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I mean not like it can get any worse than it is atm.
Given that Microsoft is literally the last AAA RTS publisher thats active (Halo Wars 2, AoE 4) I think this is only a good thing for a possible Warcraft 4/Starcraft 3.
As for BW/SC2, at the very least they won't intervene to actively harm the scene like Blizzard has done in the past so thats a plus. Given that they have put a lot of money into backwards compatibility/keeping old games alive, I can't see them shutting down servers any time soon either.
Whether they will keep funding SC2 the way Blizzard has is a question mark for sure, but BW should be fine at the very least.
Should also be noted that MS generally isn't as anti fanstuff as say Nintendo. There is a dude bringing back OG Xbox Live without MS shutting him down and there is a fan Halo game being made atm that they said is OK for them. So I doubt they'd do anything against ShieldBattery/private servers should the official servers become hacker infested nightmares.
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On January 19 2022 00:45 oxKnu wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 00:43 DropBear wrote:On January 19 2022 00:28 oxKnu wrote:
This move is not really a win-now move, that's why there are no executive changes that come with it. This is Microsoft starting early in their pursue of dominance for the metaverse craze that will dominate the games industry in 5-10 years. They got destroyed by Amazon and Google 15 years ago with cloud, so they don't want to be in that spot ever again.
From the perspective of Starcraft they'll probably invest in the games somehow (maybe even try a SCIII at some point) but I seriously doubt it's even a blimp in the overall plan for them, the focus is for sure somewhere else.
Either way, for this community it's still incredible news in the medium to long term.
What the actual f is a metaverse? https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/gaming-in-the-metaverse-the-next-frontier/For starters..
Its interesting that both the Microsoft press release and Bobby Kotick's letter mention the metaverse. So I guess thats a thing now.
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Wonder if there is any benefit to bnet being put on Azure (if theyre not already) 😂
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On January 18 2022 23:26 oxKnu wrote:
This is amazing news.
Microsoft is obviously not some true to the bone video game company but most of their efforts in that space have been good. They're also indirect owners of Relic Entertainment which publishes the AoE games.
This can mean a lot of great things: actual support for the old titles, new titles in the SC franchise - with a decent possibility of them not being idiotic cash-grabs.
Being stoked for this. Best news since SC:R was announced. The Activision cancer is now through. All rejoice.
their support for AOE2 scene is exactly what came to my mind at first
hopefully this is going to be something positive for the BW/WC3 scenes too.
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Blizz needed some change.
Don’t forget your ESPORTS dream.
Hoping for good news.
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On January 19 2022 01:15 Puosu wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 00:45 oxKnu wrote:On January 19 2022 00:43 DropBear wrote:On January 19 2022 00:28 oxKnu wrote:
This move is not really a win-now move, that's why there are no executive changes that come with it. This is Microsoft starting early in their pursue of dominance for the metaverse craze that will dominate the games industry in 5-10 years. They got destroyed by Amazon and Google 15 years ago with cloud, so they don't want to be in that spot ever again.
From the perspective of Starcraft they'll probably invest in the games somehow (maybe even try a SCIII at some point) but I seriously doubt it's even a blimp in the overall plan for them, the focus is for sure somewhere else.
Either way, for this community it's still incredible news in the medium to long term.
What the actual f is a metaverse? https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/gaming-in-the-metaverse-the-next-frontier/For starters.. Its interesting that both the Microsoft press release and Bobby Kotick's letter mention the metaverse. So I guess thats a thing now.
It's not really that interesting tbh, it's just the latest meaningless buzzword that the tech industry has latched onto as a way to generate press buzz without needing to actually deliver anything. If somebody throws that term around a lot you can basically assume either you should hide your wallet or they have zero clue what they are talking about.
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Just saw this and a lot of people seem to hype it up because of AoE2R/4? Idk, Microsoft has been a garbage company for a long time, Activision as well for 2 decades now and the last good game Blizzard released was arguably WC3 (imho). Since Activision only releases shit I'm not interested in and I also haven't bought a blizzard game since D3 vanilla, I suppose it can't really get worse for me personally.
On January 19 2022 05:10 tec27 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 01:15 Puosu wrote:On January 19 2022 00:45 oxKnu wrote:On January 19 2022 00:43 DropBear wrote:On January 19 2022 00:28 oxKnu wrote:
This move is not really a win-now move, that's why there are no executive changes that come with it. This is Microsoft starting early in their pursue of dominance for the metaverse craze that will dominate the games industry in 5-10 years. They got destroyed by Amazon and Google 15 years ago with cloud, so they don't want to be in that spot ever again.
From the perspective of Starcraft they'll probably invest in the games somehow (maybe even try a SCIII at some point) but I seriously doubt it's even a blimp in the overall plan for them, the focus is for sure somewhere else.
Either way, for this community it's still incredible news in the medium to long term.
