Agree. A few years back, people thought SWTOR was going to be the next big thing killing WoW, based on the fact that a SW MMORPG could not fail. It did not last long!!!
Lots of people have posted 'leaks' and other kind of information over the years. At least for some of them, even though they were speculations, they at least made sense with the information that was available. The credibility for this one is about a 1/10. Most of the claims make no sense when comparing with information we know for a lot of these titles.
I don't know why people say this is fake. THe way I see it, Activision can't milk WoW much longer as the shareholders won't allow it. Remember, it's not just people paying subscriptions, it's the shareholders stock value dropping to a point where they demand the CEO's head. To avoid this, Activision will do whatever is necessary, and usually these days, companies tend to drop the parts of their businesses that are not working, and focus on what is working. This happens not only in gaming but on the entire corporate world.
So, what I think is likely to happen is
- HUGE course correction to a Blizzard more in line with old values. I highly doubt this under activision since shareholder value will always be number 1 priority.
- Activision spins off Blizzard and/or sells it off. They won't sack everyone, they'll simply get rid of it. Then Blizzard might have a chance at rebuilding under its own banner.
Whatever happens, I don't expect things to return to "old days" in the next 5 years.
This doesn't mean I don't expect a good game in the next 5 years. To make a good WoW expansion is relatively simple. But I am pessimistic right now.
>No new WoW content for the next two years
Hard pass on this one, for both myself and the rest of the community as well
Wow is on "soft" maintenance mode from wod tbh
Last edited by D3athsting; 2021-08-11 at 02:54 PM.
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Imagine being so bored and narcissistic that you spend the time to make up stuff like this to get attention.
Last edited by Radaney; 2021-08-11 at 02:53 PM.
Blizzard is way too big brand name to be just killed off like that.
WoW is the most profitable part of Blizzard. Following your logic Blizzard should stop making games all together.
Activision-Blizzard is a very profitable company - both the Activision part and the Blizzard part.
All this big press - and social media outrage doesn't change that the company rakes in a lot of money. And money is what counts.
If you want to create a speculation thread please label it clearly and engage in discussion around it. Since this thread hasn't gotten off to a great start and there's not too much to actually discuss, closing this down.