Well, Actiblizz had already dug a deep enough hole that I've been dutifully shoveling dirt into, while they progress. So what's another 6 feet for VV?
I've been boycotting them since the Blitzchung/mass layoff fiasco without missing out on anything at all. Which makes me bitter as a former fan of 90% of their (Blizzard's) catalogue. I accidentally bought Sekiro forgetting that was published by them, but aside from that, they rarely appear on my radar, and I usually have better things to play than the tepid fare they tend to deliver.
It just sucks to see them in this state, specifically the Blizzard side, which is admittedly as much Activision now as Activision is. Almost every notable figure with a soul left years ago. They're a shambling corpse shitting out the most cynical cash grabs with flecks of gold dust in them. I have no hope for D2, which will likely be a spitshine job to justify them selling it again, issuing another aggressive user agreement and deleting the original from existence.
I also have even less hope for D4, because you can be sure their MTX/Player Retention R&D will be looking for novel new ways to make money and exploit players for the most profitability. If anything, I'm interested to see how they'll do it with the tide shifting away from MTX. I'm surprised they haven't tried to exploit users for free content creation yet, or maybe in-game brand deals? That at least will be interesting to watch unfold.
