Why Does Everyone Hate Blizzard?

[Bubble Tea Bunny]

I’ve noticed a growing wave of negativity towards Activision Blizzard, and as someone who’s not terminally online, I’m a bit out of the loop. Can anyone shed some light on why there seems to be such widespread hate for the company? All insights are appreciated!

[𝕊𝕃𝕊𝔸𝕄𝔾♔]

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:

"Activision Blizzard".

Should be self-explanatory.

Microsoft acquired btw.

[D999]

Originally posted by mGz:

Microsoft acquired btw.

So now you'll need to login with your vaccination passport/QR code.

[Bubble Tea Bunny]

Originally posted by mGz:

Originally posted by Chrollo:

wallet vampires

What AAA studio hasn't been corrupted by greed? We live in a hyper-capitalist world. Adapt or die.

Good point, i asked chat GPT for some AAA studios ; which one isnt corrupted by greed?




Activision Blizzard: Known for franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.

Electronic Arts (EA): Creators of popular series like FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and The Sims.

Ubisoft: Known for franchises like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.

Rockstar Games: Creators of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series.

Bethesda Game Studios: Known for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series (acquired by Microsoft in 2021).

CD Projekt Red: Developed The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077.

Square Enix: Creators of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Tomb Raider series.

Naughty Dog: Known for games like Uncharted and The Last of Us.

Insomniac Games: Creators of the Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank series (acquired by Sony in 2019).

Bioware: Known for Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

343 Industries: The studio responsible for the Halo series.

Respawn Entertainment: Creators of Apex Legends and the Titanfall series (acquired by EA).

Bungie: Known for the Destiny series.

Capcom: Creators of Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter series.

FromSoftware: Developed games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro.

Santa Monica Studio: Known for the God of War series.

NetherRealm Studios: Creators of the Mortal Kombat and Injustice series.

Epic Games: Developers of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine.

Gearbox Software: Known for the Borderlands series.

PlatinumGames: Creators of Bayonetta, Nier: Automata, and Astral Chain.

Remedy Entertainment: Developed games like Control and Alan Wake.

Turn 10 Studios: Creators of the Forza Motorsport series.

Arkane Studios: Known for the Dishonored series and Prey.

Crystal Dynamics: Developers of the Tomb Raider series.

Hangar 13: Creators of the Mafia series.

The Coalition: Responsible for Gears of War series development.

[Arokhantos]

Because they are run by greed and just a shell of a company that they used to be.

[𝕊𝕃𝕊𝔸𝕄𝔾♔]

Originally posted by Bubble Tea Bunny:

Originally posted by mGz:

What AAA studio hasn't been corrupted by greed? We live in a hyper-capitalist world. Adapt or die.

Good point, i asked chat GPT for some AAA studios ; which one isnt corrupted by greed?




Activision Blizzard: Known for franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.

Electronic Arts (EA): Creators of popular series like FIFA, Madden NFL, Battlefield, and The Sims.

Ubisoft: Known for franchises like Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.

Rockstar Games: Creators of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series.

Bethesda Game Studios: Known for The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series (acquired by Microsoft in 2021).

CD Projekt Red: Developed The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077.

Square Enix: Creators of Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Tomb Raider series.

Naughty Dog: Known for games like Uncharted and The Last of Us.

Insomniac Games: Creators of the Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank series (acquired by Sony in 2019).

Bioware: Known for Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

343 Industries: The studio responsible for the Halo series.

Respawn Entertainment: Creators of Apex Legends and the Titanfall series (acquired by EA).

Bungie: Known for the Destiny series.

Capcom: Creators of Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter series.

FromSoftware: Developed games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro.

Santa Monica Studio: Known for the God of War series.

NetherRealm Studios: Creators of the Mortal Kombat and Injustice series.

Epic Games: Developers of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine.

Gearbox Software: Known for the Borderlands series.

PlatinumGames: Creators of Bayonetta, Nier: Automata, and Astral Chain.

