Did you know that Facebook could have potentially acquired World of Warcraft and all of ActiBlizz’ games? Yup, we dodged a bullet boys. Just take a moment here to imagine having to log in to WoW, Diablo or Overwatch via Facebook. I almost threw up in my mouth a little.
So I needed to do a video on this. Not only is it potentially the largest MMO-related news.. probably in the last decade, but at the same time this is an MMO that has defined almost half my life.
In an announcement nobody was expecting, Phil Spencer confirmed via a blog post on January 18th on the official Xbox website that Microsoft would be acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion US dollars.
This could potentially bring about a re-emergence for various different Blizzard titles.
World of Warcraft could have an entirely altered business model. Free to play? Added to the Game Pass? A console version? A more competent team? A larger pool of resources for future content?
Overwatch might… okay, you know what? I actually have no hope for Overwatch 2 at all.
But StarCraft? Diablo? This could spell fantastic news for every intellectual property they have and in my opinion – which I know some of you might not necessarily agree with – is a massive win for us as not only gamers, but also fans of each of those respective properties.
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This could potentially bring about a re-emergence for various different Blizzard titles.
WoW could have an entirely altered business model. Free to play? Added to the Game Pass? A console version? A more competent team? A larger pool of resources for future content? Overwatch? StarCraft? Diablo? This could spell fantastic news for every intellectual property they have.
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Llevo unos años diciendoselo a los compañeros de clan, que la "deriva" que lleva el WoW desenboca como un juego de movil, es decir, van añadiendo todo lo que tienen cualquier juego COREANO y de Movil, micropagos, P2W, compras de skins, Temporadas, etc etc lo único que le queda para que microsoft lo venda a los coreanos es el Free to Play hasta nivel máximo.
I've been telling my clanmates for a few years that the "drift" that WoW has leads to a mobile game, that is, they add everything that any KOREAN and Mobile game has, micropayments, P2W, skin purchases, Seasons, etc etc. The only thing left for Microsoft to sell to Koreans is Free to Play up to the maximum level.
World Of Warcraft is not going to come to console when microsoft takes over Activision Blizzard it stays pc exclusive forever the game is not made for consoles it needs a pc and it only uses pc technology to run it microsof could add it to there PC game pass nothing more
This means some WoW content will be in microsoft rewards?
… Save the wow?… These people are only interested in the business, the money, nothing else, not at all.
They have let a wonderful creation turn into a cheap supermarket hamburger…
warcriminalcraft microblizard racist game is lie propaganda to force players to kill nations.
What is nation?
Humans born without nationality, born without fascism, nationalization in childhood make them.
False value, false enemy, false nation definition make false enemy, destroy value of life.
Nationalist kleptocracy created fa, refuse value of life and human rights.
Reward for worsening is kleptocracy support, steal reward system.
Support nationalist kleptocracy, participate in war crime.
Wikipedia false nation definition changed always.
They kill for nation, they not know what nation is.
Not can distinguish between race and nation.
Many program errors.
Golden toilet marauder hilterugend science academy economy, kill and loot.
Big cost in money and time.
Booze narcologist barmen alcohol chemical addiction for children.
Sacred satan religion war godless church.
Killing for religion of peace, priest ten commandments.
False race definition, false nation definition, make players to kill nations, made fa.
Overpopulation family values.
Wow in game pass would be awsome one subscription for. All
If WOW becomes Gamespass it will eat into the market share for other games on GamesPass including exclusivity arrangements on other games, it would cause a few problems I'm guessing. I don't think WOW will be put on Gamespass. I hope I'm wrong…..
So instead of paying for WoW directly for $15/mo, we pay indirectly for PC Game Pass for $10/mo?!
Wait isnt ff14 b2p?
A new publisher doesn't mean in-touch devs.
I do not, this will not only destroy this game but this may bury Microsoft.
From 2004 to 2022. WoW free mobile game. Wtf happent….
I'll never pay for the game, expansions, sub and cashshop.
If they went free to play I would be more okay with the shop and I would prolly play again to be honest #Addict
As Qui-Gon would say: there's always a bigger fish
dear god microsoft do not make wow free to play. To make money it would be necesary to nickel and dime players. which would be way more expensive. than a subscription.
Na, nobody can actually save that big piece of shit. Don't be gullible guy
If wow came to Xbox I will no longer want a Ps5, let's hope 😅
great instead of logging in facebook to play wow. we will just have to log into microsoft live and game update by windows update.
Microsoft will make Blizzard games look like Netflix adaptations.
How is Microsoft any better than Facebook?
I want a star craft mmo
Warcraft 4?
With windows 11 running x86 x64 games on ARM smartphone device, Id say microsoft is waging war on multiple front.
I have a really bad feeling about it, never liked anything Microsoft did.
Hopefully they will save WoW. The state the game is currently is so bad for even a free to play game. And it got even worse lately. I really hope that they will at least make it decent again.
too grindy, ai is dum and boring except for the end boss of dungeons, mounts are boring, armor looks like legos, arena and anything rated is blizzards way of taking themselves srsly or not srsly im not sure which yet,
i clearly dont understand how is Microsoft going to save wow… it technically the game developers whos the one who can save or make this game shit more… if the creators/GMs OF the game doesn't even give a shit about there fam base what makes you think this is going to change… why because instead in front of wow "blizzard..wow " its gonna say microsoft wow" …. lol good luck
It would be really surprising to me if they added World of Warcraft to game pass at its present cost. I think they're going to have a basic and premium version.
It is possible that they could just raise the price of game pass a couple bucks for everybody and just go with that. I don't think it would hurt them that much as gamers still save tons of money doing it that way versus buying each game individually. Especially at today's going prices for new games.
But we definitely are in the era of not actually owning our own games. And that sucks.
That's why I like the steam platform. I have actually had game pass for several months but rarely ever use it. That's kind of a waste but I keep it anyway because of the price.
Nooo no free to play nonsense please.
if facebook gets their hands on wow just think of the paid to advance shit like '' hey you want that sword pay 5 dollars to get 30 gold to buy '' OR '' you want to learn a new skill '' pay 10 dollars and get 2 skill slot '' LOL the game would be dead withn 5 days D
I am honest to say Microsoft did the right choice, with a new leadership Activision can revive their bad rep that they did accumulated over time, not only because of the recent scandals but you know being a greedy and lazy game developer that only milks its few games.
i hope thsy dont up gampass price to compinsate
They didn't do anything with ESO on game pass so i don't expect anything. Not for wow anyhow.
can we get a wow 2?
Wow is doomed and skrewed beyond recognition over a decade. No money in the world can fix that.
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Question, with as many spells as they have, I'm not sure a console can handle all the inputs. They'll have to allow the use of a wow controller / mouse keyboard and or allow you to chose from premade macros.
I have to agree with all of your points here: Microsoft is usually NOT a good thing to have purchasing your work, but Blizzard was stagnant and Activision shot itself in the face by having extremely poor taste in how they treat people. Microsoft's done a lot of bullshit in the past, but…
Diablo with functioning servers? Wow.
If WoW goes F2P i will drop my other games like a hot rock to play wow again.
Free to play is death for mmos
I’ve been a huge ps fan since ps1 but if WoW went to Xbox I’ll 1000% change sides
I don't really see a difference between Microsoft and Facebook. They both operate under questionable ethics. I'd rather see Blizzard go independent again, separated even from Activision.