Subscriptions to World of Warcraft are at possibly the lowest they've ever been, neither Cold War nor Vanguard did well in terms of sales, and the Overwatch playerbase has dwindled dramatically. Their focus on "diversity" and "inclusion" put them in this position. Doubling down is not going to get them out of it.
Overwatch 2 beta basically torpedoed interest in the game, and Diablo Immortal still has everyone's resentment after its reveal. They've also run out of games to remaster, and after Wrath nobody wants more Classic content.
Generally you need X amount of time or a new console to do it for. Considering their genres they are very limited to just PC, they really can't do much as all of them have been in the last few years already.
All that's really left is Warcraft 1 and 2, which they haven't yet touched for some reason and Warcraft 1 is basically a nothing game anyway.
Diablo 1 probably wouldn't be worth the money for them, because of how lacking it is in replayability compared to 2. They'd have to create a lot more content to justify it, because people expect more game for their money than they did back then.
Not to the extent it was with Vanguard, but yes. Activision touted a large number of pre-orders and initial sales, which was true, but they don't talk about the refunds issued because the game was a technical mess.
Subscriptions to World of Warcraft are at possibly the lowest they've ever been, neither Cold War nor Vanguard did well in terms of sales, and the Overwatch playerbase has dwindled dramatically. Their focus on "diversity" and "inclusion" put them in this position. Doubling down is not going to get them out of it.
Overwatch 2 beta basically torpedoed interest in the game, and Diablo Immortal still has everyone's resentment after its reveal. They've also run out of games to remaster, and after Wrath nobody wants more Classic content.
So even their future products are all DOA.
Final Fantasy 1 has been remastered 5 or so times. Don't assume just because everything's been remastered, that such is the end of it.
Generally you need X amount of time or a new console to do it for. Considering their genres they are very limited to just PC, they really can't do much as all of them have been in the last few years already.
All that's really left is Warcraft 1 and 2, which they haven't yet touched for some reason and Warcraft 1 is basically a nothing game anyway.
Well, they could always bloody well remaster the original Diablo, and give it a stash.
Diablo 1 probably wouldn't be worth the money for them, because of how lacking it is in replayability compared to 2. They'd have to create a lot more content to justify it, because people expect more game for their money than they did back then.
I just imagined nu-ActivBliz Dead or Alive games.
Is it really true about Cold War?
Not to the extent it was with Vanguard, but yes. Activision touted a large number of pre-orders and initial sales, which was true, but they don't talk about the refunds issued because the game was a technical mess.