Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong here, I don’t believe for one second Microsoft is gonna just come in on day one and just suddenly shut it all down.
They will let it languish on the vine for a few years and let the money trickle in, like EQ is still zombieing it’s way around.
I’m saying that people who think this is gonna be a rebirth of WOW and Microsoft is gonna make it a priority are sadly, very mistaken.
This is true, but WoW is a single game in a franchise, they could let it fade away and decide the money would be better spent on a WoW2 (which it would, WoW’s code is so outdated it should be in a museum at this point) which would be a long term win for us all.
That’s kind of the opposite of what people who enjoy leveling would want. The changes they made in SL has made leveling too fast to be enjoyable as it is.
Yeah, and I’m optimistic about this, as long as Microsoft doesn’t try to ram micro transactions down our throats because that will kill the game.
Why does someone with no mythic+ and only 3 levels of LFR in Nathria even care?
I’m not opposed to a WoW 2. I’m just saying in general the branding alone is worth keeping some form of WoW operational.
There isn’t going to be a WoW 2.
So many people are holding onto that illusion, but it’s never going to materialize. If Blizzard were going to create a WoW 2, we’d have heard about it by now. No, while they’re not against making other MMOs (apparently there is another one in the works that we do know about, at least in the sense that it is being developed. We don’t know anything else about it though) they’re not making another MMO in the Warcraft franchise.
Their next MMO, if it launches, will either be in one of their other main IPs (Starcraft or Diablo) or a new IP.
They pay the same money as you each month, maybe more than you do.
Your type of gameplay doesn’t make your money more valuable than his does.
In fact, if you buy the 6 month sub and he pays monthly, he, as a customer is worth more than you each month. based on what you both spend each month for the sub.
That’s not how this works. Take a look at Unilever, or Nestle, or Coca Cola, or Mars. All of these conglomerates own companies that actively compete at the consumer level.
Microsoft is a conglomerate. Whether you play WoW or the other MMO, Microsoft doesn’t care because Microsoft gets your money anyway. And Microsoft itself isn’t making your game. The studio is.
Blizzard is still going to be Blizzard. Activision is still going to be Activision. The smaller studios are still going to remain, barring any branding streamlining that might occur. The only thing that changes is the folks at the top answer to the Microsoft X-Box senior management.
This may end up being a blessing for Blizzard. Because Blizzard has gone from being ⅓ of a publicly traded company to being a small fish in a big pond (as they were under Vivendi), we may see less push for quarterly results and more design the game to be the best. Let’s remember, Wrath was released when Blizzard was a small revenue stream in Vivendi’s portfolio.
What will be the end of WoW is if Blizzard doesn’t start adjusting its game design to meet the needs of the modern MMORPG aficionado. There is a reason there was a mass exodus to FFXIV having nothing to do with the scandals. Square Enix did to Blizzard what Blizzard did to Daybreak - put out an MMORPG that improves upon the pain points of its predecessor. Blizzard can either double down on its design sensibilities that are just not working in the modern MMO space or they can learn from the takeaways Square Enix discovered and do what Blizzard did best and take those new best practices and reinvent them for WoW.
What we will see, however, is a plethora of new WoW IP inspired mobile and console games, many exclusive to Xbox.
If that is the case uusubscribe and leave the forums if you hate it that much .
Normally I wouldn’t tell a person to do that but when they go
I’ll make an exception
I was going to say when they gave Alliance Void/their own version of High Elves
Microsoft may go with something like a WoW 2, which would be 100% theirs and on their platform from day 1. Anything could happen.
WoW 2 is never going to happen.
It’s a pipedream, you’d have better luck hunting a unicorn.
I disagree. Why wouldn’t Microsoft pursue something based on the IP of WoW now that they own it? They paid a lot for it.
Oh they’ll keep developing the Warcraft franchise. With World of Warcraft.
There is no need to split the WoW playerbase with a second MMO set in the exact same universe.
They make bank on up-front game cost more than the game pass.
I don’t know much about the numbers and financials, but ESO IS about a Billion times better than any FF game.
Having played ESO and WoW for years, ESO isn’t competing with WoW, it’s a different style of MMO completely that garners a different audience.
Why have some of the money, when you can have ALL of the money?
Offer an item in game to slow down leveling and items in shop to speed it up. I love going fast