Activision Threatening to Cut 600 UK Jobs
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:21 am
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For those of you who can't be bother clicking on the link or have an odd fear of blue underlined words here's a summary: Kotick's annoyed that the industry isn't getting any tax breaks in the UK. There's no increase. Just no decrease. As a result the company is considering moving operations elsewhere where tax breaks are being offered. You know, just to avoid paying the same amount of money they have been already.
Well, I suppose they are a bit strapped for cash over at Activision HQ. It's not like they've had the biggest selling games for at least the past two years now or the ludicrous idea that one of their recent titles made them over $1,000,000,000 in sales in just under two months. That would be madness.
Your thoughts?
For those of you who can't be bother clicking on the link or have an odd fear of blue underlined words here's a summary: Kotick's annoyed that the industry isn't getting any tax breaks in the UK. There's no increase. Just no decrease. As a result the company is considering moving operations elsewhere where tax breaks are being offered. You know, just to avoid paying the same amount of money they have been already.
Well, I suppose they are a bit strapped for cash over at Activision HQ. It's not like they've had the biggest selling games for at least the past two years now or the ludicrous idea that one of their recent titles made them over $1,000,000,000 in sales in just under two months. That would be madness.
Your thoughts?