Given that SC2 and Overwatch have Singaporean servers under the ‘Americas’ region option, I was wondering if there was any chance of Blizzard using the same datacenters with their already established relationship and proven performance for World of Warcraft.
Currently the best option in the region is in Taiwan which has language barrier issues for English speaking folk and it’s still 80ms or higher. The next best fit that has English speakers is Oceanic with 120ms or higher.
I’d imagine gaming population concerns are an issue, but given the culture around mobile gaming growing, and the persistence of MMOs in the region for decades now, perhaps we’d be on a path to seeing viability with the current business model for the region.
What do you all think? What are the other major concerns with implementing this? Is there much history with Blizzard considering this in the past that I haven’t found yet? Would you be interested in playing in such a server?