World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor

Discussion in 'Gaming' started by Showdown, Nov 9, 2013.

  1. SPCTRE

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    ACTIVISION BLIZZARD Q2 Report
     
  2. Taylirious

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    This makes me wonder what it takes to have a success in gaming? On my bucket list was to develop an MMORPG. How much does it take to get from A to B and get a little profit to continue making product?
     
  3. SPCTRE

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    Subscription-based MMOs as a business model are on their way out.
     
  4. Taylirious

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    Allods Online a F2P cost 20 Million USD? The idea of a MMORPG is appealing for many reasons but does it cost a mega jackpot amount to develop a decent game of this type? It seems so. :(

    ETA: I am guessing the days of a few friends and a dream are gone.
     
  5. SPCTRE

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    Well, you can certainly build a great MMO as an old-school "garage" dev.

    You'll just have to find a niche, because you won't be competing directly with AAA titles. Times have never been better for smaller developers.
     
  6. Taylirious

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    My idea just involved Elves & epic kitty mounts. :D

    T & A seems to work in MMO's :rommie:
     
  7. SPCTRE

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    Oh jeez, you should really think about developing a crappy f2p MMORPG for the Asian markets :lol:
     
  8. teacake

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    Oh PLEASE resub, we could.. wait you're Alliance aren't you.

    Forget it.
     
  9. Taylirious

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    For The Horde! :evil:
     
  10. SPCTRE

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    :lol:

    I actually also have one or two Horde characters.

    Regions are still locked down though, aren't they? No cross-regional transfers allowed?
     
  11. teacake

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    Oh you're EU.. I don't know about transfers. But I can't start a char on an EU realm.
     
  12. SPCTRE

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    I bet they haven't removed regionalization. Then again, they have done a lot of things over the last 10 years they said they'd NEVER - EVER - DO.
     
  13. sojourner

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    I thought for sure with the extended maintenance yesterday that they were going to activate flying in WoD.
     
  14. Ithekro

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    That's said to be Patch 6.2.1 or something like that. Somehow I don't think they'll do it until after LFR can do the last wing of Hellfire in another three or four weeks. I estimate I will finish the Legendary ring questline in Five weeks. Maybe Six.
     
  15. teacake

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    So apaz Blizzard is down to only 5.6 million subscribers.

    You people who only read this thread and don't play should feel ashamed! YOU are part of the problem!
     
  16. Ithekro

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    Which was what they had in the middle of the rise of Vanilla.

    Some of the people left after the rest of the Warcraft 3 villains and heroes are done. The fanbase was Warcraft 3 based.
     
  17. Taylirious

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    That's for starting it TayLa, I look fwd to reading all about the next one!