"You have phones right?" Apparently Blizzard thinks anyone who has a phone has billions of dollars
@cataclysm72562 жыл бұрын
Do you guys not have money?
@duckiequackers91222 жыл бұрын
Bruh i can't even get it on my phone it isn't capable
@01amare2 жыл бұрын
Haha underrated comment
@chellejohnson97892 жыл бұрын
Must have been all that welfare queen propaganda
@sandwichmonster70672 жыл бұрын
The heads of Blizzard are so delusional that they _literally_ no longer see people as people, but as anthropomorphic wallets filled with endless money.
@Okoii2 жыл бұрын
I mean does anyone actually expect anything else from Blizzard at this point?
@theheadlessjackfrost6792 жыл бұрын
It's crazy people are still supporting that company after all the bad news came out about them.
@GriffinZambia2 жыл бұрын
Dont read my name😑....
@PureGarbageWithCheese2 жыл бұрын
I expect the company to be a fully fledged terrorist organization by 2030.
@MDXVOID2 жыл бұрын
@@GriffinZambia ok I didn’t
@bookmanjeb72382 жыл бұрын
im waiting on D2 remastered to be cracked on PC...they are never getting another cent from me.
@unknownvariable92392 жыл бұрын
They seriously had immense negative feedback from the moment they teased the game and still continuously made it worse.
@VanSanProductions2 жыл бұрын
Diablo on Mobile could have just not gone this direction with microtransactions and they would have been praised. Diablo Immortal could have been an amazing experience in the mobile space, but all they care about is using the platform to make money.
@bonoveenstra2 жыл бұрын
They knew what they were doing. Most of us did too. Blizzard will make more money with this game than all of their others
@d_dayne_e2 жыл бұрын
it had negative feedback because it wasnt diablo 4
@OriginalDizzleKing2 жыл бұрын
@@VanSanProductions have you played it yourself? How is it not a good game? Microtransactions dont inherently make a game bad. It's playable without spending a dime
@TRX6912 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalDizzleKing from all iv seen the free to play experience is pure crap and you get nothing
@randomname97232 жыл бұрын
Blizzard is like the former fun uncle at family gatherings who's been secretly abusing his wife and kids for a while and now is still trying to be the fun uncle after everything went public and he might go to prison.
@_ZXCV_2 жыл бұрын
That’s oddly specific…
@chikaojukwu48462 жыл бұрын
This is too good…like you are on the nose with that, I can’t see it any other way now
@Sp3ctralI2 жыл бұрын
I had that experience, though I wasn’t the one abused. (Sorry to bring the mood down or whatever…lol)
@jeremyroberts88222 жыл бұрын
@@Sp3ctralI damn. I hope whoever it was in your family that was being abused is doing okay now
@Sp3ctralI2 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyroberts8822 at least she’s at peace
@NewNicator2 жыл бұрын
Someone explained it best on the original video: “announcing a mobile game to a room full of PC-players is like getting 8 happy meals for thanksgiving dinner and wondering why the family is upset.”
@roymcgrath92362 жыл бұрын
8 happy meals that cost the price of an entire fucking thanksgiving dinner each to boot
@vembdev2 жыл бұрын
8 happy meals sounds Poggers
@parmesanchease4802 жыл бұрын
@@vembdev best part is the toys (if thats what you wanna call 'em) or the fries
@channel458532 жыл бұрын
more like, smashing a person's android phone, and giving them an iphone as a prank
@jackcoleman17842 жыл бұрын
@@vembdev I have no shame. I could go for 8 happy meals.
@FSSmash2 жыл бұрын
As an owner of a phone. I do not want this game.
@jaghatai_bulut2 жыл бұрын
Hah, i see what you did there
@DadsCigaretteRun2 жыл бұрын
So brave
@stevedaryll30452 жыл бұрын
same here.
@Zizpy2 жыл бұрын
Yep same. It's unfortunate that mobile games are like 90% pay to win and then 10% actually good games
@alexanderthemex2 жыл бұрын
@@Zizpy is apex legends p2w?
@jakesteezy2 жыл бұрын
StarCraft fans: blizzard forgot about us… StarCraft fans now: oh thank god they forgot about us
@BramsCommando2 жыл бұрын
Michael Jackson: They don't really care about us
@rossvaljr.38522 жыл бұрын
They forgot about us the moment they released that shit expansion that is LOTV
@Insulin_Ingo2 жыл бұрын
@@rossvaljr.3852 LOTV was alright.
@rossvaljr.38522 жыл бұрын
@@Insulin_Ingo I mean it was alright, but it was so mediocre compared to HOTS. The prologue and epilogue was pure trash, but the main protoss storyline is decently generic at best
@vantablack38312 жыл бұрын
That's very true. I was worried there for a moment.
@lunchboxadams40482 жыл бұрын
Micro-transactions are dead.. Mega-transactions have arrived
@jamiahmt13492 жыл бұрын
Lol MACROtrasnsactions
@MariOmor1 Жыл бұрын
TRANSACTIONS is reacting to its Transcationite! TRANSACTIONS Mega-Evolved into Mega-Transactions!
@woopzbruh-p3r2 ай бұрын
Gigatransaction
@Jacob-jg6cd2 жыл бұрын
They’re gonna need all this micro transaction money for all the sexual assault lawsuits.
@Mauriziobarenboim2 жыл бұрын
Hopefully they go out of business one day. When they do, and EA, then we should have international holiday for it.
@e.j.50532 жыл бұрын
@@Mauriziobarenboim that's the problem. The can of worms has already been opened. Micro-transactions are here to stay unfortunately 😔
@luizotavio442 жыл бұрын
@@e.j.5053 with the success of genshi i'd expect there will be more games with gacha
@tubester3582 жыл бұрын
@@luizotavio44 true, although I gotta say not all *gacha are created equal. Gacha seems to be one of the most accessible ways to attract a variety of players on mobile (especially Android where apps are expected to be free and no one wants push notification ads) and some are fairly free2play friendly while having a lot of gacha options too (mostly cosmetics + rolling for characters). Some also control their market specifically to avoid enabling whaling too much. Warframe which Charles mentioned removed an item from their store when they noticed people were spending too much on it, and their paid currency can actually be traded with anyone and feeds into the entire in-game economy, among other helpful tidbits. Yostar's Azur Lane and Arknights are also pretty generous for f2p players, literally mailing you premium currency after every maintenance downtime etc and without insane odds. I.e. they limit the feeling that you *need* to spend. I think one problem is those models require actually adding value content to the game regularly for years, while the likes of Blizzard would rather profit off of less work.
@mikec43082 жыл бұрын
@@e.j.5053 just dont spend money or play a different game. simple solution
@GravityTrash2 жыл бұрын
The calculation is actually inaccurate, as it doesn't count for seasons It actually costs $110,000 *every 6 months*
@Thanadeez2 жыл бұрын
mr krabs is pissing his pants
@pando43792 жыл бұрын
dude... thats like a million in 5 years
@blackusagi922 жыл бұрын
It's $110k assuming you get amazing luck, average is like $246k and worst is $550k
@jaobidan23582 жыл бұрын
They could've simply gone the old school route of game purchase + sub and they would've easily made their millions...But Blizzard would rather go whale hunting.
@feydrautha1912 жыл бұрын
"Dont you guys have phon... i mean wallets?!"
@GrandMasterNutBusterYoda2 жыл бұрын
"Not even Ed, Edd, and Eddy would come up with a scam like this." Eddy would think about it but realize even he isn't that greedy or in need of cash. After all they do small stuff that'd be equivalent to a lemonade stand or a higher degree of it. Edd would be disgusted that developers would resort to such things and call them every big worded derogatory he could think of. Ed would be disappointed that there's no Chicken level.
@cameronb71612 жыл бұрын
Even Eddy isn't that greedy.
@keithragin892 жыл бұрын
Ew
@ozenthelewdable54272 жыл бұрын
Only in Critikal's video where you can find an Ed Edd & Eddy connoisseur like this.
@bryanc61422 жыл бұрын
and Kevin would call Blizzard a bunch of DORKSSSSSS
@GrandMasterNutBusterYoda2 жыл бұрын
@@cameronb7161 Eddy, despite his scams, i feel would end up to be a successful businessman and in a good way too. His scams aren't ENTIRLEY scams, they're trying to sell something but since they're just minors with no job nor get an allowance, they just rely on what's around them to make it work. Yea they don't work out and get a lot of criticism and hate from the cul-de-sac kids, they still power through the hustle together.
@FelixTsang2 жыл бұрын
The infamous 800% value $0.99 beginner’s pack. A classic “foot in the door” tactic
@stanclark8824 Жыл бұрын
yup. good to start, but not good enough to go further past the first easy levels. it is like akyforge. first story is easy and the rest you need to pay just to level up and unlock more characters faster.
@yuunashiki2 жыл бұрын
I've tried it in beta. The amount of currencies the game has would put any gacha games to shame. It's insane.
@CoolManCoolMan1232 жыл бұрын
Yeah, i can't play it in my phone but the game actually looks very fun. And it's sad that it's coming Activision, which is less of the greedy company when it comes to mobile games, seriously COD mobile is still really good and microtransaction is basically like how it's in MW and cold war.
@inpusket2 жыл бұрын
Wich currency?? I've only seen one cash shop one,and the others are ingame stuff...
@patrickramos95662 жыл бұрын
Agreed atleast in gacha like genshin its a single player game with coop you can whale as much as you want it won't hurt other player just cuz you whale
@yuunashiki2 жыл бұрын
@@inpusket I'm talking about the different kind of materials that you need to progress your character. I've counted at least 20 of them. Not even counting the rarities of them, like bronze/silver/gold coins. Multiply that with the number of currencies they have.
@gefehede77832 жыл бұрын
There are three... Gold, eternal orbs, and platinum. Idk what you're talking about, but it's a lie.
