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Blizzard nowadays - ethics etc (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago by Damaskox@kbin.social to c/PCGaming@kbin.social

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I just saw a Steam ad about Diablo IV.
Got intrigued by it.
I have Diablo II and III. III was fun and I even played through it.

Then I started to think about the bad press I've heard about Blizzard.
I don't know/remember specifics as I haven't much followed the news. I do recall something about Overwatch though.

How's the situation nowadays?
Should I keep playing with Blizzard or boycott it?

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[–] bridge_too_close@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

My personal opinion is stay away until they show positive change. I stepped away from WoW in 2018 when it became increasingly apparent that they are designing to keep players grinding, rather than actually having fun, then the infamous Blizzcon that year (Blitzchung debacle and "Do you guys not have phones?") cemented my stance on not playing anything Blizzard. They have shown that they only see their players as wallets to extract money from and their employees as cheap labor to exploit and discard.

So has there been positive change? Not that I've seen. It's still too early to tell if the MS acquisition will do anything on that front. From what I've heard of Diablo 4, it's pretty boring once you get pas the initial "ooh, ahh" factor, and Overwatch 2 has been more or less a dumpster fire since it released.