Activision Hurting

[Demon_Skeith]

Even the massive money-making game publisher Activision lays off people from time to time, as the company confirmed today that they've cut about 30 jobs from their global work force. Kotaku first heard that the cuts were affecting Treyarch, the studio behind Call of Duty: Black Ops II, but a spokesperson for Activision said that a good number of the cuts were from outside of Treyarch, from the parts of the company involved with licensed games.

Here's the company's statement:

"Like any successful business, Activision Publishing consistently works to align its costs with its revenues—this is an ongoing process. In 2013, we expect to release fewer games based on license properties and as a result are realigning our structure to better reflect the market opportunities and our slate. Approximately, 30 full-time employees have been impacted globally, which represents approximately one half of one percent of Activision Blizzard's employee population. We are offering those employees who are impacted outplacement counseling services."

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Just die already.

 

[Mascot Tom]

99.999999999999999% of every game ever made by Activision in the history of the legacy of the anthology of EVER has been a licensed title. [/Exaggeration]
They better come up with some heavily original $#!t as soon as possible.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

They milk series' and make shitty new IP's. Piss off Activision.

 

[Mascot Tom]

Maybe this is a good thing. This financial situation will really force them to think outside of the Xbox and really put forth new Activision for the gaming community as a whole.

 

[Lleyn]

Maybe this is a good thing. This financial situation will really force them to think outside of the Xbox and really put forth new Activision for the gaming community as a whole.

Hopefully, but I suspect they are too far gone for that, and nothing good is gonna come out of it anymore.

 

[GracefulAssassin]

Now that I think of it, I'd much rather see EA go bankrupt. Worst. Game. Company. EVER.

 

[Lleyn]

I'd give EA a chance, they can still save NFS if they try really hard.

 

[GreyHelm]

Now that I think of it, I'd much rather see EA go bankrupt. Worst. Game. Company. EVER.

They love to recycle the same crap over and over, adding 1 or 2 new things each time. And people buy it.

I hate them, hopefully they fall flat on their faces.

 

[Lleyn]

Why hate them? I would say blame the people that keep buying their recycled stuff.

 

[GreyHelm]

Why hate them? I would say blame the people that keep buying their recycled stuff.

I never specified which I hated

 

[Lleyn]

True enough But I see no reason to hate the people that buy

 

[GreyHelm]

True enough But I see no reason to hate the people that buy

I didn't say that either. Wow I feel like a politician. But yeah, Activision sucks. I'm done here, I feel that I've stated everything I need to say. Hopefully you follow suit

 

[Lleyn]

Lol nah, politicians are much better than that at supporting two opposed parties at the same time

 

[GracefulAssassin]

No, EA needs to die in a fire. They need to sell their game's IP's because they have good games, but the heads of the company need to go **** themselves.

 

[Lleyn]

I know they suck, but why so much EA hate?