People want Blizzard to develop a game for 5 years, sell it for $40, and manage it for 20 years.
Due to this nonsensical revenue structure, Blizzard neglected large bots and made regular profits by blocking them.
They also neglected game development, hiding behind a reputation for craftsmanship.
They need to be greedy like any other game company, and they need to make games that, no matter how greedy, are so fun that people can’t help but buy them.
I hope Blizzard makes a ‘real’ game again, starting with Diablo Immortal.
Korea was a country lacking in hobbies. So in the past, people were stingy about spending money on hobbies. So there is a saying.
People make money on things they don’t want to do and spend money on things they want to do. It’s not unusual to spend money on hobbies.
Are D2 users who made money by trading with bots really gamers? Was D2 really a game? It may have been in the beginning, but not now.
It’s the game that makes people spend money, and the game should be. If it’s not that fun, it’s something else in the guise of a game.
The funniest thing is Diablo 2.5 aKa immortal, doesn’t even look thaaat bad, but yeah the p2w is just OMEGALUL. Spend 25$ EACH RIFT and get stuff at the end, which a normal f2p player would need approx. 10000+ rifts in comparison .
It’s a F2P mobile game that is non competitive. I don’t see why people are freaking out that you can pay for boosts in the game…
Considering I have children that beg for Roblox money all the time, they haven’t said a thing about D2 Immortal, so the aspect of it appealing to children and making them want to pay is out of the question.
The only people butt hurt about P2W in this game are literal man children who have accomplished nothing in life and put their entire life’s net worth on accomplishments inside a video game.
The game is fun to play around in. I don’t care if you have level 9001 gems. I’m never going to see them. I’m not gonna compare my pvpness to yours in a game you can pay for a bigger one. I just play as if there isn’t PvP in the game / rift leaderboard. Who cares ¯_(ツ)_/¯ honestly look at that thing and feel sorry for people if anything at all.
It’s actually nice having games where you don’t feel compelled to compete though, and this is one of them. Lost ark is another. I just play for 100% fun and it’s not stressful then. I’d advise anyone playing in a P2W game to do the same.
Yeah, it’s not like there’s PvP in the game that you can absolutely ROFLSTOMP by paying big $$$.
Oh wait, there is…
Okay, well atleast you can’t progress much faster than a F2P player by pay- Oh wait, you can.
Okay well at least it’s not so bad that Belgium and Netherlands has outright banned the game entirely for predatory P2W featur- Oh wait, no. They have.
It’s an amazing game, let’s all grab our and spend the money to max out a character, a cost that supposedly goes past 100k.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
For ONE(1) CHARACTER!
And you’re here, defending it.
Get. Out.
The old Blizzard I used to love has died and it’s rotting corpse is being paraded around by Activision in a disgusting display of greed and contempt of the fans.
if it would be 10% chance for nonpaying and 75% or heck even 100% chance for paying people, I would be fine with that, because you could farm items.
But bloody hell, getting utter nothing, compared to insane drops because someone is paying, thats just stupid.
Will take me like a week to stop playing because of 0 drops. And no, I wont pay anything.
do not care how good or bad immortal is, they don’t get another red cent from me for anything until they get their act together and do something with the employee driven bots and such and start listening to the actual players. Period.
This is a pure casino game targeted at children and addicts. This is Las Vegas masquerading as a video game. It’s a way of circumventing gambling laws to bankrupt the poor and the worst part of all is how brainwashed and programmed some gamers are into thinking this is acceptable.
Diablo and microtransactions are just 2 things that will never go together in my mind. I have tested the game, it feels good and for a mobile game, pretty nice.
But i always habe in my mind that for the real sh*t and the real endgame i will pay hundreds and thousands of dollars, or i will grind 5 years and then still be not even close
I dont get why ppl go mad for immortal.
So far i am 53 lvl, with 6 legendaries found and i havent paid a cent. Have no restrictions and never heard from anyone that whoever pays, gets more loot.
I wont pay and if i find a pay wall, i will delete it.
Imagine the most profitable game for blizz is the free to play Warzone cause of micro transactions, so why you expect blizz NOT to make games with micro transactions now?
And is logical, they have to earn money somehow for their employees.
Yeah, why don’t people let blizzard hire some mobile team for a diablo mobile game, it’s a profitable market, maybe not so much in certain regions but it is overall.
it depends on who you ask, remember, 40 euros was too much for a remake for some lol. This guy here says immortal is better for some reason.
Me? If it expands the universe and makes the name of the saga do more money (yes, it is how it works, want more diablo games? convince blizzard and shareholders) then fine.
Oh you dont want newer diablo games because you believe you wont like them? That’s weird thinking, not anyone’s problem though, people usually want to see new things, ones may fail others won’t. Companies? Sure they will try, what did you expect lol.
Would I prefer it to be designed for pc? Sure, but it’s a mobile game for reasons, next in line for pc it’s diablo 4.
Still havent played immortal, will do a campaing check, i think its nicely done for a mobile game, being that the tag of mobile game includes a lot, but it’s not diminishing the saga, in fact it’s the other way around. Money it’s the name of the game, let people spent it or not, they decide. I won’t.
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and spend the money to max out a character, a cost that supposedly goes past 100k.