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patapon
11/13/09

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Nintendo should market this guy as the new Wii!!! #modernwarfare2
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LanciePants
11/13/09

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I hate to do this..

This is how executive compensation should work. The perceived value of his company is increasing. The rise of stock value is a vote of confidence in Activision by market investors. Thus kotick makes out like a bandit, because he himself is a stock holder. This isn't the same as making loot via golden parachutes laden with millions in bullshit clauses. What this article ignores is if the stock tanked like the titanic, Kotick would have eaten it in the ass and lost millions of dollars.

Now if Activision were laying of 1500 employees and declaring epic losses for the quarter and Kotick was making tons of dinero, then yes raise the bullshit flag.

HOWEVER! I can still hate on him out of sheer jealously for his fat loots. THAT ASSHOLE! #modernwarfare2
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John-irl
11/13/09

@LanciePants: one word: Enron. #modernwarfare2
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pekosROB
11/13/09

@John-irl: What does Enron have to do with golden parachutes? They committed accounting fraud, saying the company was worth way more than it really was. Enron somehow got permission from the SEC to use future earnings (which were bogus because a lot of the projects didn't even make them a penny, just cost them an arm and a leg) in their filings for company profile, outlook, 10-K, etc. They also did not properly audit themselves, resulting in the collapse of Arthur Andersen and 85,000 people lost their jobs. Of course there are remnants of Arthur Andersen today, but they are nowhere near what AA used to be.

Enron invested in stupid properties like a powerplant in India (at the time had an election that had a new guy in power that they had to talk into letting them do the project, but on his terms losing money in the process), a plant in Brazil that was basically inoperable.

How do I know this? I had to read a book about the entire scandal for an MBA class. Just want people to know that the Enron story is WAY WORSE than people actually think it was. Read or watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Boardroom and you will have a new found distaste for such lies. #modernwarfare2
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BallPtPenTheif
11/13/09

@John-irl: Activision actually generates real profit. So it has nothing to do with Enron. #modernwarfare2
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LanciePants
11/13/09

@John-irl: one word: Bacon Lettuce Tomato and a glass of water with a lemon wedge.

EDIT: Grammar
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Hey_Blinkon
11/13/09

@John-irl: That comment was seven kinds of stupid. #modernwarfare2
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John-irl
11/13/09

@Hey_Blinkon: My issue is with.. "This is how executive compensation should work. The perceived value of his company is increasing."

No need for everyone to jump down my throat over it. #modernwarfare2
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mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta
11/13/09

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For someone who doesn't seem to like video games very much, he sure is making mucho dinero off of the industry.

Kinda sad. #modernwarfare2
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shaunmcilroy
11/13/09

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Looks like Christmas will be a miserable one in casa Kotick. #modernwarfare2
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shimage
11/13/09

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He didn't earn $20M in a week. It took him 9 years to earn that money. He just decided now was a good time to cash out. Wonder if he knows something we don't ... #modernwarfare2
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Paul_Is_Drunk
11/13/09

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Everyone hates Activision... except when people complain about Kurt Cobain or No Doubt in Guitar Hero, then they're heroes.

I think the message here is that gamers just want their games, and anything that prevents them from getting it... be it this jerk who wants to make games more expensive (or "remove fun") or artists who feel their likeness were violated... is the villain.

At least I take solace that this guy is the villain more often than not. #modernwarfare2
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kitsuneconundrum
11/13/09

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that toothy grin. #modernwarfare2
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(Starman) Starman
11/13/09

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Is his head getting bigger and fatter every time we see him or what? #modernwarfare2
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Duin
11/13/09

@(Starman) Starman: Seems so. It looks like his face is imploding into the growing fat.

He looks like something that I cannot place... Hmmm...

Well regardless, if he keeps it up he'll literally look like the asshole he is. #modernwarfare2
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Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.
11/13/09

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If the past rage towards Gabe and George has proven anything, he'll keep making money. Lots of it. #modernwarfare2
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DaveKap
11/13/09

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He's making sure to sell before the controversy of the terrorist level takes off.

If anyone plays the market, I'd say "sell now" too! #modernwarfare2
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Hey_Blinkon
11/13/09

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Wooooooooooooooo evil buisnessman makes money!

It's was YOUR money people. You spent it. I don't get why everyone hates someone else that makes more money than them. So he isn't personable. But he brought you MW and MW2. Which you bought. So come off it. #modernwarfare2
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ca$h is Mr. Happy
11/13/09

@Hey_Blinkon:
Actually, the hard working folks at Infinity Ward brought us MW and MW2. #modernwarfare2
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Hey_Blinkon
11/13/09

@ca$h is Mr. Happy: And so, it leads to the question... why didn't IW do it all on their own? Why doesn't Activision dump Kotick and get some cheaper CEO? Methinks there is more going on than the average internet angry person (not directed necessarily at you) thinks. #modernwarfare2
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ca$h is Mr. Happy
11/13/09

@Hey_Blinkon: IW is owned by Activision, and there's no way they'll be able to afford to buy their company back after hits like the MW series.

And of course Kotick is going to stick around simply because he gets results for the shareholders. I'm not arguing against Kotick individually, I just wanted to point out that in your original comment the tone was that Kotick did most of the work and we should be thanking him, not IW, for the games :)
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ReadNLearn
11/13/09

@Hey_Blinkon: Every now and then you say very intelligent things. Good job. #modernwarfare2
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Hey_Blinkon
11/13/09

@ReadNLearn: Uh... thanks? #modernwarfare2
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TaylorEatWorld
11/13/09

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I just plain and simple hate this guy. #modernwarfare2
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AcidSanta
11/13/09

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That picture is familiar... #modernwarfare2
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n00b_pwner
11/13/09

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If I could pay him to punch him in the face, he'd be a richer man fast.
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The Cap'n
11/12/09

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oh stock options... I once managed to live for 3 weeks off of you when I was starving (not Activision, natch, but another company), so I can understand the impulse, but god c'mon...

Bobby Kotick wouldn't quit and go elsewhere if his salary got cut in half. Who else is going to pay him? It's not like he's going to be able to work his magic on Squeenix or Atlus or even go back to EA. If I owned Activision stock, I would put a pay cut for him to the board of directors. Hell, maybe I'll buy some of it so I can do that. #modernwarfare2
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