Quote Originally Posted by Shinkuno View Post
Endwalker really wasnt a success past the intial hype from angry ex-wow players. Steamcharts tells us all there is to know. And you are absolute on copium if you think they plan 6-7 years into the future. If they planned that far ahead ARR wouldnt been such a messy codebase.
I do remember game outlets reporting, shortly prior to Endwalker, that internal roadmap was extended as far as 9.0. In recent interview, Yoshida pretty much confirmed that, saying they have plans for 'at least two more expansions after Dawntrail'. Frankly, until those recent news, it was kinda hard to believe those older reports myself, but now I have no reason not to, regardless of what that means. And also, it is entirely possible they DIDN'T plan that far ahead back in ARR, but are now. Or maybe they have plans longterm that are constantly changing and shifting to accomodate things, and nothing is concrete beyond 'yeah we think we can keep it going up until 9.0'. But either way, with those types of projects, at least financially, the plans DO have to be WAY ahead of time, with how long development cycles can be, at least one full expansions ahead. Just didn't expect them to be three, but again, who the hell knows how much of those plans is actually, well, planned.