They stopped, haven’t done one for years.
exactly because there games have been subpar lately. They never strayed away from answering questions in the past.
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You making this thread is the reason they don’t want to do it.
You’re right. They don’t want to face the fire.
They don’t want “gotcha” questions on a live broadcast.
So yeah I can see why they would rather cherry pick.
It’s not rocket appliances.
Would you be comfortable in front of a live audience and broadcast globally answering questions from someone criticize you?
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Players have complained that things would be better if Blizzard would just “communicate” their reasoning behind making unpopular changes to the playerbase. My feeling is that they actually immediately hype everything they know the playerbase is going to be excited about. No news is not necessarily good news.
Ya… whats you’re point? Never once was it asked WHY they stopped. lol
Who cares? Only reason people watch it is to find out who will be the next smart @ss to ask some passive aggresive ‘question’ that wasn’t actually a question or whine about something stupid.
Not needed.
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The last “live” BlizzCon was also in, like, 2019 I think. If other events (like The Game Awards) are any indication, people have become a bit less likely to behave and be respectful if they feel they can “have their moment.”
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How do you take live questions weeks after a major acquisition…
Expectations are borked. Sorry man.
The live QandA is one of the most regularly picked on aspect of Blizzcon or anytime they do it. People complain about it all the time.
They stop and people complain that the thing they want to complain about will not be there.
There’s absolutely no reason they cant do a live Q&A and then do a Q&A post Blizzcon.
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I don’t think many people would care enough about the game to pay that kind of money to troll at Blizzcon.
They never randomly selected people from the audience. They screened them ahead of time to make sure they had a real question.
I do agree that this is a self defense move
They know they messed up.
They know they keep messing up now.
I agree they are being cowards
It’s better this way, and as an employer, I wouldn’t subject my people to the type of vitriol and childish behavior that a live Q&A would likely bring.
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I don’t doubt that they did, but people can lie to get their shot at the mic. I doubt the april fools guy would’ve gotten his chance if he told the screeners that’s what he was going to say.
Maybe. But they had one of the biggest budget games that flopped so very hard. people are going to ask about that
They might cringe by being asked such questions, but there are questions that should be asked.
Dont confuse critical questions with being trolling
Yeah that would literally be a nightmare scenario. Public speaking + angry critic + broadcast globally. Count me out.
Is it cowardly? I mean I guess I can see why people think that… but is blizzcon really the time and place to air out your grievances with the company?
Yes. It’s a Convention about blizzard. It’s absolutely the time and place because diablo four is still alive technically. That’s the thing they’re trying to not talk about
At one point they lost Over ninety percent of their player base within two months of launch. That deserves some explanation other than dancing around it and lawyer speak
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I was hyped about d4
It sucked big time.
Telling blizz that it sucks and they need to fix it immediately is going to do what?
Are they gonna work on it? Probably.
The first pathfinder got a real poor reception. Yet they kept doing it xpac after xpac.
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