Think we are about to see another wave.

[ForteNightshade]

A bit ironic we have WoW devs calling Asmongold a piece of garbage and denouncing even the slightest bit of criticism as "toxicity" yet now we see the real face of Blizzard. Not that it's ever been a surprise Blizzard and Activision are a walking hypocrisy.

[KizuyaKatogami]

denouncing even the slightest bit of criticism as "toxicity"

Sounds like these forums xD

[ForteNightshade]

Sounds like these forums xD

We don't have mods posting here though.

That's mainly their vocal toxic group, they have a good number who are shocked and it's hard to gauge how many are silently leaving in disgust. Normally I'd agree that not much would happen over the usual Blizzard scandals, but this is rather big, on top of a mass exodus and massive streamer influence and at a time when multiple new MMO's have launched. I doubt the company will collapse or anything, but it's going to have a big impact.

WoW and Blizzard as a whole will be fine if only because they're a multi-billion dollar company (or owned by one in Activision). However, I think we may genuinely see WoW finally get knocked off its throne. If Square Enix were smart, they'd invest a lot more into FFXIV than they because it has a very realistic chance of being the number one MMO within a year or two.

[Mingqin]

I suppose this explains why the company in question was all too eager to show how supposedly virtuous it was, then.

No one wanted to listen to me when I said they were disingenuous, I mean who in their right mind thinks the upper echelons of corporations give a flying fuck about the people below them?

People should of known about Blizzard's crap the moment they tossed Blitzchung under the bus to appease China.

[KayRadley]

No one wanted to listen to me when I said they were disingenuous, I mean who in their right mind thinks the upper echelons of corporations give a flying fuck about the people below them?

People should of known about Blizzard's crap the moment they tossed Blitzchung under the bus to appease China.

That was around the point I decided I was done done DONE with Overwatch (I had been burned out on it by then, but what happened to Blitzchung assured my sabbatical from OW was indefinite).

[TeraRamis]

A bit ironic we have WoW devs calling Asmongold a piece of garbage and denouncing even the slightest bit of criticism as "toxicity" yet now we see the real face of Blizzard. Not that it's ever been a surprise Blizzard and Activision are a walking hypocrisy.

I honestly think it starts at the top. As a pretty uninvested observer, Bobby Kotick has always struck me as complete scum. It wouldn't shock me even slightly if there was additional 'gamesmanship' going on within his inner circle.

[Kes13a]

Sounds like these forums xD

you really dont know what you are talking about if you call these forums "toxic"

[SirCadogan]

If you go to the wow forums, most of their player base is 100% ok with this. They fully support their game and it’s developers. It’s disgusting and we don’t need those people here.

[SirCadogan]

Sounds like these forums xD

If you haven’t been to their forums then you really have no idea how bad wow is. This isn’t just the dev team it’s the player base too.

I mean there is a good % who are leaving the game, but if you read their forums, those people are all for it.

[Theodric]

If you go to the wow forums, most of their player base is 100% ok with this. They fully support their game and it’s developers. It’s disgusting and we don’t need those people here.

Each to their own, I guess. The people who wish to vote with their wallet due to seeing it as a red line will do so. Others will have different opinions on the matter. It isn't necessarily callous to be indifferent - because not every single person in existence needs to follow mob rule.

I stopped supporting Blizzard a while back for different reasons. Reasons I find to be just as jarring and horrid as what is going on at present. Given that such issues were brought to the light back then, I'm not personally inclined to award points to people calling out their actions in the present unless they were doing so back during prior controversies as well.