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Don't want to comment on the legally or market forces bit on this, just want to comment as a gamer I'm elated. Microsoft has destroyed pretty much every franch
by TheCaptain4815 3y ago
Don't want to comment on the legally or market forces bit on this, just want to comment as a gamer I'm elated.
Microsoft has destroyed pretty much every franchise it touches, with Azure being able to subsidize huge losses for the garbage they've been producing.
Halo infinite might literally be the biggest flop in entertainment history. 500 million dollars spent and within a FEW MONTHS you had the player count for a FREE multiplayer game in the 5 digits.
These studios and game managers know their jobs are very secure, especially if they fall into Microsoft's ESG requirements, so game quality has taken a complete nosedive.
Gone are the small, nerdy, and passionate studios building these games that existed even during the Xbox 360 era from Microsoft.
- SuperMario1758 3y agoAny other studio and I would agree with you, but as an old school Blizzard fan I was hoping Microsoft could right the ship. The Blizzard of today is not a studio that is small, nerdy, and passionate, so what's to lose?
- Akronymus 3y agoI wouldn't even call it Blizzard. It's simply activision to me.
- lockhouse 3y agoBe careful what you wish for. Who else is going to be able to compete with Sony? If Microsoft never makes another XBox generation, how good do you think the PS6 will be? Would they even bother making a PS7?
- tapoxi 3y agoNintendo? They're way out front in terms of hardware and game sales. Not to mention Microsoft makes Windows, and has significant control of PC gaming.
- ragequittah 3y agoSitting over here playing flight sim, aoe 4 (and 2 every now and then cuz that remaster was fantastic), Forza horizon, looking forward to starfall after the epic gameplay trailer, and wondering someone can have such a drastically different view. Not to mention all of these games are on gamepass, which saved me 100s of dollars.
- solardev 3y agoIs Microsoft really that bad with franchises? Fable was pretty great. Halo until recently? Age of Empires? Flight Sim? Gears of War? And it's not like Call of Duty is some beloved indie franchise anyway. I'd much prefer that than Microsoft gobbling up a bunch of small indie developers. Even the Blizzard games (Diablo, for example) are way less innovative than their indie counterparts. And whatever their financials, Microsoft has continued sinking a lot of money into their gaming products, thankfully. They could've surrendered but then we'd lose the one major competitor to Playstation, and maybe even Windows gaming. Until and unless Valve/Steam becomes a vertically integrated platform, Microsoft has a purpose.