@sakuyaizayoi19452 жыл бұрын
There's a German streamer who plays nothing but Diablo for years. He's insanely proficient and knowledgeable about anything Diablo. He was absolutely STOMPED in PvP by a whale who cashed out
@xPandamon2 жыл бұрын
To be fair knowledge is absolutely useless here, and as long as you can accept that PvP is run by whales you'll have plenty of fun with the game
@idontcare90412 жыл бұрын
I mean sure. Why would you give the people that give you tons of money a bad experience? And it puts people in the spot of having to pay to have an even remotely competetive experience
@Jinkypigs2 жыл бұрын
@@xPandamon fun? You mean mindless grind dude. The high level content are balanced for people who spent thousands or tens of thousands of dollar. You must be a masochist to put yourself through it
@xPandamon2 жыл бұрын
@@Jinkypigs The only content I encountered so far where payers have any benefits are PvP. And that stuff can easily be toned down with a patch, for know whales mostly compete against each other, so I couldn't care less
@sakuyaizayoi19452 жыл бұрын
@@xPandamon Knowledge about previous Diablo games, sure. That is useless. Knowledge about ARPGs and how those work and how you optimize and play those ideally, that is mandatory for PvP. And it wasn't his first PvP match, he was lvl 60, played multiple rounds, and still was absolutely stomped. The endgame just isn't fun for free-to-play players. But those aren't the people Blizzard wants to cater to. They want those big fat hogs that dump their savings into the game as well as those that invest money regularly. You can say what you want. No matter how good you play, a Free-to-play will never beat a whale. The Legendary 5-5-Star gems have a resonance of up to 100. Multiple of those and you can easily outscale the resonance of Free-to-Play players just by those gems, not even mentioning their abilities. I would rather play more Diablo 3 and wait for Diablo 4 than play this, after Blizzard spits in the faces of their average fans like this
@acertainperson2062 жыл бұрын
Me and my friends immediately shot in laughter when we saw we couldn't download it in the Netherlands knowing it was because of microtransactions
@the113822 жыл бұрын
It's a relief, don't you think?
@Moritz190819802 жыл бұрын
Be glad your gov. protects the people who might fall for scams like that. I worked for 2 companies with this business model (Pay2Win MMORPGs) and I can tell you that they constantly try to push the (legal) limits to squeeze more money out of people and even children. People should understand that if somehting is "free" it is just an investement to lure a lot of players in. And if a game has a lot of players some people (the so called "whales", who keep the company afloat) will spend literally thousands of Euros/Dollars just to "be someone" on the server. It's sad. They make money on the insecurities of people. They really just want your money. They have no passion for gaming and they don't want you to have fun. They want as much money from you as possible before you get wiser or some help.
@Franz08182 жыл бұрын
Now that’s based as f•ck
@Eisenwulf6662 жыл бұрын
hahaha that's hilarious! Good for you
@pizzariotin2 жыл бұрын
lmao yeah they won't even allow you to download it unless you are able to pay 😂
@VirusakeFatVersion2 жыл бұрын
I recently bought my own apartment with 3 rooms, 2 bathrooms, a separate kitchen and a parking space, which costed me $97.000 (I live in a poor country). Still cheaper than maximizing a Diablo character...
@stanclark8824 Жыл бұрын
hahaha so true!
@Black-jv2fv Жыл бұрын
??? I'm so confused lol🤦♂️ you don't buy apartments
@VirusakeFatVersion Жыл бұрын
@@Black-jv2fv It's pretty common to own property in Eastern Europe. The money I would pay rent mostly cover one month's mortgage (bank credit).
@Black-jv2fv Жыл бұрын
@@VirusakeFatVersion Oh dang I never knew that.
@rocapbg95182 жыл бұрын
"I am surprised it's not charging you for using your own wifi to play the game" Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft: "GENIUS!"
@the113822 жыл бұрын
I mean, isn't that what Playstation/Xbox network is?
@Mustache992 жыл бұрын
I mean for Nintendo for the online you have to pay It so yep
@sydneystar142 жыл бұрын
FUCKING TRUE
@magron80292 жыл бұрын
@@the11382 that's the joke
@xald12341142 жыл бұрын
I remember a day when PS3's sold because you didn't need to buy xbox Live gold to play multiplayer with your friends
@Ourspark342 жыл бұрын
Ironically even though it has the name "Immortal" this is the game that killed Diablo franchise.
@Rayon8112 жыл бұрын
cap
@HughJaeness2 жыл бұрын
I mean it's a good game sooo
@3deanimations5572 жыл бұрын
diablo 3
@ankieb39802 жыл бұрын
@ForgiveZharion cringe
@Theshabadaman2 жыл бұрын
The p2w items are very much mortal if you don't log in every day 😂
@cumbrap2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't this game announced like 5 years ago? The "Don't you guys have phones" controversy?
@rancidraw2 жыл бұрын
no its uhhhhhhhh
@monogamousmatt5462 жыл бұрын
Yup. Trash then, trash now.
@ChevyC-PickupTruck2 жыл бұрын
@Kavetion All you have is a video that shows you're certified fatherless.
@Insanebeast1232 жыл бұрын
Don’t you not have wallets
@Volti1022 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is that game. However, the PC Beta just became available so people are now giving it attention.
@spazbog1232 жыл бұрын
I particularly "love" the reward for killing a boss is the chance to spend some real world money. The boss doesn't drop any loot it just presents a hey spend money screen - you know you want to. Early game is bait to get you invested enough that when you hit the pay wall you feel obliged to fork out cash - they hired psychologists to best determine how to design the game in order to have maximum effect on people loosening purse strings.
@so14r32 жыл бұрын
to be fair almost every phone has over 10gb
@thtrustyspartan13442 жыл бұрын
@@so14r3 you replied to the wrong comment
@so14r32 жыл бұрын
@@thtrustyspartan1344 💀
@denisehkg67802 жыл бұрын
As psychologist aren't they suppose to do no harm?
@dungeaterfancam2 жыл бұрын
@@denisehkg6780 there’s plenty of psychologists working just for money. I’d say it’s actually better to work for money rather than in hopes to actually help people, getting invested in patients just leads to damaging your own mental health and then becoming worse at the job.
@PandaZombieTime2 жыл бұрын
My favourite moment from Blizzard is when they mocked people about wanting to play classic warcraft and told them "You don't know what you want" and then proceeded to send cease and desists to all fan made classic servers and released warcraft classic x__x
@kerfli34602 жыл бұрын
thats nintendo's job and theirs only wtf
@Taoru112 жыл бұрын
They were kinda right that time though, Classic died out pretty fast after everyone's nostalgia wore off.
@mikeymaiku2 жыл бұрын
shitty move, but guess what? totally in their right even if the general consumer doesnt like it.
@aleciabrimer62002 жыл бұрын
@@Taoru11 I'm playing classic tbc right now and it seems to be going strong, especially with Wrath coming.
@Puddspanker2 жыл бұрын
@@Taoru11 classic died because the released tbc servers and are about to release woltk. If neither of those came out and they instead did classic+ or whatever, where the tweaked issues, and optimized the game and mechanics and left it classic Era, loads of people would still be playing classic. Start seasonal servers with tbc mechanics and classes with brand new classic exclusive dungeons and a couple raids and classic would be booming.
@notaspy37512 жыл бұрын
"$100,000 for a video game character?" "With cheese, Mr. Squidward, with cheese!"
@yawn88862 жыл бұрын
😂😭
@CaptainDoomsday2 жыл бұрын
Charlie's definitely right. They're whaling first and foremost, then they'll farm goodwill by "listening to the fanbase" and toning down the P2W to a level that's still unacceptable, but relatively better. And it'll work. Again.
@Anon_Spartan2 жыл бұрын
Bungie walked so Blizzard-Activi$ion could run.
@drokhalis33382 жыл бұрын
Fuck that I uninstalled the POS, can’t afford to bullshit my time with P2W schemes in a recession.
@Mekose2 жыл бұрын
They've learned the biggest hurdle of micro-transactions is the first purchase. Once you've spent a few dollars you think "well I got a lot of value out of one dollar and I've already spent money, let's buy this ten dollar pack" etc. That's how predatory it is.
@Psi34ax2 жыл бұрын
There’s actually a term for this - sunk cost fallacy
@tsanguine2 жыл бұрын
cognitive bias weird as shit not me tho lol
@GuvernorDave2 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I thought the first time I saw the "+800%" bundle. "Oh, there's the icebreaker transaction..."
@Esta-Beed2 жыл бұрын
The mechanism is a Trojan horse for monetisation
@skyrimssa2 жыл бұрын
@@GuvernorDave lol worst part is the +800% was sooo much of a lie. u get a skin and the standard $1 currency that's it lol
@marclemane2 жыл бұрын
And the funny thing is because of the microtransactions it's not going to be released in the netherlands and belgium *AT ALL* because these countries have high restrictions on online gambling and loot boxes. That just proves that the microtransactions are basically fundemental for the whole game experience.
@chinokiovonk72832 жыл бұрын
Yeah same reason pokemon ex isnt available
@SwirlyCurlyy2 жыл бұрын
“It costs 400,000 dollars to use this spell- For 12 seconds.” -The only Diablo immortal player that isn’t a bot
@Masonia_2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of heavy from TF2
@Fitzavig2 жыл бұрын
@@Masonia_ guess blizzard didn't get the memo. That bit was supposed to be a joke, not a brilliant business model.
@KFlexFantastic2 жыл бұрын
@Flare love me some genshin
@KFlexFantastic2 жыл бұрын
@@Masonia_ hello fellow TF2 player
@ntrspecialist13042 жыл бұрын
@Flare -More content If that is accurate, then maybe we've treated you to harshly to call your community a trash. Sadly, your community won't agree with that, once your Chasm arc is done, your community will go back "Where is the content? Endgame is boring!" And go back to the all games in existence ever to compare it to a Genshin reference.
