According to a new research overview at Super Data Research on digital card games, Blizzard's new money machine is none other than Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. According to the company's findings, Hearthstone manages to rake in $20 million in monthly revenue and is considered the "World of Warcraft" of the trading card game genre due to its trend-setting nature.
Hearthstone has heightened consumer expectations for digital card games. Publishers now need to account for the fact that Hearthstone is many players’ entry point to the genre. These players expect CCGs to let them play across devices and be easy to learn yet tactically deep. Game makers are beginning to take note: The recently- released Magic Duels: Origins is the first version of Magic: The Gathering to appear on smartphones and also emphasizes tools to ease newcomers into the game.
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