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On January 19 2022 01:18 jpg06051992 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 01:13 Charoisaur wrote:
I hope they don't touch balance. BW didn't get balance patches and SC2 doesn't need either. Let the game settle.
Yeah I wish PvZ would get fixed but I'm too scared they'd fuck up something else in the process so I'd rather have no changes at all.
given how many bullshit suggestions get thrown around in the forums it'd really scare me if they'd look into that You could have responded like this to my post but instead you chose to respond like a total asshole. Calm down son, it's a video game forum. As long as I'm not posting something that's blatant idiocy or trolling what the hell is it to you anyways? PvZ is in a bad spot, we both clearly enjoy this game, why can't we advocate ideas since a new company is taking over?
Yeah sorry I called your suggestions bullshit. My main point was that it's not really related to the current topic that Blizzard got acquired by Microsoft
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I'm less optimistic than most folks here. This could just turn out to be a blatant diffusion of responsibility. Everyone forgets about how Blizzard and Activision shot themselves in the foot a bunch, how people got abused and driven out of their dream jobs, a few people get shifted around Microsoft's giant corporate structure, Microsoft makes a nice, polished statement about how bright the future is, and Bobby floats off on his golden parachute of sexual harassment, abuse and discrimination. GOOD STUFF.
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Lets hope they don't kill Blizzard like Windows Phones killed Nokia
Realistically with Microsofts love for RTS this has to mean Warcraft IV surely though
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On January 18 2022 22:55 ssg wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 22:46 digmouse wrote:
I.. uh, can't wrap my head around this. Well the biggest game franchise in the world is now going to be Xbox/pc exclusive. Sony could be dead in the water.As for starcraft...I don't know. Microsoft seems to be wanting to put more in its PC space, but that's usually things that are cross-platform for Xbox. Starcraft seems like a prime candidate to get lost in the shuffle. Arguably it was already though. I'd wish they'd sell it to help cover that 80 billion they just shelled out, but Warcraft being a huge driver of that 80 billion and SC's ties to that, that seems highly unlikely.
More like Xbox could finally be a competitor now against PlayStation. PlayStation has significantly outperformed Xbox in nearly every generation since they began.
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very, very interesting development..
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On January 19 2022 00:43 gTank wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 00:35 JimmyJRaynor wrote:M$ included Starcraft in their welcome message! This is a promising sign! ![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/4fnrnus.jpeg) No warcraft 3 
i think it's merged with WoW, since it's the same universe
hopefully
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I am positive about this. Activision/Blizz has been all about milking their franchises for a long time, skilled developers have left and there are haven't been any ambitious new releases since ... Diablo 3? Rewrapping does not cut it for me.
They might not do exactly what the fanboys who grew up in the 90s want, but at least they should keep the games alive and I can't imagine a new direction being a worse one.
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Gross. I'm curious if this will pass FTC scrutiny. Microsoft has a long history of going into business sectors and trying to create monopolies. This is yet another attempt at that. They're essentially doing what Disney did with movie/show streaming by using their sheer size to swallow up competition and become the biggest with nobody else able to stop them.
Not to mention this could allow Kotick and all those around him to get off scot-free from all of the horrible things they enabled. If anything, they'll just get golden parachutes and quietly leave a month or two after the takeover is complete.
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On January 19 2022 01:08 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 00:20 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:On January 19 2022 00:03 Nakajin wrote:
Wow.... maybe it will mean better for the chance of SC3 happening lets wait and see.
I am a bit affraid for what that will mean for the short time SCR and SC2 e-sport suport thought, with a merger on this size there is bound to be many things falling through the cracks... Let's hope the Starcraft esport team is not one of them.
Also IDK if it a done deal, the US governement might want to look at something like this? We're in the mega-coorporation game now. Like Fable? What happened with Fable?
Exactly my point. What has happened with Fable?
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In terms of Starcraft, I can't see this being a negative at all. Considering the support Microsoft has been given Age of Empires over the past few years, maybe Starcraft 2 will get some love. I feel like the worst case scenario is that Starcraft continues as it has been. Suppose we shall see, but I see this only as a positive considering Blizzard has all but abandoned Starcraft.
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China6331 Posts
On January 19 2022 01:08 Nakajin wrote:Show nested quote +On January 19 2022 00:20 ZerOCoolSC2 wrote:On January 19 2022 00:03 Nakajin wrote:
Wow.... maybe it will mean better for the chance of SC3 happening lets wait and see.
I am a bit affraid for what that will mean for the short time SCR and SC2 e-sport suport thought, with a merger on this size there is bound to be many things falling through the cracks... Let's hope the Starcraft esport team is not one of them.