@CaptShatner2 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget the day I realized gaming was going down this path of blind greed : the release of the Bioshock 2 expansion. I remember being confused as to why this huge expansion was only a ~5mb download... until I found out the expansion didn't need to be downloaded; it was already loaded on the disc. I was stunned. " I just paid 20 extra dollars for something that was already in the game I paid 60$ for?" I didn't think it could get any scummier than that.. but here we are
@theneonbop2 жыл бұрын
its literally the same tho, just takes up more space on your computer I don't really see the difference, why does it matter if it's on your computer or the game's servers? Both ways you are paying to unlock extra content
@pavlara2 жыл бұрын
@@theneonbop some people just need everything explained to them.
@lancetehira2 жыл бұрын
@@pavlara why you have to be like that?????
@freddy46032 жыл бұрын
@@theneonbop because they didn't have the decency to not exploit the human weakness of the sunk cost fallacy. They didn't want to charge the whole package for 80 bucks, so they hid the real price by splitting it and only showing the "expansion" once the customer has been releed in.
@theneonbop2 жыл бұрын
@@freddy4603 Expansion packs are nothing new, they have been around in video games since 1985. All this shows was that the devs of bioshock were too lazy (or could be some other reason) to make the content an automatically installing separate download.
@johnclark9262 жыл бұрын
Lmfao the only lesson they learned with Diablo Immortal after the “Don’t you guys have phones” incident was to just port the game to PC, they weren’t even satisfied with the standard mobile game monetization scheme they had set a new standard.
@magivkmeister61662 жыл бұрын
And it doesn't make sense anyway, considering that Diablo 4 is coming out in 2023 or 2024
@aoitamashii2 жыл бұрын
I think it's more they looked towards Genshin and how it has a PC client and the Enhanced BP + Boon is very similar to Welkins/Gnostic Hymn from Genshin. Plus they have fuck-all else releasing anytime soon, so they wanted to appease people on PC as well if possible.
@OltskuMP2 жыл бұрын
nice pfp bro
@girlbossmikey2 жыл бұрын
the worst thing is that this game literally looks like you were playing a mobile app on a pc screen-
@xx1norm1xx2 жыл бұрын
Except they didn’t, Genshin impact has the exact same systems. Im not saying that’s ok but im just saying people are getting mad that a Chinese mobile game is modelling it’s monetisation on a successful Chinese mobile game… Genshin and Diablo immortal are fun games ruined by greedy monetisation and unfortunately just like with FIFA we have accepted that that’s ok because the majority of core gamers don’t play sports games or mobile games. I’m really hoping they fix Diablo because I’ve been having fun but I think the systems are too deep routed and I know the wall is coming, just like Genshin where I need to pay to have fun and that’s when I drop it.
@BlueGuyTube2 жыл бұрын
1) Purposely release a game full of unbearable microtransactions 2) People will complain but obviously there will be many who just buy what they can 3) After a month or two release an update removing the worst of these microtransactions, so you appear to be listening to the community (you aren't, it was your plan since the beginning) 4) Some people, old and new, will then join in hopes for a better game down the line (which will never come) 5) Profit
@bonfist72772 жыл бұрын
6) Repeat, because it’s profitable.
@riccardodellorto42672 жыл бұрын
7) release special bundles monthly, one that is affordable by every one and one that is meant for whales and costs way too much but has something "exclusive, limited edition" in it
@chrisjuan92492 жыл бұрын
no man its profit since step 1. there are so many braindead blizzordians out there smashing bucks into whatever shit theymade
@erichuss55412 жыл бұрын
Sounds exactly like Halo Infinite
@VAFranky2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they aren’t removing any of these micro transactions. First day the game launched I inspected multiple players and saw tons of these idiots with full socketed high level legendary gems already. These people are embarrassing.
@LadaHusakLH2 жыл бұрын
I have a question that has been bugging me for a long time... why are these called "microtransactions"? Shouldn't "micro" be something small? Well then if they want me to pay 100$ for some blue balls, what is "micro" about it when retail games cost about 50$?! These should be called "macrotransactions" or something entirely new like "stealing".
@MorfsPrower2 жыл бұрын
Macrotransactions should be (and I think in some circles is) an accepted term for this.
@beaustrom9232 жыл бұрын
Might be about how quick it happens, or it might be micro in the sense of it not being exceptionally large. Miniguns are mini because they are a scaled down version of a much larger gun.
@alewis5142 жыл бұрын
@@beaustrom923 well, it started from Horse Armor DLC and for a few years, this was the norm. The game was $60 but this little DLC was $2,50 - micro in comparision to the cost of the game. But we have evolved far past this point and microtransactions being more expensive than the game itself is commonplace.
@66kaisersoza2 жыл бұрын
Check out George Carlins bit on softening language
@MrZachtheKingsfan2 жыл бұрын
Well EA tried coining them as “surprise mechanics” so you can always try that
@LordyT342 жыл бұрын
"Charging you to use your own wifi" Let's not give game companies ideas Charlie
@smokyoderpsiau2 жыл бұрын
Isn't that kind of what Nintendo is doing with their shitty pier to pier online connection that costs 20 dollars a year
@noahg232 ай бұрын
@@smokyoderpsiauyeah to play any online Nintendo game (other than a few huge games like Fortnite and rocket league) you have to pay 20$ a year to just connect online. Scumbag behavior.
@brandon15372 жыл бұрын
There’s definitely a way to do micro transactions that aren’t so blatantly greedy. I mean it’s free to play, micro transactions are expected but it’s doesn’t need to be so directly tied to progression. You think that they’d be concerned with the public reception, but blizzard has shown that they either don’t care or they’re trying to squeeze the wallets of what’s left of their fan base before they become bankrupt.
@devrusso2 жыл бұрын
You can play the game and progress just fine without paying a dime.
@LermaBean2 жыл бұрын
@@devrusso God help you if you're in PvP
@devrusso2 жыл бұрын
@@LermaBean oh yeah that's probably right. I have never known anyone who plays diablo games for pvp though lol
@krogan37602 жыл бұрын
@@devrusso So you don't think it's at all gated later in the game to push you to spend money? Reminds me of the silly people that insists Hearthstone is totally free to play.
@krogan37602 жыл бұрын
Fortnite showed how to do free to play a decade ago.
@infiniteclutchgaming82062 жыл бұрын
I was excited for this. I thought after the immense backlash and them delaying the game for like 2 years, they would’ve removed and reworked a lot of the IAPs. But then when I downloaded it and completed the opening mission, I was bombarded with the IAPs and realized they learned nothing and don’t care about Diablo fans.
@marcedoreste2 жыл бұрын
It's Blizzard. When will you guys learn. Blizzard doesn't care about their players. Happened with WoW. Happened with OW. Happened with Diablo. Happened with Hearthstone big incident with a pro player.. Do you need them to kick us in the nuts IRL to realize?
@log4ngr1mn4r72 жыл бұрын
Sad to see how far blizzard has fallen, use to be my favorite game company
@infiniteclutchgaming82062 жыл бұрын
@@marcedoreste look it didnt happen with diablo until now. the hearthstone free hong kong incident was just dumb and the hosts new what was going to happen. i dont agree with them trying to withhold the money but they had every right to ban him if there is specific guidelines against talking about political issues in the tournament. WoW reforged was a disaster yes... but dont blame the players for expecting more from the franchises they love. its the same as victim blaming. I rather give the benefit of the doubt then live in a world where you are guilty until proven innocent.
@OvAeons2 жыл бұрын
What happened was worse than i expected lmao, i have next to no good will left for most """AAA""" devs. Companies run by suits who only look at dollar amounts in and out and making portfolios for investors is a company to steer wide from. (well over 3000 hours in D2 and that was the last game i ever bought from blizz)
@CrystalWings122 жыл бұрын
@@marcedoreste NetEase also helped them made this. So yeah, another double that amount of greed to ruin a popular franchise.
@ronniejz2 жыл бұрын
"800% extra value" sounds way more exciting than "90% off". This has been the phrasing in mobile games for quite some time. I can't say for sure but I believe it started in Asia.
@bottomlefto2 жыл бұрын
you whale for png's in asia, that is, new characters to play with and character costumes. this 'getting bled dry just for trying to play the campaign' and 'losing stuff you already paid for' situation, this is a wholly western thing.
@AlienFreak692 жыл бұрын
Higher percentages makes u feel like you're getting more
@zenkrypt65772 жыл бұрын
Isn't 800% just 87.5% or 88.88% off depending on what it means.
@Remnantful2 жыл бұрын
@@zenkrypt6577 yeah
@PeppaTeaPig2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. Completely psychological appeal, and it works.
@devastatheseeker99672 жыл бұрын
The whole "you guys don't have phones" line is even more hilarious because apparently it's stupidly huge. Like 10 gig apparently. The biggest mobile game I've ever seen is wild rift which is like 6gig and people complain about it being too big with every major update. How many people have phones that have over 10 gig of free space?
@fawzanfawzi99932 жыл бұрын
I have 128GB Internal phone with more than half of it still free but 10GB is still too much.
@luciebarathlone7302 жыл бұрын
*gestures to Genshin Impact*
@dotard00752 жыл бұрын
You haven't seen Genshin Impact yet, its 20 gigs Dragon Raja, is 10
@harfangdes35412 жыл бұрын
ive 256gb, as long as the game isnt over 200gb ill be fine
@dotard00752 жыл бұрын
@@harfangdes3541 based
@jackattack8o82 жыл бұрын
Elden ring was such a refreshing experience. No micro transactions.. no day one dlc.. Just as gaming should be.
@codywar13842 жыл бұрын
Almost like Elden Ring was an actual console game meant to be played as such..
@jackattack8o82 жыл бұрын
@@codywar1384 your point?
@isuzumu66062 жыл бұрын
@@jackattack8o8 what are you getting defensive for? He's agreeing with you.
@LucianC1372 жыл бұрын
that is why i love souls games.
@Questionnairee2 жыл бұрын
@@jackattack8o8 its okay bro.
