Relic vs Blizzard, lets show'em [Escapist Vote] - Page 22

GinNtoniC:

You know what? Let's measure a game by something completely different then.

How long from the game's release does a game still have a large, active fanbase with community sites?

Starcraft:
Over 10 years now. It's THE national sport of Korea and their main starleagues still generate about 30 000 dollars to the winner
The game is the only game from the 90's still played at the World Cyber Games and has dozens of large, active fanbases outside Korea, not to mention the hundreds inside Korea.

Warcraft III:
Almost 6 years after its release, it's still played competatively internationally and although I can't bring up statistics on pricemoney, it does serve as a fulltime job for at least 50-60 players worldwide last time I checked.

Diablo II:
10 years after its release, Battle.Net (which still in my opinion is the one great feature Blizard has over any company - Windows Live Games... come on?) is still crawling with active players and the game has numerous active fansites. Just google it. Takes about 2 secs and look at the amount of hits and actual links to active fanbases.

WoW:
This is a no-brainer. What's it at now? 9 million subscribers? 10 million?
Not to mention it's the only game my fiance's dad and his friends actually play.
How's that for appealing gamedesign?

If you don't want to look at sales, then look at the amount of people still playing and still praising their games.
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