Blizzard lader for alvor til at have skuffet fans med afsløringen af Diablo Immortal, og siden da er der sluppet en række rapporter ud, der beskriver et firma der fungerer på en markant anderledes måde end for nogle år siden. En ny rapport siger blandt andet, at større beslutninger nu primært foretages af en finansgruppe, i stedet for at kreativt personale.
Rapporten er dukket op ovre hos Kotaku, og er baseret på samtaler med anonyme ansatte.
"Over the course of the last year, Blizzard has been trying very actively to find creative ways to cut costs that won't draw negative press attention. That speech from Amrita about cutting costs, that wasn't a one-time thing. We were told to cut costs on a monthly basis."
"Finance in general in Blizzard has been one of these invisible functions that's there but doesn't have a say. Now they're suddenly in meetings."
"A lot of decisions now are being driven by business folks, marketing and finance folks. There's a real struggle now between developers and the business people. Strategic decisions are being driven by the finance group."
Udviklerne der har talt med Kotaku lader til at være bekymrede over denne strategiske overgang.