{"id":38191,"date":"2022-11-13T14:05:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/microsoft-activision-merger-bad-in-the-long-run-says-dragon-age-dev\/"},"modified":"2022-11-13T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T14:05:42","slug":"microsoft-activision-merger-bad-in-the-long-run-says-dragon-age-dev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamepirenews.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/13\/microsoft-activision-merger-bad-in-the-long-run-says-dragon-age-dev\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Activision Merger Bad in the Long Run, Says Dragon Age Dev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-container\">\n<p>Former Dragon Age producer and BioWare veteran Mark Darrah believes that <strong>Microsoft Activision<\/strong> merger is \u201cin all probability a nasty factor in the long term\u201d however he hopes that it\u2019ll have some short-term advantages for Activision Blizzard. The corporate suffered fairly a fall from grace below CEO Bobby Kotick\u2018s management, who stands accused of fostering a hostile work tradition and poor management.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Microsoft Activision merger isn\u2019t excellent news for the business<\/h2>\n<p>In response to Darrah, who spent 23 years at BioWare earlier than retiring in 2021, consolidation finally hurts creativity. In a YouTube Q&amp;A (through TweakTown), he stated that corporations finally have to regulate prices and people cost-cutting workout routines result in much less risk-taking.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I can say that consolidation might be a nasty factor in the long term. Microsoft shopping for Activision-Blizzard hopefully is an effective factor within the quick time period as a result of it looks like culturally Activision-Blizzard wants somebody to go in there with a leaf blower and clear out the darkish corners of the factor.\u00a0However long-term consolidation is often a nasty factor as a result of after you have adequate management, you begin wanting to regulate prices, and it means usually creativity goes down, risk-taking goes down.\u00a0So in all probability unhealthy within the long-term, possibly good within the case of Activision-Blizzard within the short-term although.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you agree with Darrah? 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