The Decline of Blizzard

[@TheActMan]

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[@soulwaxxxxx]

gamer

[@cfiber_inc]

Ok

[@Keatoo]

I noticed, good job man

[@hexiron3852]

Haven't been this early since KZbin started to demonetize half its paltform.

[@Wobble9000]

Good. Twice the pride, double the cringe.

[@pr0jectzero281]

Blizzard gave us memorable quotes like “Is this an out of season April fools joke?” And “Don’t you guys have phones?”

[@SUP-BITCHES]

True

[@JoeEver123]

The first one is from an ex-fan not from them

[@Cowboy_Lasagna]

And "you think that you want that, but you don't."

[@HolyknightVader999]

"How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?"

[@Marinealver]

No Blizzard gave us memorable quotes like "Stay A While and Listen" and "Nuclear Launch Detected" Activision-Blizzard is the one that gave us those lines.

[@jakesteezy]

starcraft fans for years: Blizzard forgot about us :( starcraft fans now: oh thank god they forgot about us

[@deathblade2639]

@Purple Emerald but we already had sc remastered before wc, afaik it was decent

[@FractalPrism.]

the remasters,.....they're coming for you too.

[@ryleyrobinson7779]

DeathBlade the Starcraft remaster is purely visual. They only updated the game art to look nicer in higher resolutions. The community response was almost entirely positive

[@crugtheneko]

for now...

[@somerandomguyfromthebeyond1821]

lets be real Blizz forgot that SC 2 existed a week after LoTV launch

[@mrpuffy36]

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it." - Warren Buffett

[@hecunotmakingalogisquad5785]

Is that a head crab in ur pfp

[@mrpuffy36]

@@hecunotmakingalogisquad5785 Yes

[@safermonk]

There was time when i told my friends: every game blizard makes is good with blizard polish. Time truly flies fast.

[@Sun6935]

@@safermonk my friends and I used to say the exact same thing, we thought nothing could compare to blizzard quality... Times change

[@SuperCer054Real]

@@hecunotmakingalogisquad5785 he do be looking fresh though

[@TheSecondVersion]

"Nothing brings the family together like slaying demons" Yes Blizzard, because when I play your games the first thing on my mind is, "how do I get my parents in on this?"

[@danieluchwal3515]

Think this video needs an update with the release of Immortal

[@sebastianrogel5953]

Yeah, for their credit-card...

[@CorporateG0th]

You mean like with two or more controllers on a gaming console so we can all chill out in front of a TV and splitscreen it? Oh wait you meant everybody quietly sitting through the house thumbing a 5 inch phone screen.

[@lilawodjmqaowdawd5787]

"Dont you guys have phones?" Yes I also have a fucking toilet. But thats not where I get my water from.

[@IlMemetor72]

That's a good one hey

[@Hawk_06]

nice fuckin name

[@tobig.1765]

great i now wish they had replied that :D

[@gabrielberranunto8672]

Damn this name is longer than my......

[@tonimmcx]

HAHAHAHA

[@damuao2742]

2010 in college: I wish to work for Blizzard one day. 2020: glad that wish didn't come true.

[@Hakohn2511]

Yep, exactly the same here, bro. I was like: "My dream company as a programmer certainly is Blizzard! So friendly; only golden titles that changed their genre as a whole; company that puts passion into their products." Now, I'd rather work for something like any mobile game developer rather than Blizzard haha. Just so bad, they have become...

[@Thapanirmal]

Lol

[@nedkelly8958]

Mine was bethesda, but the story still checks out haha

[@Dfeneck]

@@Hakohn2511 Did the same thing. Only boycott the entire games industry for app development. Pays better, don't have to do over time and my boss is awesome! Game developers are being screwed because its a 'dream job'. So sad :(

[@Sadeyo1]

I said the same thing about Disney

[@Angel-ob8md]

**act man: gets his mind erased** Act man: what’s Blizzard? Random wizard: it’s not a story the counsel of gaming would tell you...

[@no8366]

Act man: why what could possibly be so bad that no one would tell me? Random Wizard: oh young one, you should try not to be so naive, but I suppose the truth will never the less surprise you.

[@jaxonkoenig6678]

This is outrageous, it’s unfair

[@kyotheman69]

ill be saying "what's Blizzard" if next wow expansion ends up being total shit like last one, this their last chance to redeem themselves, if they fuck this up again, I'm out, Blizzard is dead to me

[@pierreo33]

ahahaha le reddit memes xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@UrAJok3r]

You do know that's supposed to be Deckard Cain and not a random wizard, right?

[@Nicole_Auriel]

we need a part 2 desperately. So much has happened since then.

[@brandon7227]

Yep, I think what's messed up is the "remasters" and "sequels" remove the old game from being played. Games that people paid money for, just taken away. Seems illegal to me.

[@prismfx_ae]

ow2

[@majorgear1021]

Diablo IV fixed everything

[@37Kilo2]

​@@majorgear1021lolwut

[@drphilsranch6782]

⁠​⁠@@majorgear1021, Even if Diablo 4 was an incredible video game (which it’s not) that still wouldn’t clear up the sexual harassment allegations and general shitty business practices.

[@eugenekrabs2403]

I love it when some random old guy breaks into my house, wipes my memory about something, then decides to tell me a story about a video game company

[@TheActMan]

Happens every damn time

[@vanz681]

So relatable

[@josephhungerford8348]

I definitely agree bro so dame funny

[@AngelFlipz]

Lmao

[@mr.blonde2085]

Guess it’s a Monday 🤷🏼

[@quincycroft3323]

Fan base: "You were the chosen one!! It was said you were to destroy Activision not join them!! Bring balance to fans expectations, not leave it in darkness!" Blizzard: "I HATE YOU!!"

[@lifadysi9418]

Fan base: "You were my favorite gaming company, Blizzard. I loved you."

[@quincycroft3323]

@@lifadysi9418 Activion: "Can you hear me Darth Blizzard?"

[@Olivermathews0224]

Blizzard: Where are the fans? Are they safe? Are they alright? Activision: it appears in your stupidity you pissed them off... Blizzard: Noooooooo!!!!!

[@masterzoroark6664]

China is the answer

[@quincycroft3323]

@@juice6521 Fan base: "Then you are lost!"

[@MethSloth]

"doN't yOu GuYs hAvE pHoNeS?"

[@faketoddhoward7280]

Is this an out of season aprill fools joke?

[@flamefromHalo]

To be fair, if you watched the vod they were being roasted left, right, and center for something they were really proud of and by the people they thought would love the idea most. It was unprofessional for them to be sassy back, but it is hard not to empathize with them on that stage, if only a little.

[@ang-a-red1907]

@@faketoddhoward7280 no he actually Said that

[@someretardontheinternet]

@@flamefromHalo I don't have sympathy because they're really out of touch with their fans. I've never played any of Blizzard's games and once I build a PC next month I'm gonna try to play some of the older games but I know quite a few people who play a lot of Blizzard's games and I know the audience. I think a lot of people would be completely fine if they made a Diablo game exclusively for the PC but they made a little spinoff for Mobile but they didn't

[@someretardontheinternet]

@@ang-a-red1907 Did you not watch the full video? Someone said that too

[@youknow_nothing]

I love how in a lot of business the companies have to make expensive research to get info on the client, but in video games you can just go to the community and hear exactly what they want/need, even by just looking at successful community projects of your game will be enough. Yet, the companies refuse to do so. The good thing is that nowadays big gaming companies are getting more in touch with the community. Age of empires is a example that comes to mind and look at the damm thing, the game is ancient by gaming standards yet the game is thriving

[@ivorymantis1026]

Blizzard has literally become "That one good guy that got corrupted" trope that they love to spew constantly in their media.

[@gub4941]

Ironic

[@ExtremeWreck]

Even more crazy when you consider their first games were licensed train wrecks like Home Alone on NES. So they were once a bad guy, then became a good guy, then back to bad. EDIT: OH WAIT THAT WAS BETHESDA!!!

[@danheckerson1722]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of plagueis the wise?

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@gub4941 uP

[@Laughingoat12]

blizzard - "hold my bolvar fordragon"

[@Nibmeister]

“Will Blizzard ever redeem themselves?!” No. No they did not.

[@somm150]

You replied to a present tense question with a past tense answer.