@DawnOfTheOzz2 жыл бұрын
"Do you guys not have Platinum Credit cards?" - Blizzard, probably
@iamwritingrightnow82172 жыл бұрын
„What? Do you guys not have 100k+ to max out a single character?“
@connor82922 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how doing these things isn't illegal. I had no idea that the game went as far as nuking the shit people PAID for if they don't log in until Charlie brought it up...
@KuruIShere2 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of destiny?
@Meiipuru2 жыл бұрын
@@KuruIShere Last time I played Destiny they never had anything like that so what’s your point exactly??
@KuruIShere2 жыл бұрын
@@Meiipuru they remove paid for content all the time
@Dasheara2 жыл бұрын
It isn't as bad as nuking things, it's actually a very, very common gacha game mechanic. What they do is give you a set amount of whatever up front (usually currency) then more every day you log in over time (almost always 30 days). Then advertise it as being, say, 1000 gems cheap. That cheap should be said very sarcastically, I remember FFBE WOTV whales being ecstatic they could get a good character fully built for a mere $75 dollars. Anyway, you may only get 700 up front, but you're logging in every day, right, so it's really 1000, just not right away, no false advertising here. If you don't log in then you're a bad mobile gamer and don't get your 10 gems for the day. You don't lose what you already had but that 1000 gems they advertise is very conditional. It's paid daily rewards on top of the free stuff. Mobile game devs REALLY want you logging in and doing something, anything, every single day. That's second only to getting you to pay because it makes it part of your routine, a normal thing, a habit, and don't we all splurge on our habits? Just throw that $5 out there to make your hobby a little less grindy, that's like one cup of coffee, you can afford one cup of coffee a month, right? Don't you have Starbucks? side note: I bet Belgium and the Netherlands aren't feeling so bad about that lootbox ban now. Oh no, Blizzard's crying because they can't release the game there (unless they mark it Pegi 18+ and warn it has gambling in it, which are obviously impossible conditions) because of of stupid LAWS trying to take their games away. Let the children gamble!
@idontcare90412 жыл бұрын
@@KuruIShere Oh come on. There's a big difference between removing old content and removing items/gear.
@gwillis012 жыл бұрын
Asmongold did a side by side comparison of playing one section free on one screen and pay to win on the other screen. In the pay to win version, you win twenty bonus stars at the end of the chapter while on the free side you win zero ZERO bonus stars at the end of the chapter.
@jonerikmoyles2 жыл бұрын
Link?
@gwillis012 жыл бұрын
@@jonerikmoyles All I can say is that it is a video done in the past two weeks. [ May or June of 2022 ] It is one of the most recent Asmongold videos. I don't have time to locate the exact clip.
@Nothing928492 жыл бұрын
@@gwillis01 now you definitely have time
@ajjordan72862 жыл бұрын
The "if you don't log in for a day, you lose your purchases" mechanic is particularly scummy... I actually said "wow" out loud at that.
@parkerrieke57002 жыл бұрын
@Raul to each his own, but I can't believe that you are defending this predatory behavior. Regardless of how common it is among mobile games, it is undoubtedly scummy.
@labradfordjackson76232 жыл бұрын
@@parkerrieke5700 Also, not every mobile game does this, though many do. It's straight up predatory. If someone wants to do it, fine. Defending it is wild.
@s_mai89702 жыл бұрын
@Raul Not you trying to defend it tho? Call out scummy systems, I promise the dickriding isn't worth it at all unless you're the problem in the first place lmfao. If you lose out the daily primogems you get from doing daily commissions by not logging in for one day fair, that's fine. you never spent money for the game anyways. but lose out 90 primogems just cause you didn't the login that day even when you've paid for it? it's still scummy, and shouldn't be "ok" just cause other games do it.
@sonofben97662 жыл бұрын
@@labradfordjackson7623 this particular practice isnt predatory. it's a simple tradeoff. they offer you x amount of this currency for $10, but they'll also offer the same amount for $2 with the added condition of a daily login. it's weird that out of all things, you complain about this. are you running out of things to criticize
@alnoso2 жыл бұрын
@@sonofben9766 Charlie made it sound like you lose in-game items permanently for not logging in daily. Which would be so much worse. Charlie didn't know himeself either, so fair enough. It's not as bad, but it's still a bit predatory to lock a purchased item behind a daily login. Of course people will get that one since they see it as a better deal, and now they will be forced to log in 30 days in a row if they do not want to lose any of their purchased items. It would be way less scummy to just not offer the option. It shouldn't be the customer's responsibility to not fall for blatant predatory cash-grabbing schemes, it should be the company's responsibility to not engage in blantant cash grabbing schemes. If a casino offered a deal where you can pay X amount of dollars for a "monthly pass" where you can come there each day and get a free X amount of dollars to bet with, they would face heavy legal consequences. And you have to be 18+ to enter a casino, this game can be played by a fucking toddler and they will be able to purchase stuff if their account is linked to their parent's payment methods.'
@Speculaas2 жыл бұрын
"When you have a monopoly market share, the company's not any more succesful. So the people that can make the company more successful are sales and marketing people, and they end up running the companies. And the product people get driven out of the decision making forums, and the companies forget what it means to make great products. The product sensibility and the product genius that brought them to that monopolistic position gets rotted out by people running these companies that have no conception of a good product versus a bad product. They have no conception of the craftsmanship that's required to take a good idea and turn it into a good product. And they really have no feeling in their hearts, usually, about wanting to really help the customers." - Steve Jobs
@froyocrew2 жыл бұрын
Literally what happened to apple too. 999$ monitor stand
@NellyLikesPirates2 жыл бұрын
ironic
@ryospeedwagon14562 жыл бұрын
@@froyocrew Steve wasn't the greatest person really, but he was pretty damn accurate with that quote. It's hardly a surprise that the company turned the way it did after he died.
@PineappleBaconPizza2 жыл бұрын
@@ryospeedwagon1456 if only he actually tried to get cured. The man thought he could cure himself by eating a certain diet... like he could have gotten medical attention and be perfectly fine. Sad that he didn't just receive surgery when they recommended it to him.
@deadpenguinss2 жыл бұрын
@@PineappleBaconPizza He literally had the most lethal type of cancer on the planet. Very slim odds he would have survived, but he certainly put the literal nail in his coffin with the wholistic medicine approach.
@wolfman74692 жыл бұрын
I like to imagine that his earphones cable is infinite and goes through his window and further up into heaven where he keeps his godly gaming pc.
@crby1012 жыл бұрын
lmao youre so cooked
@BlueJayYT2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how the calculation was done, so they're saying $100k to max everything out, but you could just play free and it would take years to do so. To me, that sounds exactly like the clash of clans model. It takes years to max out, or you could dump your parent's 401k's into gems and do it all in minutes. Although I know absolutely nothing about this game so maybe it's more than that.
@funkmonkeyfun2 жыл бұрын
The 100,000 is to max out gems, it cost significantly more to even get them first, the real estimate to get gems and THEN max them out is around 600,000
@stevenkirkham30862 жыл бұрын
From what I have seen you can't even get gems without legendary crest and no 5 star gem with rare crest.
@reddusk26002 жыл бұрын
10 years to max a character of straight playing. Idk what you want cause that's statistic #2
@dabillya68452 жыл бұрын
@@reddusk2600 ok osrs is 10 years playing casually too. big deal.
@PFCMittens2 жыл бұрын
@@dabillya6845 exactly, this use to sound so out of the realm of possibilities but games like clash have shown that you can have options to pay your way through the ranks and show that you can still have fun if you don’t play that way
@unknownvariable92392 жыл бұрын
Blizzard is always breaking new ground… under themselves when we think they couldn’t go down and sink any further.
@kwamemwangs21732 жыл бұрын
There literally no human beings in the replies so far
@65firered2 жыл бұрын
@@kwamemwangs2173 Now there is.
@65firered2 жыл бұрын
Same can be said about Konami, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, Square, Rockstar etc.
@Fitzavig2 жыл бұрын
That's a great metaphor, the weight of success eventually crushes you under itself. Stay humble and modest. Avoid greedy ends.
@Fitzavig2 жыл бұрын
@@kwamemwangs2173 you think yt allows more bots on channels like these? They don't even try to filter them and I see them everywhere. Looks shady af.
@yoteslaya72962 жыл бұрын
This is the end for blizzard. Everyone always thought another gaming company would destroy them somehow. Little did we know they killed their company from the inside out
@01amare2 жыл бұрын
Agree! Say less!
@nevaehonrefni2 жыл бұрын
If only they didn't sell out themselves to Activision
@NellyLikesPirates2 жыл бұрын
@@nevaehonrefni i mean they've been sexually assaulting their staff for a decade, but sure, activision
@obblan2 жыл бұрын
Isnt blizzard already ended and basicly already went down, so Microsoft aquired the company?
@freddymuskelberg2 жыл бұрын
The end for PC gaming sure, but with mobile gaming they're gonna make record profits. Every major video game company is going mobile. Why? Because mobile gamers are addicted to spending money and the companies know it.
@bigsbyhammonty252 жыл бұрын
Not generally a phone gaming person, but a long time lover of the franchise. Gave it a go, and can confirm that even by free to play standards, it is particularly scummy.
@FlameTechKnight2 жыл бұрын
Yep, that's mobile gaming for you. *This kind of thing happens too much on the app store.*
@cayden27442 жыл бұрын
@@FlameTechKnight Nah, this game is probably 1000% worse or more.
@Someguyy8672 жыл бұрын
It’s not entirely bad as F2P but it’s not exactly amazing, I’m enjoying it as F2P but part of me is ignoring how shitty pvp is. You could do well without having dropping a cent, unless It’s in PvP. But on the other side if you are trying to be first top whatever than count on your wallet and a decent size brain.
