Originally Posted by
EnigmAddict
Why do you think that happened?
Imo, they waited too long to expand to the big screen/small screen and didn't do it correctly either.
They either lacked ambition, foresight or desire to take it further after wow exploded. But that was an executive decision, MM could have gone for more. I would have taken warcraft at that point and started doing TV series - that would have brought many more people into the online sensation
Then the movies would have come around 2009/10 , and could have had the budget to be the next LoTR fantasy epic.
Meanwhile the game greatly expanded, probably in a way no one else had done it before, synchronizing the MMORPG, with single player games, tv series and movies.
The MMO would be the live in world, here you get to be a character of anyone of your favourite races, exploring the famous world full of local stories, and details no where else. It's the best form of fantasy living out - and it would already have the base.
The single rpgs/RTs would be games that told key stories or massive events in the storyline. Cataclysm would be a single player RPG, BFA would be an RTS.
Meanwhile wow would be the sandbox having the new continents and areas the other projects would introduce, and sometimes iself driving key events. Like MoP could have been an MMO release
The TV series would be adventures in the world, like the Dragon Prince and Waifu - here you would have lovable characters having cool adventurers, would probably start with animated series, but higher quality
Movies would be the history for the first few, so it would introduce the world, like WC1-3 , the War of the Ancients 1-3 , once it covers the basics, then it can take the lead of driving the main narrative.. but by that time
WoW 2 - which would be like all modern tech, 5 times the size of the original, truly massive scale, with wow 3 the VR already in planning stages.
You would have Orcs, night elves, blood elves, Draenei, Worgen, Trolls, Tauren etc all household names, with models and toys on front line shops like any other.