Danger Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 23 minutes ago, Scalamania said: *the free part of the battle pass That's not the point. The point is that Overwatch is a game predicated on swapping your heroes mid match in order to counter what the enemy team is running. "Hey can you switch to Kiriko so we can get some more speed?" "Nah I can't man, haven't got to level 40 on the battle pass yet." Additionally you'll have a whole bunch of players who don't have the time to grind these new heroes and when they want to come by to check out the new content they'll just say "eh forget it." and then they don't stick around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalamania Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, Danger said: Additionally you'll have a whole bunch of players who don't have the time to grind these new heroes and when they want to come by to check out the new content they'll just say "eh forget it." and then they don't stick around. This is said about every game that has some sort of grinding mechanic yet somehow people always end up getting the "impossible to get because I don't have time" things. I'm not typically crazy about Battle Passes locking hero's/items behind them but for a F2P game to unlock the hero's behind a free battle-pass tier with the option to unlock it by buying the paid BP is not a huge deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Really depends the length of it I suppose, if it's something where you get a new character every ten, and premium BP owners get it ten before (so they start with an unlock, free has to get to level 10, etc) But if it's super grindy all the way to the end, I get the gripe a bit. I think for them this just slow rolls the new OW2 stuff and gives each character their natural time to shine as the bulk of the fanbase unlocks them. It also make people get back into it more, I can't imagine just how much it dropped in the last few years. I don't really have a horse in the race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Update, been a lot coming out of the FTC vs Microsoft / Activision trial but today the judge issued their verdict, and denied the FTCs case as it currently stands. And apparently UK regulators are already potentially looking at a settlement as Microsoft apparently was fine just going around them. TL;dr: The deal is happening and supposedly could be closed by the end of the month. Barring any big appeals, but the core reason has been shot down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Deal is finalized and closed https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/ Kotick finally gone as of January 1st Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 So is crash bandicoot an Xbox exclusive now lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 32 minutes ago, Ty21 said: So is crash bandicoot an Xbox exclusive now lol New Pillars of Xbox, Crash, Spyro and Tony Hawk so weird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, Kiltman said: New Pillars of Xbox, Crash, Spyro and Tony Hawk so weird Microsoft buying the whole market doesn’t make me want to buy an Xbox. Just means I’m going to stop playing certain games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Ty21 said: Microsoft buying the whole market doesn’t make me want to buy an Xbox. Just means I’m going to stop playing certain games. In this instance I was fine with it, Kotick and Activision suck…this was the only move that would’ve changed that anytime soon. But yeah it makes Gamepass nicer, but not thrilled with how small the industry is getting. Hopefully some of those studios that were forced to work on COD might be able to make other games again. Because at this point it’s not like they are really making much else. COD is staying Multi-plat, as is Overwatch and Diablo (at least this one). Reportedly the only thing in the works that might be locked down in the immediate future is this Blizzard survival game. Will be interesting if/when we start seeing other studios from Xbox/Bethesda start tapping into that dormant Activision/Blizz IP. Could see like id or the Coalition doing a StarCraft game. Hopefully it’s for the better, remains to be seen. Xbox hasn’t managed teams all that well. Hopefully with stuff like Redfall falling flat they reorganize and get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeT14 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, Kiltman said: In this instance I was fine with it, Kotick and Activision suck…this was the only move that would’ve changed that anytime soon. But yeah it makes Gamepass nicer, but not thrilled with how small the industry is getting. Hopefully some of those studios that were forced to work on COD might be able to make other games again. Because at this point it’s not like they are really making much else. COD is staying Multi-plat, as is Overwatch and Diablo (at least this one). Reportedly the only thing in the works that might be locked down in the immediate future is this Blizzard survival game. Will be interesting if/when we start seeing other studios from Xbox/Bethesda start tapping into that dormant Activision/Blizz IP. Could see like id or the Coalition doing a StarCraft game. Hopefully it’s for the better, remains to be seen. Xbox hasn’t managed teams all that well. Hopefully with stuff like Redfall falling flat they reorganize and get better. Starcraft would be great... could even expand on it. I'd be intrigued by a shooter in that world. I wonder if we see some Rock Band, Guitar Hero reboot I keep thinking we could see some sort of Transformers MMO. I feel like there is a lot you could do with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltman Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 31 minutes ago, MikeT14 said: Starcraft would be great... could even expand on it. I'd be intrigued by a shooter in that world. I wonder if we see some Rock Band, Guitar Hero reboot I keep thinking we could see some sort of Transformers MMO. I feel like there is a lot you could do with that. Think there were some rumors of Guitar Hero coming back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Microsoft doesn't want you to buy an Xbox, they want as many Gamepass subscribers as they can get. Whether that's on PC, Xbox, or whatever platform wants to carry gamepass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfja_fkdldjs Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I want another Starcraft RTS that isn't Starcraft if that makes any sense. I want the same mechanics with new characters, units, and a world. As a primarily Gamepass gamer, this is probably a good thing for me, I don't know how it'll affect the landscape of the industry though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, sjfja_fkdldjs said: I want another Starcraft RTS that isn't Starcraft if that makes any sense. I want the same mechanics with new characters, units, and a world. As a primarily Gamepass gamer, this is probably a good thing for me, I don't know how it'll affect the landscape of the industry though lol change your name back!!! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfja_fkdldjs Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Danger said: change your name back!!! LOL To highhopes? lol. I can't in good conscious as a Vikings fan lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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