[@dolofonosesostrefis]

@@somm150 Technically it's a future tense question and he's answering from a further point in the future... also they got worse AGAIN... somehow

[@farconwill4708]

they can't riot is now just do a better job than billzard yeah the ruination event of riot is kinda bad but let's be honest that's just a mistake

[@dolofonosesostrefis]

@@farconwill4708 Yeah, they had good plans that got screwed over by the pandemic and scheduling issues. If everything came out at the right times it would've worked a lot better. Don't get me wrong, they made a lot of questionable decisions but it would have been less of a train wreck. But hey, at least it's something to learn from, and Riot does learn... if only a certain other company would :/

[@somm150]

@@farconwill4708 riot was never really a competitor to blizzard

[@raphexe]

Imagine buying a 3000$ pc and these guys release the next Diablo on smartphone.

[@theanimelibarian7881]

Aye lol

[@kingdom1872]

Diablo 4 looks lit though

[@thetayz72]

If you spent $3,000 on a single PC you're used to getting screwed

[@asparrow9876]

I'd just play something else. STOP MAKING STUPID PEOPLE RICH!!!!!!!............ At this rate I'm gonna start my own gaming company..... Since beta soy boys are so eager to throw their money anywhere possible just to be a pay pig.

[@adryannthedefender701]

Ouch🥶🤢🤮!!!

[@DtWolfwood]

Die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. The death knell for blizzard, Diablo Immoral. It is Ironic the franchise that would show how evil the company has become is a game about hell.

[@echomjp]

The writing was definitely on the wall from the moment they merged with Activision and World of Warcraft had become beyond a certain level of popularity. Diablo 3 also had quite a lot of controversy back when it came out, but in hindsight it still was a solid game (as was Starcraft 2, even if they split the campaign across three versions of the game). Heck, Overwatch was mechanically fun to play, though obviously the greed had seeped in with their loot boxes and the like. All of their games post 2010 or so basically were exercises in "they're extremely greedy, but maybe the game is fun enough to be worth it." At a certain point, it no longer should be worth it.

[@priximus2254]

I dont understand why they didnt pitch Diablo immortal as a "have this while we work on 4" it would have spared them a lot of embarrassment

[@Edsabre]

Exactly. Nobody minds if they make a diablo spinoff game for mobile. But to announce it before saying anything about D4, at a convention full of hardcore, PC playing fans had to be the most braindead idea.

[@wellbi]

Because they are absolutely out of touch with reality. They thought that they are still the company they used to be. A company with the position that no matter what they show to their player base, it will love it, while in fact they were at the time a company that was on a downward spiral for years and they had staunch critics even amongst their most hardcore fans at the time.

[@maczetamaczeta189]

Because there was no plan for Diablo 4 development. Immortal was supposed to lead the new trend of Blizzard, who heard that "mobile is the future". They had no idea how distant mobile fanbase is from their own.

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

Because that was SUPPOSED to be Diablo 4 in their eyes. They didn't actually start working on Diablo 4 until they realized everyone HATED the idea of Diablo going mobile. They would've gladly got rid of PC Diablo forever if they could.

[@McGooness]

Because they weren't planning on releasing 4

[@daily3865]

Love how the Actman still puts in a bunch of effort. Even when he was a small channel his videos were great and they still are today.

[@TheActMan]

That makes me very happy to hear! I spent prob too much time on this video haha

[@Keatoo]

The Act Man Yeah good work man! Might have to join that Patreon!

[@silversnow3171]

Definitely, this is like Broadway's top Performance on every level - production, script/on the rails, quality, and down-to-earth talk. Hopefully everything's okay at your area Act Man keep up the good work.

[@conorkirwan301]

Daily386 so true he always puts in full effort

[@Lucky_9705]

The Act Man Keep up the great work!

[@Nicole_Auriel]

The "Out of Season Apirl Fool's Joke" guy is still a legend and a hero to many gamers to this day. A true paragon of virtue.

[@R3GARnator]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@wtrflsh]

@@R3GARnator not all heroes have phones

I had to pause the video, that was a major burn and the public reaction was legendary

[@flowervillain5643]

@@wtrflsh thank you for making me ugly chuckle

[@Weolynlive]

All blizzcon heroes wear red when participation in q&a tho

[@planetbob6703]

That ending with the like/dislike ratio aged like milk "We got rid of dislikes to protect compa- *small creators!* Small creators is what we meant!" -youtube

[@autismandgaming4532]

Im a microscopic creator, and if a video of mine got dislike bombed, id think that was useful info

[@Gatorade69]

@@autismandgaming4532 It's a good way to see if something is misinformation. Like If I search up a how to video and it's mostly negative I would know that I should be weary of following their advice. KZbin is a joke.

[@darthcinema4262]

​@@Gatorade69 Just like Blizzard

[@Gatorade69]

@@darthcinema4262 Personally right now I hate KZbin a lot more than Blizzard though they are both pathetic.

[@chavo8358]

"Your father ruled this company for seventy years, and you've ground it to dust in a matter of days."

[@OmarAlikaj]

WC3 reference there.

[@SourRobo8364]

Fans: "What is your mission?" Blizzard: "To ensure the survival of our fanbase and franchises." Fans: "You are about to fail that mission!"

[@johnmella7780]

This terminator quote lives on and will never be forgotten. Go forward brother.

[@bencegergohocz5988]

To ensure the total chinase takeover in Hong Kong

[@zevooxgames2366]

You have failed this city ^^

[@R3GARnator]

This has nothing to do with Goblins, Slayer.

[@haraldharam9334]

@Josh derp Sheep goes B A H

[@lachazASMR]

"Do you guys not have phones?" Was the biggest insult ive ever been handed by a gaming company. Even after all this time it makes me rage to hear it.

[@rcmmntsbd4813]

It really shows the utter contempt they have for their fans. Not a single ounce of respect for the people who have been supporting them for years.

[@andresgv10]

And are you still giving your money to them? Just asking. Because if you are, then you're a masochist.

[@Astrih_Konnash]

I was watching it online and I hollered a "WHAT?!?" Where I present in the event I don't know what I would do... The suits are the real evil, not only destroying Blizzard but many other game companies and franchises :'(

[@SquaredbyX]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWfcpYaNe9qMnZI

[@cavemantero]

Naughty Dog: HOL MAH BEER

[@semiliterati]

I'm bipolar, have PTSD, and combined, the two manifest some interesting super powers, like ultra-real night terrors for instance. In 2017, at the start of a three day weekend, I went from doing generally bad, to nearly unmanageable. Dealing with people wasn't really an option, and the idea of sleeping was out of the question, so I logged in to WoW. To occupy my mind, I set about pet farming. I didn't talk to anyone. No PvP. I just repeated a pattern over and over again until I'd get a drop, and move on to a different pet. I don't remember which one I got stuck on, but after 36 hours, nothing dropped. I was coming up on 50 hours of non-stop playing, and finally gave in to sleep, so I could function when I went back to work. After work, I discovered I was banned. They wouldn't tell me why, but I assumed they thought I had set up a bot. I poured out my conditions, but the responses only became more hostile. If you don't have either of my problems, it's not easy to understand what happens when they go rogue. It's pretty easy to write someone like me off, and just say, "Get a life, loser", but getting a life has nothing to do with it. Showing up in that life consistently would be like maintaining the same disposition immediately before, and after, you break a bone. If you were the only one who just broke a bone, it's kind of hard for everyone to relate to the sudden change in energy your bringing to the group. It's also kind of patronizing if they try. Being alone often feels better than anything else. WoW was a safety net. When I'm in a good place, I could go raid, tear around battle fields, manipulate the AH, or just chat with the guild. When I'm not good, I could log in, and distract myself, which occasionally means keeping myself from discovering what might be waiting for me if I fall asleep. I'm not really a gamer's gamer, and I haven't found any other games that could do for me, what WoW did. Neither condition is curable, and I don't respond to the known medications the way I'm supposed to. I was paying to play, banning me for playing, without considering why someone like me might occasionally stay logged in for really long stints, was pretty fucking cruel of Blizzard in my humble opinion.

