How many more expansions do you think WoW has left in it? The games been out for 20 years which is very old for a video game to try to create creative and new ideas to keep players engaged. Honestly I don’t think the servers will ever shut down, but I wonder when the time will come when they reach a point of purely maintenance mode. No new expansions, no new patches, nothing. Just leaving the game how it is for the rest of time.
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More than likely it has stuck around for so many years because the community and players kept it going. This is their flagship product, if population dropped enough to where their profits dipped way below expected values I am sure it would spell the end but we know thats far from reality.
At the end of the day if it’s making them lots of money they will keep pouring resources into it . Until they get burned out or if Microsoft decides to sunset it.
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im hoping the titan one is it and they do wow 2
or keep a tbc server up ill b ok with that
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Currently, there have been “three” more expansions announced for WoW. So come back in 3 years and ask the same question. Haha.
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Well need to see how the saga does to have any insights into this one.
Even EverQuest is still getting new patches (though they call them expansions) so, I’m not very concerned about this one in the near future.
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They said they plan to have WoW around for another 20 years at least, and then announced the last three expansions in this story arc.
That could mean WoW 2 after these three… which honestly given how bloated and fragile the poor old game has become may be completely necessary in spite of all the people who say they’d quit if they had to start over.
If they gotta do it, they gotta do it! 
Eitherway though, no, WoW isn’t going anywhere after the last Jedi. Or last titan. Whatever. 
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Im convinced WoW 2 will be the death of WoW (both of them)
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A lot of people said that about Guild Wars 2 and it was fine. Also classic too. And it was also fine. 
I think the issue though may not be if WoW 2 is a good idea or not. Its that its not technically feasable to keep upgrading, adding too and bloating the old game code. It’s getting buggier and buggier as we go.
This means even if WoW 2 is theoretically a bad idea, they may have no choice after a certain point and have to do it anyway.
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I stopped caring after the 5th “wow is done next time for sure” ago.
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I would not mind seeing a nice engine update to the game.
And then we also have the OW to OW2 transition. The only example of Blizzard doing this, and it has been a mess.
Or EverQuest vs EverQuest 2, where the original has more active players than the sequel.
Same for RuneScape.
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Probably at least 3 more. The Saga really wraps pretty much everything up honestly. They’ll either make more threats and introduce new lore, unknown lore, or whatever else and usher in a new era for WoW or we’ll just get WoW 2.0.
If WoW 2.0 I imagine it’ll be a fully rebuilt/new engine, higher graphics/system requirements than current WoW, and have a ton of improvements to how the game looks and functions. In a lot of ways even modern WoW is kind of antiquated in design and needs a lot more work if they aren’t doing WoW 2.
Not trying to be rude but I no longer get the really pushing the tech boundaries type of vibe from WoW and haven’t for a very long time. Imo if they do go the route of wow 2 or a revamped WoW they need to really push the tech hard, like bleeding edge hard in content design, level design, art, with character models, and the whole nine yards. The new trailer for War Within is a great showcase of that level of pushing the boundaries I’m talking about (cranking it up several notches higher than normal).
But even if they have to replace the engine and recode everything, there’s no reason to not carry everything forward. I (and many others I’m sure) play this fossil because we are invested in our toons. If I have to start over why would I pick any game run by Daddy Blizz?? 
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Because of the sunken cost fallacy and addiction, I’d say the game could go on for another 30-40 years at the least. People will continue to play it, even ragefully, until they die.
As long as Blizzard keeps making money off subs and store stuff, they’re fine. They’ll keep making “Season of…” for Classic too and vanilla Andy’s will keep playing it forever over and over again.
People who want a WoW 2 are huffing hopium. Blizzard will never make another MMO. The cost and risk just isn’t worth it. They tried once and realized they didn’t want to compete with their own game/genre too. WoW would truly need to plummet below profitable numbers for them to even consider it but at that point, the IP will probably be unsalvageable.
Not to mention a lot of players having collections of things spanning 20 years. Unless all of that was imported into a WoW 2 and given new HD models or whatever, there are a large amount of people who wouldn’t want to play it for that reason alone.
Overwatch has had a very unfortunate series of budget cuts and development decisions. It could have been amazing with PVE campaignes but the industry just isn’t what it used to be is it? 
Anyway, I’m not saying they can’t screw up a WoW 2. I don’t really know how that would go. I’m just saying this current engine won’t last forever. It is what it is.
Yeah that’s true. They could carry a lot of stuff forward by linking accounts and all that but with the way everyone cuts corners these days, sadly, I can’t see that happening.
I totally understand what you are saying though. If you are going to make a fresh start, there are other fresher starts elsewhere. Then again, I’m sure curiousity would lure a lot of people back though.
It has lasted 20 years. To say it won’t last forever is true, nothing does, but it certainly can go another 20 years no problems. Even Metzen said live on stage at Blizzcon that he’s hard at work setting up the next 20 years of stories. Money is the bottom line, WoW will go as far as it can as long as it stays profitable.
Depends.
WoW as it is now has bulldozed it’s way through so many stories and destroyed so many iconic and beloved characters in the process. A WoW2 is a chance at redemption.
The real issue is, whether or not Blizzard would commit to it properly. I don’t think they understand just how irreverently they’ve treated their IP in the pursuit of esports and engagement metrics. There is a lot of truly fascinating ideas in Warcraft, and the world itself has always shined through the games.
If there was a WoW2, the only people I’d want to see involved with be Metzen and the art department. Class balance has never been a thing, systems were exhausting, the story team can’t handle the big stuff (but do make interesting small stories, like Drustvar from time to time), etc… If Ion’s involved, put him back in charge of raids. The man made the best raids this game ever saw. Losing that to make him Head of Development really hurt the raiding scene. Whatever they do, keep him far away from anything lore related.
WoW2 could be good, especially if they use it as a reboot rather than trying to continue the mess that WoW has unfolded thus far. They’d have two decades of story beats to analyze, to see what players liked and hated. A WoW2 could be really, really good.
At this point? If WoW2 destroys WoW and itself then I don’t think I would care. Put the game out of its misery.
X # of expansions is ≥ 3
You meant to say, come back in 6 years. Since each expansion would last roughly 2 years a piece.
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Then why are you here and more importantly, why should anyone who likes the game as it is care what you think?
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