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These guys are idiots. SC2 has been getting bigger internationally lately, it's still huge in Korea, it's the only e-sport I find interesting to watch without a
by BigJono 8y ago
These guys are idiots. SC2 has been getting bigger internationally lately, it's still huge in Korea, it's the only e-sport I find interesting to watch without actually having played the game myself (outside of half the single player campaign), and it's got decades of history and name recognition behind it as a marketing asset.
These morons don't give a shit about e-sports. They're just looking for a quick buck with this overwatch and HotS rubbish before they toss it to the curb as soon as they encounter the slightest bit of friction.
Blizzard has made so many bad decisions in the space of the last 2 years that it's almost unbelievable. The fact that Kotick can say this with a straight face makes me think they won't even be a company in 10 years time. They're nearing zero trust from the consumer, the e-sports community, and anyone else that isn't one of their paper pushing peers, way in over their head in an industry they don't understand. How can they expect to survive long term? It feels like the company is being sold off for parts, just with a few extra steps.
- seventhtiger 8y agoStarCraft 2 perfected the classic RTS, but the genre was dead the day people started knowing Warcraft 3 as "Dota". I doubt it can compete with MOBAs until some real innovation happens.
- baud147258 8y agoDoes it need to compete with MOBAs, though? I mean RTS are now a genre separated from MOBAs, less mainstream/more niche, but they can still make some money from RTSs
- seventhtiger 8y agoThe MOBA scene was built on top of the RTS scene. You could say sports/fighting/FPS games don't compete with RTS, but MOBA does.
- ionised 8y agoMOBA is the newer genre. It emerged out of a mod for an RTS game, Warcraft 3.
- alexgmcm 8y agoBut they are releasing Warcraft 3 Remastered.
- sidusknight 8y agoSC2 is way larger in the west than it is in Korea.
- coryfklein 8y agoStarcraft is so big in Korea that games are literally broadcast on over-the-air television and displayed in restaurants. What would happen if you asked your local restaurant in the West to replace the NFL or NBA game with a video game?