Mass layoffs at Activision Blizzard on the way

[anon9085514]

Have a feeling the layoffs will include a few big names

I bet they won’t. Typically layoffs due to money woes start at the bottom and work upward. It will start with the last to be hired are the first to be fired.

[anon66757435]

How long as Acticrap had their hands in the Blizzard pot, though?

Never.

not paying much attention, I see.

[anon66757435]

Have a feeling the layoffs will include a few big names

I bet they won’t. Typically layoffs due to money woes start at the bottom and work upward. It will start with the last to be hired are the first to be fired.

I dont know what companies youve worked for but the ones I have nearly always start with big money at the top. Low wage grunts at the bottom have always come afterward.

[anon66757435]

((((Activision)))) is such a massive cancer that we will live to see Blizzard join Westwood studios and Visceral games

Which sucks because ive got a stack of old Activision stamped games from way back that I loved to play. If it had that name on it years ago I knew I was going to love the game no matter what it was.
Sad that Ive come to hate the brand over their $$$ grubbing ways of late.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

I see the rabble rousing and fearmongering hasn’t stopped over night.

At least people went from specific statements that seemed to be obviously false to vague ones now that can’t be disproven.

I didn’t realize we had so many stock market analysts and big business tycoons here.

[Gassavia-wyrmrest-accord (Gassavia)]

@Akston-bloodhoof

I see the rabble rousing and fearmongering hasn’t stopped over night.

At least people went from specific statements that seemed to be obviously false to vague ones now that can’t be disproven.

I didn’t realize we had so many stock market analysts and big business tycoons here.

To be fair we did have one former finance expert here who did a great analysis of what happens when you take your customers for granted. I’d get his name but the WiFi here at Tim Horton’s is making it hard to do a text scan. Damn you, Timmy’s: bad enough you block the ports required to play my beloved WoW, now you make simple text searches almost impossible

EDIT: AHA! Found the person.

Mass layoffs at Activision Blizzard on the way

Former ITSM Incident Analyst for a Fortune 500 company here. Our consolidations occurred due to revenue and customer loss, of which were due to the implementation of features, software and pursuit of profit. Prior to the consolidations, many of the company’s customers had been loyal due to fervent and genuine customer support and relations, as well as the fact that customer feedback had far more impact on new releases and services. Once the company began prioritizing profits and metrics over c…

[Trelii-aggramar (Trelii)]

They do listen, but that doesn’t mean that they must implement what you, and you few elitist snobs that think that the game is in decline simply because it’s not exactly what you have wanted. These developers have a lot more to consider than just the types of you, and if you’ve ever actually have ran a business, then you’d realize this.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

To be fair we did have one former finance expert here who did a great analysis of what happens when you take your customers for granted. I’d get his name but the WiFi here at Tim Horton’s is making it hard to do a text scan. Damn you, Timmy’s: bad enough you block the ports required to play my beloved WoW, now you make simple text searches almost impossible

May all of your rims you roll up be winners.

[Tauntcheat-thrall (Tauntcheat)]

Strange flex, but ok.

[Ralph-korgath]

Don’t think you have any idea what those other two studios were but thanks for participating

[Gassavia-wyrmrest-accord (Gassavia)]

May all of your rims you roll up be winners.

Thank you! I’ve won two coffees already! Maybe your well wishes will net me a $100 gift card!

[Hàlfpînt-stormrage]

With the release of APEX and how well they are doing, I can only see thing’s getting worse before they get better. Clearly ( I would hope ) blizzard has a plan and or game / SOMTHING in mind to compete with the current market…Maybe all of these drops in sales will lead them to developing games around the gamer and not the shareholder.

Rippers.

[Glarz-the-scryers (Glarz)]

thats just what happens when a company is doing badly.

this should signal how bad activision blizzard is doing.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

To be fair we did have one former finance expert here who did a great analysis of what happens when you take your customers for granted. I’d get his name but the WiFi here at Tim Horton’s is making it hard to do a text scan. Damn you, Timmy’s: bad enough you block the ports required to play my beloved WoW, now you make simple text searches almost impossible

EDIT: AHA! Found the person.

Not that i am discrediting the person’s opinion, but they labeled themselves as a ITSM Incident Analyst. Which seems to be someone higher up on the IT Dept food chain. I don’t think it gives them any weight for their following statement, though.