@chanisehalliday85492 жыл бұрын
@@FlameTechKnight There's actually a fair amount of passable to decent mobile games coming out, or already out on the app store that don't have the sheer audacity to hold your actual progression hostage behind a paywall and allow you to have a fairly comfy experience for like $5 to $10 a month if you do have the itch to spend for a touch more stamina or another ten pull. Blizzard just decided that not only would they give their fans a pill that was hard to swallow, but they'd take a nice steaming dump on it too, right before handing it off to you. Even by modern day mobage standards, Immortal is egregious. Blizzard straight-up married the mobile model with the P2W Korean MMO model, and even the gacha gaming communities are mocking them. I can't even begin to imagine how fans of the original Diablo games must feel. Probably the gaming equivalent of watching your hot girlfriend get forcefully bent over the kitchen sink and fucked right in front of you by an ugly bastard.
@AProtokid2 жыл бұрын
Is it still worth playing tho casually, at least early game? (Without paying of course)
@Skippa19862 жыл бұрын
I disagree that single-player p2w is fine. That kind of system, and DImortall is an excellent example, preys on people's psychology, especially if you're prone for a gambling addiction. It can, and has ruined those who lack impulse control.
@mohammedabdul48322 жыл бұрын
Yeah but you can just crack most single player p2w things
@Unethical.FandubsGames2 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I don't think that predatory monetization is good at all.
@hfjtrytry92162 жыл бұрын
@@Unethical.FandubsGames You cant change video games without changing the world. Everything in life is about ripping off the majority for max profits of the minority, its also called capitalism.
@zeoplayz80212 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this is true with gachas as well. Genshin for example uses FOMO by limited character banners to reel in people who really want the character to whale, and this is true for a lot of other gachas as well.
@thundersheild9262 жыл бұрын
@@mohammedabdul4832 Just because you can circumvent the predatory practices doesn't mean that it's not predatory. Also, while downloading a cracked game may be easy for you, a good portion of the populace wouldn't know where to begin.
@SomeRandomYouTuber20242 жыл бұрын
Blizzard somewhere in 2014: "Aight guys, let's remove the real money auction house. It kills the game" Blizzard now:
@richardg83762 жыл бұрын
Blizzard now: I *am* the real money auction house.
@Rasta7962 жыл бұрын
They removed it coz other people made money with it and not them
@Randybobandy0242 жыл бұрын
Difference is that immortal is free to play, only way to make money off of it Still no excuse for the scummy way they introduced it
@Rasta7962 жыл бұрын
@@jinfra-???? Removing this is what caused Diablo 3 to die what are you talking about
@CrizzyEyes2 жыл бұрын
The RMAH utterly ruined the pace of the game. If you didn't buy gear in Act 3, it was a shitshow. Gear drop rates were terrible and designed to incentivize using it. What's the point of playing Diablo if you can't get good loot? But with this game, no need to worry, because the entire game was designed with MTX in mind
@gabeitch14312 жыл бұрын
After all of there employees quit, blizzard had to resort to assaulting our wallets instead.
@IKIGAIofficial2 жыл бұрын
From cubicle crawling to wallet crawling
@expecttheunexpectable77752 жыл бұрын
They gotta pay for those lawyers somehow
@johanavril16912 жыл бұрын
0:39: "Im honestly chocked its not charging you for using your own wifi to play the game" nintendo: *takes notes*
@dragonfruitreal2 жыл бұрын
@ForgiveZharion delete all your accounts and never go on social media again
@IAmTheOnePunchMan2 жыл бұрын
@@dragonfruitreal it worked I’m free
@65firered2 жыл бұрын
Sony and Microsoft: *whistles nervously*
@blyat88322 жыл бұрын
you missed one chief. "chocked"
@BiggestAmerican692 жыл бұрын
@@pixels_per_minute yes I think it’s called Nintendo internet like 15 bucks per year for it but for Xbox I think it’s 60 for a year
@Kurie2 жыл бұрын
"I'm honestly surprised it's not charging you for using your own WiFi to play the game." Blizzard - "WRITE IT DOWN"
@kosmosfan012 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the out-of-season April Fool's joke.
@paulmccartneyofc68832 жыл бұрын
I got it
@MDXVOID2 жыл бұрын
@ForgiveZharion nobody asked 🤓
@INSTINCTXIV2 жыл бұрын
Do you guys not have money?
@jamesmcmackin87732 жыл бұрын
@ForgiveZharion Ratio + yb better + nobody asked + this u 🤓🤓👶🏽👨🏼💻👨🏼💻
@Featuring_Dinty_From_Beef_Stew2 жыл бұрын
@@INSTINCTXIV I can't tell if this is bait or not.
@7XHARDER2 жыл бұрын
This needs to be a new category, maybe something like micro renting? I’ve never heard of someone buying anything just to have it taken away for not participating, that shit is cult worthy
@MatyFattyDaddy2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I hate all this stuff and don't play these types of games ever. I expect bad. But that caught me off guard lmao they take shit back? That's nuts.
@Mk_Otaid2 жыл бұрын
Kinda like Bethesda and Zenimax did with Fallout 76's "Fallout 1st" and ESO's VIP membership. You rent basic inventory management and QoL features that existed in all their previous games but once you stop paying you lose access to it.
@hueypancakes5972 жыл бұрын
There are a couple free to play shooters that are like this aswell.
@armorkny2 жыл бұрын
I'ts a classic softnx scheme. For example you can buy 10k$ worth of stuff in Wolfteam but they all disappear in 30-240 days.
@MatyFattyDaddy2 жыл бұрын
This is crazy. I'm glad I've really cut down on games since loot boxes got introduced. Monster Hunter, Metroid, Metro, Elden Ring, and Darksiders are all I've really played since then. Going back to old games. Screw the way these new games are made.
@SekiberiusWelkesh2 жыл бұрын
Imagine needing to sell your house to max a character in a game.
@GriffinZambia2 жыл бұрын
Dont read my name😑....
@ramtinzx71082 жыл бұрын
In a mobile game
@ramtinzx71082 жыл бұрын
@@GriffinZambia didn't read don't care gt f o attention hor
@kingabdullah3382 жыл бұрын
And you can lose it in a day
@tokebak42912 жыл бұрын
Imagine max a character like that was something fun... Casual never max out thats the fun...
@stevencurtis71572 жыл бұрын
Does it ruin any game, single player or multiplayer, to constantly have the knowledge that if I just paid a few dollars I'd be more powerful or grow faster and be able to get through difficult parts of the game more easily? Yeah, it absolutely does. The only reason I haven't paid hundreds of dollars on free MMOs and mobile games is because I despise the very existence of microtransactions and refuse to partake on sheer principle. They are a plague in gaming and have been so normalized that few people even see how bad it has made every game with that model. I mostly play games that I can just pay for once. DLC used to be the bad guy, now it's the hero option by comparison.
@ginogatash40302 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that games with microtransactions are purposefully designed to be as obnoxious and slowpaced as possible without paying for the upgrades.
@cylondorado45822 жыл бұрын
At first I thought “it’s probably just $100,000 to max out a character without playing it at all, which doesn’t really make sense”. But then he mentioned losing your stuff for not logging in, and that alone makes it the worst game ever.
@crookedbuns2 жыл бұрын
Definitely just preying on people who don't know better or have no self control. Preying on those with gaming/microtransaction addictions or encouraging that behaviour in people and it's ridiculous
@PineappleBaconPizza2 жыл бұрын
@@crookedbuns I think the US should do something about this like Belgium. Honestly loot boxes and all that shit is so scummy. Legit preying on children that use their parents credit cards. I'm sure many are using them without their parents knowing
@ViceHacks2 жыл бұрын
Y’all remember when games almost always released in a working state for $60 and a few months later if it was a slapper they’d release dlc for about $30 to expand the universe/gameplay and it felt like a mini sequel
@HaliaxOfTheChandrian2 жыл бұрын
And stuff like skins/new items were UNLOCKED through in game challenges, achievements, and general progress, not $10 dlc "item packs"
@ekremslayer33892 жыл бұрын
Monster hunter world was that game for me, cept the dlc is just another game
@AgentOrange887852 жыл бұрын
Hell I am one of the old farts that remember when complete games were released at $50 bucks.
@imjustdandy97992 жыл бұрын
Indie games are mastering the DLCequel technique rn ngl
@Erick-tv8oq2 жыл бұрын
Fortunately there's ONE triple A release that's gonna 100% follow that path, Elden Ring. It's the exception that proves the rule though, one or two good releases in an entire year won't change the game industry's current state. Fortunately, people are starting to get fed up with this bullshit, so I'm hopeful for the future
@WigWoo12 жыл бұрын
I don't really think Diablo immortals started the downward spiral for blizzard I think it was when they got purchased by Activision that was the nail in the coffin
@sytra80132 жыл бұрын
Terrible opinion thanks for sharing
@beeman42662 жыл бұрын
Wow that's an opinion that's never been said before. Welcome to 2010.
@SeaCryptWeave2 жыл бұрын
and now microsoft
@radicalcentrist49902 жыл бұрын
Not really, they were still good for a while even under Activision. They released the most popular WoW expansion under Activision, they made Starcraft 2 under Activision, Overwatch and Hearthstone were good games in their beginning, Heroes of the Storm is pretty fun still.
@nuttbag66582 жыл бұрын
Dogshit opinion
@gwillis012 жыл бұрын
Activision/Blizzard has an entire team of psychologists to help them enact maximum psychological manipulation in order to drain everyone's wallet.
@Jakneute2 жыл бұрын
A friend of mine bought the battle pass. Imagine the absolute disgust he felt when he made a new character and found out the battle pass only works on a per character basis - not per account. Yep, not sending Blizzard any more money after that.
@Jakneute2 жыл бұрын
Update: after playing for a while, ANOTHER battle pass unlocks when you reach level 45. Incredible.
@Xorzun2 жыл бұрын
@@Jakneute get out while you / your friend still can.
@michaelbohm51602 жыл бұрын
You (we all know it was you) deserve it for going p2w in the first place.
