Call of Duty and Fire Relief

Activision announces it is donating one million dollars to support fire relief efforts in Los Angeles. It also announces the launch of a Call of Duty pack, saying "100% of Activision’s proceeds from purchases of the LA Fire Relief pack will be donated to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and Direct Relief. Here are the details:
Activision is donating $1 million and is also launching an in-game pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone players to purchase to support fire relief efforts in Los Angeles. 100% of Santa Monica-based Activision’s proceeds from the LA Fire Relief pack sales will be donated to relief efforts in Los Angeles, and the donations will be split between two charities - the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation (LAFD) and Direct Relief.

These donation efforts from Activision are to help support fire relief efforts, also giving the Call of Duty community an opportunity to get involved with helping those affected by the Los Angeles fires. Players can purchase the LA Fire Relief pack across all platforms, which offers a robust amount of new game content for players to enjoy, while also directly supporting the cause.
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:48
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:48
 
Right. Besides, it is pretty lame to disguise Call of Duty marketing under the veil of such a measly donation effort (which is in fact tax deductible as someone else pointed out).

I have once again donated money to humanitarian aid in Ukraine around Xmas. Not sure why I should donate for Cali wild fire relieve efforts. The USA were still a 1st world country last time I checked and California in particular ain’t exactly a shithole state either. Even more in particular, the affected territories aren’t known for social class plebs but we’re talking people who can prolly afford more than a McD happy meal every once in a while. It’s not like their bank accounts went up in ashes, too, right?

They will get compensated by their insurance companies and the insurance companies will get compensated by their re-insurance companies.
I will leave the donations to people geographically closer to the matter who share a combined wealth that will easily rival some smaller countries. Personally, I will prioritize my donations to other causes as I can not throw around money like candy like most Cali celebs and corps.
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:48
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:48
 
Zerg wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 12:40:
We have two vastly different opinions, I'm afraid, and I believe they are totally incompatible. Best we just agree to disagree.
So you're saying that you do know how much anyone here has given or are you saying you understand the tiny pittances these corps have given is just so they can get their name in the news for free.

It seems the only thing incompatible here is your logic.
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:40
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:40
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RedEye9 wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 12:16:
Unless you're omnipotently omnipresent, neither you nor him know what anyone here has done in support of the people in California who lived this disaster.
And what part do you not understand about multi billion dollar corporations, who barely pay any taxes in the first place, giving what amounts to lip service in the form of ridiculously small donations when compared to their staggeringly immense wealth.

We have two vastly different opinions, I'm afraid, and I believe they are totally incompatible. Best we just agree to disagree.
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:16
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Zerg wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 12:04:
It's a shame that Laughing Man couldn't formulate his post better because the sentiment of his comment was very, very valid. Just to add context: Laughing Man pointed out how we are very quick to judge these donations while, in the majority of cases, we did nothing to help. Unfortunately, the post was a bit too emotional and added a personal attack, thus breaking the rules.
Unless you're omnipotently omnipresent, neither you nor him know what anyone here has done in support of the people in California who lived this disaster.
And what part do you not understand about multi billion dollar corporations, who barely pay any taxes in the first place, giving what amounts to lip service in the form of ridiculously small donations when compared to their staggeringly immense wealth.
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:04
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Jan 19, 2025, 12:04
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RedEye9 wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 08:33:
Laughing Man wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 08:06:
Yikes
Don't bother quoting that.
This comment has already been reported

It's a shame that Laughing Man couldn't formulate his post better because the sentiment of his comment was very, very valid.

Just to add context: Laughing Man pointed out how we are very quick to judge these donations while, in the majority of cases, we did nothing to help.
Unfortunately, the post was a bit too emotional and added a personal attack, thus breaking the rules. Sad, but rules are rules.
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Jan 19, 2025, 08:33
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Laughing Man wrote on Jan 19, 2025, 08:06:
Yikes
Don't bother quoting that.
This comment has already been reported
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Jan 19, 2025, 08:07
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Jan 19, 2025, 08:07
 
Activision is a subsidiary of Microsoft.

Hence folks referring to the generous $1Billion.. $500Million .. $5Million one million dollar donation as basically coming from Microsoft.
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Jan 19, 2025, 07:01
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Jan 19, 2025, 07:01
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Steve Ballmer by himself has put in 15 million. (worth 126 billion)
Amazon pledged $10 million (worth 2.38 trillion)
Google said it would give $15 million (2.41 trillion)
Meta committed $4 million toward Los Angeles wildfire relief efforts (1.55 trillion)
Uber said it would donate $3 million (143.68 billion)
Activision commits to $1 million. (69 billion or so)
Microsoft, to my knowledge, has not made any announcements on this topic.

I don't know what to think about what here, that was mainly just the results of a curious google search....but one thought I can't help but have is that we can't rely on corporations to "donate" us out of our problems. We need to have an effective and efficient system in place, not strive for empathetic and charitable corporations. The working system is attainable, the empathetic coporation is not.
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Jan 19, 2025, 04:18
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Jan 19, 2025, 04:18
 
Cue Dr. Evil:

One million dollars!
If Russia stops fighting, the war ends. If Ukraine stops fighting, Ukraine ends. Slava Ukraini!
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Jan 19, 2025, 03:47
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Jan 19, 2025, 03:47
 
Three trillion-dollar market cap, and a million is the best M$ can do?

You'd expect more from a company whose studios are so close to the disaster area.
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Jan 18, 2025, 15:51
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Jan 18, 2025, 15:51
 
Sneakycamper wrote on Jan 18, 2025, 15:34:
Question: what does $1 million do ?
It's the cheapest advertising that Redmond can do, with the added benefit of being tax deductible.
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Jan 18, 2025, 15:34
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Jan 18, 2025, 15:34
 
Question: what does $1 million do ?
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Jan 18, 2025, 14:57
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Re: Call of Duty and Fire Relief Jan 18, 2025, 14:57
Jan 18, 2025, 14:57
 
I guess $1 million is better than nothing but...

On October 13, 2023, we completed our acquisition of Activision Blizzard for a total purchase price of $75.4 billion, consisting primarily of cash.

... from Microsoft's 2024 annual report makes it clear that this isn't exactly impressive given their financial potential.

In fact, they are a part of M$ now and according to that same report, M$ has raked in a NET INCOME of $88.136 billion in 2024 from $245.122 billion in revenue.

$1 million is literally like pissing (against the wind) into that fucking fire .
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