However, it's clear that a lot of people are still playing Diablo Immortal, which, despite the various controversies surrounding its release, has become one of the most popular new games this June. This, coupled with the ongoing investigations into allegations of serious misconduct at publisher/developer studio Blizzard Entertainment, has quite understandably been enough to put many players off the game entirely. You might have seen reports going around that it costs somewhere in the region of £88,000 / $110,000 to fully upgrade a character (and that an F2P player would need to grind for ten years to earn the same upgrade materials for free). What is the real cost of Diablo Immortal, and is it in fact pay-to-win? Diablo Immortal is already infamous for its microtransaction monetisation model, which many players have pointed out are effectively loot boxes under a not-even-that-different name.

So, apparently, we should be rolling over and taking whatever material comes out without complaining because. “The entitlement of this community is gross.” - Madeline Rose, GeekBomb It’s rudeness and entitlement at its most raw.” - Lucy O’Brien, IGN “When the diablo dude got up and asked if this was a joke, he was being an entitled dickhead. They get off on bashing something that is considered having a traditionally female audience.” - Will Powers, former PlayStation dev and gamer “The people that bash on mobile gaming are an offshoot of toxic masculinity. Some excerpts from gamer journalists about our response to this announcement: Apparently, as gamers, we are supposed to bend over and take whatever material we are given by devs because they “work very hard on making these games.” What I’ve noticed is that the entire fan base is apparently being called this because we have voiced our frustration with the direction they’re taking this franchise. He’s being called entitled, spoiled, toxic, etc. The “is this an April fools joke” is being blasted by gamer journalists. In my mind, this fan base has been a loyal group for almost 20+ years, and we have high expectations for this series precisely because blizzard gave us those expectations. This isn’t something this fan base has asked for or wanted. I’ve been spending my morning looking around the web for responses to the diablo:immortal announcement and an overwhelming majority of fan responses have been entirely negative. Last updated at 14:00:17 UTC Weekly Help Desk RAGE Loot Thread Trade Thread

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