When players all think that former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick is the worst CEO in the game industry, he comes forward and says that this "title" should be given to others, and this person is former EA CEO John ReeseTielo.
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On the latest episode of the podcast Grit show, Bobby Cotic was interviewed with former EA CCO (Chief Creative Officer) Ben Gordon, in which Ben Gordon hints at John Riscielo's leadership accelerationHe left his resignation.Bobby Kotick admits that EA's business is better than Activision Blizzard in many ways, but Activision Blizzard is willing to pay for John Riscielo to remain as EA CEO forever because he's the worst in the gaming industryCEO.
Bobby Cotic said: "I'm not saying that because Bin Gordon is here. We've always been worried that Bin Gordon will take over EA. We're willing to pay John Riscielo to be CEO forever. We think he is the worst CEO in the video game industry.”
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John Riscielo has been CEO of EA since 2007 and eventually left EA in 2013 due to poor financial performance and multiple layoffs.He then began to serve as CEO of Unity, a game engine developer, and in 2023, he left the company for causing huge controversy over the implementation of Unity's fee-per-time strategy.
