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Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The bar to be an improvement is so obscenely low that it's almost impossible for Microsoft not to be better.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m generally pro-Xbox but don’t consider myself a fanboy. I think the acquisition will be good for both brands.

I do worry about what they’ll do with the Blizzard IPs, but at this point I’m worried about Blizzard regardless.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Blizzard destroyed warcraft 3, quite possibly the greatest game ever made, with their "reforged" bullshit and I can never forgive them for that. I swore them off afterward. I am ashamed to say that I caved and bought Diablo 4 and was reminded what a shit company they are because they somehow managed to suck all the fun out of that too.