Players everywhere love Activision Blizzard games, and we believe the creative teams have their best work in front of them. Spencer, who recently joined Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser in being vocal about the ongoing issues at Activision, had this to add: The combination of Activision Blizzard’s world-class talent and extraordinary franchises with Microsoft’s technology, distribution, access to talent, ambitious vision and shared commitment to gaming and inclusion will help ensure our continued success in an increasingly competitive industry.
Here's what Kotick had to say about the deal:įor more than 30 years our incredibly talented teams have created some of the most successful games. Bobby Kotick will remain as CEO of Activision Blizzard, but will report to Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming. This bold move calls to mind Microsoft's purchase of fellow industry heavyweight Bethesda in 2021.Īctivision has been in the headlines recently for all of the wrong reasons, with multiple claims of harassment and misconduct being filed. A more interesting comparison is that Nintendo's net worth as of January 17th, 2022 is $59.39 billion. To give some perspective on the astonishing size of that figure, Disney paid $4.05 billion for Star Wars studio Lucasfilm in 2012, with half of the money paid in cash and the other half in Disney stock. Microsoft has purchased embattled Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot publisher Activision in a deal worth a whopping $68.7 billion.
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