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knoebel.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Over 200 'Overwatch' devs has voted to unionize.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/200-overwatch-devs-vote-to-unionize-at-activision-blizzard

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grumpy0ldman84.bsky.social•10 days ago

💪

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ow has been dead since it switched to ow2. I hope they cancel the project

knoebel.bsky.social•10 days ago

Seems like players have fun rn

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

%24 like the game. The only thing going for ow2 is that people still remember some of the characters they liked from 2017-2018…

nagasadri.bsky.social•10 days ago

Most players agree the game is better than it was back then, but review bombed it as only means they had of holding Blizz accountable for breaking their promise on the PvE mode.

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s definitely not better, and even if it is, it still only has 20k players compared to its most recent competitor that has liter 5x as many players

nagasadri.bsky.social•9 days ago

Bro really is arguing a game that's currently sitting on Steam's top 50 most concurrent players list is "dead".

Your standards for success are weird.

ghajestis.bsky.social•10 days ago

I mean the game is in the best state it has ever been in, and this is coming from a player with rose tinted glasses for the old times

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

“The pile of gruel is in the best state it has ever been”

ghajestis.bsky.social•9 days ago

that is not, in fact, what I said

cabatchi.dev•10 days ago

ok but those are 200 people being paid to work on it

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

200 developers for one of the worst companies of one of the worst games ever created; fuck em. Ow1 is goneow2 is dogdoo

albigote.bsky.social•10 days ago

"overwatch has been dead"

sends a picture of 26k people playing on just steam

like jesus christ more people being unionized literally cannot be bad

cabatchi.dev•10 days ago

I don't like ow2 and quit after the first few seasons but these are 200 jobs in an industry where job security is low

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

It’s activision blizzard. Who cares. Make your own game and make a killing if you truly care about gaming. Otherwise they people work for one of the worst of the worst

cabatchi.dev•10 days ago

You sound like you really want a good game to come out that you really like! How about you make it yourself.

cabatchi.dev•10 days ago

I had 1800 or so hours in ow1 and maybe ~300 in ow2

rando-mname.bsky.social•10 days ago

2100 wasted hours

gardiken.bsky.social•10 days ago

Finally! A GOOD story about that game!

inqubate.bsky.social•10 days ago

We are going to see Blizzard announce layoffs next week.

tm64g.bsky.social•10 days ago

i hope they get what they want, blizzard isn't exactly the best company to be working for

zercomnexus.bsky.social•9 days ago

I just think overwatch will go farther south because blizz will basically cut it off

tm64g.bsky.social•9 days ago

i don't think blizzard are brave enough to cut off their (possibly) main source of income

zercomnexus.bsky.social•9 days ago

They will try if costs rise. And ow2 isnt exactly continuing that earning...

The original is seeing strong competition and I don't hear about it nearly as often anymore.

I think its a matter of time now.

anicaris42.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah!!!! Workers rights!

ahealthybrkfst.bsky.social•9 days ago

Can they having 2 tanks again part of their platform? If not...who cares.

miyavihoney.bsky.social•4 days ago

6v6 open queue and rank has been around since last year.

andy-rey.bsky.social•10 days ago

Mkay. Glad I now have another reason not to give it another try haha

iafetcoto.bsky.social•10 days ago

Because of unionized workers?

andy-rey.bsky.social•10 days ago

No because the company needs to get itself together before Im supporting their products.

maxradical.bsky.social•10 days ago

Let’s gooooo!

gentlefem.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yay!

danky1.bsky.social•10 days ago

too bad the game isn’t fun anymore

vaalgamon.bsky.social•10 days ago

I am honestly surprised just how little effort Microsoft has put in to try and fight these unions from forming.

amicangelo.bsky.social•10 days ago

If they win the union vote, it might get me to start playing overwatch again

komsrade.bsky.social•10 days ago

Overwhelming majority already did. It helps because Microsoft their parent company already signed an agreement with the CWA making this effort a lot easier

komsrade.bsky.social•10 days ago

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