TGO Daily | June 22, 2021 | Cyberpunk Re-Listed on PlayStation
TGO Daily | Tuesday June 22, 2021
✏️From the Author
Hey, Adrian here again! Brandon is taking vacation this week, so I’ll be writing the newsletters this week.
The past few days haven’t been all that major in the way of news stories, so I’ve got a few smaller things for you today. Tomorrow is EA’s “EA Play Live,” which is their annual conference talking about all their games. One week shy of E3, but its bound to have some information about games you’re interested in. I’ll have my eye on Battlefield in particular.
I hope the newsletters have been bringing you value! Talk soon.
Adrian
📰 In the News
Cyberpunk 2077 Re-Listed on PlayStation
After six months of being pulled from sale on the PlayStation store, Sony has officially re-listed CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077. However, from this point forward, anybody who attempts to buy the game will be met with a warning that playing the game on a PlayStation 4 is not recommended (a similar message has existed on Xbox stores).
The game has returned after it got some patches over the last few months which brought it more stability. CD Projekt still have a major hurdle ahead of them — the game is still not in the good graces of the gaming community, and many of their plans have been scrapped in favor of regaining goodwill.
There’s very little precedent for what happened to Cyberpunk and Sony, and certainly none at this scale. Being absent from one of the biggest digital storefronts in the world for six months is a major loss, and they will have to do a No Man’s Sky-esque recovery to make this work.
Activision Blizzard Executive Compensation
Activision Blizzard have confirmed that they will be moving forward with a revised executive compensation plan which will see CEO Bobby Kotick receive a $155 million pay package.
54% of shareholders approved it, which is “the lowest support the company has received on this proposal in its history.” According to CtW investment group, a major opponent to Kotick’s high payments, “With only 54% of votes cast in favor, the proposal nearly failed to receive majority support -- it appears Activision did just enough arm-twisting for the measure to pass.” They claim that investor support for pay packages usually pass with at least 90% support, and that Activision “will not be able to 'rest on their laurels.’”
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