Blizzard CEO Mike Ybarra defended Diablo Immortal endgame's P2W gambling by insisting you can play 99.5% of the game w/o paying. My brother in christ, if it takes 30 hrs to beat the campaign & 10 years to achieve endgame max gear, you've paywalled 99.9% of the game. PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: twitter.com/yongyea TOP PATRONS [CIPHER] - Joseph Lavoie - Mick [BIG BOSS] - Coopster - Devon B - Jonathan Ball - Sarano [BOSS] - Charlie Galvin - Gerardo Andrade - Michael Redmond - Peter Vrba - Time Dragonlord [LEGENDARY] - BattleBladeWar - D Kurtti - TacoBell Call911 - Theron Webb

@EMPerror403

2 жыл бұрын

. indeed

@rubicowl1882

2 жыл бұрын

..

@mysticalreviews

2 жыл бұрын

Gaming

@jarotheboar8398

2 жыл бұрын

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@ProudOgreDad

2 жыл бұрын

... Mornin', Yong.

The fact that Blizzard even considered defending this just shows how greedy and out of touch they are with the community

@fernandobanda5734

2 жыл бұрын

What are they supposed to do? Change everything about their game? They knew what they were doing. Releasing a terribly monetized game and then backpedaling seems like the worst outcome for everybody.

@elijahtan-whyusehandle

2 жыл бұрын

Are u sure Blizzard out of touch?.. The Asian have been throwing $ at them when the game releases recently.. No matter what we say.. Blizzard is winning big bucks..

@orale_

2 жыл бұрын

They know what theyre doing Maybe the problem is gamers

@Meagreee

2 жыл бұрын

They're defending it because they knew all along this is EXACTLY what the plan was. They're greedy to the point of being evil, and they knew that all along.

@VenomEmi

2 жыл бұрын

@@fernandobanda5734 battlefront 2 did it why they can’t?

The problem with companies like EA and Blizzard is its management folks. I wish the gaming industry would unite and revolt against these clowns who are against passionate and true gaming. Get rid of the scumbags.

@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, they are a necessity, since passionate artists not always know how to handle money. Look at Peter Molyneux, he's known thorough as a compulsive liar because he always oversells his games, but nobody can deny he's talented at programming and designing games (Populous and Fable are both from his very hand).

@Simmons8519

2 жыл бұрын

Workers of the world unite?

@fl4shblade

2 жыл бұрын

@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 utter nonsense, when the good studios were still lead by artists, they did just fine!

@georgejones5019

2 жыл бұрын

@@Simmons8519 That won't do anything. Customers need to quit being ingress drones that enjoy the new thing because it's new. They need to quit spending money with companies that hate them and reinforcing these companies behavior every time they do something like this.

@JimTheKnight01

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget shitivision and stupidsoft!!!!

The whole “it’s just the end game” argument is laughable. As a grindy Diablo 3 player I know as well as anyone else who’s played Diablo that the real meat of the game is at the end. Torment 16 Neph rifts personal bests without endgame builds and gear would be comically impossible. Who the hell plays any game let alone Diablo to only make it 60% through the game?

@DigitalBlizzNX

2 жыл бұрын

It really and truly is. You don't grind out 100+ GRs, or 100+ Baal runs just because. You do it because you want better gear, even if it's only 1% better that's still 1% more than you had. And you never know when you'll get lucky or find an item you never even considered. For example, I got a primal Blackthorne's pants off a rift with physical %, int and vit. Roll on the armor and suddenly I have a beautiful piece of gear for my LoD Mages Necro that I wouldn't have even considered otherwise, despite me now thinking it's better than the Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan. You certainly can't get that from paying for it. The rush and the feeling of happiness can never compare.

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@DigitalBlizzNX Because this time ActiBlizz is more greedy

@akaimizu1

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I would say a lot of people don’t play through the end game on games, but Diablo is one of those franchises in which *most* of the game is the endgame. Blizzard knows what they are doing. The game is basically greed central for their core audience, but using the excuse of the casually interested player which will dip their toes, not pay a cent, and quit to try to excuse themselves.

@PrototypeSpaceMonkey

2 жыл бұрын

As a Genshin Impact player I often hear: "Isn't that that really predatory mobile waifu game?" But I've never spent a cent myself, and the only thing I've never been able to complete with my broke free-2-play ass is the absolute pinnacle of Genshin's endgame: 9-starring floor 12 of the Spiral Abyss. A single, tiny one-room time trial mini game! Mind you, I've been able to beat it! Just not within the time limit to get the max rewards. Even got 6 stars once. But the difference is negligible, and it only resets twice a month so it's maybe 0.001% of total gameplay? So for anyone to say " YeAh BuT iT's OnLy ThE EnDgAmE!!1" about Diablo, a franchise that has always been basically OOPS! All Endgame! seems completely undefendable to me.

