Activision Blizzard staat al even niet zo lekker in het licht, slechte sfeer op de werkvloer, stress, misselijkmakende sfeer, en meer. In november kwam daar steeds meer naar buiten en spraken ook ineens de grote platform houders zich uit over de kwestie, Xbox baas Phil spencer ging daar op in.
In een gesprek met The New York Times, laat Spencer weten dat door de berichtgeving Xbox de manier van handelen met activision wel heeft veranderd.
“The work we do specifically with a partner like Activision is something that, obviously, I’m not going to talk publicly about,” zei hij (via VGC). “We have changed how we do certain things with them, and they’re aware of that.”
Hij voegde daaraan toe: “Any of the partners that are out there, if I can learn from them or I can help with the journey that we’ve been on on Xbox by sharing what we’ve done and what we’ve built, I’d much rather do that than get into any kind of finger-wagging at other companies that are out there.”
Daarna ging hij verder: “In terms of work that we do with other companies, again, I would rather help other companies than try to get into punishing. I don’t think my job is out there to punish other companies.
“I think in terms of interactions with other companies, the things that we choose to do with our brand and our platform, in coordination or not with other companies, is the avenue that we have to have an impact. I would say in terms of individuals that are in leadership positions at other companies, it’s not obviously our position to judge who the CEOs are. Like, CEOs are chosen by shareholders and boards.
“At Xbox, I know who I’m accountable for here in terms of the business and the operations. It’s my teams here, my management chain. And that’s the thing that we continue to focus on, is to try to grow. And whether that’s us sharing, again, the experiences that we have with other partners, if we can help them on their own journey or on the things that happen in our own teams.”
In november gingen de geruchten dat Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick zou aftreden van zijn positie als hij niet de nodige veranderingen door kon voeren binnen het bedrijf.