The interest in a port of Hearthstone to iPhone and Android remains high. Apparently, fans are longing more for an Android port than for a Hearthstone round on the iPhone.
As the site product-reviews.net claims to have found out, the interest of Hearthstone fans in a port to the Android operating system is about 4 times greater than that of iPhone fans. Product-reviews believes that this is due to the fact that Android is more suitable for Blizzard’s card game. Since Hearthstone already runs on the iPad, it is believed that it is not as attractive for iPhone users. After all, the iPad with its larger display is more suitable for the card game, although some users complained that their hands hurt after a longer session.
We at mein-MMO.de also looked at the current trends on Google and it indeed seems that Hearthstone for Android is about 3 to 5 times more in demand than a port for the iPhone. At least if one believes the trend barometer from Google: The keyword “Hearthstone Android” has been searched significantly more often worldwide in the last 90 days than “Hearthstone iPhone”.
Hearthstone ports for iPhone and Android are expected to take place by Blizzard in 2014. Whether one system will be ready before the other, or if both will be able to enjoy Hearthstone at the same time, is unknown. Perhaps there will be new information at the next Blizzcon, which will take place on November 7th and 8th in Anaheim.
As Hearthstone has already proven to be highly profitable in its short time and there is an expectation that Hearthstone on Android and iPhone will generate even more revenue, one can assume that Blizzard is feverishly working to resolve the issues that are still hindering the ports. In doing so, the developers at Blizzard primarily cite the small display size of the iPhone as the main difficulty.
