Blizzard deleting comments from Diablo Immortal trailers, almost 300k dislikes

Blizzard is apparently deleting comments and removing dislikes from their Diablo Immortal trailers.

[UCForce]

That’s a very disrespectful move, Blizzard.

[-Foxtrot]

I think it was disrespectful when they said "do you people not have phones?" when people were booing at the conference.

[Relientk77]

The audience should have yelled back "Yeah and we all have computers too"

[-Foxtrot]

Haha.

You don't announce something like to this to a group of hardcore, loyal PC gamers who have most likely spent hundreds on their own personal gaming rigs they've built up over the years. They want to play games on that...it's why they are at Blizzcon, they are mostly PC focused.

[TekoIie]

You can have this game exist, but you can't expect everyone to be pleased when it's been how long since we've had D3 release and it's expansion? If we had Diablo 4 on the way or an expansion and this announced it would be fine. Just something to fiddle with while you wait for the proper content. But, just this? After all these years of waiting Blizzard? Shameful.

[gamer7804]

exactly right, if they released this mobile game they should have just pushed it out without alot of fanfare, and not at blizzcon.... or did something like Microsoft did with Gears, show the weird mobile game, but also show what the audience is really there for the console/pc game.

[-Foxtrot]

I just wanted to share a comment I saw on Reddit for some insight into the whole thing...puts it into perspective

"“Blizzard used to cancel games like Ghost and Titan for not meeting Blizzard quality. Now they are outsourcing and reskinning games. I’m not sad, just disappointed and angry"

He's totally right...they used to cancel games for not meeting their high quality standards and now we have something like this. It just adds to why people are angry.

[Rachel_Alucard]

https://imgur.com/cH6a4z6

I think it's telling when a bunch of blue checkmarks believe a guy making a light-hearted joke in an awful situation is somehow toxic. These people are just massive corporate shills, and if you dare criticize it negatively you'll be met with a bunch of narcissistic prudes who only want already over budgeted corporations to continue draining the market dry.

[PapaBop]

Just more confirmation the "for gamers, by gamers" mantra of Blizzard is as good as dead. 2018 - goodbye Blizzard, hello ActiBlizzard.

[Cobra951]

That's where I lost all respect for the presenter. Up until then, I felt a bit sorry for him. He knew he was the bearer of bad news to a sizeable audience, before he blurted it out.

[Cobra951]

@Rachel_Alucard: There it is. Why debate when you can pull that card? Direct bigoted, hateful speech with an identity-politics slant at the dissenters, and you win.

Edit: I wonder how Jim Sterling would feel about that screen capture. There's absolutely nothing toxically macho about him, and he already ridiculed Blizzard for this travesty.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[wtf0]

Hey, Blizzard. Delete this ( °͜ʖ͡°)╭∩╮

[Relientk77]

I was looking at the Youtube comments earlier and almost every single comment was this lol

[RizBiz]

Not surprised. I haven't supported Blizzard in ten years. I smelled the foul corruption the second Activision merged with Vivendi.

[Omnisonne]

Didn't see the conference, but honestly what did they expect announcing a mobile game..?
I've played all the Diablos, even own the novels (they're damn good) a meager mobile game is a disservice to the series.

[william_cade]

Watch the conference lol It is a sight to behold.

[fluxmulder]

I didn't even know you could remove dislikes.

[SavageFlamingo]

Where there’s a dick, there’s a way.

[Majinzo]

Over 73k now. Lol use me as a dislike here lol

[chris235]

mobile gaming is not gaming it‘s an abomination.

[Count_Bakula]

They made a great move saying there would be no D IV announcement at this Blizzcon. The reactions would have been WAY worse.

[ShadowWolf712]

Whole things sucks.

But on the plus side... Warcraft III remaster!

[BioShockGX]

Not a huge improvement over the original but I'll take it

[Dr4g0]

They are also deleting dislikes as well...

[lociefer]

Oh no blizzard baby, what is you doin

[honey1984]

I predict that the launch will still be big. The backlash are from the wrong audience. Mobile gaming is still the biggest thing right now. Love it or hate it.

[Chexs1990]

Actually that only applies to the Asian market. Mobile games/app-services in the west became so oversaturated a couple years back, that the prime trend died out.
Still being used, but not nearly in the vast amount as before.

[inxine]

i guess this is what u get when ur fans wait for the next diablo game and u spend ur time creating this.

[MrVux000]

I gave Blizzard benefit of doubt when they dumb down Diablo gameplay with Diablo III and inclusion of it's auction house, and shameless Necromancer DLC.... I gave Blizzard benefit of doubt when they went making Overwatch with its loot boxes in a *full priced game*.... i won't even mention WoW cuz the pain is still too hard.... Now? Now there is no doubt, the Blizzard i once loved and hailed to my friends ...is gone...dead....

Almost 20 years ago, i would have NOT imagined this day would come... thank you Blizzard for many years of great fun, i will always cherish those good years.
But now, even if you start making up for your mistakes, i wont support you no more...

Goodbye,

Ex-Blizzard fan.

[Kostche]

well said

[MWH]

the level of corporate bs is off the charts. it's, Legendary.

[william_cade]

Diablo 2 was an awesome game, a "free-to-play" mobile version is not.

[Vizigoth04]

There is no immersion in playing a video game on a cell phone.

[trooper_]

A dick move on their part.

[Amplitude]

Never played Diablo and never will cause it's just not my kinda game, but hmu with those dislikes cause imma say that mobile trailer did look pretty good for a cell phone game.

[Daishi]

Once again a horrible pr nightmare that could have been avoided by a simple sentence like "Now that Diablo 3 is on switch we are only missing one platform, so to tied fans over till the big announcement here is a game to fill a small gap in the meantime." Trying to make it big and not what it is, a stop gap until 4, is what set this in motion. And then the cellphone comment was the worst possible comment to gamers possible, probably worked on the stockholders though.

[smashman98]

I really don't understand the hate for this. They even said that people who are expecting the next mainline diablo should expect to wait a little longer. It's not one or the other, this side project isn't holding back more "real" diablo. Thanks to things like Hearthstone it only makes sense that Blizzard would want to continue dipping their toes into mobile.

[smashman98]

Turns out I didn't have the full story, my bad guys.

[GrizToof]

Instead of hearing the pleas of it's loyal fans they threw our opinions aside and chose to be condescending and insult us.

[Runechaz]

Blizzard = The new EA...

[RGB]

I went to college with a massive Blizzard fanboy, posted a few videos about this on Facebook with what Blizzard are doing, censoring and deleting criticism, the guy deleted and blocked me. Corporate Slave much.

[Tonykid]

all this is so petty

[Smokehouse]

I saw that lmao. The damage control is hilarious. It’s almost like they weren’t expecting this reaction.

[WitcheRivia]

They're trying to create another safe space.

[TheGamingArt]

I’m happy to see Blizzard appealing to a better market

[81BX]

Lol I love how triggered people are by this. I'm getting this game day 1! Gamers can be a bunch of self entitled brats sometimes! They cry for new things. Then cry when they get them, because it didn't match what they imagined in their head. Lol DAY 1!