@goodkrypollo1706

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with D3 was that rifts were the only endgame. That got boring quickly for me. Grinding rifts for gear so you can grind higher rifts. It's a pointless loop.

Blizzard: “We want to be more transparent with our players.” Also Blizzard: *26 currencies in one game*

@marcusdranz

2 жыл бұрын

That seems pretty transparent to me. I know exactly what they're going for.

@spence6195

2 жыл бұрын

The useless gold players are showered with is there to make the premium currency look less bad or predatory

I mean if people are going to keep spending thousands of dollars in "protest" why wouldn't you defend your business model? Its clearly working.

@JuwanBuchanan

2 жыл бұрын

Which is one reason the rich and mega corporations don't respect and often look down on common folks, especially fanboys that defend bad practices

@Spookerboi

2 жыл бұрын

some people will never learn that the best way to not support something is to ignore it's existence, similar to my dad going to the store to buy milk

@TheSunMessiah

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spookerboi you dont understand, i just NEED to spend thousands of dollars to show people how bad this game is, how else am i gonna make content?

@sanityplusmilkshakes

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. There is enough data on draw rates to extrapolate the system's workings, and any money going to Blizzard needs to cut off immediately.

@milleniumfrisbee

2 жыл бұрын

This is why we should.just boycott any game with gacha mechanics. Even if onr is trying to prove a point they are still paying. It is like paying money copious amounts of money for a broken down house just to burn it.

A friend of mine is playing this thing, saying it's "just the end game" that is pay to win. But would anyone play a game to go only halfway through? Sounds like a waste of time and a fine way to miss out on content. Especially considering it's an online game. He's likely underestimating how addicting this kind of game is for the sole purpose of exploiting the players.

@TheCrusaderBin

2 жыл бұрын

Let's be honest, most gamers never get further than halfway through a mobile game, before they get bored and jump to another one. So safe bet is that 90% of people don't pay.

@Glitch-Gremlin

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and he'll probably spend THOUSANDS of Dollars before he wakes up one day and says "Oh...Shit...wtf am i doing?"

@twilightvulpine

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCrusaderBin Probably mobile gamers never get further than halfway because mobile games become unbearably grindy and they inevitably hit a paywall. It just shows how exploited this platform is.

@Romanticoutlaw

2 жыл бұрын

especially when you take the sunk cost fallacy into effect. If someone drops a dollar here or there early on, they're more likely to drop a hundred later.

@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970

2 жыл бұрын

You should scam his money off. A person that stupid can't be trusted with his/her own money. You could donate it to charity, or buy better games.

When it comes to denying basic reality, these CEOs give even flat earthers a run for their money...

@DaverSomethingSomething

2 жыл бұрын

More like the politicians that fully understand reality but pander to the conspiracy theorists agreeing with them publicly, taking their money, and enjoying the power. Capitalist predators, plain and simple.

I don't think these companies really need to be considered part of the gaming industry anymore. They CLAIM to be and were once PART of the industry, but this is some kind of offshoot gambling industry now. It's time to stop humoring that lie and relabel these predators

This guy might be potentially getting millions by this. Ofcourse he's gonna defend it

@AGuywhohasGoodTaste

2 жыл бұрын

Hello again!

@LM-nb7rj

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, all of it is going to Bobby's bonus 🤣

@wolfsbane5448

2 жыл бұрын

​@@AGuywhohasGoodTaste Hi there

@5WIM

2 жыл бұрын

"might be" "millions" it's a lot more

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@LM-nb7rj For a brand new yacht🤣

”How can I make an impact on players which will affect them 20 years later”. Personally I would go with a gripping story, interesting characters, and fun game mechanics but I guess crippeling debt does meet the qualifications as well

@SecretMarsupial

2 жыл бұрын

The gift that keeps on giving.

@SparkTFS

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a game can surely impact yourself for quite some years.

@Lovuschka

2 жыл бұрын

Shinzo Abe was assassinated for that reason supposedly. Gunman tied him to a religious group that ruined his mother. So... I guess the Blizzard staff should be careful. There will be many more people like that with nothing to lose thanks to being exploited by Diablo Immortal.

@UlyssesK402

Жыл бұрын

Not just crippling debt, but also a lack of social life for the pure F2Pers.

"You don't have to buy anything, nobody forces you!" This is basically the excuse i hear every time i bash those predatory practices. What i reply is the same everytime: did you ever play a game that said you will have to Grind for 10 years straight to even fight the final Boss or beat it on the hardest difficulty? No. And that is exactly the point. It is one thing to give you a short boost when you buy anything, while the rest of the game is balanced enough to make it through the end with genuine effort and you just bypass something minor. That's what makes it fulfilling and then the microtransactions are helpful, but not particularly necessary. That's what they were originally for! But if you HAVE to buy something to even reach the endgame, otherwise you will be forced to shave off YEARS of your life... that's wrong, and just there to take your money. Plain and simple.

