Good. Activision Blizzard deserves all the flak it can get. No doubt Kotick and Townsend will come out of this unscathed, but one can dream.
This whole Activision Blizzard kerfuffle is bigger than I thought it was, too (the lawsuit, not the sponsorship loss). Today I was surprised to find ActiBlizz in my local news and they hardly ever report anything that has to do with gaming.
No king rules forever.
Yes, unfortunately it’s the players and spectators that will be punished by this, too. I would have preferred for T-Mobile to openly demand changes from Activision/Blizzard before they pull the plug.
Of course, it sucks that the competitors for both games are going to receive a smaller prize pool. However, this only further cements the notion that ActiBlizz games are not a reliable source of income.
In 2018 Blizzard shut down the Heroes of the Storm esports scene, leaving hundreds of players in the dust and without a job. Oh, and this was after months of radio silence from Blizzard. The higher ups simply don’t care.
It’s so good to see consequences meted out to a company with people who aren’t used to consequences for bad behavior. I like several of Blizzard’s titles starting with WC3, so of course I was disappointed to hear the numerous ways in which women are mistreated. Peak bro culture. I hope the lawsuit does its job and gets them turned around.
