• remotelove@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    There needs to be a strike and a boycott of video games. I believe everyone is absolutely sick of being beta testers for unfinished AAA game releases.

    I have been a Diablo fan for years but my last straw was Diablo IV. Not only is the game incomplete, Blizzard is going to charge for yearly expansions. If there was actual content in D4 to start, I would have gladly bought an expansion later. If future seasons anything like Season 1, Blizzard can fuck right the hell off.

    What is sad is that Blizzard threw so many employees under the bus by having them lie about the game as well. That is seriously fucked.

    • although8172@lemmynsfw.com
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      2 years ago

      Hate to break it to you bro, but the Blizzard you knew and loved is dead and has been for a good while…and it fucking sucks 😑

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      2 years ago

      Yeah so money talks and that’s just not true.

  • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Strong doubt.

    While a large chunk of game developers are in America, it’s still a small fraction compared to worldwide.

    A video game strike would probably slow down a few triple AAA projects. But rather than 10,000 games being released in a year, it might be 9,000 games.

    I’m not anti-union or strikes. I just believe that if say Ubisoft America strikes, nothing will really change perception-wise as indie devs will fill in the blank, and Ubisoft shifts to Canada/Europe branches.

  • greenskye@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Given how little I play AAA games, I’m not sure a strike would affect me at all