"There’s not a single self-respecting gamer on the face of the earth who hasn’t known the joy of StarCraft. No other real-time strategy game has had such an enduring influence on the genre; its sweeping narrative, capacity for player-created content and strategically diverse gameplay paved the way for every RTS game to follow. Even now, over a decade since its release, it is still played competitively (and in South Korea, quite publicly) by millions of diehard fans, and terms such as ‘zerg rush’ have long since embedded themselves in the gaming vernacular. With over ten million copies sold worldwide, StarCraft quite deservedly holds a place amongst the most iconic games of all time."
Even though fans have been clamoring for a StarCraft 3 for years now, it seems like Blizzard really has no reason to spend time making one.
They sort of ran the story as far as it could go.
Also, it seems like blizzard is more busy with mediocrity at this point in time.
The problem with Blizzard is they have franchises that don't need sequels. People are happy playing the games that they previously made. What they need is new games, none of this business of trying to transport the old audience into a new version of an old game which only ends up nickle and dime'ing users.
Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
Illogical Games has just announced the official release of Star Discord, the one-man indie dev's charming StarCraft lookalike on mobile.