When will WoW be available for ARM64 systems such as Microsoft Surface Pro X?
Both Microsoft and Apple are saying that they plan to move to ARM based PCs and their x64/amd64 based offerings will go away over the next few years. Given that supporting ARM64 is a simple recompile, when do Blizzard plan to support this architecture?
It really is not.
Considering that Windows has quite a bit of backwards compatibility, having a flag day anywhere in the next few years when x64 becomes unsupported is highly unlikely. Unlike Apple, Microsoft does not control the vast majority of hardware Windows runs on. They can switch to ARM64 for XBox, or their tablets, and so on, but the PCs that run Windows will remain x64 for quite some time.
About the same time it is financially profitable to do so. We’d have to see an ARM based gaming PC first, and show that it’s worth supporting.
Unfortunately it’s not really something the Customer Support team can address, however if you would like to express your desire to see support for ARM64, you can always send this to our developers via the Submit Suggestion option in-game 