That's bad news for all the HotS fans, I feel sorry for them, I do understand Blizzards decision though. Blizzard put a lot of money into HotS esport, they not only sponsored all the events they also directly sponsored the teams and players, too much money for the amount of intrest HGC created for the game. Another point is that HotS failed to create a strong Brand, a possible successor would have a very hard time on the market especially now that the big MOBA hype is over.
At some point this will happen to every big esport title and than comes the big test, will it be able to sustain a big esport scene without official support? Only a few legacy titles managed to do that and i doubt HotS will be one of them
| Chazore said: That honestly sucks ass. Heroes of the Storm was the only Moba out there that I actually loved playing, that I could actually understand and that actually followed a play style I've been rolling with the past 5 years. Blizz just seems to not be giving a fuck about the console/PC communities with the shitty move to mobile gaming (with them moving console/PC/HotS staff over to mobile development). I've noticed that Blizz and other companies seem to just drop something if it doesn't become a one hit esports wonder or doesn't make a few billions. Whatever happened to sticking through and working your hardest?. |
Blizzard supported HotS esport for over 3 years, they still support SC2 esport, over 8 years after it initialy released. Blizzard really isn't a company who is fast at droping its esport ambitions.
Back in the "good old days" devs didn't support at all, CS 1.6, SC:BW and Quake esport was all grass-roots or third party.
Last edited by MrWayne - on 14 December 2018
