You know how countries often get bad governance because of an election around the corner?

Corporations often get bad governance because of a quarterly report coming around the corner.

In other words, a lot of executives are more concerned about the bottom line of this financial year than the company's long-term prospects. That's how their incentives line up. And sometimes this short-sightedness can be quite self-destructive.

He is backing dawn:

"That was an accident. I was going to change the title of my talk to 'how to give interviews and remember to check the microphone is off.' I need to keep my mouth shut. It is shocking how you really burn bridges in the industry. You start your own company and you don't have to work for that jerky boss any more. Not naming names. Then it's like Empire Strikes Back - you walk in the room and, 'Holy s*** Darth Vader's at the table.' It's such a small industry, you see the same people over and over again. No-one ever goes away. I'm definitely not saying anything about Bobby. After that Eurogamer thing I realised I'm a little nervous about what I want to say." - Tim Schafer

Well,

I still give him credit for saying it in the first place, and we all know it to be true.

Kottick sucks, and his attitude has tainted Activision.  It is too bad that one of my favorite developers (Blizzard) is associated with his corporate-minded stench*.

*  Yes, I realize that companies exist to profit, but I invite those who would chide that sentiment to read Tim's assessment of it.  He said all that needs to be said.

The bigger question is why is Eurogamer standing up for Kottick.

Mike from Morgantown

I see he's doing what is good for business but after that deal with Brutal Legend you'd think the bridge with Activision has long been burned.  I mean if you publicly dis Bobby and his business practices some other companies could really like that you're doing that, (IE EA) I mean the enemy of your enemy is your friend yes?  He coulda said worse things on top of that