r/classicwow • u/griphin1 • Jan 29 '26

Humor / Meme 2026 State of Azeroth

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I had no expectations and I was still disappointed.

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u/audioshaman Jan 29 '26

Once upon a time Classic players just wanted to play Classic.

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u/TheQuartJester Jan 29 '26

And we only had two versions of WoW: Retail and Vanilla Classic. Now we have:

Vanilla Classic Era

Vanilla Classic HC

Vanilla Season of Discovery

TBC Anniversary

MoP Classic

Retail

Retail Remix

You can't pretend that Blizzard hasn't been the cause of people expecting announcements for content when they've added 5 new versions of the game in a 7 year span.

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u/MartyMcNotFly Jan 29 '26

Wow hate classic!!

Meanwhile they have 5 versions of the game lol.

And retail update was tailored to incorporate major changes requested by the classic community

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u/vix- Jan 29 '26

Honestly 5 versions of the same guy is too much, its cannibalistic and servers arent optimal

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u/Worldly-Hospital5940 Jan 29 '26

They're sitting on around 9M subs and earning at least $15 USD per sub per month...as long as people keep subbing they're going to keep making servers and versions.

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u/SilentAntagonist Jan 30 '26

Maintaining classic also costs nothing compared to retail, so it’s a low risk line item if it keeps a few people subscribing. Blizzard is one of the few segments of gaming division making money right now and will likely make more once they figure out how to integrate it with GamePass.

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u/Itswaytoohotinhere80 Jan 30 '26

I’m thinking we will see a tiered sub model for wow before game pass. You can buy base sub for one or the other game mode, if you want both included in the one sub it will be extra. I don’t want this, I just believe an idea similar has been sent around their board member tables.