• Froyn
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    5410 months ago

    Microtransactions are so hot right now.

  • @JackDark@lemmy.world
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    1410 months ago

    Very smart of Microsoft to put a woman of color in that seat. Here’s hoping that she can turn things around in the culture there.

      • Carighan Maconar
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        1010 months ago

        As if modern Overwatch has much it can lose from a COD-centric influence. 😅 That game has nosedived so hard unter their internal pressure to prioritize e-sports and pro gamers above the current playerbase which at the time was a widest-net casual playerbase that made friends of all kinds play Overwatch together.

        Good for the devs, seem to have worked out and secured their jobs at lea… oh. Well fuck Overwatch e-sports then.

        • @wahming
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          110 months ago

          What overwatch esports? Their entire esports dept just got laid off a month ago lol

          • @Boiglenoight@lemmy.world
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            710 months ago

            I erased my original reply twice. You’re right, I stopped playing because I found all the cosmetics ridiculous and repulsive.

          • Billiam
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            110 months ago

            What, you don’t want to run around as Homelander or Nikki Minaj? They perfectly fit in with the feel of a semi-tactical first person shooter!

        • kingthrillgore
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          310 months ago

          No they weren’t. Unless you mean COD4 and the OG MW2 and 3. Sure.

          The franchise has been held up by marketing cash and DOD money for a while now, and it sucks ass.

    • @i_ben_fine@lemmy.one
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      2910 months ago

      conspiracy theory: big companies only do this when they’re getting ready to implement unpopular decisions so their precious white men don’t get blamed.