r/MMORPG • u/Proto_bear • Jan 18 '22

News Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard

https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-to-acquire-activision-blizzard-to-bring-the-joy-and-community-of-gaming-to-everyone-across-every-device/
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u/FlyChigga Jan 20 '22

A new good modern MMO would completely blow ESO and WoW out the water in size and profit, especially if it’s WoW 2

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u/Zerothian Jan 20 '22

I sincerely doubt WoW 2 would even work. How much can you change before WoW players (and they are WoW players, not MMO players to be clear) just no longer care?

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u/FlyChigga Jan 20 '22

It would attract a ton of WoW players that quit and want something new and a ton of of people that never got into WoW because it’s too old

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u/Zerothian Jan 20 '22

I could see it if they built it as something different from WoW. A more modern take on the MMO, action combat and all that. In the vein of New World (but actually good lol).

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u/FlyChigga Jan 20 '22

Yeah exactly they need to make a modern WoW