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EricHiggin on 23 September 2021
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Chazore said:
EricHiggin said:

Didn't realize things were quite that bad already. Going full woke asap probably wouldn't help anymore at this point then. Best the fans probably could hope for would be another split there as well, where Bliz can straighten things out themselves and do their own thing. Reminds me a bit of the Activision Bungie partnership, and look what Bungie ended up doing in the end, which many wanted but nobody thought would ever happen. It did seem to help Destiny overall, but enough damage had already been done by that point. I go back to it every once and a while here and there, but it's still not the same.

For a world and industry so full of creativity, there's a lot of game changing going on instead of game creation. It's one thing when change is clearly needed, but another when change becomes the norm. Sad to see.

Neither did I. I originally thought "nah, can't be real, it's another typical anon post on a chan board", but then I heard asmogold talking about the post and his interactions with Blizz employees on twitter, as well as generally looking at Blizz's game history and the things we didn't want implemented throughout multiple IP's.

I more or less see most of what was written as being legit, but I'm not sure about upper management losing their shit to FFXIV newcomers.

Still, the going woke part is starting to come to fruition with the most recent headline of them wanting to "diversify" staff. That and the recent painting changes in WoW. 

I honestly just want the old teams back together, but a good chunk of them have left to make their own studios now, so if Blizz decided to somehow split from Activision, they would still have to try finding themselves again and going back to their roots (with brand new staff, even younger ones, I don't think that's entirely possible). 

No it would never be the same, but a worthy comeback is certainly possible if seriously executed. After a split of course. They would need to be pretty fussy about who they brought in, yet that could mean a long wait for just the right people and slow growth. Which may be beneficial so the past get's mostly forgotten and left in the past. Then either move the woke crowd to where they'll do less damage within the company or perhaps let them start something totally fresh that's all theirs. Budgeted properly of course for a fresh IP. Try that whole game creation thing full woke a time or two and see if those attempts go full broke. If it works in the end, great, let that branch grow, and if it doesn't, a downsizing may be in order. To speed things up they could attempt to merge some of the new studio's with their old talent. Get Blizz back on track quicker and then help expand the newer studios and their IP. I mean it all could be done in many ways, but whether they really want to or not is the big question. If they're happy or willing to just stay the course than good luck I guess.