Nominees - Heroes of Newerth, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, Torchlight, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
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Only game iam waiting for is for mafia 2 nothing else intrest me well only Metal gear solid peace walkers but ill get that soon
nice. waiting to see what mafia 2 and spec ops the line has too offer. not into rts games, so civ 5 not for me, and not too familiar with x-com series.
Jason Hall, currently an indie developer and former Blizzard employee, has been sharing some really interesting stories from his long career in the industry for a while now. Some of them are truly insightful, while others may seem depressing.
I’m a little shocked that StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty sold only around 6 million copies. The original StarCraft did over 11 million. Maybe Blizzard was too leisurely in releasing StarCraft 2? Starcraft 2 came out 12 years after it’s predecessor.
Im surprised too. Starcraft was still a huge name in 2010. It was kinda the only new RTS around and other genres like MOBAs hadn't really kicked off yet. I do remember at the time sentiment around the game was
pretty angry the game was being split into 3 but I doubt that would have impacted sales to that degree
For a long time I believed StarCraft II sold on par or better than its predecessor. There was so much hype for the game. Plus it had a pretty strong E-Sports scene for a few years.
Myself and half a dozen friends all bought StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and played it religiously for a full year. While I bought the expansions, most of my friends did not. RPGs seem to be a generally low selling genre.
I'm not shocked at all. This was an early example of Blizzard being greedy. Instead of releasing a complete experience, splitting Starcraft 2 in 3 parts so it could make us purchase it 3 times if we wanted to know the whole story and play story mode with the other races.
I originally had that stance. However, Wings of Liberty, was just as long, if not longer than StarCraft 1. The expansions were of decent length too and added a good amount of additional content.
and people wonder why we are having mtx in everything. i blame the people who actual buy them.
It's interesting he used Brazil as an example of the importance of regional pricing. Nowadays many companies on Steam are setting their prices in Brazil as high as, if not more than, their price in USA. I simply refused to buy a few games when I noticed that's the case.
The hits keep on coming at BlizzCon 2023 after the announcement of World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic.
The xpac that is still known by the majority of wow players as, the downfall of wow, it did nothing but lose subs from then on but releasing it as classic is good idea ?? Ok
That's what I've been wondering since they announced Burning Crusade coming to WoW Classic... I was like, so what are they just going to keep releasing expansions for a second time? What the heck is the point in that? It's like something a parody would make fun of. Except, they're actually serious about it.
SC2 ftw
WOW...lol
i would say SC2 as well
Wow I would of guessed SC2. But my PC can't play any of these games anyways.
Wow, that was a tight race. I would have thought Starcraft II would have won with its presence, but Civ V isn't hardly a bad game either. Just a little under the radar.