so any y'all got a opinion of when you think the Pre-patch might drop/, i'm wanting to say mid august or so>.
developing time is now slower because of covid, so i think late october, they really hope to release it this year to save their renome
As long as they don't do it in November because I will 100% be cyberpunking it up when that game comes out and drop WoW like a cold fish. I think Blizz would be fools to try to compete with that game by releasing on top of it.
I think it would be fitting to launch on 1 November(All Hallows Day) with pre-launch during Hallow's End
I think pre-patch will happen either very-late September or early October, with the game itself releasing somewhere between the last week of October & the second week in November.
Looking back at previous expac's, they've averaged about a 12-month timeline from announcement to full release. The pre-patch consistently hits 1 month prior. with that here is my estimate. Announcement: November 1st, 2019Pre- Patch: September 2020Release: October 2020This should also allow Activision to see greater QTR 4 profits, with a second wave of sales in December.
They've said Q4,in fall and that they never want to release an expansion in december again. And they said 4-6 weeks prepatch.So this means the earliest Oct1 with 6weeks prepatch starting in Augustthe latest Nov30 with 6 weeks prepatch starting in SeptemberThe earliest version is very unlikely, with Beta starting mid July.So the "worst case" scenario is a 4week prepatch in 10 weeks.