According to Legend, a Thrones of Decay flop could result in the end of CA and there won't be many DLCs anyway (six or less) because the devs want to move on to Warhammer40k.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHquQk1gUM0
Maybe Warhammer's just bad. Fantasy got axed, every edition of 40k's been hated for balancing and Age of Sigmar's a joke.
I don't see the appeal. The tabletop rules and army balance, the model designs, the lore, the pricing and all the scummy things Games Workshop does, it's all shit that so many people talk about hating but here we are with failed Warhammer games and shitty rulesets continuing to get pumped out.
Now we're supposed to expect the studio that can barely get by who just lost millions on a garbage woke FPS that didn't even make it to the alpha stage is going to take the TW formula and use it for 40k and enough people will still eat it up.
I wouldn't say it's bad. Various Warhammer worlds are actually pretty good and catchy for a lot of nerds. Games Workshop, on the other hand - is bad. Still - Nothing surprising here, I guess. They are huge company that just wants to earn more and more money on their cash cow. Company that evolved from small garage business to the biggest miniature manufacturer out there.
- Fantasy got axed, but they listened to the fans (or just saw opportunity to earn more money on old sculpts) and revived it in form of Old World. And Old World is doing pretty fine currently (Hopefully, they will balance it with more army books)
- Warhammer Fantasy Role Play got licensed to C7 and they are doing really good job at that. So they have pretty strong RPG presence in that case. There are several other systems (for 40k, and for AoS) which are supposedly good - I won't comment on that because I havent tried any of those.
- 40k balance was super rough in earlier editions, but currently it isn't that bad. Actually, most of the factions are hanging in those 45-55% Win rate brackets, which is really good considering how many factions and how many different models there are. GW is actually doing pretty good job with the rules, for a change. So yeah - in case of 40k - IMO it's getting much better. And I'm not talking out of my ass because I'm actively playing and also enjoying the hobby side of things.
- Age of Sigmar lore is a joke - I'd agree. Mostly because I was raised on Warhammer Fantasy Role Play and AoS was supposed to be a product that will sell to kids who like "epic" shit and don't care about grimdark fantasy. And GW was right - it sold super well and keeps doing that. Rulewise - AoS is really slick, and the designers/balance dudes are doing much better job than 40k balance team. It looks like they really care about the game and what people have to say. AoS also have better sculptors than 40k - or they were given more creative freedom by GW. Seriously, some AoS miniatures are really great in comparison to another boring space marine lieutenants or really uninspired things they keep releasing for 40k.
- While pricing sucks and they are TERRIBLE company that tries to monetize everything, at least they've listened to people for once, and we get free rules for our factions on start of new edition.
- GW war against 3d printing and 3d printers in general is funny. A lot of people say it's a lost cause and sooner or later GW will have to adapt in some way.
- They are selling the IP to virtually any game developer that can bring them some additional cash. There are tons of terrible Warhammer games even on mobile. They don't give a shit as long as developers consult lore with GW "curators'.
A lot of people are whining about Warhammer - and they are right at times. Still, even more people are enjoying those games/miniatures for various reasons. GW is the biggest company on the scene, so they are also getting the most of bad rep and hate for basicly everything.
CA problems are just CA problems. It has nothing to do with Warhammer. Actually, releasing 40k stuff or more DLC's might keep them floating for a while longer. At the same time - CA has shown us already that they are experts in making bad decisions. Even greedy GW wont help them with overcoming that.
