...and this can be a good thing. We've seen this most evidently in the fact they weren't still pleased with the massive success of World of Warcraft. They went after other markets/genres so they don't compete with themselves in this genre. They made StarCraft 2 - RTS, Diablo 3 - ARPG, Hearthstone - Card game, Heroes of the Storm - MOBA, Overwatch - FPS, and even went after the big cinema with Warcraft movie.
All of this makes me certain that based on how Legion performs we will know two things Blizzard will either be pleased with its success and continue with WOW or Blizzard will finally be working on its next AAA MMORPG. So, its a win win for us the consumers, and at the end with Legion we will have to vote if we want this next AAA MMORPG from Blizzard to happen or are we still pleased with World of Warcraft.
Remember, not too long ago Blizzard was generating 1 billion from World of Warcraft annually. That is one of the reasons why this company could do all these things over the years. They are clearly aware of how huge and important this MMO market is for them.
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Other genres are where the money is now. Leave this one to the niche crowd.
2. Starcraft and Diablo have been around since the 90s. They aren't new.
3. HotS while a fine game is far from a masterpiece. HS even much further. While Overwatch is simply garbage. Their first new IP since the 1998's Starcraft, and it's just horrible.
4. I'm pretty sure Wildstar is very similar to the "Titan" that Blizzard wanted to develop. As it turns out Wildstar is also garbage and about to shutdown. I wouldn't have high hopes from Blizzard anymore. Apart from Diablo 3 (after being crap for the first year), they haven't done anything worth mentioning in a long time.
Overwatch is far from garbage, it s actually insanely fun.
MMOs are very costly and the return of profit just isn't worth the hassle. Why waste money when you can make a shooter, card game, or RTS and make more money in less time.
I believe 1 billion profit for 50 mil investment 19x return of their investment. Today someone to receive 2-3x return of their investment would consider it success, especially with such large sums.
This is a total shock, I know.
In fact, let's make it interesting. Anyone want to bet, against me, that Blizz is not going to make a new classical MMORPG in the next 2 years? (precisely 1/30/2018).
The stakes is publicly say "I told you so" .. and the loser has to publicly admit that they are wrong here, on this forum. Any takers?
It will at least be fun.
TLDR: Gaming corporations have utilized new methods to make you pay more for what you already bought. Or created freemium pay to win bullshit.
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I'd like to think it would be Starcraft Galaxy or something like that, but more likely, it will be Diablo Online.
People will buy it simply because, "You remember how HUGE Warcraft was? I can't wait to see this new one from Blizzard!"
However, let's clarify so that there aren't any overlooked nuances within the wording of said bet:
- A new Blizzard MMORPG will not be made/released within the next two years.
- We will announce a new MMORPG within the next year and a half.
I'll even cut the timeline back 6 months on it.
And yes I know many corporations donate to philanthropic organizations. There primary reason for existence is to generate profits. End of story.
As has already been said, if they wanted to continue to make an mmo they would have reimagined titan and continued to work on it.
Instead, they are releasing other games.
Additionally, if they can spend "less" than 50 - 60 million on a game and make the same amount of money they will.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
And there's lots of speculation that Overwatch is the repurposed assets of Titan. So that's a triple no no no on an MMO.
A good article with direct quotes:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/23/6833953/blizzard-cancels-titan-next-gen-mmo-pc
Blizzards never good at open new trend , they only good at take over something and make it better than the rests .