandonofthewastes www.gamespot.com/articles/activision-games-to-bypass-consoles/1100-6226758/
I'm definitely not getting burned out on Gamepass. They're about to up the price, I don't need another change with a tiered system. Nonsense.
Do I have to have played Dungeon Hunter 1-5 to truly enjoy Dungeon Hunter 6?
Bobby Kotick. Another “businessman” that belongs in jail
It wont change a god damned thing.
73 more days til Kotick leaves.
Don't celebrate too early remember horror movie rules 😲 the monster always has a last move left
new comdey tv show coming out - Bob and the Rickster , where two gross ass ex ceo's try to find leadership positions in an industry that hates them both
Activision seems like an absolute nightmare of a workplace. Hopefully things will improve at least a little now.
Dig deep in the archives of Activision and revive a franchise with potentials.
It's a good start but we also need to get rid of the people on the Activision board that actively knew about (and possibly took part in) Koticks activities and closed ranks to protect him.
Kotick is one head on this hydra that needs to be removed but there are more.
greedy bobby the sloblin goblin is out ! good day for everyone!
Biggest concern is this company buy is a last ditch effort for gamepass as well. They aren't even making the 100mill they want but for gamepass to succeed it's going to have to make $500mill. They are already talking about pulling out of gaming by the end of 2028 if gampass doesn't succeed and it's hard seeing it work right now.
Lawrence's home looks like iCarly's apartment
Had to pause the video. To go watch the Xbox one & yep that announcement trailer is smaaaarmy AF 😂😂😂😂. All that's missing from the the title is the 😏😏 emojis & 🖕🏾 Sony 😂. But still a cook trailer 👌🏾👌🏾.
Good Riddance (Time of your Life), Green Day
Imagine Bobby delves into the Meta verse nonsense. Give it time, Bobby will be our new god 💀
Based on how Xbox exclusive games have been handled, im worried.
Does guy that still have control behind the scenes? Meaning his friends and connection they do something dirty.
Will Jonah Hill play Bobby in the upcoming movie about all this?
I dont play many AAA games anymore. They arent made for my demographic anymore. But man things are getting weird. Platform exclusives used to be a handful of games at most. Not fucking 40+% of games
I wonder if Microsoft will make a tiered setup for Game Pass where Ads are enabled. The issue with these live stream service models is, as a company. You make waaaay more money selling Ads. Than you do with subscribers. So I wonder if people could get a mid-game ad roll every 10 minutes of game time. I hope not. But I wouldn't put it past them.
That PU joke earned my like 😂😂
What if he becomes ceo for Sony lmao
Im trying to think, without googling.... what does playstation have left? Just its own in house studios? I wouldnt be surprised if they start talking to nintendo again, not entirely different from how the playstation brand started.
Bobby needs to be also remembered as one of the money men behind the Republican party to the tune of over a million dollars to candidates . He helped the campaigns of many a supporter of many a Trump guy, including a dark money hedge fund operation apparently according to various reporters that dug thru the paper shuffle to hide his involvement.
I think Bobby should only get his money if he agrees to jello wrestle John Riccitiello in bikinis over worst man in gaming; Geoff Keighley officiating. Event right before GOTY winner reveal.
Only report the consumer side. No-one watching gives a shit about the version of this story that effects any side except the consumer.
I already pay 20$ a month for Gamepass ultimate. If they had a 35 or 40$ teir that game me gamepass ultimate plus Activision catalog then sure thats fair. Now i. My eyes thats fair because that catalog includes WoW, thats the question i think here. How will WoW fit into this.
I could maybe imagine a piecemeal genre subscription system.
"I want FPS and racing sims"
"Ok that's $15 + $10 per month"
Good god damn riddance. Hope he's pissed and joyless for the rest of his life.
Hopefully Bobby will replace Jim Ryan at Playstation.
Nah nah nah nah nah WaaaAaVe goodbye
That man made way too much money off of the backs of other people.
I boy. I sure hope my next wish becomes true. The wish for EA to lose exclusivity rights to NFL games and Star Wars games.
They don't have exclusive rights over star wars anymore. Thats why there are now star wars games coming from ubisoft and other devs.
@@agray2011That deal was a weird one because even when the contract was still valid we still got Disney infinity 3.0 and lego star wars the force awakens
Do people really get overwhelmed by the amounts or games on gamepass? No offense to Lawrence but that sounds kinda stupid.
Well you win some and you lose some. He's gone now 🤷
All these people acting like activision being bought is like disney getting fox are deluded. Theres so many companies and its so easy to be an indie dev in gaming that this will never be a big deal. Worst case scenario is AAA games will suck, which bad news, most akready do. Indie and AA are and will always be superior to corpo crap anyway.
The only reason I care about this is that it gets that tick out of the indudtry, and I can play some brain dead CoD on my gamepass in a year or so.
Call me tinfoil hat, but I'm suspecting that all these buying of studios is for a bigger purpose.
It's not the Xbox brand, but the GamePass brand. Microsoft may go the way of Sega and just publish games and push cloud gaming.
Gam noos
Microsoft buying every big game studio, while fully knowing that there is a very real possibility of Microsoft dissolving their gaming branch is crazy. Imagine, if you will, a 2030 where game pass never got its 300% increase in subscribers. And Microsoft decided to close the doors on the Xbox brand. All the developers and publishers that now belong to microsoft.. are shut down along with Xbox. Personally, I have a HUGE backlog that will outlast me at this point lol but the future of games industry seems like it could be very bleak
*Xbox after they single handedly ruin gaming*
“The hardest choices, require the strongest wills” 😂
Only a second in... Please don't lie to me.