@gyroninjamodder

2 жыл бұрын

No one is forcing you to finish the game. If you aren't having fun then stop playing it.

@Moe_GC94

2 жыл бұрын

@@gyroninjamodder oh if we used that excuse for every game now we might as well say 'do not play any game 'cuz you might not like it.' Sorry but i cannot stand by that. EA started this BS with fifa and battlefront and since then every Single developer excused These practices to prey on players to spend more money. If i were a game dev i would go back to Mortal Kombat deception. There everything Was unlockable in the crypt by playing the game. Nowadays some players aren't even unlockable without money. Excuse me but Diablo should never have gone this Route.

@linusgustafsson2629

2 жыл бұрын

@@gyroninjamodder I think people should just refund if they spend money and then don't get what they wanted. I mean what are Blizzard supposed to do? Tell you that you participated in gambling and that they can't return your money just because you lost at gambling?

@Moe_GC94

2 жыл бұрын

@@linusgustafsson2629 my Problem is taking a beloved franchise to mobile in the first place ....was a good idea in theory. But in practice everone could have seen this coming. But to THIS degree? Of course i will enjoy the game for 40 hours only to then realize i can literally not finish it because getting the best gear is nearly impossible without gambling....

@Jamesgates355

2 жыл бұрын

honestly i think to a degree it is our fault for these practices, so many of us buy these games then complain and then we even buy more into these games and complain, if people weren't buying these games they'd have no choice but to change...but we keep doing this, you can't just solely put the blame on the companies, they respond to trends in the gaming community and for a whole host of people, they buy into this and support it

You should lead a movement; create a law that makes loot boxes illegal. Goodbye ea and blizzard.

@khoatran415

2 жыл бұрын

Just dont buy any if their garbage anymore.

@Ghanja007

2 жыл бұрын

@@khoatran415 I don’t, but this loot box problem won’t go away and is only going to get worse. Some countries already banned them, so there is already some legal precedence.

@bofa722

2 жыл бұрын

I mean I'm not arguing that this type of stuff isn't ruining games little-by-little but honestly a lot of the blame falls on the idiot consumers. They're the ones that keep buying and demanding more of this garbage, the scummy companies are just supplying what they want 🤷‍♂️

@Ghanja007

2 жыл бұрын

@@bofa722 I agree. There are fools that don’t get it and will pay whatever.

Entire internet: "This is a piece of garbage and a big symptom of a greater disease afflicting the industry." CEOs: "Here's why you, the paying customers, are completely wrong."

@Nameonly67

2 жыл бұрын

Dont ask questions consume product, get excited for next product

Mike Ybarra: I'm here to serve the consumers, I swear. Consumers: Then how come we have to either choose 10 years of our lives to get end game gear or pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to get it? Seriously though, Blizzard basically asked their consumers if they wanted to play their game day in and day out for 10 years, give or take, or would they rather just pay an absurd amount of money just to get endgame gear. People picked option C: Dropping the game and moving on.

@silk1435

2 жыл бұрын

*Hundreds of thousands

@salchipapa5843

2 жыл бұрын

What he means by "consumers" is clearly not gamers, but shareholders.

@silk1435

2 жыл бұрын

@@salchipapa5843 But only special shareholders who only earn returns in the form of 'enjoyment' of the content they unlock

@ghb323

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the thing about live service games, they are designed so that players either spend a huge amount of time on the game hoping they’re addicted, and/or spend money for “continued support”. As jim sterling said on about live services, most players, especially adults, don’t have that amount of time to spend.

@GFunkEra1992

2 жыл бұрын

Ibarra is gone

I mean... they're not entirely wrong. Now before you tear me a new one: they are doing corpospeak. They're basically saying "yeah, what we do is despicable and vomit-inducing, but the numbers are on our side". And when you look it from their point of view, they are indeed doing what they are supposed to do: offer you a service that doesnt cost them too much to keep, didnt cost them too much to create, and then milk players as much as they can, even if it is predatory (which it is). This isnt just a problem with Activision Blizzard. They're the vanguard and they're being upfront about it. The system is the problem. As long as "profit" is the only metric, they will do this again and again and again. And people are still buying. There is a big problem with the company, yes, but there's also a big problem with the consumers, the streamers, the industry, and the system itself. We could 100% make it so that this was the most disliked game in the history of gaming (which might as well be at this point), but as long as they keep raking money, the rest will be meaningless.

@MindinViolet

2 жыл бұрын

Good point. This is why I think regulation is the solution. When politicians pay attention and use consumer law to reign in the predatory microtransactions, then we may see change.

@tylersimmons6952

2 жыл бұрын

The Numbers are on their side now, but it won't stay that way

@user-pn4py6vr4n

2 жыл бұрын

@@MindinViolet Behind every regulation, every warning sign, there is a story. At work, there's a sign on the gents toilets that asks team members to stop smearing shit all over the walls. Apparently grown men need to be told that. You'd also think that people would be good enough to not egregiously exploit their fellow humans, but apparently, we need a regulation to stop that disgusting behaviour too.

