Firing Bobby Kotick is Only the First Step for Microsoft to Clean Up Activision Blizzard

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Yesterday's news that Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for just shy of $70 billion brought a lot of mixed feelings to the gaming community. On one hand, Microsoft's acquisitions have largely been well-received in the long run, as its studios have been publishing plenty of excellent titles. On the other hand, Activision Blizzard is essentially on fire right now with its ongoing abuse and discrimination lawsuit, as its CEO Bobby Kotick remains confident in his ability to fix the company from within, despite his clear involvement in and knowledge of the ongoing abuse.

Calls for Kotick's resignation are not a new thing; that being said, now that new leadership will be taking over Activision Blizzard, the gaming community is looking towards Microsoft to finally fire Bobby Kotick. While it's still unclear where he'll fall once the ink dries from the acquisition, his removal from the company seems inevitable. That shouldn't be the end of the changes that will need to happen at Activision Blizzard, though, far from it. Now that Microsoft will be in charge, it's going to need to take on the responsibility of fixing the internal issues with the company, because Activision Blizzard as it exists currently is clearly incapable of it, and the changes can't just stop with the removal of Kotick.

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With a company as large as Activision Blizzard that has problems ingrained in its foundation, there aren't any quick fixes to eliminate all of its internal issues. Oftentimes, with systemic issues, the entire system needs to be scrapped and built from the ground up. Simply appointing new managerial staff will likely yield the same results if real