Yes, genres CAN be revived.
Still, games that need you to invest a shitload of time (RTS games require much time from the player) are getting less and less popular. While there's a huge RTS market in Asia compared to Europe or America, their other games' markets are even bigger.
They might be getting less and less popular, but as I said so were Adventure games. And they made a comeback. It's impossible to say whether or not a genre will make a comeback at some point. It's not like gamers have less time now than they did back then.
You might, but we constantly have new generations being introduced to video games. It's very possible that RTS games will regain their popularity some time in the future. In fact, I'd surprised if they didn't.
In that case, they'll work on the current WoW even longer. About the possibility: It doesn't say much. It's also possible they'll instead create a StarCraft 2 MMO one day (They won't unless they're willing to add lots of things to the universe, though). Both articles aren't really say much. They could still say, one day, "Yeah, we changed our mind about that".
You are probably right. Which is why I said
cautiously optimistic
Still though, Blizzard has to know that making a statement like that would create hype. Seems weird that they would keep the hope alive and never deliver on it.
I never claimed that they'd lack the manpower to do that. They wouldn't lack the money either, but it's all about the profit. Yeah, they'd have a team, but the true question is: Will it be as viable as another game? Would they be willing to risk part of their gain by investing it into a game genre that lacks profit compared to other products? Highly unlikely and, from and economical point of view, stupid.
Every game production is a risk, for every company, no matter how big or small. It's true that smaller companies take more risks, but the main reason for that is that they've less to lose than big companies. Think about it.
It's always been about money. We just were too ignorant to realize when we were younger and want to believe that it hasn't always been like that, but in fact it has.
You always have to keep in mind that every game, every universe, every story, every single thing from a game has been created by programmers who have to do it to earn their living and by companies whose primary target is to make money.
I'd highly advice not to be "sad" about that since it's only natural for a person to get money for provided services or products. Are you sad because a baker sells his breads for money?
It's not that they care about money, it's that they
only care about money. I think there's no denying that Blizzard has started caring less about their games and more about money. It's becoming more and more obvious that it's the indie developers who actually love games and cares about their customers, not the AAA companies, and that love is reflected in their products. Which is why it's even possible for the smaller companies to compete with the bigger ones.
Making a new Warcraft RTS might not make
as much money as an MMO or something else, but it
would make money. Just having the name Warcraft would make sure it more than breaks even. They would definately make money on it. If not they have serious budget issues. Seriously, Starcraft 2 for example is not
that impressive.
And that's my problem with the current state of the game industry. It's not about the games, not even a tiny bit. It is 100% about the money. Of course they have to make money but they used to at least care about the games they were making.
Take Valve as an example. The people who
revolutionized storytelling in first person games. Do you think they give a shit about Dota 2? Was that their ideal dream game back when they started?
They saw a chance to make $$$ and they took it. Because why not?
We're talking about VALVE here. They have Steam as the ultimate cash cow. They could make any game they wanted without worrying about losing money. Why in the flying fuck are they making Dota 2 instead of Half Life 3? So they can be filthy rich instead of extremely rich? It's pathetic.
I doubt that there'll be a WC3 HD. It's not viable enough.
Agreed.
The WarCraft series ends with WC3 and WoW.
Unless PERHAPS if they want to create a WC4 that's no RTS. I know *I* wouldn't buy that.
Maybe. It just seems strange to me to spend millions of dollars to make a movie which is basically a reboot of the storyline and now make not so subtle hints at a Warcraft 4,
knowing that people are gonna be dissapointed when they don't make it.
