I think with today’s audience those IP’s have a lot more strength than Battletech or Shadowrun. If you think Warcraft or Starcraft exclusivity to an Xbox console won’t sell units I don’t know what to say.

Rare certainly is an interesting one. They had a dark decade there at Microsoft no doubt. Things are getting better. The studio itself aside I think their IPs are getting decent utilization with the upcoming perfect dark and last gen’s killer instinct. They have a lack of banjo for sure. Little shocking at this point. Seemed like the smash inclusion was big enough a hit to see sales.

I’m just hoping to get starcraft and Warcraft spinoffs out of this. Lots of potential with those IP’s. Since 3 is never getting properly fixed, Warcraft 4 would also be nice.

The big player battles still to this day have broken lobbies. You can’t filter game mode in big player mode either. Which means if you don’t care for slayer and you get thrust into a slayer match, too fucking bad. Matter of fact, don’t leave or they’ll temp ban you. Also, their netcode will kill you through walls as you turn a corner because fuck you.

I put in at least two dozen hours into the multiplayer because there is a lot to love when things are going smoothly, it’s just unbelievably unpolished for the amount of money sunk in. They seem to have no idea what the fuck matters to players in an online space, or at the very least don’t care.

They ruined Halo a decade ago, and it seems they are just gonna milk whatever shit gets stirred in until the franchise dies.