Something cool I just learned. Bandi Namico sent a Sword to "Let Me Solo Her" a few days ago for his accomplishments in Elden Ring.

@Jamesgates355

2 жыл бұрын

honestly Bandi is not a terrible company

@diinouhothead9362

2 жыл бұрын

He mentioned Bandai giving him something to commemorate murdering Malenia for the 1000th time. So that sword is the thing. Shoulda been his 2 katanas.

"the devil only appears to defend the suffering of which he prospers from" - my friend when asked about AAA company CEOs

This game is basically the video game equivalent of "Robbed at Gunpoint" If this company went out of business, I can die happily at least

@markangelodar8680

2 жыл бұрын

Well at least this company might be bought wholly by some bigger company being able to care to its employees and fans

@Hecatom

2 жыл бұрын

@@markangelodar8680 lmao. Implying that M$ cares aout their customers.

@SolStone

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that sad, to think about this once great company, of all the magic they used to spin. WoWs success spoiled them, from WOTLK on they have consistently let everyone know how little they value their fans.

@CFox_

2 жыл бұрын

wasn't microsoft going to buy activision/blizzard?

@jarotheboar8398

2 жыл бұрын

@@CFox_ yeah, sadly Microsoft doesn't have full control yet, they still have Bobby Cunt-tic

Thank you for speaking out, Yong Yea

Expand our IP across multiple devices. Great job doing that, in my country the game isn't even allowed because of the predatory microtransactions. Making quick cash in exchange for your reputation... Will hurt you BIG time in the future.

@Lovuschka

2 жыл бұрын

At least your country is sane.

Tried the game, reached end game, didn’t pay at all and can’t even progress in the raid, comparing to Diablo 3 where everything by your effort, and now everything hits you with a paywall all the way, sucks man how far gaming have become to this industry

@akmal94ibrahim

2 жыл бұрын

By end game, do you mean finished the main quest?

@wargrymon

2 жыл бұрын

@@akmal94ibrahim yap, completed the main story line and I'm just grinding for items just to push through this battle score just to try out the other raid bosses.

@walterjose1104

2 жыл бұрын

No servers no problems 💯.

I think it's important to look at the bright side which is that Diablo Immortal has not been the commercial success that Blizzard hoped. At the moment the game has made 50 millions in his first month (compared to 400 millions made by genshin in the first 2 months), the game has been banned in China (the biggest mobile market on the planet) and the general review have been extremely negative (unlike genshin).

@EJ_Red

2 жыл бұрын

Right off the bat it starts off bad, or worse than Blizzard thought, and they still want to push this game. Not surprised really, I actually find it amusing that Blizzard is willing to take a major L for profits.

@tomstonemale

2 жыл бұрын

Being banned in China means nothing though, just that Blizzard couldn't manage a partnership with a chinese company. China might still be sored about that Hearthstone controversy.

@nananamamana3591

2 жыл бұрын

Good job, Genshin Bot. Your social credit score has been raised.

@Crimpson2003

2 жыл бұрын

Financially? It was a success. Does the game play well? It actually does play pretty well and has a good story. The only thing people are focusing on is the P2W part where it is really focused on those who really want that end game stuff. I haven't heard of anyone that was playing without paying any money struggle through the game till they got to the end where they really wanted to progress with higher rifts.

@jaegermonster9549

2 жыл бұрын

@@Crimpson2003 Sure, a success. I want Blizz to commit more successes like this one until it's inevitably ran into the dirt for how successful it is.

Another great video - you have a really unique presentation, voice timbre/tone and turn of speech combined with insightful arguments and well-crafted script writing that is a real pleasure to listen to. I don't always agree with all your opinions, but I find you quite persuasive and entertaining to listen to. Keep it up!

I live in hope that the kids of these executives end up stealing their credit cards and heading to Vegas.

"Stop attacking my profits that i get from you losers who whale at my game" - Blizzard CEO.

I love that every time I click on one of your videos about Diablo Immoral, there's an ad for it beforehand.

I know it's not said enough but thank you Yongyea and co. for citing your sources in the description

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." *Joseph Goebbels* That should tell something about Blizzard...

@MarkDeSade100

2 жыл бұрын

This didn't start with Blizzard, the big lie that they sold to the general public years ago was that it's acceptable to have to pay real money to make progress in video games. Convincing people to go along with that bullshit did more harm to the video game industry than anything else ever.

Everyone: *absolutely hates the Diablo’s P2W* Blizzard CEO: “They love it, guys!”

@khebre6032

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly this game is a good example when you want to tell mobile Gamers why mobile games suck 😂😂

@Milenos

2 жыл бұрын

Mcguire meme: They love me!

@fatcat2015

2 жыл бұрын

They do love it, the game is making millions of dollars.

@Lenariet

2 жыл бұрын

Some loud social media snowflakes =/= everyone.

