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How far will Diablo IV monetization go?

Blizzard followers will be keeping a closer eye on Diablo 4 monetization after Immortal.

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THEzRude730d ago

Diablo IV Better have 0 F*CKING monetization besides The basic purchase price and possible expansions. Otherwise its a no touch for me after that Immortal gluster F.

Lionsguard730d ago

If they can get away with it in Immortal, you can sure bet that they'll have it on their flagship Diablo game.

SullysCigar730d ago

I fear the writing's on the wall for this one. They've had a stab at a new model that is raking in loads for them.

Meanwhile, a handful of fools are defending the practice and increasing the liklihood of a repeat performance that will ruin D4 for the rest of us.

Stanjara730d ago

They will have them in D4, you know it, I know it...

Everybody knows it!

sinspirit730d ago

B-but.. how can monetization be a problem if its "oPtIoNaL"? *laughs in business exec*

Angyobangyo730d ago

Deep down, we all know it will have monetization. Different currencies and a battlepass, I can see that happening sadly.

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Noskypeno730d ago

Can they like make super rare items like a sword or armor that is sold for 1000 bucks but there's only one in the universe, so some rich celebrity can pay me like 100K, thank you

Dudeson730d ago

They could, but then those items will be behind a gambling system where ultimately for every 100k you make off of rich people, you're down 110k in the black hole of blizzard.

BrainSyphoned730d ago

I fully renovated my kitchen off of the 90% I got from my Diablo 3 cash shop sales. Only time my wife has ever encouraged me to game.

smashman98730d ago

Considering it's a day 1 game pass, probably pretty far.

Tacoboto730d ago

Microsoft can't second-class their own titles by releasing certain titles Day One and others full-price only. By the time Diablo 4 comes out Activision will be merged into Xbox.

If they suddenly start to they'll destroy the value proposition of Game Pass. It's not like they can maintain any goodwill with so few titles releasing as it is and then doing something like that.

smashman98730d ago

Confirmation on the gamepass thing? All titles from Xbox and it’s subsidiaries will have their titles come to gamepass on Day 1 this isn’t new info.

If your referring to my speculation on how monetized Diablo 4 will be, I have no confirmation, it’s speculation.

Crows90730d ago

All Xbox 1st party release day 1 on game pass. If blizzard becomes first party....

The math is frankly quite simple.

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Dudeson730d ago

Hopefully they got it all out of their system with Diaflop Immoral, otherwise Diablo IV will be left untouched.

Lionsguard730d ago

Diaflop? It's pretty damn successful so I guess people do have phones.

KingofBandits730d ago

Blizzard went from running like a horny frat house full of jerks to a sackless money grubbing crap hole real fast. I couldn't care less what happens to this company anymore

Lionsguard730d ago

Well, they're not your best friend, they're a public company who has to make money for investors, it's not a surprise. Rockstar fell to it, Bethesda fell to it, Blizzard fell to it, everyone has fallen to the mighty dollar.

KingofBandits730d ago

Did I say they were? no. just saying IDGAF about this crap company or its hollow IP anymore.

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Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC New Content, Different Editions and Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed

Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC releases October 8! New content, different editions and their prices and pre-order bonuses have been revealed.

LordoftheCritics18h ago

''A new co-op PvE mode'

It's finally becoming a multiplayer game?

anast3h ago

Probably, the numbers have been low.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast8d ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics8d ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX8d ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon8d ago

We are on the same team brother!

Rynxie8d ago

I uninstalled d4 after they kept screwing over the sorc build and I beat the game. I also uninstalled immortal after reading the end. I actually went back to d2r here and there.

just_looken8d ago

The only thing i enjoyed in D4 was the mp side but after they gutted my hunter build then again wanted me to grind for over hundred hours each season i too quit like you.

Its insane though a year has already passed.

Daeloki7d ago

Hard pass, gave it a chance on launch with a friend, but we made it a bit past act 1 only to realise how tedious it was.

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Diablo 4 Season 4 Turned The Tables on Helltides

Diablo 4's Helltides have undergone one of the best glow-ups in the game in the span of a single season thanks to some balance adjustments.

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