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Blizzard announces there will be no Blizzcon in 2024
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Kacho
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He was until season 4. He does the same thing with WoW expansions.
"Retail sucks!"
Blizzard announces new expansion
"Looks pretty good guys"
Two weeks after release
"Retail sucks!"
iHaunter
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Wolfpact1983
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Varteras
Gold Member
HerjansEagleFeeder
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Hudo
Member
Abusive relationship in a nutshell
Cyberpunkd
Member
What, didn't have enough shitty beta invites or digital goodies to fill out the gift bag?
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
I can't blame him. Its an abusive relationship and one I know all too well. If you are a fan, you *want* it to return to being good. You desperately hope so. You find every reason to want to like it. But then when you start playing, all the issues start coming out again.
UltimaKilo
Gold Member
Good.
March Climber
Member
Like some other youtubers and grifters, they are taking full advantage of modern day gaming politics. If there's one thing a lot of gamers love more than video games, it's finding something to blame for why they aren't having fun in modern times. He knows this and he has willingly become a beacon for it.
It's easy views, and when he's wrong about something, it's even more views. I can't hate the guy because he has mastered the art of what he does, which is why he has 2.5m subs.
newtypepilot
Member
They have nothing new to show. OW0.2 is dead. D4 is dead. WoW is dead. They might announce some mobile game but they know it's stupid to do it at blizzcon.
amigastar
Member
I can't tell what he mastered but it has to be something considering he has 2.5m subs. But you see thats the thing i don't see him as better than many youtubers who have 10 000 - 250 000 subs.
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Kings Field
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March Climber
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He has mastered playing the algorithm/youtube game. He knows which topics to hit, at which time, when to post about them, and knows how to present and talk about them amongst a modern audience.
I see this sentiment all the time, much like the sentiment of 'anyone can do youtube' back during the last decade. There's a multitude of factors that you aren't considering, for example like the amount of time on said platform. Show me those youtubers so that I can see and explain the difference in what Asmongold is doing right compared to what they are doing half-right.
On a side note, you have to understand that me saying this doesn't mean I like everything the guy does. On the contrary I think that he is one of the youtubers who have had a negative influence on gaming due to him sending his entire audience down a woke-rabbit hole. However from saying that, even when I'm not on the same page as someone I can recognize when someone is good at what they do.
Polygonal_Sprite
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I still struggle to understand why MS would pay almost $70 billion for CoD (which is staying multiplatform anyway) and fucking Blizzard who haven’t made a good game for a decade (Overwatch).
Imagine the AAA studios they could have bought for much less than that figure - Square, Capcom, Insomniac, Remedy and Konami + SEGA IP.
Imagine the AAA studios they could have bought for much less than that figure - Square, Capcom, Insomniac, Remedy and Konami + SEGA IP.
dottme
Member
By calling it X-Cons, we might be able to get more than just video game.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
COD and WoW print more money than all those others you put combined.
Furthermore even though everyone shits on Blizzard they keep making fat stacks.
If you think Diablo 4 expansion for example won’t sell gang busters or the new WoW expansion, you’re delusional.
phaedrus
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Deputy Moonman
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You don't have to show new content to celebrate wow's 20th anniversary. You celebrate the past 20 years of wow, and there's plenty of content in those 20 years to fill a show.
semiconscious
Member
so no diablo iv victory lap, i'm guessing?...
Jaybe
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Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
20 years where only 10 was actually good. And it wasn't the recent 10.
Barakov
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Cyberpunkd
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I would say the first 5. The series peaked with WotLK, afterwards it’s just pointless systems on top of systems.
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Polygonal_Sprite
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Of course they will sell. Taylor Swift "sells". Doesn't make either of them good.
Also buying the publishers I listed would have gained MS a bigger foothold in the traditional core gaming market (where they are floundering). Yes CoD, WoW and mobile games make money but the deal was meant to strengthen Xbox as a brand not be a tiny (in comparison to Office, Cloud, OS etc) income for MS.
Arsic
Loves his juicy stink trail scent
???
Why would Xbox or MS at this point care about a third place brand that is memed on?
They care about money. That’s it.
This was the best use of their $ to make more $. Phil has been on record saying making good games isn’t how they can fix their issues. They don’t believe in making high quality product you can’t get anywhere else. They want to just flood shovelware everywhere to make $.
Zheph
Member
He shits on a game, saying he will never touch it anymore and play it for 2 weeks after, zero backbone whatsoever.
He made a 2h video essay on why D4 was a piss of shit, only to be back on it a week later and drop 400h on the game. I called him out and got a warning lol
Hudo
Member
Respect.
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
I would argue Cata and MoP were both good to great. Cata had the world revamp which was amazing at the time. The end game zones were fantastic, and Firelands was the best raid for many.
I would say the first 5. The series peaked with WotLK, afterwards it’s just pointless systems on top of systems.
The issue with that expansion was that they spent so much time redoing the leveling experience that they didn’t have much planned for end game content so they rereleased and remade things like the troll raids instead.
Then Dragon Soul being an incredibly rushed raid didn’t help matters.
MoP was damn near perfect. Amazing narrative and world building. New fun additions with pet battles. Some of the best raids we have ever gotten since.
I think if the Classic cycle showed anything to the community, it was that WotLK was not the peak of WoW. The peak was always Vanilla.
I would say the first 5. The series peaked with WotLK, afterwards it’s just pointless systems on top of systems.
That said, on the original comment, I'll give them credit that they've been doing a decent job with Season of Discovery. Though the world of Vanilla is so good that you can practically do anything with it and have it not suck.