Aielyn on 26 July 2013
| eFKac said: I wonder whether they will change some of their developing and publishing practices and characteristics now. |
It's not going to make any difference, except perhaps to make them a little more conservative about their games for a little while (due to the reduction in available cash). Let's not be under any illusions - Kotick was the guy driving Activision already, Vivendi was just the owner. All it does, in the end, is slightly increase his power, which won't make a whole lot of difference.
In the long run, it does open Activision up to a bit of a risk - if their current cash cows all fade, and they aren't able to create new ones, Activision may crash and burn in the long run; being owned by Vivendi provided a bit of safety from that possible end result.
