It's too easy to think Activision bad and have no nuance of the situation. If they are moving from live events there's no point in keeping a team of people in place. It also says across various departments because of the pandemic. This might not be devs or the creative side. It could be on the more operational business side. If someone doesn't have a job anymore because of a huge shift in how business works across the board you can't just keep paying them.
Also the full impact of the pandemic of the hasn't fully been seen as yet. If the time to develop games is taken longer then things might get dropped, teams may get shut down and merged into other ones to make sure things still hit a reasonable deadline.
It's worth noting in the report linked (which I'm sure you've all read) they're are looking create another 3000 jobs...
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Re: Close To 190 Employees Have Reportedly Been Laid Off By Activision Blizzard, Due To Impact Of The Pandemic
It's too easy to think Activision bad and have no nuance of the situation. If they are moving from live events there's no point in keeping a team of people in place. It also says across various departments because of the pandemic. This might not be devs or the creative side. It could be on the more operational business side. If someone doesn't have a job anymore because of a huge shift in how business works across the board you can't just keep paying them.
Also the full impact of the pandemic of the hasn't fully been seen as yet. If the time to develop games is taken longer then things might get dropped, teams may get shut down and merged into other ones to make sure things still hit a reasonable deadline.
It's worth noting in the report linked (which I'm sure you've all read) they're are looking create another 3000 jobs...