Most of those are already shit (Fallout, Diablo, Overwatch, call of duty) or shelved 25+ years ago (Commander Keen, Hexen, Phantasmagoria…). Microsoft’s own games are rather good compared to Activision Blizzar or even Bethesda.
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JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Wonderful news, I sure did want all those franchises that I loved to be turned to shit before being shelved for eternity.
srecko@lemmy.world 2 years ago
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
“If there are fewer and fewer games coming out that are more and more exclusive people will just have to buy an Xbox!” --an MBA, probably
Maalus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Blizzard has already been doing that for a while. Also failing with new franchises, not investing in their core games, half assing releases. I hope they actually turn things around for games like Starcraft, Diablo, HotS etc
krakenx@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Blizzard would never have done that if Activision hadn’t been allowed to buy them. The new conglomerate will be worse than we anticipate in the same way Activion-Blizzard was.
Maalus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Why would they be worse? We have a bunch of good games out of Microsoft. I don’t see how they could fuck it up
krakenx@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Blizzard has pretty much only made amazing games before Activision bought them. Activision also made a lot of good games back then. People couldn’t see how the merger would fick it up back then, yet it still did.
I expect Bethesda to get infected with the worst that Activion-Blizzard has to offer more so than the opposite.