On the other hand, the acquisition may be Activision WoTLK Gold Blizzard's best chance to make meaningful, substantial changes to working conditions and studio culture. Microsoft is a massive business with standard structures to eliminate workplace harassment. there is no reason to believe its leadership has permitted abuses that are similar to those of Activision Blizzard in severity or scale. According to the majority of reports, Microsoft is a generally good work environment, especially when compared to the company that it has recently acquired. Its culture and having it be high up on the organization power pyramid can help identify bad behavior and set clearer expectations of the behavior of employees.

"[Kotick's payment] could be hard to swallow for many people, but as an issue of fact is important to focus on the positive steps to improve working conditions for employees, as well as the role we play in ensuring that it takes place."

More crucially, Microsoft should know exactly what it's acquiring with this acquisition. One reason Microsoft has been able to purchase one of the most popular gaming publishers for a small price was because the scandal of harassment has caused a fall in that share price. As noted by lawyer Richard Hoeg, who also provided some details on antitrust issues that affect the price of shares and cultural issues could be interconnected.

"What I find the most fascinating about the $95 share price is the way it matches up to the market value for Activision last year before its current difficulties," Hoeg said. "One might even say that it's in no way a premium on the value of Activision's underlying buy WOW WoTLK Classic Gold assets and that Microsoft is actually"buying low" based upon the premise that the price is inflated due to cultural reasons, which can be "sanitized" by the acquisition (and related control of the entities by Microsoft the company itself)."