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Blizzard Tops Develop 100 - World's Most Bankable Game Studios
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Blizzard Entertainment has managed to top the Develop 100 list of the World's Most Bankable Game Studios, beating out Nintendo, Capcom, Infinity Ward, Epic Games and many more cross-platform game studios -- proving above all else that quality game design wins, not the number of platforms you can publish your game on.
The list is based on several pieces of criteria, including sales data, critical success, and industry standing, according to the website. What's more interesting is the presence of a Free to Play game studio in the top 20 -- Nexon, at #19 -- further cementing the company as a real success story in an emerging market; monetization through non-subscription means.
The magazine is also available on issuu in interactive form, allowing you to see a few key facts about each company in the list, as well as a brief writeup. Did you know that 16 million quests are completed each day in World of Warcraft? Well now you do!
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Valve is 21st ? , that surprised me .
Left 4 dead and TF2 is all a gamer needs!
They are a juggernaut. From high quality, polished products, to excellent marketing, they deserve every penny they are getting. They are the gold standard for developers. Unlike most mindless WoW haters on here, who say Blizzard is the downfall of their niche MMO needs, I believe they are the gold standard bearer. How shocking would it be if they actually released a bad game, that tells you how good they are.
Kudos to Blizzard, now release Diable and Starcraft already you lazy bums! LOL......
Good for them, they are a very well run business. However, I have a hard time giving this list creditability, I mean they have Bioware at 77.
I doubt this is going to change in the foreseeable future. With consider their upcoming games alone they'll make enough money to buy Hawaii.
Starcraft 2 is going to consume me.
Still waiting for your Holy Grail MMORPG? Interesting...
Really awesome find, I think I'm going to involve this in my next piece. And this gave me alot of information in a small area that it would of taken weeks to compile. I think it's really catching on about how big of a business video games really is.
The bottom line is that people can just smell money being made, especially in large quantities; much like sharks.
PROVES? what does this prove? only a non educated person would believe this proves anything.I know enough about gaming to say that Blizzard has yet to prove it belongs in the top 100 at all.There game engine is so outdated,high school kids are most likely surpassing Blizzards efforts.As a matter of fact i can name one ,the creators of Crash Bandicoot,two teenagers at the time.
I would not argue that Blizzard has an expensive studio,i would bet it is amongst the best,the problem is that it goes to waste on anything Blizzard produces,because their efforts have been sub par to say the least.
Why would they mention 16 million quests a day?12 million players ,that equals less than 2 quests a day per player RFLMAO,what was the purpose of mentioning it?to state the obvious that WOW players only raid and don't care much for the actual game?that i already knew.
I would also mention that ANY article or person ,should be careful how they use the term QUALITY.Blizzard actually uses LOW QUALITY in EVERY part of its design,so i have no idea who or what incompetent person is using QUALITY in the same vein as Blizzard.Epic games is so far ahead of Blizzard it is a joke to try to even compare the two developers,i doubt there is ONE aspect Blizzard has bragging rights over Epic when comes to what their gaming engine can do and what the warcraft engine can do.
In reality,when you compare the cash Blizzard has,the manpower Blizzard has,if you equal that to other developers,they are miles behind everyone else.The ONLY thing Blizzard EVER has bragging rights to is the number of players playing WOW,that is a number and PROVES nothing when talking QUALITY.A fact that also would dispute anything Blizzard does ,is that WOW it's prized game is nothing more than a EQ copy,with different graphics,that hardly equates to quality on any scale.As a matter of fact ,any developer copying another game for it's FLAGSHIP game ,should be embarrassed that it could not come up with it's own template for building a game.
The next time a poster wants to talk PROOF,show some actual PROOF in technology ,not some article that says it is so.A rating based solely off of subscxription numbers is ridiculous to even a numb brain.Did we even need an article to tel lus WOW has the most SUBS all over again?lmao umm if youi have been living under a rock perhaps.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
PROVES? what does this prove? only a non educated person would believe this proves anything.I know enough about gaming to say that Blizzard has yet to prove it belongs in the top 100 at all.There game engine is so outdated,high school kids are most likely surpassing Blizzards efforts.As a matter of fact i can name one ,the creators of Crash Bandicoot,two teenagers at the time.
I would not argue that Blizzard has an expensive studio,i would bet it is amongst the best,the problem is that it goes to waste on anything Blizzard produces,because their efforts have been sub par to say the least.
Why would they mention 16 million quests a day?12 million players ,that equals less than 2 quests a day per player RFLMAO,what was the purpose of mentioning it?to state the obvious that WOW players only raid and don't care much for the actual game?that i already knew.
I would also mention that ANY article or person ,should be careful how they use the term QUALITY.Blizzard actually uses LOW QUALITY in EVERY part of its design,so i have no idea who or what incompetent person is using QUALITY in the same vein as Blizzard.Epic games is so far ahead of Blizzard it is a joke to try to even compare the two developers,i doubt there is ONE aspect Blizzard has bragging rights over Epic when comes to what their gaming engine can do and what the warcraft engine can do.
In reality,when you compare the cash Blizzard has,the manpower Blizzard has,if you equal that to other developers,they are miles behind everyone else.The ONLY thing Blizzard EVER has bragging rights to is the number of players playing WOW,that is a number and PROVES nothing when talking QUALITY.A fact that also would dispute anything Blizzard does ,is that WOW it's prized game is nothing more than a EQ copy,with different graphics,that hardly equates to quality on any scale.As a matter of fact ,any developer copying another game for it's FLAGSHIP game ,should be embarrassed that it could not come up with it's own template for building a game.
The next time a poster wants to talk PROOF,show some actual PROOF in technology ,not some article that says it is so.A rating based solely off of subscxription numbers is ridiculous to even a numb brain.Did we even need an article to tel lus WOW has the most SUBS all over again?lmao umm if youi have been living under a rock perhaps.
