How quickly and how much does Microsoft lay off people at acquired companies? How long do you think they will keep battle.net up since the common thinking is they will put ABK games on Gamepass and Steam. #microsoft #activisionblizzard #layoffs
Only redundant positions like hr will take a hit, those in product and development should be fine
What do you think about the Customer Service and Q/A departments? Does Microsoft have inhouse CS and Q/A?
Microsoft studios typically do their own QA, think it’s the same for CS but not sure. There are some central Xbox teams but I think they’re going to treat Activision like Bethesda and let them be mostly independent
Battle.net will require an office 365 subscription
Yes
What's the point in laying off engineers at a software company you just acquired? Are they just buying the IPs not the talent?
Thinking of teams like Q/A, CS, operations and battle.net if they degreadate that service.
I assume not a whole lot because the companies are not that similar
Oh it will be a blood bath for sure!