Riger, I appreciate your input. I’m old enough to remember when Activision made their name producing 2nd party content for the Atari 2600. They got bigger, and hungrier, but as far as adding value to a franchise, already picked over by Vivendi? Maybe that’s asking too much of any company, even in perfect times.
There may be those who don’t remember all these PvE bugs, back in the day. Then again, they’re also those who still can’t believe that Tuesday morning is downtime, 90% of the time. If you lived this long, gratz. If you reproduced, wtf, think of the greater good.
Activision may, or may not, have anything to which they need to admit. Weren’t they just purchasing previously damaged goods? Being keepers of the light, versus spreading the light? How many years have OG D2 Blizzard North servers been active; with new seasons?
I’ve always maintained that classic and retail should have been separate subscriptions. If you’re going to milk the cow, fine, but as a publicly traded stock interest, quit hiding the numbers on what pays for what, down to the last jello shot at the cubicle crawl, that I wasn’t invited to, where I might have shown off my 15yr anniversary statue, but you know how it is; we sometimes grow apart.
While I can somewhat agree with your concluding assessment, I would also offer this as input to consider. Activision has never been an innovator, but they could be a fair caretaker, through outsourcing.
Activision could become your father’s gaming keeper! As long as they choose well in their outsourcing.
