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Senjetsu is such a fool, good grief.
Reminder that the FTC appeal is still ongoing as well as a separate administrative hearing. It would be wonderful it the FTC somehow reversed this monstrosity. Especially using these layoffs as evidence
Microsoft/Activision Blizzard, In the Matter of
The Federal Trade Commission authorized an administrative complaint against the proposed merger between Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard, Inc., a video game developer that creates and publishes games such as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Overwatch. Microsoft sells the Xbox...
Phil Spencer still thinks intellectual property is everything and devs are easily replaceable, he'll never get it.
I think this is a bit harsh, tbh; we need to remember that a lot of these people have lost their jobs and had no say in this matter, and I would imagine the vast majority of them said nothing in terms of the acquisition.
I think what Microsoft and their high-ups have done is disgusting, I 100% agree with you there, but celebrating normal people getting fired and hoping they don't land on their feet is a bit low for my taste.
You would think he would know after what happened to Halo.
Insane fanboy thinks he know more than Shawn Layden, lmao.
I really, really, doubt all 1900 wanted their company to be bought by Microsoft. I actually doubt most of them wanted this at all. The employees generally don't have any power over this stuff, and what they want is to have employment and be able to support their families.
They were free to speak up during the 2 years Activision saga. All of them were silent while Sony was the only voice against the merger.
They could even speak anonymously to journalists but instead we got reports that Activision devs were "daydreaming" about the acquisition (I still remember that embarrassing shit).
Remember this too?
All these pics were used to promote the acquisition and to show how happy the employees were. They chose their faith.
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What an absolutely ridiculous argument for 1900 people losing their jobs.
MS is the underdog, the merger is good for competition and Innovation. The union supports it, the staff want to be saved from the evil groomer Bobby by the loving family at MS.
The grift of the century.
FTC and CMA had open channels to hear from employees objecting to the acquisition. Nada.
For anyone with half a brain knew such mass consolidation was bad news
Instead Twitter was flooded with ABK employees cheerleading the acquisition
As I said you reap what you sow
Don't need to mention these people actively sought employment with the scummiest company in the industry and actively partook in the greed and worst monetisation practices that have greatly harmed gamers in the past decade
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Alright guys, we understand that you believe it was karma...
But if you wouldn't mind toning it down a bit.
We actually have people that work at Activision here, on our forum.... They contribute to this place and help us.
Dont tar them all with the same brush.
MS employees are among us?
They "help" this place?
PlayStation fans work everywhere.
That's a good point. CMA put all of these letters online and there was only 2 against the merger. Sony and Google.
Unions were kinda representing the employees and they were for obviously.
I wonder if this year the MS executives had another private Sting concert:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/as-layoffs-loomed-microsoft-execs-took-in-private-sting-concert-in-davos
https://www.pcmag.com/news/as-layoffs-loomed-microsoft-execs-took-in-private-sting-concert-in-davos