[skystarman]

Hardcore gamers love to trash ATVI/Blizz but they are without a doubt dominant gaming developer/publisher in the business, and it's really not even close unless you count Tencent.

Ask people on HN if they like CoD and they'd laugh at you but the games are IMMENSELY popular every release and they print cash for ATVI.

[ineedasername]

When people bash Blizzard, they aren't bashing them based on their revenue or market penetration. A bad opinion of Blizzard does not translate into also believing they are failing to generate revenue or attract players. They have plenty of other reasons to bash Blizzard.

[skystarman]

This isn't what I was saying.

My point was that these criticisms never acknowledge that ATVI is massively successful and the critics are always in the minority.

They assume because a few hundred on a message board said something the entire company is a failure and everyone agrees.

For the record I agree with most of the criticism...I also acknowledge what I want isn't necessarily what others want.

[krageon]

Lots of people like terrible games. Even if it makes the publishers a ton of money, I don't need to care about that and in fact I don't.

[skystarman]

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's terrible.