they are old games that will only attract the same old players as before
In order to grow and make more money blizzard needs to find a way to pull in new younger players to the MMO scene which they dominate. Adding TBC and wrath mostly caters to older players who played them before this is a dying market and waste if there time.
Blizzard should realize the PVP from those games was great and why then make a NEW wow that is FTP and supported by Microtransactions to draw new players to a new game. It should be completely superset from wow make money in current wow from older players but make a new wow for new players that’s mimics the current successful games.
new player players want new content not content other people are already good at
new players always flock to FTP games look at fortnight and how much money they have raked in and how large the community is for games like that LOL and others.
How will blizzard emulate the fast paced PVP combat and bring it to a new generation without recycling old content and make the game fun? I don’t know but that’s what will keep new blood coming to the game not recycled old content. Set you sights on new players blizzard you cannot milk the already hooked players forever it’s time you addressed the real reasons people like classic. It is more complex has more skill trees better PvP than retail everyone feels unique etc. start from the ground up while it may seem cheap to fire up wotlk and TBC it would be a waste when you can get new players simply taking the good things from those games and applying it to a new one.
They are old games but they had some special sauce that’s needs filtered out the PvP of those expos that’s it the rest is just an old gross burger supported by a system targeted at a aging generation and not a recipe for big money or a successful game.
No idea what you are talking about. I’m talking about a fresh game that takes the things that were special and good about those expansions. Wow is the best mmo of all time and it’s all because the gameplay is smooth and the PvP was fast paced and fun. However recycling an old game results in a quick spike in money and then stagnation. Taking what made it a success and applying it to today’s market is how we get the next great mmo. You misunderstand me I don’t want a “fresh server” I want a “fresh game”
Do you think they would after Naxx has been out awhile? I think that would be ok. Right now tho i think theres too many ppl invested in progression to just jump ship.
Yeah and what, develop a new engine?
Or use an engine that is over 15 years old?
Either way, you don’t understand how much something like this would cost to begin with, and the outlay would cannibalize the only real revenue stream aside from mobile keeping Blizzard in existence.
There is no new wow. There will never be a new wow. MMO’s are too cost intensive compared to mobile games and shooters. Kotick isn’t going to take massive capital risks because that is anathema to what his M.O. is and what shareholder confidence in him says.
This entire post is out of touch with reality, it is bad, and you should feel bad and go retake microeconomics. Not that you are uniquely bad because most of the world needs to retake microeconomics at this point anyway.
BC will be announced at BlizzCon. Total wow subs will break records at that point, provided they keep Classic alive as well. Retail will have the lowest player numbers. And that’s fine. This game is transitioning into maintenance.
Do you think they would for a TBC release or just let ppl move in it from current servers? I personally dont need fresh servers but i think i would do a couple things different if they did.
It’s too late for retail to much stigma not enough excitement investors counting on the sub money. You cannot attract new players to a wow expansion it needs to stand alone and it needs to be free to play system that works today it’s not 2004 anymore. They need to mine the magic out of the first 3 expos get with the times and make something that will really make some money.
Activition-Blizzard has been in milk-mode for a long time with WoW - and long before Classic. Personally, this “old player” is looking forward to the Pantheon MMORPG if it ever releases, and the niche market it will occupy, not catering to the drooling, young console-twitch crowd.
No classic attracted for the most the same old players none of my younger friends even looked at it. Then most of them quit after a short spike that’s not the kind of money they made vanilla-wotlk its a drop in the bucket. They need a new game with a ftp system and all the polish and feel that makes all wow mmos feel better to play with the core systems from the first 3 expansions.