[@semiliterati]

@ILuvBananerz huh

[@jasonhahn8797]

I have schizoaffective disorder, so I can see were your coming from. I would freak if I had my games just ripped out of my hands like that. Video games help. If I'm not in the middle of an episode, I play things like F.E.A.R, go nuts in GTA 5, or play Far Cry 3 (which I guess, if you know the story mode of Far Cry 3, it's probably not the best game to play with my psychological issues, lol). However when I'm in the middle of an episode I play things like Lego Star Wars, Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion (the bright colors and whimsical music satisfy me) or Minecraft. I sympathize with you and I hope your able to gain better management of your BP disorder. PS. Sorry for the excessive parentheses usage. Not good with communication. 😕

[@TheCaptainCrack]

take a look at Elite Dangerous if you need a game where you can grind by yourself forever.

[@lordazrielxiii7731]

Blizzard: "Do you guys NOT have phones?" The crowd: "Can you guys NOT develop PC games?"

[@wolfdragox5563]

Blizzard: ok 🙂

[@MariOmor1]

Red Shirt Dude: Is this some kind of out of season APRIL FOOL'S JOKE?

[@dickthegimp4280]

Of course I have a phone, Blizzard. And that's exactly what it is, a phone. Not a PC or console or any gaming device. It's a fucking phone!

[@GAMER3Productions]

Blizzard: Do you guys NOT have phones? Me: Yeah I do, but I left it on your mom’s nightstand!!!

[@TheSMR1969]

@@dickthegimp4280 because mobile games dont exist

[@winglau3128]

I watched a Taiwanese guy talks about the decline of Blizzard. He said : "Look back to the decline of Blizzard its like when you were a kid, you adore this cool teen guy who is funny with great ideas that always impress you, somehow turned into an old tedious pathetic salesman that doesn't have the goal of life anymore and all he wants is to sell his shit to you so he could grap the money from your pocket."

[@nasd1995]

Wow! Just wow! That was so deep that I felt it in my soul.

[@chucklytell]

An unfortunately accurate analogy.

[@Skarfar90]

The unfortunate truth is hard to grasp. But the writing was set in stone the day Blizzard agreed to merge with Craptivision, a company that has been increasingly turning up their levels of corporate greed to an unfathomable level. We saw what happened to Guitar Hero. We have seen what Call of Duty has turned into, and we have seen how they have twisted a great game developer into being disconnected from their fan-base. And let's not get into the constant need to appease the Chinese overlords.

[@darthtepes575]

HEY IT'S LITERALLY ME

[@criztu]

Think of this: the wonderful music of Diablo 2 was composed by Matt Uelmen. he left blizzard in 2007

[@crashschwarzen4642]

I dont know about you guys but that old man kinda looks a bit like act man, but thats probably just me

[@TheActMan]

He could be my long lost cousin or something...

[@bruhmomentum2683]

To explain that we need to talk about parallel universe

[@Jim-lg8sf]

The Act Man or your dad...

[@PastaD]

The act gran

[@AngelFlipz]

@@TheActMan Lmao your long lost brother

[@kwoni3337]

Rip blizzard. You will still have a place in our hearts for what you once were

[@echomjp]

The Blizzard many of us knew and loved ~20 years ago is dead and gone. The writing was on the wall once World of Warcraft became so popular and they went from being a "well known, but niche developer" to a massively profitable enterprise. Once that happened, and once the merged with Activision, their creative integrity was lost. They still pumped out decent gameplay after losing said creative integrity, but only cared for profit at that point. Which is how much of the "AAA" industry behaves nowadays, sadly. I'm not against companies making a profit, but when it comes to things like video games - making a good game should always come first. If that means you might not be as profitable, maybe scale back your production costs in the first place - it isn't like modern AAA games tend to have more features or less bugs than games from 10+ years ago, yet they cost more to make.

[@adad87821]

​@@echomjpright?blizzard only exists in name now the blizzard we loved is dead and long gone

[@victorreznov1440]

Blizzard: killing me will not stop micro transactions I DO NOT CARE ABOUT MICROTRANSACTIONS MY NAME IS VICTOR REZNOV AND I WILL HAVE MY RRRRREFUND

[@bruin730]

This is easily one of the best youtube comment ever made

[@Ghostman223]

Yeah

[@allmustdie624]

All must die!

[@winlover37]

MASON NO!!

[@Germanempireaboolilel]

"If they stand for Blizzard, they die for Blizzard."

[@adradox]

Over years I grew to despise J.Allen Brack. His condescending and dismissive attitude towards the playerbase always made my blood to boil. If you are not listening to us, if you don't make games for us, if we are not your audience, then who the hell is your audience, Mr. Brack?!

[@ashtonderojas821]

The shareholders...

[@petemadrona2252]

The CCP

[@Break531]

Basically, the CCP.

[@ilililil490]

Apathy is a side-effect of a dying civilization.

[@radroach9201]

Basically, gaming became a mega industry, and the focus shifted from consumers to investors. What consumers want doesn't matter anymore... only that they buy it, and they can get by on brand recognition alone at this point. All that matters is convincing shareholders, with no interest in video games themselves, that profits are coming. This is why real talent is strangled from the field, and people with no business at creative tables are there dictating the directions of these games. Why sleezebags with no talent in gaming hold positions of power regularly abused, like Todd Howard, Randy Pitchford, and others.

[@BlaZe-pl4ym]

After learning about the workplace and what transpired, this video hits WAY more.

[@theloremandraws3753]

Do please enlighten me, as I dropped off the grid for a bit

[@BlaZe-pl4ym]

@@theloremandraws3753 Basically, the State of California is suing Activison Blizzard after claims were made of worker being sexually harassed and treated unfairly on the premises. One of the victims sadly took her life due to a supervisor passing around her nude photos around the work place during that time. He allegedly kept doing it after her death, which is fucking disgusting.

[@theloremandraws3753]

@@BlaZe-pl4ym wow. Just, wow. Blizzard has gone far beyond just some unlikable corporation now.

[@lacroixproductions3501]

Yeah fax

[@BoboMagroto26]

@@BlaZe-pl4ym second I heard of the suicide… all ican think is ‘what the flying fuck?!’

[@ShinkuGouki]

The last thing you wanna tell your consumers is "you are wrong and you need to appreciate what we are offering". A close friend of mine was a huge WoW nut and even he had many complaints about the direction of the game.

[@danielskrivan6921]

9:00 my favorite part of the whole RealID fiasco was when one of the Blizzard employees posted their real first and last name to show that it's not as dangerous as people think. Within minutes, players posted details about him, such as his tax records, SSN, the names of his kids and where they went to school, what kind of car he drives and the license plate number, etc. Within an hour, the thread was taken down and Blizzard reversed their decision.

[@soopcanwastaken]

karma

[@TheOneStooge]

Holy fuck, really? Is there somewhere I can read up more on that?

[@flamingchickin]

@@soopcanwastaken eh, I don't think he really deserved it.

[@patrioticcat5768]

Damn. I'm not surprised. But damn.

[@juanmanuelcorrea7673]

@@flamingchickin I mean.... He baited himself into it. So I'd say he pretty much deserved it.

[@Zathren]

Wow. I genuinely forgot that the head of Nintendo at the time took a pay cut. Knowing that it was required to keep the business afloat. Even worse looking at Blizzard for decimating their employees just so the higher ups could get bonus checks.

[@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother]

@Shazbot81 So Game masters, Customer Service and numerous other departments are Esports? They laid off 800 people bro, of that probably 20 had anything to do with Esports. Since then we can feel the effects of the lay offs in pretty much every Blizzard game..... It's actually quite black and white.

[@kyotheman69]

@@youtubedeletedmynamewhybother i question why they do esports to games that shoudn't have one like World of Warcraft

[@toonlinkluke]

sadly he has since passed away

[@goulouse]

@@toonlinkluke RIP.

[@sargasm169]

@Shazbot81 They also laid down people just to end up recruiting again for the exact same post after. Savjz's wife, who was a part of these layoffs talked about it publicly and got banned from going to blizzard events along with savjz. (savjz is a hearthstone streamer)

[@bisexualichigo4227]

“The decline of Blizzard began” Me: “Oh god, plis not that voice for almost an hour” **Goes back to his old voice** Me: “oh thank god”

[@sweetness8674]

No one comes -to- for the wizard voice.

[@vwertix1662]

@@sweetness8674 Is that a challenge.

