There’s been quite a buzz over at the head office of Activision Blizzard. Specifically, esports scenes such as that of Call of Duty are concerned with a recent happening. Supposedly, the Activision Layoff of several employees is due to the company’s shift towards organizing online events. Is this a cause for concern? Let’s find out.
To begin with, here’s what Tony Petitti as the president of sports at Activision Blizzard told The Esports Oberver:
We learned a lot last year in terms of how the leagues can be structured for online play, and we’ll look to carry forward the best practices from that.
In terms of timing, it’s a reaction to the realities of how the leagues are playing and what resources we need to allocate to best serve the league, owners, teams and fans.”
– Tony Petitti with The Esports Observer
So what’s going on with the Activision Layoff? Basically, the organization is realizing that online events will likely be the rage for a couple years, and are engineering themselves towards this market shift.
Hosting both the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League online, there seem to be longer plans in place.
Activision Layoff – The End of LAN events?
No, it simply isn’t. I have to address the panicked Reddit posts saying that we’ll never have in-person events again. As a business, Activision need to adapt to current demand, and there’s no demand for in-person events at the moment. However, once the world gets back on track, it’s undoubted that live events will be the first thing on the menu.
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