Comment on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets preliminary approval from UK regulator

• theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And AoE2 cam out 24 years ago and is supported with expansions to this day.

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  • Carighan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And SS1 came out 29 years ago and just got a remaster. This isn’t a years-pissing context. Starcraft II was supported way long, and extensively. And like all good games, eventually the vast vast majority of players have moved on, and then the devs might move on, too.

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    • theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The issue is not not players of dev, but the management that probably doesn’t think it’s profitable enough anymore. But Microsoft manages to keep AoE2 going with an even smaller playerbase than SC2.

      So MS taking over an abandon francise I care about sounds pretty sweet to me.

      just got a remaster

      That was 6 years ago, btw.

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  • AnonTwo@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Isn't the expansion content between SCII's expansions and AoE2's expansions significantly different?

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    • theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not that much. Yes, AoE2 usually adds new factions, that won’t happen in StarCraft II. But introducing new units or reworking existing one is possible.

      Adding singleplayer mission is pretty mich the same.

      Also the Co-op mode of SC2 is quite popular and there is room to add a “new faction” there.

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      • AnonTwo@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No they're VERY different from what I checked. I'm not sure how you could possibly say "not that much" to that!

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  • echo64@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Comparing one thing to an exception is dumb in the best of times

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  • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The original AoE or the rereleases? Because i had to pay for the definite edition.

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    • theKalash@feddit.ch ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Doesn’t matter. The option to pay for some more content is literally what I’m hopeing for.

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      • tryptaminev@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        yes it does matter. These are businesses. They make money by selling things. You cannot compare one rereleasing the same game with minimal changes for new money to keep supporting an existing game without charging new money.

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