Why is Blizzard such a mess and ruining themselves and their Games right now? #gaming

So many things happened in the last few years, and even now the controversies and discussion about frustrating experiences with their games are going strong. Why can a company make so many mistakes and why can't they fix them? Those are only a few examples in the past:

• Hearthstone Hong Kong Controvery 2019, they banned a player for expressing support for the hong kong pretests in an interview.
• Warcraft 3 Reforged, game was plagued with technical issues and missing features, even the diehard fans hated it.
• Heroes of the Storm, they let the game die without supporting it anymore
• Activision Blizzard Lawsuit 2021 -Company accused of promoting a “frat boy” culture that put female employees in the crosshairs
• Employee Walkout 2021, demanding CEO Bobby Kotick removed
• Blizzard Resignations around Jeff Kaplan and Co-Head Jen Oneal and more
• Diablo Immortal Release 2022 - the pay2win fiasco around the mobile game
• Overwatch 2, announced and promised Single player game mode was trashed and the game just got re-released with a battle pass, putting new heroes behind a pay wall.
• Diablo 4, initial hype and a lot of positive reviews, now the endgame and new patch notes nerfing everything make the game a passive grindfest that the players dont seem to like.

There are probably a lot more game-related or company-related stuff but it seems so excessive to me that this company can still fall and fall and fall. Kinda sad really. Why is that? I hope Microsoft can turn it back someday.

Submitted July 20, 2023 at 03:08AM by FantasyForce https://ift.tt/xXHnCOI