Hearthstone pulls in $20 million a month

[Zappykins]

green_sky said:

Zappykins said:
But why? It's just a card game.

I know people really like it, but it's a card game. Like a magic rip off.

League of Legends makes $123 million a month and it is just a rip of another video game. 

Ice Cream makes $10 billion a year and it is just a flavoured rip-off, of milk and sugar. 

Rip offs rock.

Ice Cream at takes some skill to make.  You have to source good flavors (or sell it cheap to people that don't care), make sure you incorporate just the right amount of air.  Get your crystal size just right, etc.  It's a crafted food. .

Hearthstone seems to have it's flair in the cards and transitions.  Gameplay?  Just like so many other things.

Would people really play it if it didn't build off Warcraft?