Originally posted by Digfox
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I always get cynical when developers do this, as though they're trying to insist that even though they're part of Activision, it's okay because they're the outsiders, they're the "fun" bit of Activision. People say the same about Destiny, sometimes defending Bungie in the same conversation as bashing Activision specifically for the problems with those games.
Activision is Blizzard. Activision is Bungie. They each went into that partnership with their eyes open. If you're at a developer who merges with EA, you kinda can't moan anymore if your company later gets shut down.
Diablo Immortal is not the Activision overlords ordering Blizzard around. They're not the Rebel Alliance fighting the evil empire and Blizzard's employees aren't fugitive freedom fighters. When Activision wants to make Diablo Immortal, in that metaphor, it's Darth Vader ordering one of his Stormtroopers. It's the McDonald's CEO giving directives to a branch in Greenwich. They're one and the same; not separate - and if anyone at Blizzard believes otherwise, they've been deluding themselves.
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