@eesherstubbs2 жыл бұрын
Ya I figured that out I had Necro Lvl 30 but switched to Monk just to realized that so I had to use 0.99 to buy a pack to make up for not being able to switch my BP items to my monk 😂😂😂 but I didn’t care
@folx27332 жыл бұрын
it absolutely works on a different character but only on the SAME SERVER
@datboicj84912 жыл бұрын
100,000 is such an outlandish number its like Blizzard is trying to get their last check before society decides to stop buying their games.
@DC-ml6cv2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of those phone games where if you upgraded everything the day it came out it was like 16k. And at least 10 ppl in each kingdom would be maxed that day. And they upgraded weekly. Imo those games started it all
@youngyoughurt2 жыл бұрын
Microtransactions are using the same psychological reactions that slot machines do. Does not matter whether it is single or multi player, it should be restricted.
@AkaiKnight2 жыл бұрын
Lootboxes
@Zekegedd2 жыл бұрын
At least with slot machines there’s the micro chance you win some money. They’ve figured out how to get people to give them money and give back absolutely nothing in return.
@livingcheese29102 жыл бұрын
@@AkaiKnight Or how EA used to call it back in 2019: "surprise mechanics"
@its_trenner29002 жыл бұрын
SWGOH got me with their lootboxes... F*CK CG...
@Mike-om4tv2 жыл бұрын
Funny because many other things give you dopamine reward, so just because you're rewarded via the same neural pathways should that experience be restricted and regulated?
@gwillis012 жыл бұрын
Buying a fancy sports car would be a better use of $110,000. You would get more long term value out of the sports car.
@coreynj2 жыл бұрын
Damn, I didn't expect a Triple A franchise to adopt ROBLOX's microtransaction model.
@johnt.1902 жыл бұрын
Except with most games, you can actually, you know, PLAY and not spend a single cent if you want to.
@DeathLore2 жыл бұрын
But WAY more greedy
@thesterben55732 жыл бұрын
atleast that one was playable
@coreynj2 жыл бұрын
@@DeathLore that's debatable...
@robloxsans33972 жыл бұрын
@@coreynj no it isnt I would know. I am roblox sans. I can name P2W games that are less greedy. PSX, the most P2W game, is less greedy.
@pepethefrog68092 жыл бұрын
To be honest, with the way they announced it and with the infamous "out of season april fools joke" being said, I already knew this game will be scummy.
@Chris-of2ke2 жыл бұрын
i dont think even the almighty red shirt guy with all his foreshadowing wisdom would have expected how insanly despicable, disgusting, shameless and greedy it will be. If he did his reaction would be more like: "hahaha for a second you got me there, but this is obviously an april fools joke". Whoever makes this decisions: burn in Hell.
@LordArga2 жыл бұрын
Really doing their best to make EA look like an alright company.
@vaisravana20922 жыл бұрын
I mean EA is bloody cancer, but -at least for the time being- they don't have the rapey abuse shit going on. Not that I would be surprised if news of sth like that eventually came out after all, but currently actiblizz is probably the most disgusting big publisher to me, despite a LOT of strong competition.
@Milinjos2 жыл бұрын
EA is better
@Pammsa2 жыл бұрын
@@Milinjos At this point I can’t help but agree
@PineappleBaconPizza2 жыл бұрын
Imagine telling someone 10-15 years ago that blizzard would turn into a company like this. People would call you a lunatic and say "blizzard?!? There's no way they could do such a thing!"
@zh3nox2 жыл бұрын
@Raul oh sorry, i said i will stop spending money on shit companies like 10years ago. How would i know? I have virtues, you see
@kellymarland8235 Жыл бұрын
It takes more money to max your character then getting a degree in harverd 😮
@thewilltrillkillz83682 жыл бұрын
It's kind of like scientology. "Oh it's a dollar why not" "Oh it's 3 dollars why not" "It's only 10 dollars why not" and so on.
@onlineidssuck2 жыл бұрын
I feel personally attacked lmao. Literally saw the 99 cent welcome bundle and thought hey it's only a dollar. I've been finessed and didn't even realize
@Koreryn2 жыл бұрын
It's called the sunken cost fallacy. Many mobile games do this. Get you to spend a little at a time. Then in increases. Until you've paid $1000 and you say oh it's only $50.
@johnt.1902 жыл бұрын
It's called "the boiling frog". To quote Wikipedia: "The premise is that if a frog is put suddenly into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in tepid water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it will not perceive the danger and will be cooked to death. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of sinister threats that arise gradually rather than suddenly."
@klontjespap2 жыл бұрын
a lot of people will defend the merits of their poor purchase rather than come to terms they have been had too those are the people that are probably also more likely to have the "in for a penny, in for a pound" mentality this is far worse as a regular shitty purchase though as they slowly crank those fees up and normalize it rather than taking you for the lot straight away lol thanks but no thanks. i want 1 game, 1 monetary transaction up front and that's all she wrote, this shit with carving up content for DLC was already stretching it thin for me.
@wozing2 жыл бұрын
I watched a VOD of Asmongold buying everything he could the moment he came across it. Sort of as an experiment, sort of because he could. There's an NPC in the game that tells you about the "marketplace" and how you use special currency there. He then says "Here. Your first few are on me." The whole chat claimed "drug dealer" lol.
@HackerArmy032 жыл бұрын
Nice to know Asmongold's a huge hypocrite nowadays
@ToxicMutantz2 жыл бұрын
Asmongold shit on blizzard and then immediately opened his wallet’s wussy wide open for them
@aoitamashii2 жыл бұрын
@@HackerArmy03 He provided a clip showing the loot difference between a fully crested rift vs. a "f2p" rift and it was shocking. Like Borderlands vs Destiny levels of loot. So I don't think he was being hypocritical in doing that.
@HackerArmy032 жыл бұрын
@@aoitamashii Doesn't matter, he still whaled for the damn game. He's against P2W but ends up doing the same thing he is preaching against -- like what happened with Lost Ark IIRC.
@banbrotherhood2 жыл бұрын
@@HackerArmy03 he's shitting on the game and showing you how horrible the microtransactions are by getting them in your stead. It's literally a shit show.
@hypedsquealyawn5382 жыл бұрын
“I just was wondering is this an out-of-season April Fools joke ?”
@forgivezharion69892 жыл бұрын
Ratio + yb better + I didn’t ask + this u 🤓🤓👶🏽👨🏼💻👨🏼💻
@AnotherDisAcc2 жыл бұрын
"You guys don't have money?"
@1un4cy2 жыл бұрын
At this point it's a late april fools joke
@hafirenggayuda2 жыл бұрын
Don't you guys have phone?
@justawhiteguywitharocketla5902 жыл бұрын
@@forgivezharion6989 GAHAHHAHAHAHA... you so funny...
@andrewjett52932 жыл бұрын
Coming back to revisit this game after playing it and the worst part of the pay to win system just straight up making you stronger for spending money: the end game is all about the shadows vs immortals. To put it short, theres a shadow war and is essentially ends with a dps check. If you beat the immortal faster than the other clan, you win. Obviously you can just spend money for stuff and be better than everyone else in the server, and yes, people just spend money to be better than everyone else in the server. So pretty much, if you do want to play the game, play until you unlock a quest that says "participate in a shadow war" and then just uninstall it.
@OldManInternet2 жыл бұрын
The funniest part is the 100k price tag to max a character assumes they never add content to the game and power creep the old stuff. There isn't a doubt in my mind they'll expand heavily on this after it becomes their highest grossing game of all time.
@flandrescarlet5062 жыл бұрын
Considering this is essentially what happened to Hearthstone with humble beginnings and a few years later extreme power creeping, I imagine this will be the case.
@guywhosellsvapes45952 жыл бұрын
Blizzard needs all that money to afford all those lawyers, and to afford the servers burning from supporting Overwatch's slow loading times in a dead game.
@gorillagamers10412 жыл бұрын
sounds like Microsoft bouta buy out blizzard
@pockit51072 жыл бұрын
Blizzard in 2018: "What? You guys don't have phones?" Blizzard in 2022: "What? You guys don't have enough spare money to put a down payment on a house?"
@just_euranian78172 жыл бұрын
Charlie: I’m surprised they’re not making you pay to use your own wifi… Blizzard: hmmmmm Charlie, thank you for this great idea, make online multiplayer a subscription service
@heckingoodboy6342 жыл бұрын
Change my mind on this: any game that lets you pay to lessen the amount you have to play it is bad, if the game was awesome then playing it would be the fun part, you wouldn’t want less of that.
@FuhzyLiquids2 жыл бұрын
Good view on it
@vip102772 жыл бұрын
Well said
@davenewark22972 жыл бұрын
@Robin Sailo if you have to grind for 7 years to get to the fun part, it's a bad game
@rjs41762 жыл бұрын
Play-to-have-fun. Never pay-to-play.
@coleG1122 жыл бұрын
True that. And I think that’s where PVE MTX can cause issues. If the game is designed around forcing you to pay, like Immortal arguably is, then it’s a problem.
@rottingcorpse65652 жыл бұрын
A lot of people don't play mobile games and aren't really aware of the depths of fuckery that goes on there. This game is drawing attention to it from the gaming community at large.
@s_mai89702 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it is because the predatory system mobile games have is just sad and the fact it's been happening for a long time is even sadder. "Other games have done it" okay and? It doesn't make it better at all.
@Oneknee232 жыл бұрын
@@s_mai8970 100%, it blows my mind that people can sit there and type something that looks like has some effort and STILL be that clueless. I personally believe that they've been "in" the mobile game sphere for too long, and so when things get slowly and gradually worse, they don't notice/ignore it, and so they get conditioned to be used to it. While WE can clearly see how egregious it is because we have that outside perspective and so aren't conditioned to be used to it. Honestly, you can most likely toss in a sprinkle of the gamblers fallacy and you'd have the recipe of why they feel the need to defend it. With how much money they likely spent, I'm not surprised you have this weird and strange defensiveness coming from seemingly nowhere.