[@firstnamelastname7079]

But I liked the wizard voice

[@firstnamelastname7079]

I did as well but it would be a strain to talk like that continuous in a long video.

[@firstnamelastname7079]

No one comes to for the wizard voice.

[@tylerp7522]

That Tristram music in the background while Deckard Cain preaches is so iconic

[@allesarfint]

Blizzard: Merge with Activision and everything goes down hill Bungie: Joins Activision and everything goes downhill Nintendo: Stays with itself and starts making games that make them resurge from the hell of Wii U The problem is very clear in here, companies with a name starting with B are destined to fall.

[@alarianb]

So... Bethesda next?

[@shira_yone]

@@alarianb yes

[@barkley8285]

Bethesda & bioware

[@MrDamning]

More like if you join Activision you'll trash yourself

[@gamefan987]

@@alarianb what do you mean next ? They have been fucking up for years

[@Brandit0h.]

Stuck on the toilet glad this was uploaded

[@jackiceton4522]

What

[@TheActMan]

hope you take 37min to poop

[@brysenplays3146]

Same

[@cfiber_inc]

Oof

[@tolunay_my8686]

Same💀

[@gamephreak5]

"Where once Blizzard was dedicated to it's fans, they're now dedicated to their shareholders." And China. Don't forget China.

[@bobincognito]

I read your comment as if you were trump 10/10

[@masterseal0418]

Blizzard China/SJW Pandering=Disney China/SJW Pandering.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@masterseal0418 I kinda wish we as a nation, no the whole world would straight up boycott China in its entirety until they completely did away with its censorship. Imagine how fast their nation would collapse economically. They would either revert back to a Maoist totalitarian shit hole or they would become a beacon of democracy.

[@PoochieCollins]

​@@masterseal0418 : since you want to shoehorn politics into this, Trump pandered so hard for Russia that he was pretty much bending over for Putin. I recently read an article about Russia considering Trump to be a Russian asset.

[@LHKKKing]

Blame China for everything, yet forgot that almost every game touched by Activation / EA turn in to shit. Try explain that. Is Westwood of CnC gone because of China? how about Redwood of Dead Space? what about Mass Effect from BioWare?

[@coyote4326]

We appreciate you Act Man. Thank you for having us, I've enjoyed staying awhile and listening.

[@yourneighbour5738]

Blizzard: "The customer is always wrong"

[@badsiknius4862]

its funny because the customer IS more than always wrong

[@justsomegamer6719]

@Keith Marshall "You think you do, but you don't"

[@a1175779]

Activision*

[@nayyarrashid4661]

Then show them with Diablo 4 that customer can still persuade even though they may be wrong...

[@justsomegamer6719]

@@nayyarrashid4661 Doubt it, with the latest always online DRM they're going to pull.

[@DarkFireFox064]

"This Company shall fall... And from the ashes, shall rise a new order that will shake the very foundations of the Industry!" -Blizzard.

[@Raxxes]

Sherlock Holmes?

[@bobby45825]

That's how i feel about Larian studios and Crate currently.

[@DarkFireFox064]

@@Raxxes Wacraft 3: Reign of Chaos, ending scene of the human campaign.

[@adamtajhassam9188]

a better foundation that is not blizzard will be far fbetter and China will fall the corrupted giant.

[@cylainius713]

It looks like maybe riot is taking the mantle now. We shall see if they make the same mistakes.

[@lrmcatspaw1]

"I dont think you can point to a single mistake" Me: Points at Activision.

[@Arbbal]

I know right, just look at the section titles, in order: Into, The Good Times, Activision-Blizzard Merger. Starting at about 7:10 (the end of the merger section) the rest of the 38 minute video is how the company screwed up, I'm no business major, but I think I found the problem.

[@hazardeur]

@@Arbbal shareholder interest and artful video game making is often times not something that works together very well. This horse has died long ago

[@Grivehn]

@@yurig014 I think we know at this point that shareholders know nothing about how to make, produce or sell good games, or about games in general. Listening to people who invest in a company just cuz it's big, but know nothing about the product is probably more convinient to companies nowadays, than listening to the fans who know what they are talking about. (A large portion of them, at least.) However, shareholders dont buy games and dont pay making games, and they are the first to pull out at the first sign of trouble. Fans are often loyal beyond reason - as are people now who still hope or play Blizz games. But if they are lost, then really nobody buys the games, and after that shareholders are out, too. Unless Antivision gets in on the business to sell tobacco or razors or smt.

[@crowns9269]

this is such a complex topic, it's like making a deal with the devil. put yourself in the shoes of a game director from a small company: he is genuinely passionate about making good games and cares for his developers, whom he has a responsibility towards in terms of pay and safe employment. maybe bad times come, maybe it looks like a great opportunity, but he decides to start accepting money from people who don't share his values and especially don't care about the people making the games: they're investors and their job is to fund your project and get a return from it, nothing more nothing less. once you have accepted enough money and sold enough of your company to these strangers, it's all out of your hands, you don't have power anymore and it's them who get to decide on how you make your videogames, because the money you are using to make them is theirs. at that point you're no longer a video game company with an artistic goal in mind and certain values to uphold, you have simply become a money-making machine for third parties and if you manage to cram creativity and good design in good on you, but it isn't at all necessary. you're not making games anymore, you're making profits! that's why 9/10 games that come out are so safe and samy and have more time spent developing online shops than the actual game itself, their primary goal is not to be entertaining games, they might very well be but that's not the focus, the focus is making sure that the investors get their returns and nothing more! that passionate, genuine game director from the beginning is now held prisoner, and he has to go along otherwise bad things may happen to his employment and his staff. and the complex part is: would any of us behave any differently if WE were the investors? if I gave a bakery 30.000 dollars would I want them to try 65 different kinds of sweet bread or just want them to stick to the working formula so that I can get my money back? it's such a complex system with so many variables, and I feel we're getting fucked every minute that passes a bit more, sorry for the long post this discussion is too interesting to not give my 2 cents

[@unoriginal7076]

Atleast they stopped supply drops in the most recent cod and free dlc

[@LordMalice6d9]

The decline of Blizzard. The decline of EA. The decline of Bethesda. The decline of CD-Projeck Red. The decline of Capcom. The decline of Nintendo. The list could go on and on. And I am sure I missed a few other game developers.

[@grondstein8147]

KONAMI!!

[@TheSecondVersion]

@@grondstein8147 Konami is experiencing Valve Syndrome. They stopped caring about their most famous games because they're already making so much money from other ventures.

[@naiiin6949]

This hurts to say, but: Bioware The mass effect trilogy, especially ME2 will always be among my favorite games, but i don't think anyone still believes they are capable of creating games like those😔

[@wingsken]

Most big corporations are like this. Now its only money that counts… all companies fuck over their own consumers just to sniff that extra dollar. Lootboxes and microtransactions coming to cars with BMW being the first shitty brand doing it. More will follow…

[@Killroy007]

Cdpr and capcom may have fumbled the bag with some of their most revent games, but id argue that its too early to already say they are declining. Especially as cdpr did fix cyberpunk.

[@SomnusShinra]

I think it's time for "The Decline Of Blizzard Part 2"...

[@artman40]

The worst thing is, it's very possible to have "The Decline Of Blizzard Part 3".

[@Leee275]

Seems he will make a new video about it.

[@SomnusShinra]

@@Leee275 Sadly looking forward to it Blizzard... Now it's not a thing of sadness or hatred is just DISGUSTING...

[@getn_shot2282]

More like the complete and utter destruction of blizzard now...

[@SomnusShinra]

@@getn_shot2282 The scary part is that on July 2020 was the upload of the video and now on July 2021 we are talking about Blizzard too... my god what a disaster.

[@Achillez098]

Blizzard in the past: A role model for the entire gaming industry Blizzard now: Can't even remaster an old game properly

[@orchestrate]

yo dat rimed.

[@ignotumperignotius630]

I seriously never got the bliz love, even in the old days

[@Mrraerae]

@@ignotumperignotius630 WC3, Diablo 2, and WoW up until the latter part of WotLk (until they nerfed heroics and added LFG) were really great games

[@notthebees5905]

Blizzard is a definite role model of how to copy someone's else homework and not get caught by millions of idiots.

[@GTJW22409]

@@notthebees5905 More salt please.

