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Riot should think about making a new IP game so they don't need to rely on LoL.

LegendmakerGX·9/8/2017, 3:43:44 AM·1 votes·552 views

As you may know as the game years go on people will start leaving the game and moving on to new games that are different. League of legend has been a fun game but it has been over 5 years and Riot games still rely on LoL for revenue and player base. I heard Morello is working on a new game which is good but Riot should have a heads up that League of Legend won't be the popular game for life, there is always other games growing and people finding more fun for example PUBG which actually has a bigger daily player base then DOTA 2 right now which is crazy PUBG already surpass LoL on twitch last month and seems like they will do it again this month. Couple of games I think we can all agree on that died because they didn't diversify their game rooster mostly relying on 1 game to carry them.

Neopet <People grow up and turn to more fun games RuneScape < Got far until you are restricted 80% of the game unless you become a member. Maplestory <<Nexon does have a huge list of license games but their other games are filled with Pay2Win to the core and beyond tools of a developer on games like Combat arm.
World of war craft. << Still boast a player base of over 5 Million but has been shrinking daily until a new DLC but still falls after 1 month of the DLC.

I'm not hating on Riot but I think they really need to develop a new IP game because not every game company is unstoppable from falling if they rely on 1 game to carry them for life which feels like Riot has been doing here. What do you guys think should Riot make a new IP?

3 Comments

DJMason889/15/2017, 3:58:45 AM1 votes

Well, i think we need to remember that League is very volatile, and constantly changing. Champions being reworked, huge updates during pre and mid season, events, cosmetics, new champions, fast patches, all these things attract new and old players alike, while also keeping the current ones satisfied. I don't think there is any other MOBA (or game, even) that pumps out this stuff faster then League, while keeping a decent quality. League is also a MOBA, with no "end game", like some of the games you listed. It also has the LCS to advertise and make money off of, while also entertaining fans. PUBG is popular, yea, but you can chalk that up to being a relatively new and popular game, but it will fall soon enough like Overwatch did. The exact same thing happend with Overwatch, and people were saying it was "the end of League", but in time League took 1st again.

DariusDemiurge9/15/2017, 4:05:59 AM1 votes

They supposedly had something in the works a while back. Not sure if it's progressing or canned.

Quality Content9/15/2017, 4:17:45 AM1 votes

They are working on other games. They have an R&D department for it that is currently hiring as well as having some other Rioters like Morello and Vi/Jinx's designer currently there.