Why is Diablo himself, franchise's namesake, is NOT in a Diablo game?

This is the elephant in the room for me.

I don’t care about Lilith as the big boss, Diablo is the franchise’s namesake. Evil never dies and he returned time and time again. So, why is Diablo missing in a Diablo game? Because $70 expansion? Or 2 expansions, 1st one with briefly-seen Andariel, Duriel or some other evil, and 2nd one with Diablo and Baal or Mephisto or whomever?

And in case there’ll be no Diablo in D4, like at all, then why even bother labeling it “Diablo” IV?

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The story answers this question, it hasn’t been enough time from last time Diablo was slain for him to reform. It’s why meph is weak and powerless and formless also.

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So, your answer is $70 expansion?

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Yeah maybe call the game Lilith then haha

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Don’t mind him. He’s here just to troll and to hate and of course, toxicity.

He just proved my point, lol.

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Def be in expansion I feel. Mephisto as well obviously in some form or another. Maybe even separate expansions for each. I agree that it felt weird to not have Diablo in the launch of a Diablo game, but the story is one of the best aspects of the game currently

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I agree actually, but it doesn’t make the lack of Diablo better. I feel like they deliberately cut out Diablo to split the big story into pieces, so we have the “grand finale” with Diablo in the expansion(s).

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Because they want to make a lot of money with expansions. This is a “live service” game which Blizz needs to milk for 10 years.

This means - we get barebones in Day 1, and they keep feeding us bit by bit for ten years while we continuously pay for it.

That’s why. It is by design to make more money while doing less work.

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You can buy a Diablo skin for Lilith in the shop, only 29.99 !

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Amazing … how you worked this all by yourself !!!

…and I wonder, why are you here?! Why you bought the game in the first place?

And he’ll be the size of a world boss. Well, let’s make it for all of the prime evils!

If you name the game Lilith you get $300M in box sales.

If you name it Diablo you get $600M

Thats it.

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Just call the game what it is " world of sanctuary " instead of diablo 4. This game went all in on the wow/diablo immortal/d3 hybrid path.

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I’ve watched Diablo die so many times… I find it refreshing that we have a new enemy, especially a well written one that I actually feel kind of sorry for… he/she may come back at some point in new content. No complaints from me, Diablo will always be Diablo even without its namesake.

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Because the story for Diablo 4 is not over.

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dlc / expansions, who knows

Blizzard scam to get you to spend $60 on the dlc when it drops.

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He is in the game. Right at the end of the campaign, you see his face in a flash.

What does one have to do with the other? Buying the game has nothing to do with understanding how “live services” work.

I am here to voice my opinion. Is this something that is not allowed? I am a paying customer, so I would assume it is.

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How many times have you gone to the same restaurant and crying that you didn’t like a meal?! Or at a movie …