Also IDK if it a done deal, the US governement might want to look at something like this? We're in the mega-coorporation game now. Like Fable? What happened with Fable?
Having a triple A reboot/sequel in the works by MS's best first party studio?
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On January 18 2022 22:55 ssg wrote:Show nested quote +On January 18 2022 22:46 digmouse wrote:
I.. uh, can't wrap my head around this. Well the biggest game franchise in the world is now going to be Xbox/pc exclusive. Sony could be dead in the water. As for starcraft...I don't know. Microsoft seems to be wanting to put more in its PC space, but that's usually things that are cross-platform for Xbox. Starcraft seems like a prime candidate to get lost in the shuffle. Arguably it was already though. I'd wish they'd sell it to help cover that 80 billion they just shelled out, but Warcraft being a huge driver of that 80 billion and SC's ties to that, that seems highly unlikely.
Sony still makes the best first party games.
It's gunna be rough though, a lot of people buy a console for CoD.
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How about this: Battle.net gets integrated in the Microsoft Gamepass and we have to pay a monthly fee to play?
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So they ran the company so much into the ground that they had to sell? lol
Good riddance i guess
EDIT: 25% stockprice rise today, Jesus
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On January 19 2022 02:14 Ben... wrote:Gross. I'm curious if this will pass FTC scrutiny. Microsoft has a long history of going into business sectors and trying to create monopolies. This is yet another attempt at that. They're essentially doing what Disney did with movie/show streaming by using their sheer size to swallow up competition and become the biggest with nobody else able to stop them. Not to mention this could allow Kotick and all those around him to get off scot-free from all of the horrible things they enabled. If anything, they'll just get golden parachutes and quietly leave a month or two after the takeover is complete.
I think with Nintendo, TakeTwo, and Sony and others like Riot and Epic, being so large that this will go through. Of course just a guess.
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On January 19 2022 02:48 Geo.Rion wrote:
So they ran the company so much into the ground that they had to sell? lol
Good riddance i guess
EDIT: 25% stockprice rise today, Jesus
They "sold" it for 68,7 billions, for comparison wikipedia tell me that the next biggest video game acquisition was take-two buying Zynga for 12,7 billions.
So you know, more like they implemented so much shitty practices to jack profit up that they made themselves unimaginably wealthy.
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This has interesting implications.
First of all battle.net is dead. We will see the games in the Microsoft store.
We may see WoW in game pass.
We will see more Blizzard franchises in console.
That being said, I think this is actually bad news for StarCraft.
Microsoft already has Age of Empires as their flagship RTS. And it has a very powerful name, more than StarCraft I'd say. Even though StarCraft 2 did better than the recent AoE GAMES.
I don't think Microsoft will focus much on RTS. They will focus more on COD, World of Warcraft, Overwatch and Diablo.
StarCraft is too similar to Halo for them to work on both as a FPS like StarCraft Ghost. And like I said I doubt they will make another RTS when they have AoE, or even the possibility of Warcrafts 4.
So long StarCraft and thanks for all the memories.
All in all though, this is great for Blizzard. Wish I had bought stock.
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On January 19 2022 03:12 [Phantom] wrote:
This has interesting implications.
First of all battle.net is dead. We will see the games in the Microsoft store.
We may see WoW in game pass.
We will see more Blizzard franchises in console.
That being said, I think this is actually bad news for StarCraft.
Microsoft already has Age of Empires as their flagship RTS. And it has a very powerful bane, more than StarCraft. Even though StarCraft 2 did better than the recent AoE GAMES.
I don't think Microsoft will focus much on RTS. They will focus more on COD, World of Warcraft, Overwatch and Diablo.
StarCraft is too similar to Halo for them to work on both as a FPS like StarCraft Ghost. And like I said I doubt they will make another RTS when they have AoE, or even the possibility of Warcrafts 4.
So long StarCraft and thanks for all the memories.
All in all though, this is great for Blizzard. Wish I had bought stock.
To be fair, the worst outcome in regards to StarCraft would be the status quo. If Microsoft does nothing for StarCraft, they do just as much as Activision-Blizzard did before. If they do more, it's a net positive. I am not too optimistic it's gonna be better, don't get me wrong, but there's no way it's gonna be worse.
And I highly doubt that they kill Bnet.
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On January 19 2022 03:18 Swisslink wrote:
And I highly doubt that they kill Bnet.
Maybe not kill but make it part of their own system and let people pay for it. That would be worse than the status quo.
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