Put my hand on his shoulder and say "Please destroy California's new bill against video games, not for me or you, but the world of Video games. and your money."
So you meet Bobby Kotick in an alley...
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Take him hostage, drug him up, then turn him loose in any number of embarrassing ways (possibly tied naked to the business end of a horse), film it, then Blackmail him into fixing the gaming industry.
I mean, who wouldn't?
I mean, who wouldn't?
What is with all the beta-male impotent rage and hate fantasies here?
This guy did not flood the Gulf coast with crude oil and irrevocably destroy the environment. He did not lead a nation into a horrifying war that was a huge waste of money and life and that ultimately led to the ultimate recruitment tool for Islamic militants.
He's just someone trying to make money in a market sector that has becoming increasingly risky to publish in. If you don't like what he's doing, don't buy his products, stop obsessing over him, and go and do something better for the market. Oh right, everyone here is just all talk.
Do you think Notch cares about Bobby Kotick? Do you think Toady cares about him? No, they're too busy making amazing games.
This guy did not flood the Gulf coast with crude oil and irrevocably destroy the environment. He did not lead a nation into a horrifying war that was a huge waste of money and life and that ultimately led to the ultimate recruitment tool for Islamic militants.
He's just someone trying to make money in a market sector that has becoming increasingly risky to publish in. If you don't like what he's doing, don't buy his products, stop obsessing over him, and go and do something better for the market. Oh right, everyone here is just all talk.
Do you think Notch cares about Bobby Kotick? Do you think Toady cares about him? No, they're too busy making amazing games.
Give him him some life threatening injury (e.g knife in chest), give him my phone to call an ambulance, then tell him use of the battery requires a subscription fee.
Shank him and steal his wallet, while slowly taking the money out and stating: "Oh, looky here, seventy bucks for a new Activision game, plus another fifty for all the useless DLC that goes with it. I think I'll go use it to buy a half dozen used games instead."
Bobby Kotick is shameless though. Hell, he's got photos on Facebook of him hanging out with Osama Bin Laden and Idi Amin (note to self: must photoshop this into actual existence).Ickorus said:
I would suggest he fragment his company into a series of divisions, such as online gaming (mostly the Blizzard stalwarts and COD series), etc. Then he could even spin off a division of the company that develops newer, more creative games, and then have that spin-off file for an IPO, while ATVI continues to hold a considerable stake. This way, the development of the most profitable sections of the corporation can keep doing what they're doing, while the more risky ventures can be more easily funded with less risk to ATVI shareholders, while providing the market with more popular titles, which ATVI could buy the rights to or buy more shares if the company's new products are successful. Everybody wins.