[Audriana-dathremar]

Don’t forget that it was basically “centralizing functions” and cutting costs that led to music director Russell Brower being fired. And that was before the more recent stock-driven purges.

While anyone losing their jobs solely to appease the shareholders and stock market is a bad thing (especially in a company that only makes money long-term by making its products excellent and ensuring its customers are happy and want to keep coming back) it was them kicking Brower to the curb that strongly stated “everyone is expendable”. And when the criteria for the decision is almost always MONEY MORE MONEY, the quality of the end product is the last thing on their minds.

Like many, I’m amazed the suits don’t see that very simple problem - one of their own making.

[anon66757435]

I see the rabble rousing and fearmongering hasn’t stopped over night.

At least people went from specific statements that seemed to be obviously false to vague ones now that can’t be disproven.

I didn’t realize we had so many stock market analysts and big business tycoons here.

yeah…as stated many times here friend I DO invest and have been for over 30 years.
sorry but in that many years you DO learn to watch for certain things that some folks might chose to ignore that ARE indicative that something is seriously wrong.
As STATED…a drop in stock market price doesnt often mean squat. It happens.
when that drop is ACCOMPANIED by OTHER tidbits of information such as layoffs…err 'paid to quit programs ), people at the top walking, etc…yeah…that IS a reason for anyone with their eyes actually open to take notice.

but hey…I havent lost a dime on my investments in 30 years other than for a short time when I allowed someone else to do my investing, but what do I know.

[Akston-bloodhoof (Akston)]

yeah…as stated many times here friend I DO invest and have been for over 30 years.
sorry but in that many years you DO learn to watch for certain things that some folks might chose to ignore that ARE indicative that something is seriously wrong.
As STATED…a drop in stock market price doesnt often mean squat. It happens.
when that drop is ACCOMPANIED by OTHER tidbits of information such as layoffs…err 'paid to quit programs ), people at the time walking, etc…yeah…that IS a reason for anyone with their eyes actually open to take notice.

but hey…I havent lost a dime on my investments in 30 years other than for a short time when I allowed someone else to do my investing, but what do I know.

Apparently you don’t know how Blizzard devs are not getting paid well under the industry standard…like you told me they were…then berated me for also not “knowing”

Sorta makes me question your other statements.

And the “paid to quit” programs were around long before the stock market drop.

[Klowdywilde-area-52 (Klowdywilde)]

I never mind the no flying, but I always enjoyed the scenery from up higher so much more, so their reasoning is a bit lacking. Maybe they could put more effort into making a system they implemented more interactive, like areas you have to fly to. That doesn’t seem to be their thought process, though, going from artifacts to azerite, removing abilities, “simplifying” professions.

[Drammy-undermine]

The issue here is one of stocks, shareholders and wallstreet. The companies are so concerned with what the shareholders want that the gaming industry as a whole, the big 3 anyway, are putting out games to please them and not the consumer.

Take fallflat 76, an RPG, turned into a survival game turned into a BR. Had they focused on a good RPG game they would of been fine but I am willing to bet my pants that midway through someone higher up stated that RPG games are so yesterday so turn the game into a survival game and then a few months later someone said OMG BRs are the thing now. Looking at the game when it first came out is telling, it was unfinished because they kept changing what the game was going to be. The next in the oblivion series is going to be done on their ancient game engine…not because that will please the consumer but because saving money pleases the shareholders and no one knows gaming like old white men in suits.

Blizz is no different. Diablo immortal is not what the die hard fans want! A mobile version is just chasing the market and that is something found from annalists at board meetings. “Another RPG…sure they do well but the real money is in mobile.”

So here we sit, the consumer, getting displeased left and right by the big three gaming companies because they refuse to listen to what the players want and focus on what the shareholders desire…and they desire money.

[Gassavia-wyrmrest-accord (Gassavia)]

That’s a valid point though his analysis does make a lot of sense.
Moreover, those like myself who work in I.T. also work very closely with the finance department because of Sarbanes-Oxley. That doesn’t make us fiscal experts, but it does give us access to a wealth of knowledge about the state of the company. You won’t believe how helpful they are to me at audit time.

(shuddering) PWC are such a pain to deal with…