[@nexferna7695]

God when they were introducing Diablo Immortal, you can see the guy pausing cause he was expecting applause and was just met with complete silence

[@bungiesblueflames]

I read applause as applesauce lmao

[@elipetrou9308]

I also expected applesauce

[@sivvinod3187]

I expected tomatoes and shoes.

[@rejvaik00]

I can't stop watching it😂

That was my first hopeful moment for gamers in a decade.

[@jerrydupont2588]

The fact this was made 3 years ago and what we are witnessing with Diablo 4 and overwatch 2 is just sad.

[@nifer3248]

They somehow keep finding ways on how to get worse as a game company, but I do wonder how worse they could get in the future, even if they are now owned by Microsoft

[@sajaak940]

30:37 "How can a company actually deteriorate a product's value 18 years later." **cries in Star Wars**

[@thatoneguy6580]

Hahahahah

[@kikijammer]

At least Star wars have Jedi Fallen Order and The Mandalorian. I also like Rogue One. Blizzard on the other hand had me worried about their Diablo franchise

[@KingAgniKai]

Don't forget the final Clone Wars season

[@flameseeker4060]

@@KingAgniKai that was only 12 episodes, 8 of which were actually any good

[@gianb3952]

The good thing is: unless Disney goes full JK Rowling and start giving out nonsensical lore for the OT, the movies are still the same, you can still enjoy Lucas' original vision. Blizzard literally made their 18yo game worse lmao It's like if Disney burnt all copies of the OT and the surviving ones are all in 360p

[@Ikcatcher]

Feels weird when you realise EA has less controversies as of late compared to Blizzard

[@sajibmazumder3778]

and EA still trying i mean at last trying to make good games

[@thebigyes8482]

Ikcatcher Well, supposedly the new Star Wars game was good, with no microtransactions.

[@sugercane7213]

@@sajibmazumder3778 Have you seen pvz3?

[@ApocalypseGuy1]

@Mohammed Uddin EA isn't redeeming itself. They just have the immense luck of being the publisher for Respawn Entertainment.

[@ryanishungry7409]

I need blizzard for the launcher

[@killerkitten7534]

“No, you think you want that, but you don’t” Good lord that hurt to listen to

[@Dramn_]

Surprised someone didn't rush the stage to punch that fuckin smug grin off his face

[@lucaleone4331]

I agree, I hadnt heard that interview until this video. I had to pause to cringe lol

[@Lucitaur]

Just pause for a moment and imagine how BLOATED that dude's ego is. Makes you realize a lot about many wrong things in the world and how they come to be.

[@Ridley_Prime]

Developers generally discover that, if they design shit wrong, people will optimize the fun out of a game or not find the intended gameplay loop. Some designers will externalize these failures to their players being dumb and not knowing what's good or not, and then internalize that attitude that players 'don't get it.' On the one hand, he's sort of right that players typically don't know what would make for a better game from the outside, without knowledge of hidden systems or designs. But his response is wrong. Players do want something you're not giving them. While their solution might be incorrect, the core feeling that's driving the players to ask for something or complain about something else is a problem the developer needs to address to keep the game interesting. If devs look at player suggestions and feedback and go 'nah, these guys don't know what they're talking about, they didn't make the game' and ignore the playerbase, that is a quick way to fail. Devs need to look at the feedback and figure out ok WHY are the players asking for this feature, what problem are the players having that they're trying to solve? I've never been a fan of Blizzard games myself solely due to personal taste in games, but to me it seems like Blizzard has been taking the former approach of writing off the playerbase as dumb. I could be wrong, but it really does seem from the evidence presented that Blizzard is just so far up their own asses and talented designers willing to reevaluate their own work have either jumped ship or been laid off.

[@rattlehead999]

Well he was right. :D

[@Garrth415]

Good as this was I wish you had brought up just how absolutely, fucking dirty they did HotS. Failed to listen to general feedback, promoted it terribly, tried to cater to its e-sports scene over the general player base, tried to force its e-sports scene into being the next overwatch league - and when it didn't get there they left the entire pro league without any information about next season just to say its cancelled and they completely fucking gutted development and support for the game.

[@candyman851]

It's so sad and frustrating because HotS had the potential to be the best and most successful MOBA on the market. The core gameplay was fun, the heroes and maps were super unique, it had a lot of strategic depth while still being really easy to pick up and learn. They just marketed the game poorly from the start, made some insanely stupid decisions, refused to listen to the playerbase, and didn't give it the resources it deserved.

[@BubblegumCrash332]

The state of California agrees with this video

[@supercroc8172]

Proud to be living in Cali rn

[@eventhorizon88]

@@supercroc8172 This is probably the only reason to ever be proud of Cali xddd

[@suhasop4919]

Patrolling the Mojave almost Makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@thescotslair]

I've always hated California, but Blizzard is WAY worse. First thing good they've done in a while.

[@eventhorizon88]

@@thescotslair At least blizzard doesn't tax you to hell

[@retronostalgia7964]

Blizzard: Am I so out of touch? No. It’s the consumers that are wrong.

[@RohanDaDev]

they are.

[@akaiyoru2681]

"Don't think, don't ask, don't criticise, consume. Consume the cum chalice"

[@pickle5666]

"Up yours consumers"

[@retronostalgia7964]

Yurt The Silent Chief It’s funny because I wrote this comment before ActMan made the joke in the video. What a coincidence.

[@MyouKyuubi]

@veracsthane they were up around 12 million at its peak... Around wotlk.

[@Lucky_9705]

The Act Man has continued to create excellent content absolutely necessary for game developers to consume. The more they watch your videos, the more they will continue to improve.

[@ReturnToSenderz]

I absolutely want to see the meeting where Blizzard’s executives are sat down and forced to watch The Act Man tell them how they’ve screwed up the company. 😂

[@jonathanpretty5031]

Unfortunately, they wouldn't do that. All they care about is money.

[@MariOmor1]

Uh…

[@mapleflag6518]

Or they will see it as a to-do list.

[@manubishe]

The first hints of corruption sounded out when Ghost grew up a game, but talked his similar talk from the past (yes, the "reap the whirlwind" part).

[@hanswurst6742]

Not to forget how they were boo'd for immortal by THEIR FANS at their OWN convention

[@JuanPabloContrerasC]

how can we forget it when act man speak of it in this video? 22:06

[@TheRogueCobra]

"You called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind."

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4XPiqyuq9yCgKc

[@xintrosi6829]

I love the quote in the context of Starcraft but hate how wrong it is, lol

[@Xendrius]

2021, still no ranked for wc3.

[@Rejukem]

A man can dream

[@fabiocosta3830]

They abandoned WC3. And if goes like that, sooner or later players will swipe it from Activision greedy hands and turn it into a freeware

[@ulqinaku8471]

and now they’re gotten worst

[@klokateer4372]

@@fabiocosta3830 so we can have another club penguins scandal, i dont think Activision will let that fly

[@Jonas-1A]

And there will most likely never be ranked made by them. Just abandon their products and go for indie, where the passion for gaming lies. Not soulless corporations, with their money laundering lies.

[@shidokasagi5406]

Two years later. Video still young but already aged well.

[@FuryLobo]

Overwatch 2 shows you where blizzards heads are. Literally looks like an expansion pack. At least cs 1.6 to CZ to source to GO was a change graphically and gameplay wise.

[@mininududedu]

The changes are coming, we will have new heroes, game modes, maps, graphics, skins, new events, revamped events, campaign mode and hero missions. I understand because i felt that there was nothing on ow 2 too but ow 2 is not just everything that was shown in the demo.

[@FuryLobo]

@@mininududedu Those are things that were added to Guild wars in expansions. I just don't see it justifying a whole new game where they'll prob have loot boxes again for skins. Everyone will leave the first one making the original OW redundant. It's a cash grab.

[@ScoutTrooperMan]

i miss my times playing as a rein main in overwatch back in the day

[@mininududedu]

@@FuryLobo nah man ow 2 will become ow 1, the only paid thing about ow 2 is the pve stuff

[@RM-56]

The game isn’t even out yet

[@fattony75]

"do you guys not have phones" will go down in internet history as one of the worst PR blunders

[@ekscalybur]

The only reason that is the worst blunder is because it followed "You think you do, but you don't." Blizzard followed up telling their customers "we'll tell you what you want to pay for" with "what the fuck is wrong with you, buy our shit and be grateful we're selling it to you". But, my ire is not mostly towards those dipshits. I want to know who hired these supreme losers and gave them the reigns to the biggest franchises in videogame history.

