"You get what you pay for" - Asmongold provides his take on Blizzard Entertainment losing numerous employees

sportskeeda.com:

In a recent livestream on his “zackrawrr” Twitch channel, Zack “Asmongold” brought up an interesting topic of discussion when he addressed Blizzard Entertainment reportedly losing many of its employees. This comes hot on the heels of Dragonflight, arguably Blizzard’s best expansion for World of Warcraft yet. Excitement for the upcoming Diablo 4 is also simmering.

The co-founder of OTK reacted to a meme about Blizzard losing employees and then further discussed the situation. While the company has recently released some incredible content, Asmongold suggested that it may be better for these talented people to work at other companies, like Riot Games or Square Enix. He didn’t hold back and said:

The discussion began on Asmongold’s “zackrawrr” stream with a meme about “Blizzard’s 2023 playbook," which showcases the company making its best expansion since Legion, forcing everyone to return to the office, and then losing all employees. After displaying the meme on his stream, Zack remembered the context and pulled up a thread in the World of Warcraft subreddit.

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According to a Warcraft producer at Blizzard, the company is losing so many employees that the teams are needing “crisis maps” to determine what they can and cannot ship. They even have a literal schedule to strike things out as people hand in their notices.

In a thread on Twitter, the developer stated that someone in power doesn’t listen to the game directors, which has created this problem. They just want to create brilliant games but can’t do so if Blizzard gets rid of everyone who can make it happen.

Reacting to the same, Asmongold referred to Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, and said:

However, even Riot Games is bringing people