ニュース Kotickは、Gamingの最悪のCEOとしてRiccitielloをラベル付けしています

Kotickは、Gamingの最悪のCEOとしてRiccitielloをラベル付けしています

著者 : Max アップデート : Apr 17,2025

元Activision BlizzardのCEOであるBobby Kotickは、元EAのCEOであるJohn Riccitielloをスワイプし、「ビデオゲームで最悪のCEO」をブランド化しました。コティックは、元EAのチーフクリエイティブオフィサーであるビングゴードンと一緒にポッドキャストグリットに関する率直な会話で、ゲーム業界の競争力のある状況について議論しました。 EAのビジネスモデルが「[Activision's]よりも多くの方法で優れている」ことを認めている間、Kotickはユーモラスに「Riccitielloが永遠にCEOを維持するために支払った」とユーモラスに述べました。

2007年から2013年までEAのCEOを務めたRiccitielloは、経済的闘争と重大なレイオフの中で会社を去りました。彼の物議を醸す提案の1つは、戦場の選手に武器をリロードするたびにドルを請求することでした。 EAから離れた後、Riccitielloは2014年にCEOとしてUnity Technologiesに参加しましたが、後に撤回された設置費用の提案に対する反発の後、2023年に辞任しました。彼のUnityでの在職期間は、マイクロトランザクションを受け入れなかった開発者に対する彼の批判的なコメントなど、他の論争のある瞬間によっても特徴付けられました。

元EA CEOのJohn Riccitiello。写真家:ゲッティイメージズを介してデビッドポールモリス/ブルームバーグ。

2023年にMicrosoftによるActivision Blizzardの買収を驚かせたKotickは、驚異的な687億ドルで監督し、EAが彼の会社を買収するために複数の試みを行ったことを明らかにしました。彼はEAのビジネスの安定性を称賛し、「[EA]は私たちに何度も買おうとしました。私たちは多くの点で合併会話をしました。私たちは実際に彼らのビジネスは多くの点で私たちよりも優れていると考えました。

Ex-Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick。写真:Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images。

KotickのActivision Blizzardでの経済的成功にもかかわらず、彼のリーダーシップは論争なしではありませんでした。同社は、性差別と有毒な労働文化の多くの申し立てに直面し、2021年に従業員によるストライキで、Kotickがレイプを含む深刻な不正行為の申し立てについて取締役会に通知できなかったという報告を受けています。 Activision Blizzardは、独立したレビューではこれらの主張を実証しないと主張した。 2021年7月、カリフォルニア州の公正な雇用と住宅局は、報復的な「フラット・ボーイ」文化を主張して、アクティビティの吹雪に対して訴訟を起こしました。この問題は2023年12月に5,400万ドルで解決され、カリフォルニアの公民権局は、職場の不正行為に関して、会社での体系的または広範なセクシャルハラスメントも、Kotickを含む理事会による不適切な行動もないと結論付けました。

同じインタビューで、Kotickは他のベンチャーを批判することを恥ずかしがらず、特にUniversalの2016年のWarcraftの適応を「私が今まで見た中で最悪の映画の1つ」と呼んでいました。

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