makes you wonder if they tried to save it, because shareholder value maximization is a dumb idea (Jack Welch's quote, not mine). Then again, an exec paid in stock will try to increase the stock value. The problem is drawing the line between personal short term goals (i.e. you get richer and then bail out with your golden…
Interesting take. CoD was activision though. 2 main, high level dudes who created CoD left activision (IW), started their own studio (respawn), then were bought out by EA 7 years later. So that example is a poor one because they already had a successful studio to be bought out. The question was how easy it is to get to…