Remedy Entertainment: Developed games like Control and Alan Wake.

Turn 10 Studios: Creators of the Forza Motorsport series.

Arkane Studios: Known for the Dishonored series and Prey.

Crystal Dynamics: Developers of the Tomb Raider series.

Hangar 13: Creators of the Mafia series.

The Coalition: Responsible for Gears of War series development.

Society is doomed and you're dense.

[Yew Nough]

Spent $100 on an empty game.

Also bought Diablo 2 for $13 and made me regret spending $100 on D4 even more.

And the $15-$22 skins they're selling seem to take priority over everything else, as their premium store's updated more than anything else in the game.

[Bamethyst38]

Originally posted by Bubble Tea Bunny:

I’ve noticed a growing wave of negativity towards Activision Blizzard, and as someone who’s not terminally online, I’m a bit out of the loop. Can anyone shed some light on why there seems to be such widespread hate for the company? All insights are appreciated!

>Sexual Misconduct allegations out the ass
>Blitzchung scandal and their alliance with China
>Sides with pro-LGBT and BLM groups for virtue signaling purposes
>Diablo Immortal's gatcha cash grabs
>World of Warcraft post-WoD
-Killing third-party WoW servers, than releasing Classics on their own
>Diablo 3's direction
>Wc3 Reforged disaster
>Overwatch 2's massive cut of content and poor release
>Releases games based on getting beaten to the punch in popularity (eg. Heroes of the Storm was created after losing Dota II to Steam)
>The loss of Blizzard North's founders and employees
>Choosing marketing over proper development of games

Originally posted by Kanjo42:

My personal row to hoe: "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times!"

This phrase, uttered by Blitzchung after he won in a Hearthstone tournament in 2019 got his winnings revoked and the two announcers that were literally just there fired because he had embarrassed the Chinese government in public, calling them out for the horrific abuse perpetrated on the citizens of Hong Kong at the time. Blitzchung lost $10k, and the right to participate in further sanctioned tournaments for a year. The punishment was so notably harsh that Blizzard was openly rebuked by the public and member of the US government for an obvious kow-tow to China. It was seen as a moral failure on Blizzard’s part, who clearly chose the money in China over human rights.

So, while the people of Hong Kong were being dragged out of their homes and subjected to police brutality just for thinking they should have a voice in their government, which was exactly what China agreed to in taking Hong Kong back from the British, Blizzard and its fans cheered. I was a fan. I played WoW since vanilla, and OW up until that time, and Blizzard broke our hearts.

So no, I won’t be playing this either. I hope every game Blizz attaches to Steam gets review-bombed to hell and back.

What was even more hilarious is Blizzard announced that they don't condone any political messaging or siding... while continuing to push LGBT movements and Black Lies Matter shilling.

[D999]

Weren't they running full-screen/unavoidable BLM support loading/waiting screens during the height of the psyop? I know Battlefield took it that far and I never went back.

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by mGz:

Microsoft acquired btw.

Yeah but the dislike for the company was even way before the acquistion ever came into the picture - namely when bobby was still in charge. Maybe MS being in charge might change things for the better but I'm not holding my breathe.

[𝕊𝕃𝕊𝔸𝕄𝔾♔]

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:

Originally posted by mGz:

Microsoft acquired btw.

Yeah but the dislike for the company was even way before the acquistion ever came into the picture - namely when bobby was still in charge. Maybe MS being in charge might change things for the better but I'm not holding my breathe.

Activision merged with Blizzard in 08, and they were still churning out amazing titles for a good 7 years before microtransactions shifted their modus operandi.

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by mGz:

Activision merged with Blizzard in 08, and they were still churning out amazing titles for a good 7 years before microtransactions shifted their modus operandi.

