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Blizzard Finds New President in Former Call of Duty Executive Johanna Faries

Blizzard Finds New President in Former Call of Duty Executive Johanna Faries - IGN

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Microtransactions are so hot right now.
Good for image but can they make a good game?
- That's a nope. Those days are long gone.
Very smart of Microsoft to put a woman of color in that seat. Here's hoping that she can turn things around in the culture there.
- Culture maybe, but she spent the last 5 years on COD so you can be sure nothing about the games will improve
  
  As if modern Overwatch has much it can lose from a COD-centric influence. 😅 That game has nosedived so hard unter their internal pressure to prioritize e-sports and pro gamers above the current playerbase which at the time was a widest-net casual playerbase that made friends of all kinds play Overwatch together.
  Good for the devs, seem to have worked out and secured their jobs at lea... oh. Well fuck Overwatch e-sports then.
  
  Just more status quo with their shooters. They were all already headed to mtx hell.
  
  Modern Warfare 1 and 2 were great.
- conspiracy theory: big companies only do this when they're getting ready to implement unpopular decisions so their precious white men don't get blamed.
  
  Fun fact: there's actually a name for that.
  The glass cliff.
  
  It happened to reddit

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