>mfw I see how far down the Twitch directory I have to scroll to find MTG
There are 2x as many people viewing MTG clone Hex:Shards of Fate streams as there are viewing Magic streams right now.
There are 1000x as many people viewing Hearthstone streams as there are viewing Magic streams right now.
Is WotC the Kodak of the card gaming world?
Magic is shit now.
Movie at 11.
they are too autistic to leave the house and play the game, so instead the shut ins just watch others play online
Fortunately for Wizards, Magic doesn't make money off of Twitch streams. Every block since Return to Ravnica has seen record-breaking sales that were better than the set before it. A lot of people are getting into Magic these days
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>Wizards doesn't see Hearthstone as a threat because it appeals chiefly to a casual audience
>99.99% of their profit comes from casuals buying sealed product
I love Magic but man these guys are blind
A clue to this would be in what board you posted it in, Traditional Games, Magic is first and foremost a tabletop game you play at a store or with friends. Coupled with the fact that MtG is a lot more involving than Hearthstone and the online version is not amazing, it obviously won't appeal to casuals.
This doesn't change the fact that it's wildly successful currently, and you need to remember, MtGO is a supplement to paper magic, not the other way around.
To elaborate on something, when I say casual, I mean the average casual gamer who watches streams on Twitch, primarily because of 'personalities' like Kripparian who has a large following and is atleast a part of why Hearthstone was even successful on the scale it was. Magic doesn't have these for the most part, and the few it does(LSV) are certainly not pre-established streamers.
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casuals buying mtg products will have cards they can physically own
hearthcucks will literally never own their decks