Original Xbox Co-creator Mocks Activision CEO Bobby Kotick After Now Being Bought By Microsoft

[John Elden Ring]

Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the original Xbox, has taken to Twitter to mock Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

Yesterday, after a pilgrimage of roughly 21 months, Microsoft finalized its merger with Activision-Blizzard-King, with Kotick remaining CEO of Activision through the end of this year. Much has been said about this heavily debated megadeal with Microsoft owning plenty of additional franchises, including Call of Duty, Spyro, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and the Guitar Hero franchise (which may be making a comeback). Shortly before Microsoft closed the deal yesterday, UK regulator CMA announced its approval of the merger. Following this decision, the co-creator of the original Xbox took to Twitter to mock Bobby Kotick for now being bought by Xbox, mentioning "karma".

"When we pitched Guitar Hero to Bobby, he told us nobody would ever stock it, and turned it down (only to buy it later!"

Blackley wrote on Twitter.

"I reminded him that he’d literally said that to me about Xbox only a few years before. He laughed."

The 'father' of Xbox added;

"Now he’s being bought by Xbox. Karma is a bitch."

It has to be said that this isn't the first time that Blackley called out Kotick on this matter. After his role at Microsoft, Blackley took a role at the Creative Artists Agency to represent video game creators. In that role, he pitched Guitar Hero to Activision. Back in 2021, Blackley already suggested that the Activision CEO turned down Guitar Hero to later purchase the publisher (RedOctane) who published the game. We've included a follow-up tweet on this matter from 2021 below:

 

[anonpuffs]

"Xbox would fail"
2027 looms, don't be so quick to laugh

 

[Bryank75]

Petty, very petty. Very Xbox.

 

[Zzero]

Bobby always made money, Xbox always lost it.

 

[Cool hand luke]

Xbox has failed. Microsoft and their ill-gotten Windows monopoly money bought ABK, not Xbox.

 

[Loy310]

Someone tell this guy it aint 2027 yet. Bobby will get the last laugh, and xbox is the literal definition of failure.

 

[Danja]

The irony in all of this is. He's mocking Bobby Kotick as if Xbox isn't buying Activision for their own survival. Activision and Bobby would be fine without Xbox. Bobby gets a 400 million payout and then will move on to being some advisor to another big firm eventually.

If that's Karma then sign me up for some of Bobby's Karma.

 

[Dr Bass]

"Xbox would fail"
2027 looms, don't be so quick to laugh

Yeah that was my thought too. Xbox is failing …

 

[Petekilla]

Xbox has failed. Microsoft and their ill-gotten Windows monopoly money bought ABK, not Xbox.

Without Windows, MS would have become Sega.

 

[KiryuRealty]

The guy who is to blame for Trespasser shouldn’t be throwing stones at anyone else.

 

[Gediminas]

Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the original Xbox, has taken to Twitter to mock Activision CEO Bobby Kotick.

Yesterday, after a pilgrimage of roughly 21 months, Microsoft finalized its merger with Activision-Blizzard-King, with Kotick remaining CEO of Activision through the end of this year. Much has been said about this heavily debated megadeal with Microsoft owning plenty of additional franchises, including Call of Duty, Spyro, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and the Guitar Hero franchise (which may be making a comeback). Shortly before Microsoft closed the deal yesterday, UK regulator CMA announced its approval of the merger. Following this decision, the co-creator of the original Xbox took to Twitter to mock Bobby Kotick for now being bought by Xbox, mentioning "karma".



Blackley wrote on Twitter.



The 'father' of Xbox added;



It has to be said that this isn't the first time that Blackley called out Kotick on this matter. After his role at Microsoft, Blackley took a role at the Creative Artists Agency to represent video game creators. In that role, he pitched Guitar Hero to Activision. Back in 2021, Blackley already suggested that the Activision CEO turned down Guitar Hero to later purchase the publisher (RedOctane) who published the game. We've included a follow-up tweet on this matter from 2021 below:

no wonder xbox in shithole when clueless guys like this one in their side.

ding ding ding, xbox isn't the one buying ABK, because xbox billions in the debt, m$ is buying them.
these people not only stupid but also shameless.

plus. Kotick sold it for 70B, how this mocking even works? these people delusional.