While there is uncertainty and potential ambiguity, it’s more reasonable to assume that Dragonflight will indeed by out this year. But recall an aphorism that is oft-quoted but remarkably difficult to source accurately: The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.
Warcraft III Reforged clearly came out way before it was ready even if you ignore the many ways the title was botched, but it also overshot its predicted end-of-year release by a month.Īs a result, it would not be a shock like none other if Dragonflight got delayed into 2023. And as it happens, the company’s track record for meeting those deadlines is pretty good! But not perfect.
This is not the first time (or even in the top 10 times) that Blizzard has done the “we don’t know when it’s releasing yet, but it’ll be by the end of this year” thing with an upcoming release. So let’s try to thread the needle.įirst and foremost, there’s a question to be asked here that a lot of people seem to be ignoring out of hand: Is this a genuine statement? Is Blizzard actually serious about launching the expansion this year? And the answer is… yes, probably. As always, I want to cut a fine line here between cynicism and optimism there are a lot of people who are insistent that this is definitely going to be like last time based purely on wishes, and there are a lot of people who are insistent that this is going to be awful based purely on history. Not going to lie, this was not my prediction and was not on my metaphorical bingo card for this particular story.įortunately, there’s a whole lot to talk about when it comes to this particular announcement, starting with some actual questions about how reliable that end-of-year date actually is and moving from there to associated speculation vis-a-vis the expansion itself and what we’ve seen so far. I honestly did not expect that Blizzard’s need for content would overwhelm basic needs of testing and maintenance, but it turns out that the company is at least now stating the expansion is totally going to come out this year and World of Warcraft will not have an expansion year slip by un-expanded.
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