Shutting down Overwatch servers was the bad decision. I'm one of the people that truly believe Overwatch 2's release was mainly motivated not by player-focused improvements, but incentives only...
We couldn't. And we also knew that we couldn't go back to pulling people away from the live game in service of that original vision again.
Shutting down Overwatch servers was the bad decision. I'm one of the people that truly believe Overwatch 2's release was mainly motivated not by player-focused improvements, but incentives only benefiting the company's future. Sure, they'll try to do something, they'll put out marketing campaigns trying to mitigate the damage... but... I honestly hope Microsoft's acquisition is beneficial... and that the extinguish phase comes not soon after.
The deal is not dead. I understand the concern with market consolidation, but Microsoft has a history of treating its IPs well. As an example, look at how they're treating Age of Empires in...
The deal is not dead.
I understand the concern with market consolidation, but Microsoft has a history of treating its IPs well. As an example, look at how they're treating Age of Empires in comparison to what Blizzard did to Warcraft.
I'm not really qualified to comment, but why would it be? Is the UK really a big enough market to unilaterally block the deal? So far the EU and China have approved the deal and I don't see the US...
I'm not really qualified to comment, but why would it be? Is the UK really a big enough market to unilaterally block the deal? So far the EU and China have approved the deal and I don't see the US as likely to block it either.
Unless I'm misreading, that means less countries using Microsoft. A net win for us all.
imagine the ripple effect it would have on other countries considering whether to invest in using Microsoft for products given Microsoft might pull out if law changes adversely affect them.
Unless I'm misreading, that means less countries using Microsoft. A net win for us all.
I intentionally haven't been following the news around that - I only knew there were talks and only recently found out about the whole CMA and lawsuits and etc., and etc. I want to believe it will...
I intentionally haven't been following the news around that - I only knew there were talks and only recently found out about the whole CMA and lawsuits and etc., and etc. I want to believe it will happen, but I guess it's almost impossible?
And I agree that consolidation is definitely not positive
"Overwatch 2" is not all that different from any other update to the game replacing the old version. Do you miss 6v6 and lootboxes that much specifically?
"Overwatch 2" is not all that different from any other update to the game replacing the old version. Do you miss 6v6 and lootboxes that much specifically?
Shutting down Overwatch servers was the bad decision. I'm one of the people that truly believe Overwatch 2's release was mainly motivated not by player-focused improvements, but incentives only benefiting the company's future. Sure, they'll try to do something, they'll put out marketing campaigns trying to mitigate the damage... but... I honestly hope Microsoft's acquisition is beneficial... and that the extinguish phase comes not soon after.
The deal is not dead.
I understand the concern with market consolidation, but Microsoft has a history of treating its IPs well. As an example, look at how they're treating Age of Empires in comparison to what Blizzard did to Warcraft.
I'm not making a hierarchy of concerns, just pointing a reason why some people think Microsoft could be beneficial to Overwatch 🤷🏿♂️
I'm not really qualified to comment, but why would it be? Is the UK really a big enough market to unilaterally block the deal? So far the EU and China have approved the deal and I don't see the US as likely to block it either.
Unless I'm misreading, that means less countries using Microsoft. A net win for us all.
If I understand correctly it means less countries being allowed to use Microsoft, which, while this is MS, is still a net negative.
I intentionally haven't been following the news around that - I only knew there were talks and only recently found out about the whole CMA and lawsuits and etc., and etc. I want to believe it will happen, but I guess it's almost impossible?
And I agree that consolidation is definitely not positive
"Overwatch 2" is not all that different from any other update to the game replacing the old version. Do you miss 6v6 and lootboxes that much specifically?
Oh, I stopped playing OW way before 2 was announced. I'm just salty with blizz in general.