The phrase “Blizzard’s products must be high-quality products” used to be fans’ firm confidence in the quality of Blizzard’s games, but Blizzard’s performance in the past few years has disappointed players, the management has been shaken, and a large number of senior employees have left. Now they are together with Activision. Acquired by Microsoft for nearly $70 billion.
After being bought by Microsoft, it is a good thing for Blizzard, and fans also see the hope of Blizzard to regain its reputation. After all, they still have several signature games works, including the high-profile Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4. ——StarCraft 3 and Warcraft 4 are too far away.
When will Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 be released? This is a key issue. Blizzard has not made a clear statement. However, in the internal documents they prepared for Microsoft’s acquisition, there are some contents that give everyone hope. After all, this part of the content will not be fooled and should be held responsible.
Blizzard mentioned that there will be significant revenue growth in 2023. According to the November plan, the revenue growth in 2023 will be as high as 27.8%, and the increment will be 2.551 billion US dollars. 22.96%, a year-on-year increase of US$1.98 billion.
It can be seen from this that Blizzard’s revenue growth next year will also increase by 2 billion US dollars. If each game sells for 50 US dollars, this is 40 million sales, and 100 US dollars will also have 20 million sales, even excluding other games. part, this is only possible with one or two super explosive games.
Considering the reality of the industry, a more reasonable situation should be that the two masterpieces will be released in 2023. For Blizzard, only Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4 have this possibility.
In fact, there is definitely an error in this calculation, but it is basically a foregone conclusion that Blizzard will release a blockbuster masterpiece next year.