Tfw a game makes Lost Ark look completley reasonable with its microtrasactions.
Oooooof.
Don’t you guys have phones quickly became can’t you guys get loans…
In all likelihood most publicly traded gaming companies are going to pursue P2W games. Why wouldn’t they when there’s so many players chomping at the bit to set their bank accounts on fire in exchange for being “the best”? Even if the companies themselves aren’t particularly interested, they’ll be pressured to adopt P2W by shortsighted shareholders who see any other strategy as throwing away money.
The future of games that are complete with a single purchase is probably going to be almost entirely in privately owned smaller companies that don’t have to give two craps about shareholder interests and can build the games they want to build.
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New estimation for BiS in Diablo Immoral from one of the top pro players.
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thats pretty much what happened. they were working on a 2nd expansion, and blizz pulled the plug. The Necromancer was to be part of it and was added as a DLC and i believe they added a map that was to be part of it. The devs were pretty upset as the RoS expansion sold very well, and really did make the game much MUCH better than at launch, but Blizz didnt care and just wanted to move on.
one of the devs did an interview about it a while back, i dont remember where tho, ill try and find it and edit if i do.
EDIT: https://screenrant.com/diablo-3-second-expansion-canceled-explained/
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So what you’re saying is, it’s like the other 99% of mobile games that exist. Ok.
Yeah, same. I used to play D3 every single night up until recently. I think I’ll go back to it tbh. I still need the full challenges wings, and I’ve been farming Rainbow Goblins for years.
I enjoy that gameplay much more than opening my wallet repeatedly for legendary items to drop.
And I agree, the story in Immortal so far has been super weak.
Show me where devs have said it’s a bug and they will be changing it back. Nearest I can see is where a CM said “it must be a bug” and was going to look into it.
The more time that passes with no information on this, the more likely it is not a bug but entirely intentional.
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Someone doesn’t remember the auction house.
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Only if WoW went free to play.
A free to play game by definition going to be littered with microtransactions and other ways to get money.
Game companies don’t actually make games with the idea they are really free after all.
I guess don’t play it? I mean it’s free and if you don’t like microtransactions don’t participate in that. If others are spending money how does that affect you? Besides running to the forums.
I mean, arclight rumble is “inspired by” clash royale, and hearthstones card packs are pretty bad.
also, it’s a free mobile game, p2w is how they make money.
the mobile game market is functions entirely different compared to the PC/console market and people seem to forget that.
Diablo Immortal is very pay to win, but Belgium/Netherlands also banned Master Duel which is far less predatory. I have spent money in Master Duel, but you absolutely don’t have to and can still play the best decks. Some decks are very expensive, but they often aren’t even the best ones such as Exodia FTK, Dark Magician, or Blue Eyes.
It’s actually a shame since the combat and story of the game are pretty good.
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See I fully believe this is just Activision trying to milk whats left of blizzard’s name, and 2 beloved IPs,
Activision put bobby in, and instead of just screwing their already abysmal (and incompetent) reputation, they’re leeching off the what’s left of Blizzard and it’s IPs
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.
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I was never going to play Diablo immortal.
It still has the bare bones of a mobile game even if it’s ported… no thanks.
And despite any mobile game defenders mobile games almost always equal shady pay to win
It never stood a chance with me.
No, the game is not pay to win. It’s pay-to-suck-as-much-money-out-of-whales-as-unethically-possible.
Like most mobile games, it’s designed for the 1% weak minded with more money than intelligence.
If you recognize that something isn’t right with the game then there’s still hope for you, and you’re likely not part of the 1%.
Future Bizzard F2P mobile games will most likely be P2W, but Blizzard P2P games will not.
I have this sneaking suspicion that WoW might actually go F2P at the 20 year mark and they’ll go full corporate greed with the cash shop.
Appreciate that mods moved this to a forum where nobody will see it after it got popular. Discussion was specifically about how current blizzard games could affect WOW dragonflight monetization.
Nice one yall, very smooth. Grab an extra slice at your pizza party you earned it.