@Lenariet

2 жыл бұрын

@@khebre6032 Their typical answer: "It's mobile, of course it has gacha/gambling/P2W".

There's plenty of psychologist out there who would testify to the exploitation. Especially of minors. Contact your local, state, attorney generals office and explain the circumstances. It could even be rationally established that nothing in the game is worth the amount people spend so there must be shenanigans involved. The government is suppose to be there to stamp out extremes. This is most definitely extreme.

I think he meant, 99.9% is behind a paywall. I’m not even going to download it. And I will ignore every single ad and even report it as false information.

Just tired of this whole industry. RIP ever having good games from AAA developers again. Just gonna stick to indies from now on. A lot more artistic freedom to do what they want and not pump it full of bullshit microtransactions.

@GhostedJackal

2 жыл бұрын

Careful, indies can pull this shit too, and sometimes do.

@MarkDeSade100

2 жыл бұрын

Indie game companies are run by developers who are passionate about making great games and have something to prove. AAA studios are run by businessmen who only care about making money and exploit their "brand reputation" (created by their devs who used to be passionate about making great games) to get fans to pay for the monetized garbage they're putting out.

@toblerone1729

2 жыл бұрын

Team17 immediately comes to mind. But thankfully, we know better than to fall for their crap!

I started playing Path of Exile a few days ago, so naturally I've been recommended a fair few videos relating to the game and I've found it incredibly engaging and respectful. One such video was a short clip of PoE CEO Chris Wilson doing an interview talking about player retention and such, and one line he said was "And we're ignoring the fact that Diablo Immortal comes out in a few weeks by the way guys, that's not a game, we're gonna play Path of Exile". Outside of this clip he seems to be one of the most actively involved CEO's when it comes to his product and company and he seems to have a solid understanding of what is good & bad for the players. Good execs can exist and it's hilarious just how much worse the slimeballs at Activision/Blizzard and other companies end up looking. Edit: The one minute clip I mentioned is titled: 'Chris Wilson: Diablo Immortal is not a game'. It will probably show up just searching 'Chris Wilson Diablo Immortal'.

@mr.mammuthusafricanavus8299

2 жыл бұрын

I don't play POE anymore but played it since CB and it is just amazing to see how far that little game has come ;p

@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180

2 жыл бұрын

Path of Exile is a great game, I personally hate the PoE system of "active skills are just another kind of equip" but I'd play otherwise, and all of my old Diablo friends have moved to it.

@r3zaful

2 жыл бұрын

@@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180 wait for eastern dev/publishers to beat it, lost ark already beat poe in terms of numbers, just wait for bigger studios like Cygames, aniplex or Yostar to step up and replace path of exile niche.

@GhostedJackal

2 жыл бұрын

I played it for a long while, and I feel that it's about as fair as F2P gets if you don't have a DotA2 budget.

Dude you are killing the game news industry. I type “IGN” your video was the first video that popped up 😂

"It's not Murder it's a Surprise induced Sleep" -A Variation The Lootbox Defense

"I have fond memories of the time I spent with these games and the friends I made. So naturally, I decided that I wanted to completely trash those games and destroy the reputation of the company that made them." Not exactly verbatim, but this is what Ybarra is saying in a nutshell. Gotta start calling people out for their crap, and that includes both sides of the isle. Ybarra is an embarrasement to Blizzard and the Diablo community, as proven by his constant disregard and instant dismissal of any negative feedback, but the people on the opposite side of the line are often not much better. The streamers and content creators who are bashing Diablo Immortal, while streaming Diablo 2 and 3 and talking about how excited they are for D4 are just as bad as Ybarra. The old "I'm not going to support what you do but I will keep buying your products and providing free advertising so others will too" argument that has proven so effective in changing the minds of developers in the past.

@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180

2 жыл бұрын

Not only that, we all know Diablo 4 is going to keep on sucking from the same teat and be monetized to hell(pun intended) and back.

@eon6274

2 жыл бұрын

But if Ybarra says these things, maybe Bobby will give him a spin on his 3rd yacht he got with all his diablo immortal bonus money! Think about poor ybarra and his lack of yachts, so sad.

@GhostedJackal

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, Actiblizz's reputation has been similar to EA's long before this guy appeared.

@firstnamelastnamesb

2 жыл бұрын

Big Bobby and the Cosby Crew already damaged it enough, Ybarra is just putting the last layer of dirt over the grave. Blizzard managing to out-EA EA itself is just the tip of the iceberg after all the employee abuse and selling their souls to China at the expense of Hong Kong.

@raistlarn

2 жыл бұрын

​@@eon6274 and his golden toilets with rolls of $100 bills for toilet paper, and his diamond encrusted swimming pools.

I got an ad for Diablo Immortal the same time I got a notification for this video lol

That 10 year number was what was floating around when the maxed out character was thought to cost $100,000. At $500,000 you would be looking at about 50 years. People who enjoy old Diablo games are most likely in their late 20s, early 30s and the average life expectancy in the US is 78.

