Asmongold claims Diablo Immortal backlash won\u2019t stop devs from pushing microtransactions Blizzard \/ Twitch: AsmongoldAsmongold claims backlash over Diablo Immortal\u2019s pay-to-win features won\u2019t stop devs from pushing microtransactions in future titles because people will always spend lots on them. Diablo Immortal was supposed to be the successor to the critically acclaimed series spanning almost 25 years. While it\u2019s not all bad (for mobile players), it\u2019s littered with pay-to-win elements that have soured the experience. Asmon warned people about this ahead of its release, and now that it\u2019s out, he showcased the full extent of its pay-to-win nature on stream by making a startling comparison between free and paid Elder Rift runs. However, despite the chorus of criticism, Asmon believes pay-to-win microtransactions are here to stay in the series because people will always be willing to spend a fortune on them, giving devs no reason to change. \u201cPeople will spend the money,\u201d he said. \u201cThere will be people out there who will spend over $100,000 on Diablo Immortal. This will happen, and those people will fund the next game that will do the exact same thing, and this will continue happening forever. \u201cThere will never be a time where the gamers are going to \u2018rise up,\u2019 and they\u2019re going to say, you know what, we don\u2019t want any more of this pay to win sh*t. We want it to be like the good days. It\u2019s never going to happen.\u201d For that reason, he believes the developers will continue pushing the envelope. After all, ethical issues aside, it\u2019s working out quite well for them in terms of profit. \u201cThis game design is straight-up evil? Well, it is Diablo!\u201d he joked. The developers have downplayed the severity of the pay-to-win elements, claiming a team of them was able to thrive in the beta (both in PvE and PvP) without spending a dime. However, the community isn\u2019t convinced. As it stands, Diablo Immortal has the third-lowest rated user score on Metacritic. While that should be taken with a grain of salt considering the likelihood of a review bomb, it\u2019s still a sign that dissatisfaction is running rampant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Asmongold claims Diablo Immortal backlash won\u2019t stop devs from pushing microtransactions Blizzard \/ Twitch: AsmongoldAsmongold claims backlash over Diablo Immortal\u2019s pay-to-win features won\u2019t stop devs from pushing microtransactions in future titles because people will always spend lots on them. Diablo Immortal was supposed to be the successor to the critically acclaimed series spanning almost 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40983\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}