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[Astray]

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover sparked by both companies failing to buy TikTok, Kotick says

Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has shared the conversation he had with Microsoft boss Satya Nadella that …

www.eurogamer.net

So Satya was essentially the guy behind buying Activision? Interesting.

 

[Pedro Motta]

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover sparked by both companies failing to buy TikTok, Kotick says

Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has shared the conversation he had with Microsoft boss Satya Nadella that …

www.eurogamer.net

So Satya was essentially the guy behind buying Activision? Interesting.

Did you think it was Phil "Numb Nuts" Spencer's idea?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Did you think it was Phil "Numb Nuts" Spencer's idea?

Career Moment™

 

[Kilau]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

 

[adamsapple]

Did you think it was Phil "Numb Nuts" Spencer's idea?

That's what he SEC filing implies, at least.

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On November 19, 2021, in the course of a conversation on a different topic between Mr. Spencer and Mr. Kotick, Mr. Spencer raised that Microsoft was interested in discussing strategic opportunities between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft and asked whether it would be possible to have a call with Mr. Nadella the following day. Mr. Kotick agreed to participate in such discussion. Following this call, Mr. Kotick promptly reported the conversation to Robert Morgado, the lead independent director on the Activision Blizzard Board of Directors, and Brian Kelly, the chairman of the Activision Blizzard Board of Directors. Messrs. Kotick and Kelly subsequently spoke with Allen & Company LLC, which we refer to as “Allen & Company,” which had provided strategic financial advice to Activision Blizzard on other occasions, regarding the call with Mr. Spencer.

Who knows how drunk Kotik was during this new interview.

 

[Katatonic]

After the embarrassing, yet successful, massive social engineering feat they managed to pull via their influencers and Lulu, I wouldn't trust any narrative they try to pull out their ass.

 

[Topher]

That's what he SEC filing implies, at least.

tm225196-3_prem14a - none - 30.4845416s

Who knows how drunk Kotik was during this new interview.

"Mr. Spencer raised that Microsoft was interested in discussing strategic opportunities between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft and asked whether it would be possible to have a call with Mr. Nadella the following day"

That implies Spencer was just the messenger.

 

[N0S]

 

[GHG]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

The resulting fallout has also been more entertaining than Xbox's output for the last decade.

 

[Topher]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

That was fun as hell, I have to say

 

[adamsapple]

"Mr. Spencer raised that Microsoft was interested in discussing strategic opportunities between Activision Blizzard and Microsoft and asked whether it would be possible to have a call with Mr. Nadella the following day"

That implies Spencer was just the messenger.

In the sense that Satya has the final say, sure. But the 'Mr. Spencer raised ..' implies he brought up the idea in the first place.

 

[Mr Moose]

That's what he SEC filing implies, at least.

tm225196-3_prem14a - none - 30.4845416s

Who knows how drunk Kotik was during this new interview.

Poor Phil, it's not his achievement.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/the-information-nadella-considered-winding-down-gaming-xbox-business-in-2021-chose-to-pursue-an-acquisition-based-strategy-instead.1679619/

In 2021, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced a choice involving the company's Xbox and cloud gaming business. The company could either acquire major game studios to drive more subscriptions to its nascent Game Pass subscription service. Or it could wind down its games business entirely, Nadella told two people at the time.

Nadella took the first path, acquiring Elder Scrolls maker Bethesda Studios for $7 billion in 2021 and Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard for $75.4 billion in the fall of 2023.

 

[Topher]

In the sense that Satya has the final say, sure. But the 'Mr. Spencer raised ..' implies he brought up the idea in the first place.

"raised that Microsoft was interested"

 

[Astray]

Did you think it was Phil "Numb Nuts" Spencer's idea?

It was ostensibly his idea yes.

The man is a high-ranker and it's not inconceivable for him to be the one who suggested it to Satya.

Satya obviously had the final call.

 

[Spitfire098]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

It's funnier when you realize Xbox eventually becoming 3rd party. All that warring this to be the final outcome...

 

[adamsapple]

"raised that Microsoft was interested"

He's a direct representative of MS in the whole ordeal, yes.

edit: what Astray said.

 

[Loomy]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

Actually miss those. Didn't realize we had so many lawyers on Neogaf.

 

[Topher]

He's a direct representative of MS in the whole ordeal, yes.

edit: what Astray said.

Right.....the middle man.

 

[Topher]

Actually miss those. Didn't realize we had so many lawyers on Neogaf.

We had a couple of lawyers such as NickFire in the discussions, but most of it was just regular folks doing research on stuff we knew nothing about. I learned more about government involvement in mergers and acquisitions than I ever dreamed I'd know. It was fun

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I see that Bobby is now in his "dishing out the secret behind the scenes shit" phase of his retirement

 

[DeepEnigma]

Actually miss those. Didn't realize we had so many lawyers on Neogaf.

We even had a self-own by an actual shill.

 

[havoc00]

Classic Bobby

 

[Topher]

We even had a self-own by an actual shill.

Shout out to SoloKingRobert aka Florian Mueller

 

[Pedro Motta]

It was ostensibly his idea yes.

The man is a high-ranker and it's not inconceivable for him to be the one who suggested it to Satya.

Satya obviously had the final call.

I know he has the rank, just sayin he has the business acumen of a potato.

 

[Varteras]

The acquisition threads provided me more entertainment than ActiBlizz has in the last decade.

That was fun as hell, I have to say

It's funnier when you realize Xbox eventually becoming 3rd party. All that warring this to be the final outcome...

Actually miss those. Didn't realize we had so many lawyers on Neogaf.

We even had a self-own by an actual shill.

Let us never forget the good men we lost in that war...