[@amberslahlize7961]

Yeah, I'm one of those people who don't have phones...that statement still pisses me off.

[@wardoge924]

THIS. It became a meme that one...

[@MarceloAbans]

That's pretty up there in top 10 along with Nintendo letting the PSX go.

[@wilaboluap2119]

i hope that dude got fired

[@indeimaus]

great video brother, I'm completely done with blizzard - they have a LOT of work to do to make me excited for any bullshit they make these days

[@jkrw9271]

didn't expect to see you here

[@BrownOpsLeak]

Boycott bluzzard forever

[@PraisedLink]

Hello Indei🤘🤘

[@DanS044]

Did you call the Brøthęrš?

[@Mezcon2]

Same here. It would take a LOT of good reviews from the community about any new game and about the leadership itself for me to ever come back to supporting Blizzard. Until then, I am sticking with devs like CD Project Red Update after cyberpunk: OH F**K ME! Lol!

[@Eamil]

Man, I was there for the RealID fiasco. My favorite moment was when one of the community managers martyred himself in that massive thread by posting his real name to show that it was totally no big deal. His address was posted to the thread within minutes.

[@rynovandermerwe7041]

This almost made me cry. Blizzard is more disappointing than my dad...and that guy has 4 families in 2 countries.

[@abrahamzapruder1192]

I was butt-effed by Blizzard myself, Ryno. I don't just feel like it. I was. You perfectly, exquisitely worded the anguish I felt with diablo 3, sigh..

[@chrisgraham2123]

Your dad a legend

[@zievemane3481]

Ur dad is my hero

[@Докторпарадокс]

dude is a family man

[@Fenrize]

Ouch

[@barrylising15]

Not to mention the way Blizzard treated Heroes of the Storm by firing everyone via a blog post

[@nathanroberts757]

Didn't know about that, haha that's another level of shitty.

[@filipvadas7602]

@@nathanroberts757 yeah, they basically destroyed Heroes of the Storm's relevance when they cancelled tournaments out of the blue. Essentially forcing countless people that played the game professionally to abandon it. Then, as if that wasn't enough, they reduced the dev team to a skeleton crew. The game is still good and there are still people playing, but its relevenace in the mainstream has been crippled.

[@IceColder]

thank you. ♥ never forget.

[@TheRealMonkeyrogue]

Had NO idea. Feeling worse and worse for my recent D3 purchase.

[@mcgruber]

Man, Heroes was so good too. They did my boy dirty.

[@realdanksta2237]

This video was made with more effort than any of the Blizzard games of late.

[@abrisszebeni9192]

That chin tho

[@BiGDaDDy-jx6xl]

OOOF 😂

[@thenson1Halo]

Now it's like they went " Hey, thirsty emo-nerds still fap to Sylvanas right? Yeah? Ok, go ahead and make her a god and have her beat up every leader and hero in the game. Especially the male ones, Anita will love that shit! Woah... wait, isn't Tyrande sort of a 'woman of color'? Ok, don't let her get beat up. She can be the hope for whoever isn't fapping to Sylvanas" and boom.. there's your game.

[@sirkl4272]

I was legitimately addicted D2 for 4-5 years and kept playing it sporadically years after. I bought D3, played it for less than 1 day, still haven't even tried to log back in, nor have I bought any other Blizzard game since.

[@isaacwhite2216]

Blizzard: *issues statements supporting LGBT rights and BLM* Also Blizzard: *shuts down streamer for supporting Hong Kong protesting agaisnt human right abuses*

[@Badass1001]

You can protest all you want ,but when it comes to pleasing BIG DADDY CHINA that's a big nono. Gotta get that sweet china money.

[@dingalan8745]

I think China should learn from US what truly mean double stand. Like put military in the the city and call China stop sending policy to the city.

[@tungnse]

Everybody knows as long as you support LGBT you are legit no matter what. Just put a rainbow profile pic on your social media then say whatever stupid shit you can make up (like saying incest is legit) and don't worry there will be a lot of people backing you up. Everybody knows as long as you support china you have money, even if people outside of china boycott your game. It's a sad and disgusting truth but it's the world we are living in. Practically Blizzard did the right thing for themselves by licking both parties' boots at the same time. Although it's not guaranteed to last in the long run but hey, who can predict the future?

[@kaslow2811]

I think China just hate people generally

[@BottledPoe]

They're probably only supporting LGBT and BLM just for their own attention

[@ellobodehielo]

"My son, the day you were released the very forums of the internet whispered the name: Warcraft. I watched with Pride, as you turned into a weapon of modding and joy. Remember, our company has always developed with passion and creativity and I know you will show restraint with monetizing your great power. But the greatest victory, is stirring the hearts of your community. I tell you this, for when the time comes for a sequel, it shall be the king of gaming" Then Booby the Cock-tick walks in, stabs the old Blizzard in the heart, steals the urn with the ashes and pisses in it.

[@timushpetru1112]

You certainly know a betrayal when you see one.

[@PisstachioDisguisey]

Omfg Arthas Menethil is my favorite character on warcraft/WoW lore. Him and Illidan ofc.

[@Xoruam]

"Their audience is mostly PC gamers" But China isn't :>

[@sub-zero5433]

@keith sze blazzar

[@什么-t3w]

You are totally wrong. If you truely know the gaming history in China, most diehard gamers here in China are PC gamers. The reason is complicated, like the mobile gaming industry is growing so fast in recent years, and many companies have make easy money from it

[@user-gm4kv2my4u]

Dude, china is going to have a lot of dedicated pc gamers based on them having such a massive population alone. Especially when so many of their people go into technology. Just look how quickly non region locked servers pick up players based in china. There was zero reason Blizzard needed to forgo a proper diablo sequel for a mobile game. Other than pure greed.

[@buckbucker8020]

@@什么-t3w It's mainly because the console makers were banned, but PC hardware wasn't until VERY recently. You have DECADES of the PC ecosystem to flourish, even before the advent of smartphones.

[@Keyce0013]

From what I understand of the Blitzchung incident, Blizzard already had rules in place that participants were not permitted to make political statements during playtime. That doesn't excuse the ludicrous penalties that Blitzchung suffered (and they were NUTS), but the guy did break the rules.

[@echomjp]

The point isn't whether or not they broke the arbitrary rules, but whether or not Blizzard is in the right for punishing them for a political statement while making their own. Blizzard after all can set whatever rules they want. If they set a rule blocking political statements from being made, they need a good reason for it. A good reason is not "we're afraid that we're going to lose out on profits" in a moral sense, ever.

[@mehmedmaloparic7419]

How it used to be : OH! Its a Blizzard game!!! How it is now : Oh... its a Blizzard game...

[@qunt100]

Can I get that BLIZZARD GAME FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! Parent's still think you are a blizzard fan. Oh, it's a blizzard game for christmas.................... wow warcraft 3 reforged............. Thanks mom and dad.............

[@Prak_Giggles]

That quote "Is this an out of season April fools joke?" was better than anything else in Blizzcon 2018

[@bunnysash3298]

The legend of Red Shirt was born.

[@deceiver444]

In 2023 the April's joke are named Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4

[@Schmidteren]

Activision buying Blizzard was the worst thing to happen to Blizzard.

[@keewffbywrhathrrd3603]

Well of course. It's Activision.

[@GodittoC]

69 likes, make a wish!

[@federicomacias1946]

Why people still think Activision bought Blizzard? It was a matter of time due to Blizzard being owned by Vivendi. The problem is that Vivendi did everything that cared, losing Blizzard identity

[@vixxcelacea2778]

Blizzard was always owned. It was never independent, but they were also smaller and allowed to take more risks and do what they wanted. Now everyone is out of touch and they are too big. Big companies always go this route because they are beholden to stock holders and board members whose job it is to make as much money as possible, which always leads to terrible game design.

[@Schmidteren]

@@vixxcelacea2778 Grinding Gear Games proves otherwise.

