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Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I was kinda hoping Microsoft would improve Activision.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The bar to be an improvement is so obscenely low that it's almost impossible for Microsoft not to be better.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m generally pro-Xbox but don’t consider myself a fanboy. I think the acquisition will be good for both brands.

I do worry about what they’ll do with the Blizzard IPs, but at this point I’m worried about Blizzard regardless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Blizzard destroyed warcraft 3, quite possibly the greatest game ever made, with their "reforged" bullshit and I can never forgive them for that. I swore them off afterward. I am ashamed to say that I caved and bought Diablo 4 and was reminded what a shit company they are because they somehow managed to suck all the fun out of that too.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

In the development world, Microsoft is actually doing some legitimately good work since the end of the Balmer years. Back then open source was a cancer that needed to be eliminated. Now they have VSCode (maybe the most popular IDE at the moment), develop and release Typescript under an open license, and own github (still a bit of a mixed bag but they're trying).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Narrator: They won't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if Bobby Kotick will be replaced by a real game developer and not a suit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Supposedly, Kotick is out if Microsoft gets to take over. My assumption was that Microsoft won't wanna keep running the IP into the ground right after acquiring it

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's hard to believe that Microsoft is going to own World of Warcraft.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I look forward to fighting Clippy as a raid boss

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've not played wow since legion but I would come back for that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've never played wow but might have to try if that happens

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well they certainly can’t turn it into the worst gaming company because EA still exists.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think Activision-Blizzard passed EA in badness years ago. Maybe Square Enix did too.

Like, when's the last time there was an EA controversy beyond "game's bad?" And even then I've only really heard sports games and Battlefield are bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I dunno, I still think EA has them beat on greed with microtransactions. The new launcher is absolutely littered with Battlefield 4 shortcut packs at full price (lol) and Sims stuff, hell I don't even play The Sims. You're not wrong about ActiBlizz though, I am pretty pissed at them for shutting down Overwatch and I don't like OW2 so I don't play it. But I've always felt like EA was trying to nickle and dime everyone to death more than any other company. And I absolutely hate what they've done with Respawn. But yeah, you make a good argument. They both suck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its still too soon, isnt it? Like regulators still havent OKd it and stuff yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I think they approved it and are now reexamining it once again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can still hope. The acquisition is not complete yet.