According to Mike Ybarra, players are demanding and they have “no patience”
Blizzard’s president Mike Ybarra is of the conclusion that those who play diversions are continuously longing for new substance and do not like to be kept waiting. When it comes to live benefits, Tempest is turning a parcel of plates right presently.
It’s got Diablo 4, which is due to the urge its to begin with development in 2024, World of Warcraft, for which three unused developments have been lined up, and, of course, Overwatch 2. For each, there’s an unending supply of substance overhauls, fundamental, concurring to Ybarra, to meet players’ consistent requests for modern encounters.
“Players have no patience,” he said in his recent interview with The Verge “They want new stuff every day, every hour.” He didn’t think it was a bad thing, though – after all, it’s important to have enthusiasm if you want to survive as a live-service game.
He just said it’s a trade-off between offering new content and keeping the quality of the game up to scratch. “We’re trying to react that way while holding the Blizzard quality bar high,” he says.
For Ybarra, the key to success on both fronts is building large-scale teams and delivering paid content that players love. “We want to serve players with more content in our universes,” he explained. “At the same time, we want to make sure we’re responsible and meet their expectations. I think we’re still fine-tuning a lot of those things as we go forward.”
Ybarra went on to say that the company is open to more diverse encounters for its player base. This includes ones that aren’t dependent on the live benefit demonstrated. “We’re not afraid to create new IPs,” he says. “We’re not afraid to turn models upside down.”