Now your trying to oppose actual facts.
Okay Wizardry, looks like you met your "rage against WoW/blizzard" quota for the day. Time to have a quick snack before your mother tucks you into bed.
What? This is news to me. Blizzard is profitable?
Is Microsoft the most profitable software company in the world? Does McDonalds sell more food than the combined sales from the restaurants of every living Michelin Star chef?
Did the Fast and Furious make over $300,000,000 worldwide?
Does Britney Spears sells more albums than an opera singer who has trained all his/her life?
Whats next? Posts about how armies have guns? Fish live in water? Bears poo in the woods?
Honestly thought, It is fairly obvious
WoW expanded upon the ideas set up by other MMOs, advertised, and became popular. Due to that, all other MMOs starting trying to copy WoW, and failing. WoW currently, IMHO , is the top MMO out there, for the sole reason that all other MMOs out there suck.
11.5million subs=~1,725,000,000 a month. That is, almost 2 billion dollars
Probably 15 million boxes sold=300,000,000 @ $20. 300million
Plus an addition 25million expansions sold, in BC and WoTLK=500,000,000
Total from boxes, 800mil.
So approximately 2 billion a month, plus 800million from boxes, JUST from WoW. Not to mention server transfers, etc.
Add in starcraft, warcraft, diablo, and the other Blizzard games, and it is fairly easy to see how they get #1
PROVES? what does this prove? only a non educated person would believe this proves anything.I know enough about gaming to say that Blizzard has yet to prove it belongs in the top 100 at all.There game engine is so outdated,high school kids are most likely surpassing Blizzards efforts.As a matter of fact i can name one ,the creators of Crash Bandicoot,two teenagers at the time.
I would not argue that Blizzard has an expensive studio,i would bet it is amongst the best,the problem is that it goes to waste on anything Blizzard produces,because their efforts have been sub par to say the least.
Why would they mention 16 million quests a day?12 million players ,that equals less than 2 quests a day per player RFLMAO,what was the purpose of mentioning it?to state the obvious that WOW players only raid and don't care much for the actual game?that i already knew.
I would also mention that ANY article or person ,should be careful how they use the term QUALITY.Blizzard actually uses LOW QUALITY in EVERY part of its design,so i have no idea who or what incompetent person is using QUALITY in the same vein as Blizzard.Epic games is so far ahead of Blizzard it is a joke to try to even compare the two developers,i doubt there is ONE aspect Blizzard has bragging rights over Epic when comes to what their gaming engine can do and what the warcraft engine can do.
In reality,when you compare the cash Blizzard has,the manpower Blizzard has,if you equal that to other developers,they are miles behind everyone else.The ONLY thing Blizzard EVER has bragging rights to is the number of players playing WOW,that is a number and PROVES nothing when talking QUALITY.A fact that also would dispute anything Blizzard does ,is that WOW it's prized game is nothing more than a EQ copy,with different graphics,that hardly equates to quality on any scale.As a matter of fact ,any developer copying another game for it's FLAGSHIP game ,should be embarrassed that it could not come up with it's own template for building a game.
The next time a poster wants to talk PROOF,show some actual PROOF in technology ,not some article that says it is so.A rating based solely off of subscxription numbers is ridiculous to even a numb brain.Did we even need an article to tel lus WOW has the most SUBS all over again?lmao umm if youi have been living under a rock perhaps.
How nonsense can you be Wizardry, manipulating numbers to spam nonsense?
Take an example, you said that on average a player completed less than 2 quests PER DAY. So? Do you believe that every player log on every day? Any player who knows something about games will contest this, only the dedicated few log on everyday to play, and even if they log on every day, they do not quest everyday. I craft on one day, raid on another, harvest for another and quest occasionally. If I do complete on average 1.5 quests a day, and I usually only quest once a week, that would be 7x1.5 = 10.5 quests a day on average when I do questing. Now read this number again and think about your wrong presentation. Learn to use statistics properly before nonsense spamming.
Numbers proves nothing? Now that is big spin. You agree that Blizz is miles ahead in revenue and market share, that is something you cannot agree anyway. What does that prove? Nothing. Nothing can prove anything, as these are not logical scenarios. These are timed sequential events, in which timeless classical logic does not apply (go studiy philosophy 101 if you do not understand this). You are 16years old and the average number of times you piss a day is 600, rising from 200 pisses a day when you are born. Now what does that prove? Nothing. Just a chain of events. How do you proof things? You ask. You do in in modelling, in static timeless model building, from premises to deduction. The case under discussion here is not, so prove? Why bring up the issue of "prove"?
Numbers does tell us a lot of things, we call illustration, not prove. It simply tells us that in many of the measureable dimensions, Blizz is ahead. and for quantifiable dimensions, like box sales or revenue, Blizz is way ahead of the next competitor.
Numbers cannot change the view of the few bigot. Numbers are there to present a summary of a bigger picture, you can sprew your groundless hatred, you can insult everyone by calling them uneducated, and still try to quote the same neutral number. You can say "I piss 20 times more than my little brother, so my IQ is 20 times higher". Fact is, this line of sentence has as much intelligence as your entire wall of text above, and simpler to read. Occam's razor, if you know what that is. The line of text above is superior to your whole wall of text based on the criterion of simplicity alone.
It only shows to us how uneducated you are, or how unable to reason. Worry not, no one gives a damn how you feels about us, about Blizz or whatever. We are here to talk, and if you want to play with numbers and randomly throw out insults, it only reflects in the mirror.
Do you really think we care about you? You are just nobody, a random handle in a msg board, You are as unimportant as any of us. Your words and reasons sets your standard of credibiltiy. Right now, you got none from me.
Ow look, he's not just on the VN