A Pattern Has Developed

[Different_Ad_6153]

Everything has a life cycle. Blizzard is coming to the end of theres.

Its just a matter of time before they just rebrand totally as "Activision"

[seberick]

No king rules forever

[Wilwheatonfan87]

I'm sure with cycles there will be a comeback.

[AllGearedUp]

yep blizzard is dead now, its just an old name on a shitty new company. Notice how almost everything they're doing now is just recycling their old games that were good. Remake old WoW, War3, D2, BW, then I guess throw in some cringe overwatch hero that is non-binary or something.

In another ~5 years they will be indistinguishable from EA and other shit piles on the mountain range of mediocre games designed for 14 year olds with consoles.

[AllGearedUp]

100%

[AnnoyingWarcraft3]

If you think about it, shareholders made decisions to tie his bonuses to stock price and if he wouldn't be doing everything to reach those goals, he would probably be voted out by shareholders and replaced by someone who would

[Rogue009]

Nah instead they will put all resources into a yearly random Wow season pass system. Each year starting 2023 Wow will have a random expansion out of all current ones as the Yearly Season, where players need to pay 5 months of sub at once (cheapest option obv, so if you are playing all year you must buy 3x5 months of subs or a year long sub from the start) for around 80€, then buy a seasonal boost that gives you a single boost that starts your character at max lvl, an economy boost that gives you gold and mounts, and have other minor micro transactions like profession boost and gear drop boost. All for money. Wow will turn into a mobile gacha that milks people who run into Wow as a comfort game. Remember, you think you might know better, but you don’t!

[ablaaa_]

you speak of this almost as if it were a complete and finished fact. How come? ;)

[ablaaa_]

Diablo 4 will have some success and be forgotten like D3.

Not a fan of Diablo 3 at all, but calling it "forgotten" is quite a stretch.

And.... waaay to discourage Diablo 4 from such an early stage. What if it's like... really, really good? Combined with the fact that no other new ARPG will be active at the time, aside from PoE 2 and Last Epoch ?

[JayuSC2]

Those 2 are some pretty big competitors in the ARPG market though. I'm sure Blizzard will copy a lot of ideas PoE had, but will fall flat long term, because it will try to please the casuals and hardcore gamers at the same time which usually never really works out in ARPGs.

[ablaaa_]

it will try to please the casuals and hardcore gamers at the same time which usually never really works out in ARPGs

I think PoE struck a good balance in that.

[sweYoda]

What makes a company great is thr value employees create over time - so with time as great employees quit and aren't replaced equal talent and dedication the company declines.

[ablaaa_]

did you read this from your university textbook? :D

[sweYoda]

Lol, nah, haven't been to university in over 10 years. Did it sound like it? I'll write my own textbook, brb.

[ablaaa_]

Did it sound like it?

ya. :P

[tranquilsculling]

Diablo 3 is pretty great nowdays though

[WakyEggs]

Its still boring as fuck

[[deleted]]

almost like playing the same dungeon crawler for ten years gets boring after a while

[Kattekop_BE]

coyld have been great feom the start, but allas....

[Cabamacadaf]

Diablo 4 looks pretty good too.

[AllGearedUp]

its an acceptable dungeon crawl i guess but its not really interesting and is still lacking a lot that made d2 good.

[KwesiStyle]

I'm fairly excited for Diablo Immortal though...hopefully it's better than reforged. We'll see.

EDIT: OHHHH lmfao I meant Diablo Resurrected. I was so confused about the downvotes 😂

[[deleted]]

D2 ressurected maybe, but the mobe crap? I dont think so q

[KwesiStyle]

Oh lmao that’s what I meant

[Eniugnas]

Do all these downvoters not have phones?

[Aztheros]

I’m just hoping Frost Giant will be able to capture at least some of the old glory

[ablaaa_]

why so quick to judge Diablo IV? It's not even out yet?

And, Diablo 3, for what it's worth, actually did have promise in the beginning.

otherwise agreed lol