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Why has Blizzard not gone into the mobile gaming genre?

EmoqqboyEmoqqboy Member UncommonPosts: 194
edited July 2018 in Off-Topic Discussion
Too saturated with chinese game template churners? Or are the other games bringing in so much profit there's no reason to siphon off resources for a non-guranteed win in mobile gaming? i'm asking this question because i think even Diablo 1 on mobile would beat 99.9% of everything else in mobile games thus far. Just a thought that requires some serious answers. :P

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  • CryomatrixCryomatrix Member EpicPosts: 3,223
    Because they respect themselves . . . And any real pc player knows that mobile games are shallower than kardashians.
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  • GameolioDanGameolioDan Member UncommonPosts: 50
    Guessing you are referring to the other IPs, but Hearthstone, on all the mobile devices, is probably raking in buckets of cash alone... somehow. 

    Always get the sense that they (Blizzard) do things because they want to and not so much out of a need. But who knows. Not me certainly :)
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  • DecardCainDecardCain Member UncommonPosts: 45
    I think that Blizzard is reach enough for not going to earn money by mobile platform.
  • GutlardGutlard Member RarePosts: 1,019
    The only time I'd ever play a mobile game was on the toilet, but I'd rather just read PC Gamer or GameInformer more likely than not.

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  • thaliadanielsthaliadaniels Member CommonPosts: 7
    I also have the same question.....
  • CarpenterFruitCarpenterFruit Member CommonPosts: 2
    They have hearthstone for mobile platforms. Other than that, I don't think they are really interested that much.
  • DarkswormDarksworm Member RarePosts: 1,081
    Gutlard said:
    The only time I'd ever play a mobile game was on the toilet, but I'd rather just read PC Gamer or GameInformer more likely than not.

    Gut Out!
    People still read those? Lol

    BTW, Blizzard has Hearthstone on Mobile.

    Diablo is coming to Switch, which is mobile as well.

    So they are going there.  There is just not much that can be ported well to mobile.  FPS games on mobile are awful... Mine as well just go console and call it there, IMO.

    Maybe a Diablo 2 mobile port would be something they'd entertain; to milk the old IP...  StarCraft?

    Hard to say...  A lot of their bigger titles, they are trying to build esports around (StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, WoW Arena, Overwatch, etc.) and that isn't really conducive to smartphone gaming.

    Also, mobile has some serious issues in terms of battery life and performance/heat management.
  • bendyrulerbendyruler Member CommonPosts: 6
    This thread did not age well
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