@aleefmohammed2442 жыл бұрын
But in South East Asia Mobile gaming is primary mode of gaming due to expensive PC hardware and lack of PS5 / Xbox
@iojDRE2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to inform you but I work in gaming development and mobile/tablet market is 52%, PC is just 20% and Console 28% (2021). So yea, the majority of people play mobile games. Not everyone can afford a console or a PC, however almost every human out there has a mobile phone. This however, does not justify anything of the trash they are putting into these games.
@Oneknee232 жыл бұрын
@@iojDRE that's certainly interesting to know, thanks for sharing. I'd personally say that's even worse however, if it's the majority and these problems are so prevalent AND getting worse still, then the situation needs to be addressed even more so because it's effecting a larger group of people.
@Chimpmanboom2 жыл бұрын
The scary thing about this is not that they made a game this scummy…it’s that they know it’s scummy, know it’s going to hurt their image even more and they don’t care because it’s still going to be a huge success and be worth the development cost and cost to blizzards image.
@sosmooth132 жыл бұрын
But it’s so egregious that it’s hard to fathom anyone wanting to spend THAT much money. I guess that’s my pov. I’ll shamelessly say I’m sometimes one of those people to spend money on a game but it’s literally only for cosmetics. Only games I’ve ever spent dlc money on is Destiny 2 and they actually seem to care.
@greenpinapple8202 жыл бұрын
@@sosmooth13 every industry has its cows, things like diablo immortal, gacha, idols. All rely entirely pretty much on the 20 to 5 % of fans that are insane and will give their first born child to get the newest piece of content.
@Msjj5022 жыл бұрын
@@sosmooth13 lol cosmetics is what they want you to buy, it takes no effort to make these stupid fuckin skins and saps like you eat them up. Dlc is actual game content that somebody had to put time and effort into making, cosmetics are stupid baubles that aren’t even real and they add nothing to your game
@Willie67852 жыл бұрын
@@Msjj502 and that's ok, it's fine to sell cosmetics for whatever much one wants. It ends up working as support for the devs without affecting the gameplay. The issue here imo is that their monetization DOES affect gameplay and progression, while they could have just focused on cosmetics only.
@01amare2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they’ll stage a walkout
@cwwalshe2 жыл бұрын
The 100k number is actually out of date they discovered that there is more hidden stats beyond the original ones people used to determine that now they think it could take 500k or more
@zhenthewei2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that Charlie was so surprised with the 800% thing. This marketing tactic has been a long time in mobile game industry. They always advertise it with insane value to bait players to buy it.
@funx24X72 жыл бұрын
Yeah but it's sad to see such a venerable series stoop to such levels
@NaJk932 жыл бұрын
That deal is always the best deal you can get in those games as well. But it's not enough to get anything meaningful with the currency. So to actually get something that is decent, you have to pay A LOT more.
@SamoIsKing2 жыл бұрын
Asmongolds reaction was the best. “800%?! I’D BE LOSING MONEY NOT BUYING THIS!”
@bung0o2 жыл бұрын
Somethin called sarcasm
@emilemil12 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming I'm assuming the number is based on value relative to some baseline thing you can purchase that no one actually does purchase. Like if they had one ice cream that cost $10-20 that obviously no one buys, but lets them put a "+1000% value" tag on every other ice cream.
@andromedazwhy62662 жыл бұрын
At this point they MUST be messing with us purposely. There is no way they were expecting people to approve of this.
@Oldstalk2 жыл бұрын
They don't care, they want money, that's all
@andromedazwhy62662 жыл бұрын
@@Oldstalk Correct, I'm just saying they're not even trying to hide it.
@keithfilibeck23902 жыл бұрын
they want that Chinese market money, that's it, that is why this is so blatant, its targeting markets that have Whales, don't care if you see.
@thescoundrel7932 жыл бұрын
They know there’s gonna be at least a few die hard fans that will drop that much cash, so they don’t give a shit about every other player
@avidmomokayoitsumareader2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best games I've ever played. I'm willing to spend my kids' tuition to play this.
@Ghost_Givn2 жыл бұрын
Even giving the benefit of the doubt that the estimations are high, paying more than the cost of a digital deluxe preorder AAA game ($120 or so) for a mobile game is just unconscionable.
@flameshana92 жыл бұрын
And yet people regularly spend hundreds of dollars a month on mobile games. One single game. They claim "It's a 3000 hour game! Your AAA game only lasted 40 hours!" when all of that is just grinding the same battles over and over like the free to play people did, except they didn't spent $1,000. People seem to believe that grinding = gameplay, which = value for your (hundreds of) dollars. It's as logical as watching the same movie 20 times claiming it gave you "40 hours of entertainment" because they charged you each time you watched it. This insanity is normal now.
@vembdev2 жыл бұрын
@@flameshana9 People just enjoy spending money on things. If people can spend money in something they want, they will spend the money. They give whatever words they have learned to justify it. In any category - real estate, cars, travel, furniture, whatever. And if you annoy them long enough, they just tell you it's their money, they can do whatever they want, no matter how nonsense it is. That's all there really is to it, I think. And as long as there are people like that, willing to spend huge amounts of money on nonsense products, people selling the products will be increasing prices as much as they can for these nonsense products.
@greggeiger75322 жыл бұрын
Yup. People need to keep hammering this point home.
@MoonRabbit1977 Жыл бұрын
Its actually around $600,000 to max a character.
@z.edits.22 жыл бұрын
Even EA would be shocked,like a 100,000 dollars for a single character to be maxed out?!
@fear_is_nearcz2 жыл бұрын
@Don't Read Profle Photo disapear
@monogamousmatt5462 жыл бұрын
*FURIOUSLY TAKING NOTES*
@alreawon12122 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me how much time it would take to max a character out as a f2p player? I think it's a pretty important factor because if it's like a month, then it's not a big deal, logically speaking.
@z.edits.22 жыл бұрын
@@alreawon1212 since of the amount of money you would need to pay i would it would take longer then a month
@scottbecker43672 жыл бұрын
EA: So that's the line huh? How can we move that?
@PropaneWP2 жыл бұрын
The problem with pay to win in ANY game - even single player - is that the game will be tuned to incentivize you to spend more money. There will always be a clear advantage for the developer to create problems so that they can sell you the solution. That's why I disagree with Cr1tikal on this point. P2W is not ok in single player games.
@Kamikaz3Badger2 жыл бұрын
The newer Assassin's Creed games come to mind with their grindy resource/material gathering, can't shake the feeling that they were made more grindy to make paying for them more appealing...
@01amare2 жыл бұрын
Very well put sir.
@01amare2 жыл бұрын
And games like this just add to the integrity level of a game like elden ring
@PorkpieJohnny2 жыл бұрын
Never forget about the time that they removed microtransactions from Middle Earth Shadow of War. The game was clearly designed around the idea of forcing players to pay up, which became blatantly apparent when the ability to pay for microtransactions was removed. The game was virtually unplayable with how grindy it was, and it needed to be totally rebalanced
@EthanPDobbins2 жыл бұрын
Microtransactions in general are scummy. I don't even like cosmetics. Games always used to have super cool exclusive cosmetics/gear but it was a reward for playing, not paying them money for pixels on a screen.
@DragoNate2 жыл бұрын
5:15 "people have worshipped, kissed the ground of Blizzard" yeah, i have one friend who will no matter what. every awful thing they do, he sluffs off & gives an excuse to still call them a good company "oh, but they donated to charity once" ugh i can't talk to him about it ever.
@AUsernameAndChannel2 жыл бұрын
Does your friend hate women? How does he justify the blatant discrimination, sexual harassment and such? Your "friend" sounds like a horrible person
@DiViNEReject2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like it's time for new friends
@anecro2 жыл бұрын
What's funny is that I have a friend who plays LoL almost 24/7, pretty much never goes out with few exceptions and just sits there, raging every day. Been going on for years. And even he doesn't do that for Riot or LoL. He acknowledges pretty much everything about the company and the game and even his own situation, even if he doesn't truly try to fix it ever. This is what's sad about Blizzard. Some people still think supporting the company is the right thing to do cause they remember being right and accepted in a community back in the 2010s. The guy probably doesn't realize how he looks and sounds. It's worse than true bottom of the barrel stuff like League.
@DragoNate2 жыл бұрын
@@DiViNEReject lmao, been friends with him for years, but we don't talk too much anymore. I just avoid this topic with him now since it's pointless. except that I may shove him this video in DMs :D
@DragoNate2 жыл бұрын
@@anecro Yeah, I kinda agree. My friend seems to at least realize, but either doesn't care or just likes the games so much that it's not gonna matter. which is fine i guess, at least that would be honest. i just wish he'd admit that rather than try to justify or argue that blizzard is a good company worth supporting when they're definitely not.
@C4lico2 жыл бұрын
Imagine how well the game would've been received if it was just a two or three dollar up front cost with cosmetic only micro transactions
@dashleyfox2 жыл бұрын
I tried it out of curiosity. The moment it asked me to spend money after clearing a dungeon, I uninstalled it.
@GriffinZambia2 жыл бұрын
Dont read my name😑....
@OriginalDizzleKing2 жыл бұрын
Ah so you got mad and butthurt that microtransactions exist rather than playing the game and seeing its worth as a free game that plays well without even spending a dime.
@alaeriia012 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalDizzleKing go away, Bobby Kotick.
@Dr.HooWho2 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalDizzleKing oh look a microtransactions blizzard bootlicker
@akshattripathi17702 жыл бұрын
Based
@Tomha2 жыл бұрын
I remember when Blizzard was new and loving their games so much. It's like seeing a friend of yours die, but instead of just having the joy of "Hey, you remember Blizzard?" It's more like somebody dug up it's corpse, skinned it, and is parading around in it's rotting skin claiming he's Blizzard trying to steal your money for drugs.