[@lucija123451]

I remember I applied for their internship program a few years ago because I was a huge fan of them since I was a child. Boy, am I glad I got rejected lmao

[@zoomforlife]

no your not :D

[@jasonlaird4575]

I’ve always appreciated when act man places his ads it doesn’t break up the pace at all

[@TheActMan]

Just doing my civic duty, sir

[@nightman2462]

@@TheActMan I salute you, good sir

[@adrianriyadi7879]

I dont see even notice if there is an ad?

[@ProdTenski]

The Act Man *salute*

[@professionalbiologist7108]

@@TheActMan BRONZE STATUE IN YOUR HONOUR

[@omegaslash777]

Man, after hearing what happened today, Activision Blizzard is even worse than we thought...

[@rjrowley3887]

What happened?

[@samreddig8819]

Yeah what happened?

[@minucat4099]

@@samreddig8819 sexual harrassment towards female employees and other bad workplace environment activities like drinking thats what i can remember rn but i think thats the gist of it

[@justasimplemanworkinghiswa1569]

Minucat Activision CEO is now apart of it.

[@0Asterite0]

@@minucat4099 allegedly lmao. You can never tell with the sjw woke crowd. This is why you shouldn't ever hire them

[@sebastiangomez6003]

“And the Oscar goes too...” “old wizard guy...”

[@josephhungerford8348]

I definitely agree bro its very funny

[@tylersmith9868]

The Blizz Wiz

[@viggecokarlittecola4655]

thats like saying "the oscar goes to batman"

[@saxdude01]

I am saddened by how well this video has aged. Really hoped blizzard would be better by now, but nope

[@Dakkablight]

"YOU WILLINGLY DID THIS TO OUR PEOPLE GRRRAAAAHH!!" I absolutely died at this part. Thanks for your amazing content.

[@TheActMan]

I am very proud of that edit hahaha

[@wackonaut]

The Act Man t

[@Evan_Wingerter]

@@wackonaut t

[@cindercaddell4846]

@@Evan_Wingerter t

[@stoopidpursun8140]

"I'm not saying Blizzard as a whole is a reprehensible anti-gamer movement whose sole purpose is to destroy all your favorite franchises." I'll say it.

[@SuperSonaldo7]

Becouse its infiltrated by activision who only and only relies on making profit making money so they put untalented and non inspirational business man(ion) on the game developments. Share holders dont care just bring the money

[@TheExecutorr]

I second this.

[@SmoothTurtle840]

Serko Kaya I wouldn’t put the entire blame on Activision. Blizzard itself is no longer what it used to be.

[@joexer1]

Go ahead then, say it

[@TheBelrick]

Remember a decade ago we were all laughing at the insane leftwing antics of college kids on campus? well those murder apologists graduated and took jobs in companies where they were only interested in pushing their ideology rather than promoting goods and services. well no one is laughing now

[@knightshade2654]

You forget when the developers for Diablo 3 had their messages leaked where they were mocking Diablo's original creators, complete with the head developer saying "fuck that guy".

[@fotingomaster]

Jay "arent you grateful" Wilson

[@damienfields1503]

Which ones? Do you have a link to this? I want to see this

[@Rumblingbelly]

I hadnt heard about this either

[@knightshade2654]

@@damienfields1503 @AVL I couldn't find the video I watched that went into detail about it, but here's a summary from the wiki www.diablowiki.net/Jay_Wilson#Controversy

[@damienfields1503]

@@knightshade2654 cool thanks bro

[@litebkt]

I was a software developer in Silicon Valley for most of my career. I would do a project and get laid off when it was finished. That’s how it worked. Once I was at any one place for two years, I freshened up the resume and started looking. For another job.

[@erbelisle]

It's really frickin easy : every company that starts making money get eventually controlled by the marketing division : everything becomes driven by marketing analysis and how to quickly make the most money possible to please the shareholders, which becomes more important than pleasing the client base. Marketing people usually don't know nor care about what makes a fun and good game, and they usually ignore the screams of the fans, hence the downward spiral. In one word : GREED. Greed fucks everything up, every single time, always. The frustrating part is that greedy people never acknowledge their part in the demise of their businesses. Lastly, consumers are getting pretty good at smelling greed and NOT buying shit that is produced by companies that are driven only by it. We learned.

[@erbelisle]

@Rock Golem I get your analogy, but that does not work either. If greedy people can't aknowledge the connection between their business philosophy and the downward spiral it leads to, they won't see the connection between their shitty ways and random punishements. You will not succeed in making them feel guilty. Their brain does not work that way, especialy if they already got injected with a dose of success (money, accolade, status, etc.) What you see as punishment to get justice will only be seen by them as jerk moves. It will just backfire, especially if they have money and you don't. If "slashing the tires" means stop buying or consuming a company's products, then the company dies but the greedy people will just move to other ventures and repeat the process.

[@erbelisle]

@Christopher Marlowe You got a seriously good point here.

[@erbelisle]

@GunnZo Shit. I guess it was wishful thinking then...

[@thenson1Halo]

That's just not true. Even in this very video there is an example of that not being a case and with a MUCH older and more profitable company. Nintendo. And seriously, wanting to make money isn't a bad thing. If it weren't for that motive none of us would have ever played a single video game because they would never have existed.

[@phseong107]

Basically, China Money

[@dlwk1988]

Its about time for " The End Of Blizzard" to be made

[@patchwurk6652]

I'll believe it when I see it. They absolutely deserve it, but American companies have survived after significantly More damning scandals.

[@MariOmor1]

The End of Blizzard: You Can(not) redeem yourselves

[@dudeguybro]

People will keep subscribing to WoW - keeping their heads afloat. It's like people buy Blizzard products now knowing they'll be disappointed, and they do it anyway. It blows my mind. WoW only survives on Nostalgia right now. The fact that Classic / BC Classic are the only good things about Blizzard right now ... Wow. That's embarrassing.

[@Emiya491]

@@MariOmor1 Ah, love an Evangelion reference

[@darkestdays4268]

Women: exists Activision Blizzard employees: you know the rules, and so do I

[@chosenofkhorne2951]

Yelp time for extermination of this disease of a company

[@chosenofkhorne2951]

Funny how it has become worse than EA how the mighty has fallen

[@Т1000-м1и]

Activision and blizzard: always gonna give you up Always gonna let you down And whenever it's either way around Always gonna seduce you I made the seduce you thing up a few days ago just thinking random stuff and it coincidentally ended up..... well........ let's not let these undermine the controversy we have here.

[@KCGamingBuddies]

@@chosenofkhorne2951 ea is good compared to this

[@capadociaash8003]

SAY GOODBYE

[@SirMrMoon]

D3: After 4 hours of gameplay. "This ain't it chief" D4: After 4 minutes. I'm fucking done.

[@S1D10T20N]

Bro true

[@BlissBatch]

"Could I just get a regular hamburger, _without_ anchovy ice cream on top?" "No. You _think_ you want that, but you don't want that."

[@hilding2063]

The arrogance in such statement is just mind blowing! This dude should get an Udemy account and do some basic trainings on communication, leadership and customer relationship. How can such a guy ever lead a company?

[@gdogdumal4357]

activision just wants to take your money, WOW is the most expensive game in the world, and it delivers less and less.

[@TheBelrick]

@@hilding2063 He probably has the right ideology and religion backing him

[@MasouShizuka]

"I disagree with your statement, so you can shove it."

[@royalcat10]

@@hilding2063 I agree, that was the absolute worst way for a leader to speak to his fans and customers but... His words were still true. You can go into Classic wow at this very second, and see for yourself. Much of the honeymoon phase has worn off, and all the imperfections that gave Classic wow it's "charm" has turned into being a nuisance for most. From the very start, people were installing addons that would make the UI better and much more like Retail, as well as people just get frustrated and stop playing or do something else when you're trying to form a group for a dungeon. Most often spamming chats for a group takes longer than the dungeon itself. As well as the fact that everyone tries to min/max everything so much of the mystique and exploration of playing is just gone. It wasn't the game people wanted... it was just chasing the nostalgia dragon. For months after release, I had to remote log in to the game from work *hours* earlier than when I actually wanted to play because queue times were so long, but now there's barely a queue at all except select days. The haze wore off and people realized Vanilla WoW isn't all we cracked it up to be in our heads. I don't want to say it but... He was right.

