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Former Blizzard president planned to 'cut down' on microtransactions in Diablo 4 and reboot Overwatch before the Microsoft buyout (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 88 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bullshit, words are cheap now that you're out of the job. There was zero indication that this was the direction he wanted before the buyout

Edit: Ybarra is now CEO of a fucking Fantasy Football company

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Based on the history of the company I say: bullshit.

[–] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 48 points 1 month ago

Mike Ybarra mentioned

Never believe that asshole. He's from the same class as Kotick, but better at faking it.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Damn he was also planning on solving world hunger right before they fired him.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Oh wow everything was almost amazing but then it was awful instead

[–] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

well we can't have that now can we?

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

So what he's saying is he decided not to do it. That's all you have to know...