What the actual f is a metaverse? https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/gaming-in-the-metaverse-the-next-frontier/For starters.. Its interesting that both the Microsoft press release and Bobby Kotick's letter mention the metaverse. So I guess thats a thing now. It's not really that interesting tbh, it's just the latest meaningless buzzword that the tech industry has latched onto as a way to generate press buzz without needing to actually deliver anything. If somebody throws that term around a lot you can basically assume either you should hide your wallet or they have zero clue what they are talking about.
Just like NFTs...
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Lmao, Activison now focusing on making more Call of duties ? This reminds me about some stupid documentary about Ceos of Blizzard, Activison and co. meeting at some multibillion conferences of how they milk the cows. Activisons do they really think that people will keep buying worse version of remakes of their crown the la crown ?
I even heard some starcraft players changing to to call of duty because it is more exciting xd
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On January 19 2022 05:19 Miragee wrote:Just saw this and a lot of people seem to hype it up because of AoE2R/4? Idk, Microsoft has been a garbage company for a long time, Activision as well for 2 decades now and the last good game Blizzard released was arguably WC3 (imho). Since Activision only releases shit I'm not interested in and I also haven't bought a blizzard game since D3 vanilla, I suppose it can't really get worse for me personally. Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 05:10 tec27 wrote:On January 19 2022 01:15 Puosu wrote:On January 19 2022 00:45 oxKnu wrote:On January 19 2022 00:43 DropBear wrote:On January 19 2022 00:28 oxKnu wrote:
This move is not really a win-now move, that's why there are no executive changes that come with it. This is Microsoft starting early in their pursue of dominance for the metaverse craze that will dominate the games industry in 5-10 years. They got destroyed by Amazon and Google 15 years ago with cloud, so they don't want to be in that spot ever again.
From the perspective of Starcraft they'll probably invest in the games somehow (maybe even try a SCIII at some point) but I seriously doubt it's even a blimp in the overall plan for them, the focus is for sure somewhere else.
Either way, for this community it's still incredible news in the medium to long term.
What the actual f is a metaverse? https://www.xrtoday.com/virtual-reality/gaming-in-the-metaverse-the-next-frontier/For starters.. Its interesting that both the Microsoft press release and Bobby Kotick's letter mention the metaverse. So I guess thats a thing now. It's not really that interesting tbh, it's just the latest meaningless buzzword that the tech industry has latched onto as a way to generate press buzz without needing to actually deliver anything. If somebody throws that term around a lot you can basically assume either you should hide your wallet or they have zero clue what they are talking about. Just like NFTs...
ya
i'd count wow vanilla in the good games for sure though
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I feel like they aren't super concerned with shutting down unprofitable ventures, re: BW specifically if anything this is good because MS has been big on keeping as many OG Xbox games as they can working in emulated versions over the past while.
However it IS Micro$oft... so...
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Insane...great move for MS as a whole. Hopeful for SC's future!
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Hey Microsoft Dont drop the ball now.You finally having in your hands a good RTS way better looking and more playable than your 2022 AOE IV. Funny enough it was made in 1998.All you need is put a team to remake all features.A better battle net. 2x2 3x4 4v4 matchmaking.Better servers.( you already owning azure so..) Make content to buy. Skins. MInerals colors.I want my minerals to be purple.More console skins. If you want to make a full remake im not really sure about that. I saw your most recent product. AOE IV . Lets say SC still looking better. Thanks!
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On January 18 2022 23:49 Ikirouta wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 23:20 Qikz wrote:On January 18 2022 23:06 Ikirouta wrote:
I feel like this is extremely shit news.
Microsoft will look at the classic games division or whatever and see that its not profitable, and slowly shut it down.
Thats just how I feel though. SC doesn't make them money, why keep it around. But its just speculation, I have no hopes of anything better from Microsoft tho, the same or much worse. It's already been shut down, they can't really shut it down anymore than it already has been. They can close the servers. Also afaik only the SC:R team got shut down, not the entire Classic games division? Or am I wrong about this?
Unless they also shut down the tens of thousands of Koreans who play the game it's going to accomplish very little. People would just move to shieldbattery or (more likely) some new Korean platform. I think the worst thing they could do is to release a new balance patch and break the community.
Also I'm pretty sure the entire classic games team was disbanded after WC3R.
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Overall at this point literally ANYTHING happening to Actiblizz is good for BW. There's like 1 dev currently operating on it right now lol so I welcome this.
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imagine sc to lightweight it gets bundled with windows like solitaire :D
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here's to hoping they don't touch broodwar beyond battlenet.
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I think they can finally solve BW's balance by only allowing you to pick protoss if you're on the xbox.
+ Show Spoiler +I'm joking, in case that wasn't obvious
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Good news for Brood War tbh
Time for Shield battery to shine!
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Wow hmm I wonder if they will make a new StarCraft with Age of empire skin? lol. I hope this is good news! Lets go Microsoft Blizzard ! =O
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Would be nice if Afreeca didn’t have to pay broadcasting fees for SC1 or 2 anymore. Other then that, there definitely is a bit that can be worrisome in this trade.
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