Blizzard responds to Diablo: Immortal backlash

Polygon: Diablo team stresses that they have multiple Diablo projects in development.

[PapaBop]

"THEY WERE NOT PREPARED!"

That comment hands down the best and most appropriate comment on the whole controversy. Still, Blizzard had a good run post Activision merger/acquisition thing but reading Blizzard's response on this just confirms that the Blizzard I've been following for over two decades now is as good as dead. They have in the past cancelled game developments because they didn't meet Blizzard's level of quality, they've gone from that to whoring their franchise to a Chinese developer famous for creating reskins, truly a sad day for us Blizzard fans.

[naruga]

i m surprised that all the fans have uproared suddenly ,,,,Was original Diablo 3 any good ??? FK NO ....Blizzard was dead since the the launch of Diablo 3 and the first WoW expansion............there was nothing relevant in these games with old good Blizzard (Diablo 1,2 , Warcraft 3 , vanilla WoW, etctc)....they were completely cheap ass games, poor in every aspect (gameplay , art , concept , story) obviously martyred the Activision hands on Blizzard ....i stopped following blizzard since then

[Kostche]

exactly man, kill my man cain off from no named nobody..

[Father__Merrin]

If blizzard want to make a mobile game they can do and it's likely going to be successful

[King_Noctis]

It is no doubt that it gonna be successful with the casual. But they are doing that by pissing off their core fans, the ones who help brought them to the limelight. Also you should remember that the world of mobile gaming is very different from the console/pc space. The mobile causal move on very fast to the next big thing, they don’t stick to one particular game like the core fans.

[Sirk7x]

Wanna know what sucks? As a business, your primary job is to make money, and nowadays, catering to core fans instead of appealing to the masses means you throw away money.

[Armaggedon]

They are not just trying to make alot of money with this. They are trying to make all of the money. There is a difference.

[Livingthedream]

Why are the core fans upset about this? Serious question, not sure what all the heat is about.

[MWH]

the power of god compels you.

[Old McGroin]

I agree. And I think we can confidently admit now that gamers are officially the most entitled species on the planet. If not the entire universe.

[PapaBop]

But they're not making a mobile game, they're outsourcing one to China.

[MrVux000]

Blizzard responded by censorship and pure PR bull*...

This will go down in history as one of the worst game reveals in gaming industry...

[Bismarn]

When people talk about the PC master race, Blizzcon is their con. I can't imagine a worse venue to announce a mobile game, and hype it like it's Diablo 4 is the insulting part. It's fine for them to make a mobile Diablo, just as it's fine for them to sell Diablo shirts, but it's not an actual game to Blizzcon folk. If Blizzard had just announced Immortal with a press release the Diablo fanbase wouldn't be in an uproar because they wouldn't have even bothered to read the release. Mobile gaming isn't the next step of game, it's just an entirely different industry. Hence even though there are hundreds of millions more mobile players, there are few articles about mobile here on N4G and those that show up aren't read.

[MWH]

"the world is evolving" he said, for whom exactly? with all the technologies available people are becoming more contained and controlled is how I see it.

the relationship between a corporate and a normal human being is the same between a predator and its prey, wolves and sheep, master and slave. don't let anyone fool you with the opposite and if you disagree then clearly, you're a part of the former.

[honey1984]

I am one of the few who prefer the mobile diablo.

[Sirk7x]

Hope you guys take notice and realize this is where gaming is headed (RIP). Blizzard knew there was going to be a shitstorm, and went ahead anyways, because $$$$$$$$
The mobile market is just too lucrative. Companies have got to be asking themselves, why invest potentially hundreds of millions of dollars, when we could get away with much less, appeal to a MUCH larger market, who also historically spends more on MT?
Mario, Sonic, Final Fantasy, Diablo, etc. Name your favorite franchise, there's a good chance they're testing the waters with mobile, waiting to jump in. Fortnite, biggest game in the world right now, F2P.
Many of the gaming companies that people hate right now, your EA, Konami, Activision, Blizzard, Ubisoft, etc, were all beloved gaming companies at one point that made amazing, best selling games. I'm convinced that any gaming company that gets too big is going to shift to where the most profit lays, regardless of fan loyalty. Look at Rockstar with GTA online.

[gangsta_red]

Blizzard wants to cash in on the mobile side, they saw the money they could make with Hearthstone on mobile.

No issues with that, but to announce a mobile game on a big stage is just baffling. I don't think there has ever been a solid standing ovation by an audience at any event where a game was announced and showcased for mobile.

The game looks good though. But like almost all mobile games it'll be nothing more than a grind fest with short cut microtransactions plastered all over the menus.

[Lionsguard]

The thing is, announcing such a thing at Blizzcon is just stupid. This is something that should have been announced just casually as an online press release or something. It's like Sony coming into E3 at the height of what should be a PS5 announcement and a few teases in the past month but instead the PS5, they're just revealing the Playstation Classic. Worst yet, it's the Playstation Classic and all the games now have micro-transactions. How are any fans supposed to be happy about this?