2 years ago I had an accident and got permanently disabled. The only thing I can still reasonably control is touchscreens, so I mostly play games on my Ipad. It is ridiculous how little good games are actually available in the App Store. Most of it is stupid micro transaction games full of advertisements aimed at kids. The only good games are actually ports of older pc games or indie games, but they are always buried under a shitload of micro transaction, pay to win and idle games. Sometimes It’s almost like that Southpark quote “If you want some quality friends, you gotta wade through all the dicks first.”

As long as the fanboys and the streamers keep throwing money at them, they'll see this as a success, no matter what others say.

@LloydTheZephyrian

2 жыл бұрын

Several influencers and streamers are already dropping the game and actively calling it out, so...

@nekonomicon2983

2 жыл бұрын

@@LloydTheZephyrian it's not enough

@chesterstevens8870

2 жыл бұрын

@@nekonomicon2983 You're right, because just not playing the game doesn't stop whales from dumping obscene amounts of money into the system and thereby making it a success. Just like fandoms such as Star Wars and LotR need to be gatekept in order to keep bad faith actors out, so too do game franchises need to be gatekept in order to keep whales out. It's not discrimination, it's good housekeeping: you don't let thieves or welchers come into your house and trash the place, so why should we let these fake gamers intrude into our hobby and make it a worse environment for the rest of us?

@mysteriousastrolabe

2 жыл бұрын

@@chesterstevens8870 Y’all really be obsessed over micromanaging how people spend money, huh? Ion even got no words💀💀

@CrustedPork

2 жыл бұрын

Literally no big streamer still plays this. They haven't for awhile. Now it's only 1k and under folks who don't really have that much pull. Still good numbers I guess but they are legitimately irrelevant when it comes to the big picture. The big names already dropped the game and 90% of people who are going to quit have already LONGGG quit the game. The rest are people who've already spent 10's of thousands to progress so they can't quit now. Or else they'll feel like they wasted all that money on literally nothing (which they did anyway) but obviously they won't quit for that reason for quite some time. If you go into any original server from launch it's FUCKING DEAD. You have like 1 MAYBE 2 guilds that are full and outside of those no one exists.

I just hope all those content creators do not cave when Blizzard offers them money to promote the game later, when Blizzard makes insignificant changes to appear as if they are trying to react to the backlash.

@capadociaash8003

2 жыл бұрын

For influencers their audience is their life. If they lose their audience by doing scummy things their platforms will die, taking an undisclosed promotion, once revealed because it’s likely someone won’t be quiet, their reputation will be ruined. While an influencer can survive with a bad reputation good luck trying to expand your influence when everyone hates you

@jamescameron6819

2 жыл бұрын

@@capadociaash8003 for sure. I was a huge borderlands fan. I mean huge. But so many of the creators became obviously bought and paid for. I walked away. Unsubbed from people I followed for years

@capadociaash8003

2 жыл бұрын

@@oscaroska7613 even if that is true (and I feel like you’re exaggerating) for the reasons I have stated it’s expedient for them to not support Diablo immortal, it’s a choice between their livelihoods and whatever small bribe Activision-Blizzard is willing to give them

That destroys any idea that they are just inept, it's a naked money grab to fleece the consumer.

We have investigated ourselves and have found ourselves non-guilty.

Just another L that Blizzard will hold until the company goes under hopefully. I'm surprised it's still kicking despite everything that happened this time last year.

@doublecrossedswine112

2 жыл бұрын

Those L's make them tons of cash so they are hoping to get as many L's as possible.

@firstnamelastnamesb

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it's not really an "L". The game still succeeded and made a ton of money despite the backlash, and that's all that matters to corporate bigwigs. They don't care if KZreadrs trash talk them or they get review bombed on MetaCritic. They'd rather have money than the good will of the hardcore gaming community, especially given that so many people in the community pretty much hate-bought microtransactions to prove a point.

@atopmadness9389

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the sexual assault was terrible, but people forget about Blizchung, which was also terrible

@firstnamelastnamesb

2 жыл бұрын

@@atopmadness9389 Blitzchung was pretty much the starting point for Blizzard's fall from grace. It was all downhill from there. Then it was just debacle after debacle, with Warcraft Reforged, the history of sexual misconduct becoming public knowledge, and now Diablo Immortal one after another.

@RichSmithson

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t see much of a future for Blizzard. WOW should have ended 2 or 3 expansions ago, Overwatch 2 looks crap and people have moved on from hero shooters, Diablo 4 is surrounded in controversy.

I know it's automated, but I found it amusing that there was a Diablo Immortal ad right in the middle of this video. I mean, that's very effective use of advertising dollars to just say 'put the ad anywhere, we don't care' to whomever handles their advertising.

