Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard

Never forget ensemble studio, microsoft turns to shit every game studios they own.

rip blizzard

Quote from RaVaGe

2 hours ago, RaVaGe said: Never forget ensemble studio, microsoft turns to shit every game studios they own.

rip blizzard

Seems a bit of a stretch to pick one bad example and apply across the spectrum. Considering it was an acquisition done 20 years ago, of a studio developing a genre of games that was on a slump and I don’t think will ever really be a record breaker again.

We know how publishers often have unattainable expectations, I dunno if voices have been silenced, or the problem is actually less prominent… but I haven’t heard more cases of games doing reasonably well and the publishers going “they sold under expectations” (I remember Square Enix complaining of TR?)

Have there been other big cases? Minecraft has become as big as it can be, Ninja Theory seems to be doing well, Turn10 and Playground Studios seem to be doing well (even breaking out of the genre they’re know for). What about a game like Flight Simulator coming back and doing so well, like who was expecting that?

I dunno, I like the MS of recent years a lot in their overall strategy, products that they release etc. Satya Nadella and Phil Spencer they seem to be doing the right choices*.

I just find wrong that is possible to consolidate so much under one banner. Let’s also think that it was only few years ago there was widespread fear/rumour MS would shut down Xbox altogether…

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1 hour ago, blackdog said: Seems a bit of a stretch to pick one bad example and apply across the spectrum. Considering it was an acquisition done 20 years ago

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