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konnichiwa said:

G2ThaUNiT said:

This wouldn't surprise me honestly. ABK grew by thousands of employees over the course of just a couple of years. I highly doubted they weren't going to be affected by the layoffs issues the industry as a whole is experiencing if they were still independent. Kotick always prioritized profits margins and revenue above all else. 

Microsoft has responded to the FTC's filing, claiming "Activision was already planning on eliminating a significant number of jobs while still operating as an independent company. The recent announcement thus cannot be attributed fully to the merger." https://t.co/GkYjM9pNBV https://t.co/8bHruGMbn7 pic.twitter.com/pvq930pC6Q

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) February 8, 2024

Cannot attributed fully, but some of it does?

Anyway strange that they could not stop it or choose to not reverse that decision.

Kind of finished playing brotato; basically a Vampire Survivors light game, don't think I will complete it because it is a long grind to finish the game with +- 40 characters.

Finished Anucard, I enjoyed that game just wished it had no missables.

Definitely some of it attributed. But with ABK hiring 7,000 employees since January 2022, nearly doubling their overall employee count within a span of 2 years, and a not well received CoD release, hampers numbers. ABK were drastically scaling back on their Esports division since it just wasn't profitable anymore, which was a big as part of the layoffs. Overwatch League is no more for example which by itself had hundreds of people running the entire league. Like the rest of the tech industry, companies just over hired or bet a lot on Esports.

Last edited by G2ThaUNiT - on 08 February 2024