It would have been real nice if the interviewer asked why that game hasn’t come out in the Netherlands or in China or in Belgium…

The best part of this vid was the ad for DI I got before this vid started. I’ve been a die hard Bliz fan for the better part of my life, but after the past couple of years, I’ve totally stepped away, DI was just the icing on the cake to seal its doom.

You know, im HAPPY Blizzard has went down this Rabbit Hole of SHIT. cause since ive given up on them and their games... ive actually taken up ZBrush, Blender, 3DCoat, Substance Painter.. and a bunch of other 3D Modeling Tools and things i wanted to learn, but kept putting off. ive learned SO much in the last few years, stuff i thought i would never be able to do.. and ive only been able to do that by Kicking this Predatory "Game" Company to the Curb.

@FAFRO

2 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome, and if you get/are good it’ll pay off in spades

@atopmadness9389

2 жыл бұрын

Yo that's so good to hear!

@Glitch-Gremlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@FAFRO Well, im getting there, slowly but surely im getting there lol. though ive been an artist/sculptor since i was literally 3, when my mom got me Play-Doh for the first time. but i had never picked up any of these programs to learn em cause they take weeks to months to really get the hang of em, and even longer to master of course. and without a doubt anatomy and stuff like that takes a lifetime. but i hope to be doing commissions and stuff before too terribly long for sure!

@Qlicky

2 жыл бұрын

So, not only does Blizzard make bad games, apparently It's their fault people are lazy too?

@Glitch-Gremlin

2 жыл бұрын

@@Qlicky Not so much Lazy, as Addicted to their Predatory games. fear of missing out on something from one of them like WoW, such as PVP/PVE Mounts, Achievements, ect. but if you wanna call it "Lazy" go for it. Sure aint lazy with all the shit ive been learning NOW though.

I wish I could say I didn't see diablos downfall coming but as a diehard gears of war player that saw firsthand, in real time how rod fergusson (the former head of gears, now head of diablo) absolutely destroyed gears of war with microtransactions ($10 loot boxes with duplicates), I knew diablo was doomed.

@chapingo7067

2 жыл бұрын

fr? I stopped caring for GoW when the 3rd got released. When did he started doing that?

@ericlanda3727

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I stepped out of Gears after Gears 3 it was a true masterpiece.

@rileymachelle4088

2 жыл бұрын

At least Gears has a single player (a pretty damn good one too), where none of that shit can spill over. This is baked into the whole experience of Diablo, you can't escape from it

@jiado6893

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not confident that Microsoft's takeover will change anything.

@dariyanvalentine3564

2 жыл бұрын

@@jiado6893 they already said they are not going to change anything look at bethesda, they changed nothing and their development pipeline is absolute garbage - besides MS would support this, they were one of the first companies to put in MTXs in CONSOLE GAMES/ and used some of the same talking points blizz is using rn.

I grew up with my parents saying video games were addictive and synonymous with gambling; how am I supposed to address an actual addictive gambling game without sounding like a boomer when I have kids?

Mike Ybarra: "It's not about the money, it's about sending a message."

@MarkDeSade100

2 жыл бұрын

"And that message is: You can't play games unless you're ready to spend a lot of money"

You should also cover the news regarding Ubisoft shutting online services as well as removing DLC access to DLC already paid for old games like AC2 etc.

@kurrwa

2 жыл бұрын

Thing it is you don’t own them. You just rent them for life xd

Anyone that has any love for Blizzard at all, deserves to be scammed out of their hard earned. It’s been 10/15 years since they have been anything other than awful.

@jamescameron6819

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly the best game they ever made was blackthorn and that goes back to snes times

@thesamon123

2 жыл бұрын

I like The Lost Vikings and Heroes of the storm

I saw this article (or a copypasta version of it) yesterday, and I was like “Oh yeah! Can’t wait for YongYea’s video on this!”

Thanks Wyatt Cheng and now Mike Ybarra ... for showing true colors in defending this game/its monetization. I didn't know you wanted the "death by a thousand cuts(+some big cuts)" end to ABK! That's one way to serve the players.

If I ran this game, and I knew exactly what I was doing with it in its greedy, exploitive ways, there’s absolutely no way I’m talking to the public about it. Putting yourself in a position to have to defend it is a no-win situation.

Think about it this way. The developers themselves don’t get payed enough to properly play the games THEY made. In what fucking world is that fair

@mysteriousastrolabe

2 жыл бұрын

In a capitalist world which you’re living in. Y’all fr need to snap back to reality💀💀

@chase5436

2 жыл бұрын

Umm, people also make Bentley's they can't afford and build houses they can't live in. Welcome to the world.

honestly did not expect anything better

I got an ad for Diablo immortal before the video😂😂

I haven't played any of the Diablo games but most of my family have been playing it since the beginning and they agree immortals or as I should say "immorals" is a disgrace

@metaloverlord7465

2 жыл бұрын

If you have a Switch or one of the other consoles like PS4 you can get Diablo 3 pretty cheap these days. A lot of people bash it but as my first taste of Diablo I had fun

@toblerone1729

2 жыл бұрын

Alternatively, try out Children of Morta. Not as flashy, but has only a couple small DLCs and it's an indie game, to boot.

