[jonhohle]

As a Blizzard and Overwatch fan, the acquisition has not been ideal. Activision nearly ended competitive professional Overwatch and significantly scaled back their big esports events to look more profitable. Lately, they seem to be chasing Marvel Rivals for no good reason, but at least in the younger competitive leagues, Rivals is picking up steam and Overwatch no longer looks like a contender, despite being significantly more balanced competitive play.

It’s possible stadium sized esports wasn’t directly profitable or was break-even, but seems like it could have had the potential to catapult the idea into the mainstream when there are 7 figure prize pots, and the games are accurate to anyone with equipment.

[beart]

Overwatch released in 2016, but the merger took place in 2008. I feel like overwatch was always more of an Activision game than a Blizzard game. Or at least, pre-World of Warcraft Blizzard would never have entered that genre of gaming.

[jonhohle]

I was referring to the Microsoft acquisition. That’s Blizzard canceled a bunch of their esports work.

There’s definitely some Blizzard DNA in the characters and lore. I like to think it’s as close to what StarCraft Ghost could have even been.

[beart]

I had completely forgot MS bought them.

[tonyhart7]

nah, overwatch current situation is stemming from horrendous blizzard decision of OW2 release

sure Rivals is strong competition but remember time where Marvel Rivals didn't exist, OW is already dying by then

[worthless-trash]

> nah, overwatch current situation is stemming > from horrendous blizzard decision of OW2 release

If you played enough overwatch, you'd know that it was messed up from when Jeff started doing his silent fireplace streaming.

This was a silent protest by Jeff.