World of Warcraft did not raise funds to build the game, so they were able to release the game when it was finished and not succumb to investor wishes that would compromise the game

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You don't think Blizzard had VCs by that time? :D after years of well recieved games like diablo and warcraft 3...

I’m reading a book from development in 1999 and it said they did not raise funds for WoW

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Hm, maybe not directly for wow, but I am guessing the hierarchy of who owns what etc was already quite complex with few layers of holding companies like Vivendi etc? I didn't read the book though so have very surface level pop-knowledge of it. But I am sure they were well founded and supported financially by that time, and definitely not a startup. You can't build anything with a team of 200 for 3 years without investments of some sort

I’m reading a book from development in 1999 and it said they did not raise funds for WoW

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