Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

Some would probably argue that many people would be willing to pay subs for both games so why not keep WoW running but I believe that this would greatly impact the sub numbers on both games which is certainly not in Blizz's best interest.

Based on everything I've heard / read, Blizz's plan was to keep WoW going for 12 years which seems to be falling right in line with a 2016 transition to Titan.

On top of that, there are already some in-game stories that suggest the end of Azeroth is upon us (Stranger in a Strange Land quest chain for example).

It seems that it would make sense to build a climatic end to Azeroth as a transition to Titan where a small number of survivors, having somehow escaped Azeroth prior to its demise, find themselves starting over in a completely new world.

Clearly, this is all speculative at this point but I think if we pay attention to what's happening in MoP, we may get some clues as to what Blizzard has in mind down the road.

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

Originally posted by f0dell54

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

 

Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

So you believe that doubling their infrastructure and support requirements to run two massive games which could (and most likely would) cannibalize each other in terms of sales / subs is a better idea?   

Originally posted by f0dell54

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

 

Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

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We don't know anything about Titan, including genre. If it turns out to be World of Starcraf-ish, they won't exactly be competing with each other. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thoroughly enjoyed Warcraft but couldn't get into Starcraft. And I know pleny of others who don't cross the High Fantasy / Sci-fi boundry.

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Originally posted by f0dell54

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

 

Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

So you believe that doubling their infrastructure and support requirements to run two massive games which could (and most likely would) cannibalize each other in terms of sales / subs is a better idea?   

 

You are assuming that they would have to double everything, why? They already have the infrastructure in place and all of the departments required to support a large scale MMO, it would require an increase in staff numbers, but i wouldn't have thought by 100% and certainly not in full time staff until they know how the two balance with each other as there may be some losses to Wow for example reducing the support requirements there vs an increase in support for Titan which would balance that without any staff increase.

Customer support would probably be the largest increase, but when it comes to things like internal tech support, hardware support, finance, marketing etc.. there would be little need to increase what they have now. If they run the games side by side which i guess they would, they will already be looking at where they can use existing infrastructure and where they would need to add more.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/02/blizzards-mike-morhaime-talks-new-unannounced-blizzard-title/

(Morhaime) explained that the two titles will co-exist in the future.

How long will Titan remain vaporware? This is even worse than waiting for World of Darkness by CCP with almost no new information

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Originally posted by f0dell54

Originally posted by fat_taddler

Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

 

Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

So you believe that doubling their infrastructure and support requirements to run two massive games which could (and most likely would) cannibalize each other in terms of sales / subs is a better idea?   

 

All the WoW sub money is feeding Titan anyway, so you might as well make the players switch to the game they're paying for.  I kid!

In reality, there is no reason that the WoW team would need to change anything once Titan comes out.  Who knows, maybe there will be a joint sub thing or something where when you sub to one, you get both.

Originally posted by FromHell

How long will Titan remain vaporware? This is even worse than waiting for World of Darkness by CCP with almost no new information

 i'm guessing Titan might be out sometime after the WoW movie ;)

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Originally posted by fat_taddler

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Originally posted by fat_taddler Seems like it would make the most sense from both a support and infrastructure standpoint to end-of-life WoW and come up with a way to transition the existing player base into Titan.

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  Yeah, that makes perfect sense! Take a game that has millions of subs and tell them you're closing down their game and they can come a new game they may not even enjoy. Logic be damned! This could be the best idea ever.

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So you believe that doubling their infrastructure and support requirements to run two massive games which could (and most likely would) cannibalize each other in terms of sales / subs is a better idea?   

 

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You are aware that Titan is a social MMO and is in no way related to World of Warcraft. Its not even related to the Warcraft IP. So, how does closing down a successful MMO and opening up a completely new one (unrelated to each other) make any sense at all?

How are you going to get people to move from one IP to a completely different IP?

Would Blizzard shut down WoW while it's still making money?  Not a chance.  At least I don't think so.

Blizzard has already announced long ago that "Titan" will not be competeing directly against WoW.

WoW's survivability will more be impacted by Wildstar or ESO or whatever new MMO that will be competeing directly against WoW than "Titan" from the sound of things.