Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger - Kotaku Comments

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Neopolitian — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:46:08 MST

God I hate that company. The bigger they get the shittier the games get. (except for COD4 I guess)

Damn, 40 mil could actually make a decent Tony Hawk game. (by a different developer of course)

Neopolitian

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Corncob — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:56:23 MST

So instead of using the $40,000,000 in cash they had to make better games or develop new IPs they decided to give it to the two highest paid people in the company who are already happy with their jobs?

Makes perfect sense.

Corncob

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

NotoriousJnX — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:48:29 MST

RIP Pryor and Candy yo

NotoriousJnX

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Caduceus — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:51:13 MST

Somewhat similar to oil companies telling us they can't lower the price of gas and then have three record-breaking profit-laden quarters and giving a retiring CEO a $20M severance package. Must be tough.

Caduceus

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

CheckersMcGavern — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:40:39 MST

*chants* 10 million, 10 million, 10 million dollars!
10 million, 10 million, 10 million dollars!

Aaaannnnnyway...... Wow. I didn't expect such a large amount from this merger. Why don't the artists get that much? They are the ones doing the REAL work.

CheckersMcGavern

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Miksho — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:07:20 MST

This tag made my month.

Dolla dolla bill y'all.

Miksho

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

boopadoo — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:11:31 MST

40 million?! That's, like, employing 200 of me! For a YEAR!

boopadoo

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

anthrax_man — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:53:39 MST

damn i hate old money

anthrax_man

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Pal — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:36:50 MST

Isn't $40 million a benefit on its own?

Pal

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

K-Squad! (Badass Edition) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:32:05 MST

Well, now that they are rich, all of their games are going to suck, i suppose thats good.

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

gibfather — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:18:38 MST

I'm almost certain none of that money gets kicked back to the hardworking developers working their asses off in the trenches. Sad but it happens.

gibfather

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

turkeyfunk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:15:59 MST

Well hopefully they spend it all and put it back into the economy instead of sitting on it and giving it to their kids.

turkeyfunk

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

kidko — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:13:09 MST

in actual practice, no one man is worth that much to any organization. that money could fund a lot of great indie devs houses... a lot of great ideas

kidko

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

LLamaStar — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:11:45 MST

nice, grats to them.

LLamaStar

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

giant_historical_crabs — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:48:45 MST

lol... i wish there was some kind of limit as to how much ceo's could steal from their companies :)

giant_historical_crabs

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

justhesh — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:34:49 MST

And they instantly start sending priceless stamps through the post so they can earn the full $400 million.

justhesh

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

HawaiianActor — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:14:50 MST

man! those guys are lucky... i mean geeze, understanding wives? if only we could all be corporate executives!

HawaiianActor

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

MoreMoney — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:01:45 MST

Maybe they could actually pay their employees for all their long crunch hours with that money?

MoreMoney

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

CmdrKeen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:47:01 MST

Love the Wu Tang tag. C.R.E.A.M. FTW!

CmdrKeen

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Katorok — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:46:45 MST

As long as they're not cutting jobs or doing anything unsavory to maintain these high numbers of their income I'll be happy...

Katorok

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Sollus — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:46:10 MST

At least it's for people who innovate.

Sollus

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

Nexus6 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:42:44 MST

Yeah they really needed that pay raise.

Nexus6

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

muppetsausages — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:39:37 MST

Kill and eat the rich, I say.

muppetsausages

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

DaiMacculate — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:15 MST

Vote None of The Above! Damn I love that movie.

DaiMacculate

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:14 MST

That's right boys! The color of money is GREED! I'm not mad at them though :)

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

Activision Bosses Make $40 Mil From Blizzard Merger

bigman88zz — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:28:19 MST

lol brewsters millions

bigman88zz