I've always wondered does Blizzard have any agreement that they have to keep devoloping the game World of Warcraft for a certain amount of time? Or can they just one day simply decide to shut the game down, let all the servers stay open for people to play but just abandon the game itself, no more patches, no more expansion, no new stuff. I mean that would make our years of paying and playing the game in vain (years of fun ofcoure not fully in vain, but you know what i mean).
Im curious, ofcourse they wouldn't do it considering the money it brings to them, but if they simply didn't want to put effort into it anymore, could they just shut it down?