wow wow wow hold the **** up.

Are you saying there's a chance of Warcraft IV?

They'll only release it if they can somehow milk it financially.

WoW --> subs, every single ******* unique mount model in shop = $$
SC2 --> the go-to tournament RTS = exposure = sales = $$
Hearthstone --> packs, expansions = $$
Overwatch --> either subs/LoL model with skins, quality of life for money, etc = $$
Diablo 3 --> remember RMAH? = $$
WC 4 --> ????

How will it earn them money? SInce Blizz merged with Activision, it's been much more focused on money instead of innovation/good games. Most of the **** they come with now are just moneymakers tbh. I would LOVE to see a new Warcraft, i've been waiting for it ever since i finished the campaign back in the day, but sadly i don't see it happening without them ******* it up because of $$.

> Blizzard
> **** games

Dude I had a blast playing the new SC games (every mission had a new mechanic, ******* innovative IMO), played the **** outta Diablo 2 (still my favorite game/more hours per game to this day) and I even bought Diablo 3 for christmas and am still having a great time grinding **** because they make FUN games.

Hearthstone is another story: some people have spent a lot of money and still dont have all the cards but you dont have to spend a single penny to have a decent amount of cards: just do your dairy missions and buy the expansions with gold.
Maybe not the best TCG out there but is pretty fun and compelling.

I think you have no idea what you are talking about and maybe baiting but just wanted to say my two cents on the matter about a company that is still making more than decent games in a micro-transaction, repetitive content gaming scene.

How am i baiting? Just read what i said. Blizzard has changed their view on games. They used to want to make solid games, the profits would follow. Now they want to make solid profits, the games will follow.

It's not just Blizzard btw, it's the entire AAA games industry, i'm just extra mad about Blizzard because i used to love their games and thought they were a great company.

Have you played a Blizzard game recently or are you talking about past misshaps ? (Diablo 3 auction and DRM fails first week and the like)

Yes i played SC2, HS and WoD in the past 1-2 years. Diablo 3 was longer ago.

My original point was that i doubt they'll make WC 4, because i don't see how they can properly milk it. Normal RTS games just aren't profitable enough. SC 2 might have been the exception because of the exposure they get from the fact that it's the nr 1 RTS in E-Sports. They might have made WC 4 it in the past, but i doubt they will now and i believe the reason for this is how their view on games changed.

Maybe you have a point and they are milking games but they are also keeping games alive.
I'm surprised to see D3 still gets little patches and expansions here and there for a game from 2012.

Either way they are a company made to make money so yeah they milk their cows.

I don't mind them making a profit, i will gladly buy any of their games if it's good. It's just sad money comes before actually making a good game. It's an industry wide problem btw, just look at Battlefront as one example.

Why does money come before actually making the good game?
I dont understand what you are saying.

Back in the early 2000's until the rise of microtransactions and whatnot, game devs just made games they thought were good, and the quality of the game made it sell and thus they made a profit. Now it's in reverse. Games are made to bring in the money, and maybe you'll also get a game that's actually good, but that's now not the most important thing anymore. Well that's how i see it.

If you mean because of the lore, that's actually not a problem. More than enough side stories and fringe characters you can use to make a new campaign. You could even let it intertwine with future expansions for WoW.

Posted as anon. Whoops.
Anyways, just googling it gives sources.
www.ubergizmo.com/2014/11/blizzard-interested-in-warcraft-4-but-nothing-to-share-at-the-moment/