Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard continues to hang in the balance. Some countries have given the go-ahead, others have doubts and some seem to lean more towards a veto or a strongly conditioned sale. Nothing is certain, and the complications that have arisen in recent months have only generated more and more doubts.
It is curious that some of these doubts do not center on the strategy that Microsoft could follow, but rather in the future of Activision Blizzard if in the end the purchase operation does not come to fruition, and especially in what will happen with the CEO of said company, the controversial and controversial Bobby Kotick.
We knew that, if Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard, said CEO will leave through the front door and with a comfortable mattress of money “under his arm”, but what will happen if said operation is blocked? Well, very simple, according to Fox Business nothing will happen, there will be no change and Bobby Kotick will remain CEO of the companysomething that certainly has not left anyone indifferent.
I remember that in mid-2022 Activision Blizzard itself said in an official statement that the departure of its CEO was not yet guaranteed, but tscratch the scandal emerged in 2021 Due to the accusations that the executive received in relation to numerous cases of sexual harassment that he ignored, and for promoting a toxic work culture in the company, it is more than evident that Microsoft will not want to have this man in charge of a of its most important acquisitions, if only for a simple question of image.
Regarding the purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, Bobby Kotick himself has always shown a favorable attitude, and it is normal considering that this would allow him to leave the company with a good amount of millions of dollars. Not long ago he gave an interview to the Financial Times where he openly accused Sony of trying to sabotage the takeover.
We will see what happens in the end with all this, but it is clear that Microsoft has many challenges ahead, and that he is going to have to arm himself with patience to be able to achieve his goal of buying Activision Blizzard. I personally believe that after all the efforts he has made and the money he has invested, the Redmond giant is not going to give up easily.