IMO, the merger was the beggining of the fall. Things very seldom collapse overnight. Actiblizzard is no different. Theirs is also a death by a thousand cuts. Initially they were still putting out good games but the telltale signs of the merger were already begging to surface, with a surge of microtransactions starting to appear in blizz games. WOW had a cash shop only after the merger. The rot eventually coalesced into the form of diablo's 3 AH. Even though that was removed quickly, I'm under no illusion that it was bobby and gang who strong-armed blizz devs into making it. I'm also under no illusion that it was activision that forced Blizzard into adopting an "online only" approach to their games.

Diablo Immortal is the full manifestation of activision's evil intentions and a clear indicator of the amount of influence they held over blizzard. Activision essentially "live serviced" blizzard into oblivion.

[ajrenalin]

Look what they did to Warcraft 3. Back when DOTA was being made, a few of us on the hiveworkshop would wait for Blizzard to open the door to mods but all they cared about was WOW at this time. Valve stepped in and took over DOTA from there. But the reason i hate them now is because DOTA was made on Warcraft 3 map editor and then Blizzard made Heroes of the Storm to cash in on the MOBA genre but it was a flop so now what they did was destroy the old warcraft 3 game into this reforged (lucky for me i still kept the game on patch 1.27b). Plus now this new blizzard company are a bunch of cash cows all they care about is adding micro-transactions to all their games now. They even tried charging for skins in this new Warcraft 3 flop they made.... Old Blizzard was amazing, new blizzard i buy NOTHING from them until they turn back to how they use to operate... until then... I'm good on their games

[𝕊𝕃𝕊𝔸𝕄𝔾♔]

Originally posted by Mentally Unstable:

Originally posted by mGz:

Activision merged with Blizzard in 08, and they were still churning out amazing titles for a good 7 years before microtransactions shifted their modus operandi.

IMO, the merger was the beggining of the fall. Things very seldom collapse overnight. Actiblizzard is no different. Theirs is also a death by a thousand cuts. Initially they were still putting out good games but the telltale signs of the merger were already begging to surface, with a surge of microtransactions starting to appear in blizz games. WOW had a cash shop only after the merger. The rot eventually coalesced into the form of diablo's 3 AH. Even though that was removed quickly, I'm under no illusion that it was bobby and gang who strong-armed blizz devs into making it. I'm also under no illusion that it was activision that forced Blizzard into adopting an "online only" approach to their games.

Diablo Immortal is the full manifestation of activision's evil intentions and a clear indicator of the amount of influence they held over blizzard. Activision essentially "live serviced" blizzard into oblivion.

I can't say with absolute conviction that had Blizzard not merged Activision, they'd be in an entirely different scenario today. The mid 2010's opened pandoras box. I believe Blizzard would have followed suit regardless of Kotick's influence tbf.

The current circumstance has left me pessimistic about the future of AAA gaming. What's the purpose of spending thousands of dollars on an enthusiast rig these days? I have no desire to upgrade from my 9th generation i9. I'm going to keep using this system till it dies, lol. Time to become a console pleb :D

[Mentally Unstable]

Originally posted by mGz:

I can't say with absolute conviction that had Blizzard not merged Activision, they'd be in an entirely different scenario today. The mid 2010's opened pandoras box. I believe Blizzard would have followed suit regardless of Kotick's influence tbf.

That's a fair point.

My personal belief is that if Blizz had not merged with Acitvision, they would have probably remained like they were pre-merger - focused on the player experience instead of chasing bottomline to please investor overlords. Something similar to CDPR perhaps.

[Kasperskii]

Originally posted by Bubble Tea Bunny:

Originally posted by Wolfenstein1997:

not only blizzard company, its because people seek an anger sponge for world problems. the gaming community was better 15 years ago

i think we found a winner

Thats the only thing I can thinkoff if I look at the state of the gaming community as a whole. The Internet was not that mainstream and people used to be nicer (sames as steam forums). Schiett schtorms happen way to often now.

I am happy I used to have the best times back then, not so many Cheater in FPS games and more nice people in MMORPGs . Games were also in the 2000s-2010s really groundbreaking. Or its nostalgia glasses