Editing Activision Blizzard (section)

== Redeeming Qualities ==
=== Activision (pre-2013) ===
# Many of their games are still awesome, such as the ''Call of Duty'' titles, except for [[Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified|Black Ops Declassified]], [[Call of Duty: Ghosts|Ghosts]], [[Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare]], [[Call of Duty: WWII|Call of Duty: WW2]], Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and [[Call of Duty: Vanguard|Vanguard]], the ''Tony Hawk's'' franchise, except for the Robomodo games and motion, and a plethora of Marvel games.
#*They also released lots of good games back in the '80s-2000s such as the ''MechWarrior'' franchise (before ''MechWarrior 3'' that was released by MicroProse), ''Tony Hawk'' franchise, ''Interstate'' franchise, ''BattleZone'' franchise (since 1998) and also the ''Soldier of Fortune'' franchise (expect Payback), ''Heavy Gear'' franchise and also ''Hexen 2'', ''[[Quake]]'' (''II'' and ''III Arena''), ''Nightmare Creatures'' and ''Heretic II'' and despite their flaws back then they still were good until 2013 when they started to go downhill.
# Although it's a rare occurrence nowadays, they sometimes still make good games thanks to some talented studios under their wing, like Vicarious Visions, Beenox, and Toys For Bob.
# They published ''Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice'' outside Japan, a great single-player game. Even better, the only thing they had requested was to add the "Shadows Die Twice" to the title otherwise had no hand in the development of the game.
# Most of their licensed games such as Dreamworks Games (except for [[DreamWorks Super Star Kartz]]), Marvel Games (except for [[The Amazing Spider-Man 2]]), Transformers Games, and James Bond Games (except for [[James Bond 007: Legends]]) are awesome.
# They are the world's first third-party publisher, making many classics for the [[Atari 2600]] including ''Pitfall'' and ''River Raid''.
# They stopped selling multiplayer maps with ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019),'' giving its further maps free and without any console early access exclusivity like previous Call of Duty installments''.''
# They're still one of the few companies that still include split-screen in some of their games.
# They have removed loot boxes from their games, starting with ''Modern Warfare (2019),'' in favor of season Battle Passes.<ref>[https://www.firstpost.com/tech/gaming/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-drops-loot-boxes-and-opts-for-a-battle-pass-7520331.html]</ref>
# They successfully revived the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, and the success of ''[[Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy]]'' influenced them to remaster games the same way, such as ''Spyro Reignited Trilogy'', ''Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled'' and ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2'' (not to be confused with that [[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD|mediocre remake by Robomodo]]).
# Thanks to them releasing ''Angry Birds Trilogy'' and ''[[Angry Birds Star Wars]]'' on the consoles, there is now another way to play some of the original Angry Birds games due to [[Rovio Entertainment (2016-2020, 2023-present)|Rovio]] deleting almost all of them.
# It's nice to see they're treating the ''Crash'' and ''Spyro'' series a lot better unlike Universal Interactive who treated Naughty Dog and Traveller's Tales like dirt during the development of the Crash PS1 trilogy and Wrath of Cortex such as refusing to pay off the air conditioning when it broke on a hot Californian summer during ''Crash Bandicoot: Warped''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s development and forcing TT to restart development of Wrath of Cortex'','' rushed some of their games such as ''[[Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly]]'' and ''[[Crash Twinsanity]]'' which both resulted in a lot of glitches and big amounts of cut content and also launched some of the worst titles to both franchises such as [[Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage and Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy|''Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage'' and ''Spyro Orange: The Cortex Conspiracy‎'']], ''[[Crash Boom Bang!]]'', ''Spyro: Shadow Legacy'' and ''[[Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex]]''. Ultimately, Universal Interactive/Vivendi Universal sold itself to Activision.
# They are no longer partnered with Bungie, which allows Bungie to self-publish ''Destiny 2'' updates.<ref>https://www.pcgamer.com/bungie-splits-with-activision-keeps-control-of-destiny/</ref>
#* Unfortunately, Bungie has also monetized ''Destiny 2'' to death.
# Nowadays they release games a short time after announcing them, instead of announcing them way too early like most companies.
# They still showed support to Nintendo's [[Wii U]] while the console was selling poorly, until the end of its lifespan.
# With the news of Microsoft's purchase, there is hope that the company's work culture may improve.
#*Bobby Kotick and Phil Spencer are both interested in reviving some of Activision's old franchises.
#**Even Toys for Bob's studio head [https://twitter.com/paul_d_yan/status/1500563570320314368 is interested in making another] ''Banjo-Kazooie'' or ''Spyro'' game.
#*Phil Spencer said he wants ''Call of Duty'' games to be on the [[Nintendo Switch]].<ref>https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/02/microsoft-wants-call-of-duty-on-switch-along-with-other-popular-activision-blizzard-games</ref>
#*[https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/xbox-report-call-of-duty-games-not-releasing-every-year Xbox may no longer release a new ''Call of Duty'' game every year], allowing Activision's studios to explore other projects.
#*While Microsoft didn't comment about the allegations after the purchase, they said that once the deal is closed in at least July 2023, Bobby Kotick will leave and Activision will report to Phil Spencer as their CEO.<ref>[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/kotick-expected-to-leave-activision-blizzard-after-microsoft-deal-closes]</ref>

=== Blizzard (pre-2018) ===

# Despite their reputation, they used to be one of the best gaming companies with best-selling franchises like ''WarCraft'', ''The Lost Vikings'', ''Blackthorne'', ''Diablo'', ''StarCraft'', and ''Overwatch''. For the record, in that article, some of the good qualities are still present in the company today, probably only the thing about its logo.