Heim Nachricht Bobby Kotick slams John Riccitiello als "schlimmster Videospiel -CEO"

Bobby Kotick slams John Riccitiello als "schlimmster Videospiel -CEO"

Autor : Hannah Aktualisieren : May 25,2025

Der ehemalige CEO von Activision Blizzard, Bobby Kotick, hielt sich in seiner Kritik des Ex-EE-CEO John Riccitiello nicht zurück und bezeichnete ihn während einer offenen Diskussion über den Grit Podcast neben dem ehemaligen EA-Chief Creative Officer Bing Gordon als "schlechteste CEO in Videospielen". Koticks Äußerungen kamen, nachdem Gordon angedeutet hatte, dass Riccitiellos Führungsstil zu seinem Ausstieg von EA beigetragen hat. Obwohl Kotick in vielerlei Hinsicht in vielerlei Hinsicht anerkannt hat, dass das Geschäft von Activision in vielerlei Hinsicht überlegen war, schlug Kotick humorvoll vor, dass sie "für Riccitiello bezahlt hätten, um für immer ein CEO zu bleiben", was ihren Glauben an seine nachteiligen Auswirkungen auf die Spielebranche betonte.

Riccitiello, der EA von 2007 bis 2013 leitete, verließ die schlechte finanzielle Leistung und erhebliche Entlassungen. Seine Amtszeit bei EA beinhaltete kontroverse Vorschläge wie den Aufladen von Battlefield -Spielern einen Dollar pro Reload. Nach dem Verlassen von EA übernahm Riccitiello 2014 das Ruder bei Unity Technologies, aber seine Zeit dort war auch mit Kontroversen belastet und gipfelte in seiner Abreise im Jahr 2023 nach einer Gegenreaktion gegenüber den vorgeschlagenen Installationsgebühren. Seine Amtszeit bei Unity war durch andere umstrittene Bemerkungen geprägt, wie seine Entschuldigung für den Aufruf von Entwicklern, die Mikrotransaktionen "die größten Idioten" mied.

Kotick, der Activision Blizzard während seiner monumentalen Akquisition von Microsoft im Jahr 2023 in Höhe von 68,7 Milliarden US -Dollar beaufsichtigte, gab bekannt, dass EA mehrmals versucht hatte, Activision zu erwerben. Er bemerkte, dass EAs Geschäft als stabiler und in gewisser Hinsicht besser angesehen wurde als das von Activision. Koticks eigene Führung bei Activision Blizzard war finanziell erfolgreich, aber nicht ohne Kontroversen. Das Unternehmen hatte zahlreiche Vorwürfe eines giftigen Arbeitsumfelds, eines Sexismus und eines Misshandlung schwerwiegender Fehlverhaltensberichte, einschließlich Vergewaltigungsvorwürfen. Diese Fragen führten zu Mitarbeitern und einer Klage des kalifornischen Ministeriums für faire Beschäftigung und Wohnungsbau im Jahr 2021, wobei eine Kultur der "Bruder" behauptet. Die Klage endete mit einer Einigung in Höhe von 54 Millionen US -Dollar im Dezember 2023, wobei das California Civil Rights Department feststellte, dass keine systemische sexuelle Belästigung oder ein unsachgemäßes Verhalten des Verwaltungsrats begründet wurde.

Im selben Interview drückte Kotick auch seine starke Missbilligung der Filmadaption von Universal 2016 von Activision Blizzards Warcraft aus und bezeichnete sie als " einen der schlimmsten Filme, die ich je gesehen habe ".

Ehemaliger EA -CEO John Riccitiello. Fotograf: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg über Getty Images.

Ex-Activision Blizzard-CEO Bobby Kotick. Foto von Kevork Djansezian/Gettt

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