@coreysayre13762 жыл бұрын
I've often said watching these companies over the last 5-10 years is like watching old friends slowly falling into a drug dependency, lose everything they have spent their lives building one by one, and then in a finaly show of desperation when nothing is left they begin to reach out to those closest to them to exploit for as long as possible, rather than face the music and begin the healing process. Imho it it actually much easier and preferable to have lost a good friend entirely out of the blue when they are in their prime. It certainly was for me personally; I'll always have the fond memories of my uncle that passed away, but probably always regret not having done (or being able to have do) more to save one of my best friends from college that actually happened to. And it's not like we haven't been pleading with the industry that this road is a dead end, but as the old saying goes you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
@Seydaschu2 жыл бұрын
Digging through my old SNES games, pulling out Lost Vikings and Rock N Roll Racing. Ah, I'll bet the guys who made those classics moved on to a real game company a long time ago.
@dragonrider90512 жыл бұрын
Blizzard like the cousin you went to summer camp with in 6th grade and had innocent fun, then after highschool y'all meet up and find out there drugged out and in jail for the 6th time and relapse on every release.
@rady72732 жыл бұрын
this strategy is sooo scummy but also so smart. They start it off by giving players a super good deal which breaks the barrier from "I'm not paying anything for this game" to "ah whatever, I've already spent some money so what's another dollar or two". And only letting paying people into clans is also smart for multiple reasons, 1. of course people are gonna want to be in clans and will then pay for that alone but also 2. when you throw a bunch of pay to win players into a group, they will want to compete and always be the best, which means they will spend more and more money to get there. That wouldn't be the case if they let F2P players in because as soon as you spend just a little bit you are already on top. Damn this is so scummy
@TheSymsky2 жыл бұрын
funnily enough this business model has been in league for DECADES. I remember seeing hobby magazine subscription with like a bit of a 3-6 months project you assemble bit by bit by getting every issues, be it model trains, planes, stuff like that. First one was always one bucks, second one and onwards 10-20 bucks.
@DeadTechno222 жыл бұрын
Raid Does this too lol
@dustinsmith88302 жыл бұрын
Your right that happened to me in like 70 dollars into already
@anecro2 жыл бұрын
And yet it's nothing new or revolutionary. Blizzard is literally copying the tons upon tons of copy paste garbage playstore's been keeping up for years. This is yet another copy-paste situation with this game as far as this stuff is concerned. Don't you think they put any effort at all into thinking this through and developing their own strategy to get the most out of the game, they literally looked at something else and just used that. It's copying homework and not even changing it. Takes a single search in playstore to confirm how much of the same horrible gambling game exists on there.
@moviebad1092 жыл бұрын
“Do you guys not have credit cards?”
@humanbean32 жыл бұрын
It's scary to see how many people are defending this. We're witnessing the conditioning of the human mind in real time my friends. It only took like 9 years or something for everything to think this is "normal".
@justkookl56512 жыл бұрын
Which part are they defending aside from the monthly pass (idk how it works in DI but for the games I play u pay $5 and u login daily and get $50 worth which is fine. You don't lose anything, missing a login doesn't delete the rewards it's just paused until u login, f2p games gotta make money somehow and a monthly pass is pretty well accepted.
@jays9032 жыл бұрын
@@justkookl5651 ya, those are called MMO's. Games sith years of content for $20. Not some shit game like this.
@AluminumFusion222 жыл бұрын
@@AcousticOlli Ideally a company should be split between making quality products, garnering fans and building brand loyalty, and making money from said fans and potential newcomers. Having a company doesn't automatically make you a greedy businessperson just because you wanna make money. You're greedy if you consistently put out subpar products and expect the same amount of revenue and ignore any constructive criticism your users and fans may have.
@jays9032 жыл бұрын
@@AluminumFusion22 you just described blizzard since Activision took them over. Overarching is trash, warcraft is trash, they don't even make starcraft games anymore, and Diablo is trash. So where has the quality product went?
@jays9032 жыл бұрын
@@AcousticOlli these games are here because of people like you that let them brainwash kids in to thinking this is ok
@jdubbs692 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see that Activision/Blizzard is really stepping up to show the gaming community that they've reformed.
@monogamousmatt5462 жыл бұрын
Yes. No more misconduct in the work place. They'll just make you sell your kidney to enjoy their game. No biggie.
@JeffreyThrash2 жыл бұрын
I do actually work in a grocery store near relatively near Blizzard's HQ in Irvine and get a lot of Blizzard employees as customers. And they are seriously trying to push a narrative that Blizzard is VERY "feminist" and an "LGBTQA+ Ally", actually, by making their employees not only wear Blizzard merchandise outside the office at all times (which I always thought was vaguely disturbing when I first learned about that Blizzard policy in my very pro-Blizzard animation college), but wearing shirts and having bumper stickers on their cars and tote bags with a rainbow or pink versions of the "Blizzard" logo to show support for the same female and non-binary employees that have allegedly been sexually harassed at the studio. And this is coming from a company that claimed it wasn't political during the "Free Hong Kong" controversy. The real kicker is that, besides the Blizzards employees in their corporate-mandated Blizzard merchandise, my store is more populated by old, ultra-Republican, opinionated retirees that are more alarmed by "Aunt Jemima" syrup being re-branded as "Pearl Milling Company" syrup in response to the 2020 BLM protests than they are about the pandemic or climate change in an already-hot part of the country. In general, Orange County, California is disproportionately-Red county in otherwise Deep-Blue California and arguably even more extreme about it than Orange County, Florida. So you can imagine the stupid culture war nonsense I have to deal with at work every day when a jaded old guy in a "Let's Go Brandon" hat and shirt shares the same space as a Blizzard employee reluctantly promoting their employer's brand of corporate "woke-ness" by wearing rainbow Blizzard logos all over themselves. And, to be clear, while I have inevitable drifted left just to annoy Orange County Boomers, I think corporate "woke-ness" in general is laughable and does more harm than good to the causes these companies claim to support, especially coming from a company that obviously deserves to be criticized for how it treats its employees and fans like modern Blizzard. As usual, I don't know what Blizzard is even trying to accomplish with virtue-signaling.
@rjs41762 жыл бұрын
Yeah no. It's more like Activision/Blizzard's heinousness has made the gaming community itself reform.
@Lornext2 жыл бұрын
@@JeffreyThrash Yuck
@JeffreyThrash2 жыл бұрын
@@Lornext I know. This is definitely one of those jobs I only have to pay the bills. Still would be the easiest job in existence if not for how insanely-politically-minded both the customers and my co-workers are, seemingly incapable of talking to me about anything more pleasant than death, injustice or economic inflation. Makes me want to go back to the days when my most intense disagreements only involved whether Mario or Sonic would win in a fight.
@freshmaker00882 жыл бұрын
Blizzards takeaway from this video: we should start charging for playing on wifi.
@kurtthejerktv46372 жыл бұрын
Thats literally xbox live gold
@dontparticipate2402 жыл бұрын
“What? You guys don’t have phones?” The moment I knew this was just to be nothing more than a massive cash grab.
@fawkespryde91832 жыл бұрын
Anyone who says 'when you hit rock bottom, all you can go is up' didn't expect Blizzard to respond to that by bringing out a shovel so they can keep digging.
@ddraigtheonion2 жыл бұрын
they didn't even bring a shovel, they just immediately went with dynamite to go deeper
@Asubatsu2 жыл бұрын
It's really insane what companies will justify when they choose the F2P model.
@ghosteh2 жыл бұрын
Halo Infinite is a good example as well.
@theobvu2 жыл бұрын
@@ghosteh halo is irrelevant. that series been dead since 2009
@92Roar2 жыл бұрын
It does make a lot of money, so when your an exec at the top calling the shots, it’s a natural easy call. “Get the team to make an F2P game, should boost our profit”
@GUNKKA2 жыл бұрын
@@theobvu Diablo has been since 2000 :)
@VolsPride2 жыл бұрын
F2P means "free to play" doesn't it? Do you mean "pay to win"?
@godofthestairs38512 жыл бұрын
Microtransactions in single-player games can be bad too, because many times developers intentionaly make the players experience less fun by adding grindwalls, and then offering the player some xp booster for example for real money. They try to sell you the solution to the problem that THEY CREATED. And if you don't pay, you do boring repetetive grind. Microtransactions worsen any game
@riccardodellorto42672 жыл бұрын
Every tower defense game on the playstore 😂
@DOGEreal2 жыл бұрын
This is why my fav game is homm3 and it was released in literally 2001 February lol.
@chodak37092 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how that entraps people, when that happens I just stop playing, hard enough for a game to keep my attention these days anyway
@vaultboya6253 Жыл бұрын
I'd like to see Charlie's reaction to the guy that spent so much money he couldn't play 😂
@Palaecro2 жыл бұрын
Not surprised! This is EXACTLY what I thought they would do. They only see those $$$ and want to profit on phone games. Worst part is I bet they make a ton on it.
@hunt75332 жыл бұрын
Yea a lot of brainlets who waste tons money on a shitty game, they must have terrible taste to even enjoy trash games like that.
@Antiformed2 жыл бұрын
They will, especially because of dopes saying "it's a good game under all that", no morons, 'under all that' is just Endless of Gods, another identical Chinese gacha 'arpg' where you press the screen and the game auto-plays for you. It is literally not good as a game or as a Diablo spinoff. It's a pre-existing sweatshop NetEase game from china skinned over with diablo references, and the absolute troglodytes still buying into Blizz products seriously think that's "a good game". The standards of the gaming world have never been lower if people think Diablo Immortal is ""fun"" or in any way a 'new' game and not just a reskin of every other chinese mobile arpg.
@Tenma24112 жыл бұрын
yea they had the Diablo 3 AH which cost real life money to get items ingame.
@xKillerClownx2 жыл бұрын
@@Antiformed Most mobile games do play themselves, but where does Diablo Immortal play itself?
@Antiformed2 жыл бұрын
@@xKillerClownx Have you ever played any mobile game arpg? You tap the screen and the game does everything for you. Immortal literally has a mode where a trail appears and your character just auto-navigates where it wants you to go (like every other mobile arpg)