Poll of the Day > Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard

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ParanoidObsessive
01/20/22 12:40:54 PM
#51:


Zareth posted...
EA is actually doing pretty well for themselves

Yeah, but they're doing pretty well for themselves by pushing predatory microtransactions and gambling mechanics, churning out low-effort cookie-cutter titles year after year, and by repeatedly acquiring popular developer studios and then slowly exploiting their existing IP, corrupting their corporate culture, destroying everything that ever made them popular in the first place, and then dismantling them for raw resources.

EA is like a sci-fi horror movie alien. Almost everything they've done for the past 30+ years has helped to incrementally make the gaming industry worse for people who actually play games.

And it's not like they treat their employees all that much better, if that's all you really care about. Devs in the industry have complained about EA corporate practices for years. "Well, at least they haven't been caught in a sexual harassment scandal yet" isn't really that much of a positive endorsement.

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Bulbasaur
01/20/22 2:37:44 PM
#52:


the new battlefield shows that ea is not doing good right now

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BlackScythe0
01/21/22 1:29:17 AM
#53:


Bulbasaur posted...
the new battlefield shows that ea is not doing good right now

I'd be curious what part of their income is based on battlefield and what part of it is people buying loot boxes in FIFA and Madden.
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Far-Queue
01/21/22 7:48:43 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/7/7/AAZslrAAC1Mh.jpg

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BUMPED2002
01/21/22 9:23:22 AM
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Oh boy well there goes the neighborhood.

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Far-Queue
01/21/22 3:09:51 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/7/AAZslrAAC1R1.jpg

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zebatov
01/21/22 3:15:18 PM
#57:


ParanoidObsessive posted...
You're new to this planet, aren't you?

What have they acquired in the past that went worse than it already is?

In the case of Activision and Blizzard, it cant get worse.

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Far-Queue
01/21/22 3:33:31 PM
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I know zebby has me ignored because he fears my intellect but here ya go:

https://www.pcgamer.com/what-happened-to-12-of-gamings-biggest-studios-after-they-were-sold/

Ensemble, Rare, and Lionhead for starters

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UltraIchi
01/21/22 3:35:06 PM
#59:


Far-Queue posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/7/AAZslrAAC1R1.jpg
Lol

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ForteEXE3850
01/21/22 3:41:03 PM
#60:


Blightzkrieg posted...
Microsoft is just taking in all the crippled game publishers now

Activision wasn't actually crippled though.

There reputation was shot, but it was always terrible to begin with, like EA.

Their profits didn't suffer in any meaningful way from the controversy.

Blightzkrieg posted...
Interested to see if they actually make meaningful improvements

I sincerely doubt it.

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