Blizzard say Battle.net isn't looking to fight Steam and Epic for supermassive storefront supremacy, despite recently nabbing The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077

We are not trying to fight those big bosses.

The short version

• It's arguably a bit of a weird thing for a publisher with Diablo and World of Warcraft in their arsenal to say, but that's the stance Blizzard are sticking to with their storefront Battle.net, even though it now boasts two big CD Projekt Red RPGs.
• Instead of an unknowably girthy hoard of games, the publishers say Battle.net 's still designed to feel like a handpicked basket of things to play.
• "We really look at ourselves as, you know, we have our audience," he continued.

What happened

"We have a passionate core of people that play Blizzard games and games similar to Blizzard, and if something makes sense for them, we'll get after it. It's a much more focused approach, I'd say, of 'What do we think our players would absolutely love?

Why it matters

Though, he did note that Blizzard have worked on making their publishing process "much more straightforward" so their store can be home to select third-party games like The Witcher and Cyberpunk in a way that meshes with its curated small basket ethos.

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