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Former Microsoft exec slams Xbox lead's "social network envy," says gaming's biggest rival isn't TikTok – it's time

"Gaming doesn't compete with short-form video"

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Former Microsoft and Blizzard exec says new Xbox consoles are "just PCs," and that might be why World of Warcraft is "killing addons"

"Casual WoW Inc."

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"Someone go tell Nintendo that": Former Blizzard president responds to Xbox boss saying exclusives are "antiquated," says "Nintendo has continually dominated with outstanding games"

I for one am shocked the company that doesn't make exclusives sees them as "antiquated"

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Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra says awkward Microsoft "this is an Xbox" campaign is the "wrong idea, wrong time": "Whoever came up with this clearly doesn't play games"

Are you sure it's an Xbox?

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Xbox ditching hardware and exclusive games "makes sense," former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss says, as "only a moron would continue" making consoles as games go third party

Mike Ybarra also took aim at the "this is an Xbox" campaign: "Whoever came up with this clearly doesn’t play games"

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"Your console is dead": Former Microsoft exec and Blizzard boss tells Xbox fans the console market isn't a "successful business" – unless "you do it right"

Mike Ybarra responds to Sony's success with the PlayStation 5

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Former Blizzard president criticises Microsoft for two Xbox price hikes in one year: 'Console price increases are not tariff issues, they are profit issues'

Those are some strong words.

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As Xbox console prices rise $200 in a year, former Blizzard president blasts Microsoft's price hikes: "Console price increases are not tariff issues, they are profit issues"

"They are going to make consumers continue to pay for those problems"

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Battlefield 6 "offers things that no one else really can," says series lead, so it's not a major Call of Duty rival even if one ex-Blizzard boss is rooting for it to "boot stomp" Black Ops 7

He thinks Battlefield and Call of Duty "compliment each other in different ways"

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Mike Ybarra is right: Battlefield 6 stomping CoD will benefit both

CoD losing isn't a bad thing, even for itself.

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Blizzard's ex-CEO says Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" Call of Duty this year because the franchise has "gone downhill" — calls it a victory for players as COD "won't be lazy" anymore

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

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"CoD won't be lazy anymore": Ex Blizzard boss predicts a beating for Call of Duty at the hands of Battlefield 6, says Activision's FPS "has gone downhill for years"

"We'll all get better FPS games for it," says Mike Ybarra

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Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'

It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.

PC Gamer

"Pick your lane and stick to it": Former Blizzard president says it's "tough to see Xbox confused" amid "this is an Xbox" branding: "They have to figure out what needs to change... and fast"

Meanwhile, one of Microsoft Game Studios' earliest producers thinks "Xbox hardware is dead"

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As ex-Blizzard boss says Oblivion Remastered "will never hold up" despite acclaim, Baldur's Gate 3 dev reckons "AAA is feeling more and more disconnected from the audience zeitgeist"

Oblivion is the game of the moment, here in 2025

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Oblivion Remastered could never 'hold up against modern masterpieces like Elden Ring', according to Ex-Blizzard boss, 'I would love to be proven wrong, but I'm not'

I don't think the bar has moved that much.

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On Oblivion Remastered day, former Blizzard boss says he's "skeptical about 20 year old remasters" because "the bar has simply moved from safe open world RPGs to what Elden Ring brought us all"

"What was once fantastic, now remastered, will never hold up against modern masterpieces like Elden Ring," says Mike Ybarra, but fans sure seem to be digging Oblivion Remastered

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"I'm not sure where Diablo is going": Former Blizzard boss says Diablo 4 seasons "need to get off the cycle of shipping, spending 2 months to fix issues, then repeating"

"Playing for a week to then 1 or 3 shot an 'uber' boss 500 times for a unique, then quitting until next season is fundamentally not fun"

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"Rockstar is controlled by no one, including their publisher": Ex-Blizzard boss says Borderlands 4 "doesn't matter" in response to fans trying to narrow the GTA 6 release window down

Who would dare to tell the makers of Red Dead Redemption and Bully what to do?

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Former Blizzard boss says "GTA 6 is king" and "everyone will move their release" when it gets a launch date: "It is really the only game that has the power to do this today"

"[Borderlands 4] doesn't matter. [Rockstar] is controlled by no one, including their publisher"

PC Gamer

Bobby Kotick reckons the Warcraft film was 'a terrible idea' for Blizzard, and in the end 'was one of the worst movies I've ever seen'

"It took a lot of resources and distracted them."

PC Gamer

Former Blizzard president thinks Marvel Rivals is a rip-off of Overwatch and that Black Widow is a copy of Widowmaker, or maybe he's joking—it's impossible to tell

I really hope this is a joke.

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Former Blizzard president reckons Marvel Rivals has too much in common with Overwatch, comparing it to a viral Horizon Zero Dawn lookalike others called "shameless"

Mike Ybarra doesn't seem too excited about the new hero shooter

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Former Blizzard boss says "the only thing bigger" than Sony buying FromSoftware would be if it bought Valve or Nintendo

It would be a "top two acquisition in video gaming"

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From 'Starblo' the Space Diablo that never saw daylight, to Mike Ybarra's plans to cut down on microtransactions — here's 7 things I learned about Diablo from Jason Schreier's book 'Play Nice'

I read Jason Schreir's 'Play Nice' which documents the rise, fall, and future of Blizzard — and I found out some great behind the scenes lore about the Diablo franchise.

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