More Teams to Deliver Faster Expansions - Development Interview with Bloomberg

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“We have essentially the makings of two expansion teams and a live team,” Longdale said.

The live team handles content patches for World of Warcraft, which typically arrive every couple of months, while the other two teams are working on the next two expansions, which they refer to as 11 and 12.

“We’re doing things right now on 12 that under normal timeframe we would not be doing,” Hight said.
How Fast is too Fast?conclude the Worldsoul Saga before 2030The War Within releasesHight and Longdale won’t tip Blizzard’s hand, but they say they’re using the company’s wealth of data about player behavior to try to pinpoint exactly what people want from content updates for the ongoing game.

“We don’t want to rush people to the next expansion,” Hight said. “But we also don’t want to drag things out longer than necessary.”

“We’re building these foundations, and it’s already working,” Longdale said. “The team worked incredibly hard, and it’s paying off.”

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Comment by Excizorah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by KolplerFerriah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by ObeliskaiOptimally i think an Eighteen month cyle for an expansion encompasing three seasons, two major patches, three raids, two additional zones. Anything less than that and we can declare that faster expansions is just a way of milking us to buy more boxed products.Comment by SheritzI have bad feeling about this idea...Comment by slemaire1 every 18 months to rake in the revenue from selling expansions.

This game will get expansive.

Gotta make that $68B back somehow.Comment by SilverizedI think 18 months is best. It's not too short so we can still get the same amount of content and also have enough options for breaks at points. And it's slightly faster than what we currently haveComment by JanDeGroteah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by ThodricGiven a choice between this, x.3 patches or me unsubbing for a Season every expack I'll take this one... even if it costs me more.Comment by AedionMorrisI have a very bad feeling that this "faster content" thing is bite them in the rear. Like over promising and raising expectations but won't be able to execute to what people are hyping themselves up for.Comment by SkyreiThis will be 100% more expensive (literally) but yall acting like buying a game once a year instead of every two years is gonna financially ruin the playerbase are ridiculousComment by Seb24285I dont really care about quantity so much. There is enough to do in WoW. What I want is quality: i want new feature/zones to work properly. I dont want to be the beta tester on live servers.Comment by lovelywazJust don't become Disney/Marvel please. Keep churning out lame, boring and similar content at much faster rate to the point where fans decide they had it enough and either slow down on eating those buffets or outright stop using your kitchen altogether.Comment by Pandaabearah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by PheonyXtremeIncomming A team and B team expansions like it was fortold!Comment by Bwgmon1 every 18 months to rake in the revenue from selling expansions.

This game will get expansive.

Gotta make that $68B back somehow.Comment by KaggPeople should see what is going on with destiny 2 and bungie. Especially considering how they've valued speed over quality. Then you see stuff like this and you get worried.Comment by apedosmilah yes i cant wait to pay 90 euro once a year instead of every 2 yearsComment by Wahoo123ga1 every 18 months to rake in the revenue from selling expansions.

This game will get expansive.

Gotta make that $68B back somehow.Comment by apedosmilPeople should see what is going on with destiny 2 and bungie. Especially considering how they've valued speed over quality. Then you see stuff like this and you get worried.Comment by KiorelleI'll be honest.

I bank on having 2 years to complete an expansion, because as a casual player, it takes me that long. 18 months is probably doable, but anything less than that? You're just getting less content per expansion, because you can't legitimately expect people to cram in/complete 2 years of content in a year.

So...if expansions come out more often than 18 months between they need to have less in them, and darn sure COST LESS to get.

The 2-years-per-expansion system's worked just fine. Ain't broke. Don't fix it.

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