"StarCraft is my absolutely favorite game of all time," Sams told us. "As you probably already know, there is no doubt that we will continue the StarCraft and Diablo franchise, and trust me, I will be the happiest person in the world when we announce StarCraft 2."
that came out of one of Blizzards officials. If u notice he says "when we announce StarCraft 2", not IF.
'>darkjay - It would defiantly be in Blizzard’s best interests not to compete against themselves - after all that would only hurt their own sales. By releasing both Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 at the same time they would be forcing a good number of customers choose between the games as most would not buy both at the same time (except for those hardcore fans:)). If and when either of theses titles are released - they will surely dominate the sales charts for quite a while, by releasing the games at separate times with a bit of a breather in between blizzard would be securing a much more lengthy domination – They are a business after all…
dont forget that there are people that only want one of those games. I wouldnt buy Starcraft 2 if it comes out. I'm a Diablo fan. Even if they release both at the same time they wont loose customers. Most people would only buy 1 game at a time, thats right, but imagine how many people that play other kinds of RTS like Age of Empires III, the new Command & Conquer and some of the new stuff that come out would run and buy SC 2.
Now on the other hand since Diablo 2 there have been tons of copies (Sacred and Titan Quest are 2 of the most successfull ones) but none good enough to even compete with the 6 year old Diablo 2. Imagine how many people would/will buy this if/when it comes out.
You should realize that Starcraft is an RTS and Diablo is a hack & slash rpg. Each game will attract different kinds of gamers. And tons of them. Blizzard has nothing to loose by releasing them together.
Starcraft has the potential to become one hell of a mmo, alright. Theres a big BUT in this, tho. Starcraft is the best selling RTS franchise in the world atm. Vivendi has the Starcraft as a potential mmo, but it would be simply stupid for them to make it this way so early. A possible release of Starcraft 2 would make every RTS fan go insane. Even now the Starcraft + expansion Brood War is extremely popular, especially in Asia.
As for the RTS series of Warcraft, it isnt over yet (thats what Chris Metzen said on an interview). He said about WoW and the instance about to be implemented with the coming expansion: "Through the caverns of time we will be able to replay battles from the older strategy games, or maybe later some of the battles from Warcraft 4".
Blizzard has such a marketing sector that will use their franchise and get much more money. Thats the main reason they wont announce their "under development" games before the WoW expansion (Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 say hello) and thats the main reason they'll take their time with another coming MMO (i'm guessing something with the Diablo universe after WoW goes old - 4-5 years from now minimum).
that came out of one of Blizzards officials. If u notice he says "when we announce StarCraft 2", not IF.
dont forget that there are people that only want one of those games. I wouldnt buy Starcraft 2 if it comes out. I'm a Diablo fan. Even if they release both at the same time they wont loose customers. Most people would only buy 1 game at a time, thats right, but imagine how many people that play other kinds of RTS like Age of Empires III, the new Command & Conquer and some of the new stuff that come out would run and buy SC 2.
Now on the other hand since Diablo 2 there have been tons of copies (Sacred and Titan Quest are 2 of the most successfull ones) but none good enough to even compete with the 6 year old Diablo 2. Imagine how many people would/will buy this if/when it comes out.
You should realize that Starcraft is an RTS and Diablo is a hack & slash rpg. Each game will attract different kinds of gamers. And tons of them. Blizzard has nothing to loose by releasing them together.
As for the RTS series of Warcraft, it isnt over yet (thats what Chris Metzen said on an interview). He said about WoW and the instance about to be implemented with the coming expansion: "Through the caverns of time we will be able to replay battles from the older strategy games, or maybe later some of the battles from Warcraft 4".
Blizzard has such a marketing sector that will use their franchise and get much more money. Thats the main reason they wont announce their "under development" games before the WoW expansion (Diablo 3 and Starcraft 2 say hello) and thats the main reason they'll take their time with another coming MMO (i'm guessing something with the Diablo universe after WoW goes old - 4-5 years from now minimum).