[@Phil_Official]

CoD4: Players have to spend extra money for a single map pack MW 2019: Players spend money so their bullets have different colours

[@DiamondBerry84]

I hate that the Flaming Throwing Knife is considered a different weapon even though it's just a fucking SKIN.

[@T1NG0]

Bo2 was the first game in the series to have a dlc gun that was way too op, then aw came...

[@TypicalBLKW]

I never found anyone use the peeckeaper

[@Fizzlefry9]

I’d rather have free meaningful content that little Timmy pays for to get his cool skins than pay for DLC content. MW2019 has gotten so much free post launch content thanks to cosmetics that I haven’t spent a dime on

[@GodOfWarBG]

The mappacks were even free on PC for CoD 4.

[@WhiplashSL]

Short answer: Activision. Long answer: It's Activision.

[@mirza2698]

Both: it's Activision Blizzard.

[@jimi5014]

Both, longer: It is indeed Activision Blizzard.

[@drithien5284]

If only. Activision is like a vampire, it can't enter your house unless you give it permission.

[@six2make4]

@@drithien5284 Pretty much, people seem to forget that Blizzard wanted to work with Activision and now many veterans have left and been replaced. The Blizzard of the Warcraft 3 and WoW vanilla days just don't exist anymore, too many people left the company since then and it's silly to pretend otherwise, it's more like Blizzard 2: Electric Boogaloo

[@domeplsffs]

Nah, all involved are as guilty - just because they merged, that doesn't mean, they haven't been trying to be a standup company like they were before. Just beacuse they sold out, it doesn't mean that it's just Activisions fault. Oh, and i literally HATE Activision, don't get me wrong.

[@syphylaids4118]

They have also completely destroyed overwatch. The game is actually unplayable. They added a feature where if someone in the game has a worse internet connection, it’ll automatically slow down the rest of the players to match that guy so no one has an advantage. It is literally unplayable because every match is filled with rubber banding and straight teleporting. Blizzard has failed in so many ways.

[@davidnichol4735]

That's been standard since MW3

[@ESparendro836253]

37 minutes of trashing blizzard and you did not even mention Heroes of the Storm

[@buraksirma98]

Man hots is actually such a good and fun game. It had so much potential. They just declined it.

[@WolfHreda]

No one should mention Heroes of the Storm.

[@n1njahawkssecondchannel84]

Wolf Hreda Was it not successful sorry I’m a nob I don’t know what happened to this game

[@casedistorted]

I was a Hots fan and waited years for it to come out. Spent a decent amount of time and money on that game unlocking stuff and having fun, just sucks Blizzard really didn’t care about it after a while. They just needed to give it more time and talent to grow.

[@HeyImLucious]

Fuck I forgot that existed... why did you revive that nightmare?

[@shans4167]

Blizzard is like when the hottest person at school that seemed to have everything, such as good looks and brains, becomes a crack addict ten years later-hustling on the street corner next to the same school. Potential Gone, but the BMW next to the fence is what counts.

[@Zeracan]

How exactly does one hustle? I found a shitload of cellphome cases and I need some cash

[@DevilDaRebel]

@@Zeracan Ask as many people as you can if they want to buy your item, the more you ask the more you're hustling.

[@SuperSonaldo7]

Perfect analogy haha

[@wackywalrus1112]

"they just pissed on their own legacy"

[@thegrayghoul4638]

@@oOFTJOo Yeah you actually do, if you make games your fans actually want and please them consistently they will actually buy your games and your community will grow. Which in the end will make you more money if you stop appealing just to shareholders and then lose your community, because at the end of the day, even if you appeal to shareholders and investors, if no one in your community is buying your games, then your games and your company is nothing. Back in the early 2000s when pretty much every big company appealed to their fans and made actual good games putting food on the table was never a problem, are you saying that all the great games out there that as a result were wildly successful didnt put food on the table? Thats just an ignorant statement.

[@thegrayghoul4638]

@@oOFTJOo It is 100% a dev problem, also fortnite isn't even a great example, if anything it proves my point, because fortnite in the first 3 or 4 seasons was genuinely a good game, they ruined it in season 5 and that was around the time the game started to decline hard, and as a result you had epic taking drastic measures like paying for timed exclusivity on games to keep bringing in revenue since people were forced to use their shitty launcher. And even if that were a valid example cherry picking a few examples doesnt mean much. Out of the millions of games out there of course there will be some outliers that suck and still make money, but many AAA games that release now bomb or die quickly for good reason, when 20 years ago almost all of them were doing incredible and were incredible games, so again if you make a game good it will have a great chance of success that a bad game doesnt have, and even if it does succeed at launch when people realize how shit it is it will die quickly and in the end they will lose money opposed to if it was a good game that therefore succeeded both at launch and in the long term. Again it is nothing but a dev problem, dont put the devs laziness and greediness on us lol, again completely ignorant and just scummy. You say oh yeah I can respond to you with a simple answer: fortnite... Also if they kept fortnite a good game throughout more time yeah it wouldve been an even bigger success because more people wouldve stuck with the game and it wouldnt have hard declined like it did, so that should only encourage devs to release good games or keep their current games good. I can also respond with a simple answer that actually disproves your point: 90%+ of games in the early 2000s that were actually good.

[@thegrayghoul4638]

@@oOFTJOo First, nice english. Second, whether you read it or not it still disproves your points so sure dont read it then not rly my problem. I dont know what to tell ya if you dont want to start an argument and not even hear out the other side then dont spout your ignorance in the youtube comments my guy. Dont put your beliefs out there on the internet if you dont want them challenged, thats just the nature of the beast whether you like it or not.

[@canonkingsley6569]

And then took a shit on it.

[@jon962-g9w]

@@oOFTJOo Fortnite is a great game.. The fact that you don't like it doesn't mean it's not a great game.

[@subcitizen2012]

It's so sad looking back on all of this, for myself personally, I think 26 years of gaming history and my own personally history intertwined with it.

[@suparockr]

Not going to talk about Heroes of the Storm? Okay I'll cover it quickly: In South Korea, Starcraft: Brood War was the national sport. Blizzard, probably just riding the Moba moneytrain of the early 2010's, made Hots. While it never shined like League or Dota, it had it's own esports community. In December of 2018, Blizzard announced they're going to cut the cord of the game's official esports league. Not only did this contradict their earlier promise of there being a 2019 season, but they never told the professional players, managers, and crew members before the blog post. Ultimately, Heroes of the Storm was a financial failure that probably couldn't sustain itself, but they fired hundreds, if not thousands of people right before Christmas, and they couldn't even give a heads up.

[@RoundBaguette]

Man I do love HoTS, could play it forever than compared to other mobas

[@ernigolli9981]

You’re forgetting the most important thing. Hots esports was quite successful and the year they cancelled it was the best yet. It was growing and bringing new players into the game. Hots in itself for me is the best moba ever created. It is unique,fast paced, tactical and has amazing graphics. Maybe if they gave 2 shits about its community Blizzard could have saved them selves but they keep digging their own grave

[@dledman]

It was this: The HoTS cancellation and the blitzchung incident that made me leave blizzard perminantly after 19 years. It's as if I'm seeing parallel corporate culture to that of "The Board" on The Outer Worlds

[@EndOfExistence1337]

@@ernigolli9981 They don't care because OWL was the big thing, and now OWL is failing.

[@tarrker]

Well, to be fair, Blizzard never talks about HotS either. x_x

[@TheTrueFeleas]

Wise Old Man: It's not just a single mistake that you can look at and say, "this is what started it all!" Everyone Else: Activision did it.

[@basetempest7106]

They made the mistake of merging with a publisher. I'm really not all that surprised. Just sad.

[@vania4292]

Diablo 2 remaster is coming . We all know the drill , dont pre-purchase until we see the real stuff .

[@Sam-sv4yy]

next game-service (be addicted to us, our f@cked servers and lags)? if so, no thanks...

[@freshlysqueezedlemons4779]

Sad we have to be careful not to buy a broken game

[@dino_jake2968]

Get the comment 69 likes!

[@_JC_Denton_]

@ That comment doesn't have the number of likes it deserves x'D

[@tgreaux5027]

Dont purchase at all is my advice. Go back and play actual Diablo 2 and the Blizzard games that were made by the people we actually respected. Forget Blizzard today. The old games are still perfectly playable.