IncGamers' Bill Vaughan asks if Blizzard's next MMO should really be expected to do as well as World of Warcraft.
"Blizzard knows how to make an MMO. Getting the players hooked may have been somewhat lucky, but no one can deny that the developers have made the most of their good fortune, and continued to shape and tweak WoW into the giant that it is today.
However, we've seen other good games trodden into the dirt as a result of WoW's presence in the genre. It seems no one can get close to WoW's figures here in the west, so will another game by the same developer be able to?"
From the classic RPG to its mobile adaptation, let's rank every Diablo game from worst to best.
Finally some love for diablo 3, I completely agree with its placing! Very nice coop on the ps3 back in the day, but solo was a good grind as well, very enjoyable.
The only thing that irked me was buying the complete or ultimate edition or whatever and suddenly introducing a dlc that's not included.
Diablo 3 > Diablo 2. I tried D2 after playing D3 many times and didn't like that nearly as much as 3.
Leading domestic game companies have entered into an unprecedented competition to win orders for Starcraft, Blizzard's representative IP (intellectual property).
Weird MS is letting go of a good IP. I don’t mind it but hopefully the best dev wins and I’m not sure who that is outbid those.
What they are bidding for are exclusive rights to develop the IP. Microsoft/blizzard is essentially licensing it out to the highest bidder, not selling the IP.
I wonder if we'll see Starcraft Ghost come out of this. And if we do, I wonder if it'll be a free-to-play gacha game.
Given the potential developers, looks inevitable there will be free to play gacha versions. But given south korea’s love for starcraft there would be one that is inline with starcraft 1&2.
Might want to expect some sort of backdoor cheat that only south koreans know of lol 🤣
World of Warcraft developers discuss the game's decades-long lifepsan and why the game continues to be the biggest MMO ever.
This is something I have thought about myself. I think the answer is: Maby.
I think nothing will outdo wow, not even a blizzard product.
I think Blizz will have a fight on their hands, especially IF the new game is sci-fi. Fantasy is more popular.
I think Blizzard will pull it off. They've had enough experience in the MMO field now to create something innovative.
The thing is, it doesn't matter. What a nice position for Blizzard to be in! They win either way. WoW will likely retain a massive number of subscribers - even if it goes down to a quarter of its current numbers, that's more than any other MMO's figures.