Sad times for everyone that still believed in antitrust.
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Honestly I'm okay with this one, but it's mostly because Activision Blizzard has great IP with some seriously awful management ... and Microsoft actually has been doing much better in that department for games.
Yeah… In practice, every time a company gets anything that even slightly resembles a captured market, they stop investing in quality and starting shafting consumers.
Make no mistake, that is Microsoft’s end game. And that’s why they’re buying Blizzard.
You still believed?
Activision Blizzard has become such a huge pile of disgusting shit that people are quite tempted to see what would happen if the devil Microsoft buys it.
What a time to be alive
Yeah, never thought I'd live the day to see it but here we are. Blizzard use to be the darling of all gamers, only one who did things right and released games when they were actually done. Then money hungry shitheads took over.
Now: "Don't worry! Call of Duty will remain on the Playstation! We have a 10-year agreement!"
Next week: "leaked: internal memo, Microsoft renaming to Call of Doods, to be Xbox exclusive"
Anyone who still cares about CoD to the point where this is a concern is probably not an adult.
Anyone dismissing CoD because "I'm an adult and too cool for Call of Duty" should really question how mature they actually are.
Coming soon to a Microshaft GameBox™ near you!
Call of Dookie: Modern Shartfare™
Ugh, I hate these giant corporations gobbling each other up.
One good thing to come of this (hopefully) is the chance to clear the C Suite people from AKB. I hope all of the AKB employees get what they deserve, which is a new set of higher ups that aren't sexist dickbags.
That's true, tolerating sexual assault is one of the few things dangerous to them.
Why do you assume the higher-ups will be gone? Bethesda's C level seems unchanged
There goes the competition.
Can someone recommend a good indie game? Better spent money than feeding these vampires.
Factorio, Satisfacfory, Baldur's Gate 3, Noita, Cities:Skylines, Prison Architect, Rimworld, Overload (Descent clone), Mindustry...
If you like Diablo-likes, there's...
Grim Dawn absolutely smokes Diablo 3/4. The true successor to Diablo 2.
The competition! lol! Activision is going to put out 2 games this year. Whatever will we play now that these 2 games are owned by a platform holder?
You are correct though that there are a million cool ass games you can play right now and put your money in the pockets of people who make THINGS instead of people who make value for shareholders.
Better spent money than feeding these vampires.
Just realizing corporations aren't your friends? Anyways, if you like hard, unique puzzle games, Baba Is You is the best there is, fullstop.
I mean, if we're gonna namedrop completely unique indie darling difficult puzzles, then Return of the Obra Dinn also deserves a mention.
Baldur's Gate 3 is amazing
If you're into metroidvanias (platformers where you gain abilities over the course of the game, expanding gameplay and allowing you to access new areas in earlier zones) there are lots of really good indie titles. Hollow Knight is the reference, both Ori games are awesome. Dead Cells is also worth a try if you're into fast-paced action games, though it's more of a platformer rogue-lite.
Terraria is pretty fun
I was done with Activision BEFORE Microsoft came along.
Not with a 100 foot pole. Get fukt Activision
Please I'm begging you just fire everyone who works at blizzard
The decisions made do not reflect what the developers want. Honestly, they've done a good job. Blizzard has just made them make shitty things. Technically they are good games, just not as an experience.
It's fine, they already turned into shit.
Microsoft will make it worse but it's easy to avoid this stuff, unlike Github.
I'd argue GitHub is one of those project they didn't absolutely fuck up.
Cool, can WoW be part of my Gamepass sub now? Thanks.
You think they're spending billions to give away money??
No, I think they're going to continue adding massive value to the Gamepass system to keep it afloat and competitive. Maybe a WoW sub is a bit of a stretch, but basically all other games will thrive on the platform. StarCraft 2 is still the benchmark RTS for competitive play. Overwatch and Diablo are not my cups of tea but they would also make great offerings on the platform. Most of Blizzard's core franchises outside of WoW itself are heavily MTX'd out the ass, battle passes, cosmetics, whatever - even if it's included in the gamepass sub, the theoretical higher volume of players will likely compensate for unit sales through the aforementioned MTX.
I know this isn't a popular opinion but I'm actually pretty optimistic about this. Blizzard has been shit for a while and this will at least change things, even if it might be for the worse. Also give me their entire catalogue on gamepass pls.
Will it then be MicrosoftActivisionBlizzatd?
I really do hope they get rid of Bobby.
I only care if MS makes blizz bring back OW1
Getting rid of Bobby Kotic would be priority number one if you ask me.
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