Activision Blizzard Doubling Down on Diablo, Warcraft IPs Amidst Changing Market

trparky · Feb 16, 2019

Their stock price seems to be contrary to that statement @bug .

To have your stock price lose nearly half its value isn't exactly good.

Blueberries · Feb 17, 2019

I think Blizzard could have great success dumping WoW in favor of a completely new WoW-clone with a modern engine and development. It's a great game, hands down, there's a reason it stayed alive for so long... but it doesn't keep up today when players expect the performance and graphical immersion of modern games.

They don't really have to do anything different, just an updated RPG, with a fresh story-- that isn't World of Warcraft.

bug · Feb 17, 2019

trparky said:
Their stock price seems to be contrary to that statement @bug .
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To have your stock price lose nearly half its value isn't exactly good.

It isn't, but the graph over the last 5 years tells a different story

Blueberries said:
I think Blizzard could have great success dumping WoW in favor of a completely new WoW-clone with a modern engine and development. It's a great game, hands down, there's a reason it stayed alive for so long... but it doesn't keep up today when players expect the performance and graphical immersion of modern games.

They don't really have to do anything different, just an updated RPG, with a fresh story-- that isn't World of Warcraft.

WoW in the StarCraft universe. That will keep them running for the next 15 years.

GoldenX · Feb 17, 2019

Looks like Blizzard is the new Apple. A shadow of its former self.

bug · Feb 17, 2019

GoldenX said:
Looks like Blizzard is the new Apple. A shadow of its former self.

Who cares? Game developers have come and gone. Gaming is still alive and (mostly) well.

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