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Diablo 3 this year then, that's good. SC2 as well probably.
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Diablo 3 this year then, that's good. SC2 as well probably.
I'm doubting SC2. They said at least 2 games this year and with one being Diablo and the other being Mists of Pandaria, Heart of the Swarm might be the odd man out.
"If you die, tell them that you played my game
I hope your bullet holes become mouths that say my name" - Lupe Fiasco
Sadly this might be the case.Originally Posted by MadCast: The Prince
One could hope for a potential end of year HotS release... but those are hopes and dreams.
LoL IGN: MadCast Maday
It makes no sense for SC2 to come out late this year. All they have to do is make 20 missions and 6-7 new units. It's not like they're building the entire game all over again. If they can crank out WoW expansions in 18 months to 2 years then they can make an SC2 expansion in the same amount of time.
Agreed
Aside from developing the missions and units they spend a substantial amount of time developing the engine and systems. It's not where most of the money goes, but it is their greatest time sink. WoL was delayed multiple times principally for to Battle.net, and ultimately ended up axing several features to make the early Q3 2010 release. Though they don't rebuild the game, do they revisit and comb through the engine and do some uncomfortable considering some of the corners they cut the first time around.
easily put, HotS won't fatten pocket books like wow or D3, so expect it to be back burner material. Its the one game they cant make "micro transaction" money off of, you buy it, and that's the end of blizz's cash from you. I am sure this is not the only reason, but from a pure "pocketbook" stance, its pretty easy to see why this will be so. Doubt it if you wish, but both D3 and MoP stand to draw in far more cash.
"The reason there’s smog in Los Angeles is ‘cause if we could see the stars, If we could see the context of the universe in which we exist and we could see how small each one of us is against the vastness of what we don’t know no one would ever audition for a McDonalds commercial again and then where would we be? No frozen dinners and no TV and is that a world we want to text in?" -Watsky
This.
Also I think they wanted to have the map market ready for HotS so they can generate some streaming revenue from that as well.
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