Minor correction. Blizzard has NEVER had a single ounce of integrity even as far back as Orcs vs Humans. I've recently taken the dive into the Warhammer universe and with even just Dawn of War, with it's DLC content, and the very early stages of Dawn of War 2 I am convinced of that. When people say Warcraft and Starcraft were heavily inspired by the Warhammer franchise, repurposed and advanced upon and otherwise... I want you to picture Mike Ybara saying that you can play 99.5% of Diablo Immortal for free because that's what they did with Warhammer. They took 99.5% of their shit almost directly from Warhammer and used the last .5% to dodge copyright lawsuits. Every mission I run in either of these games I'm like, "Oh there's a Zergling. Oh there's a High Templar/Dark Templar. Oh there's a Pylon. Oh there's the Adrenal Gland upgrade FOR the Zergling and it does the literal exact same thing." They copy/pasted shit all the way down to Psi Storms and Adrenal Glands, unit upgrades, and Hero customization like SC2 had for each expansion. Literally all they changed was the backdrop of the universe and lore and just inserted everything else and they probably took that shit from elsewhere anyways. They've never had an honest bone in their body much less a single original thought.

@xXHashassinXx

2 жыл бұрын

Doubly egregious when you remember that the Warhammer license is extremely available. I must have seen 100 indie or small studio games that could afford to officially license. I'm certain they could have if they wanted to.

@Mrgiggles9007

2 жыл бұрын

@@xXHashassinXx I didn't even know that. Holy fuck. But yeah when I played Tyranids and Eldar in the campaigns of Dawn of War Winter Assault and Dawn of War 2 I saw the Farseer had a Psychic Storm and I sat there like, "No... no they didn't..." Popped it and sure the fuck enough. Literally identical. And then the warp shit and the Templar like units and oh my god. And then, when I thought it couldn't get more egregious I saw the Hormugund, or whatever they are called, for the Tyranids and how they looked almost identical to Zerglings, had the leaping charge like the upgrade for them in HoTS did, and their FUCKING ADRENAL GLAND UPGRADE WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL DOWN TO THE LITERAL TEXT. Like dude. What the fuck? They just shamelessly ripped off Warhammer at every level.

@rageofheaven

2 жыл бұрын

It would seem you don't grasp your history of blizz quite as well as you think. Reality is, blizzard developed the zerg to be the tyranids for GW, starcraft was meant to be a WH40k game. Don't believe me? Look at what the tyranids looked like when they first came out. They were not zerg, they mere more akin to genestealers. GW copied blizz.

@Mrgiggles9007

2 жыл бұрын

@@rageofheaven First off: Wrong. Warcraft was meant to be a Warhammer game, not Starcraft. That's a misconception based on some half assed report from some gaming jouranlist. Second off: First Generation Tyranid models came out in 1990. They included figures that strongly resembled Zerglings, Infested Terran, Ultralisks and was the source of where Blizzard grabbed 'Hunter Killers' from based on the names of two other types of Tyranids. To name a few. Starcraft came out in 1996. It took me about 5-10 minutes to google this. Edit: Also a funny side note is they got the name Hunter Killer, for the elite Hyradlisks in Starcraft Brood War from the taking Hunter from Hunter-Slayers (the model they ripped off for the zerglings) and Killer from Screamer-Killers (the same Tyranid model they ripped off for the Ultralisks) and bunched them together to make Hunter-Killers. Blizzard, innovating plagiarism since 1996. Imagine what they could do with an original IP if they put half the effort they put into nakedly stealing everyone else's.

@rageofheaven

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrgiggles9007 First Generation Tyranid models? You mean the ones that look like dinosaurs? Should GW sue them too?

Cherry on top for this video was the Diablo immortal ad that played half way through, LMAO 🤣

Ironic that a diablo immortal ad played when I clicked

I try harded the game when it released, I grinded until paragon 30 with the EXP downed to 30%, was in the number one clan of the server and made it high in the rift challenge entirely F2P, until it hit me that soon enough the grinding will be useless as the clan will start to seek players with a set number of resonance and I refused to pour the little money I have in such a scam. At that point I gave up and let's say I magically made 45$

Imagine if Nintendo made the original Super Mario Bros with the blizzard model: 1. Each level has a real world mile of repetitive level length. Basically, take each level, lay it end to end 1800 times, and you got a Blizzard level. You can now buy speed increases in the Blizzard Store! 2. Each of these new massive levels only has one item drop. Randomized Item Packs are now for sale in the Blizzard store! ( Coin - 90%, Mushroom 9%, Fire Flower 0.9%, Star 0.1%) 3. You only start with one life and each level has a chance to spawn with one 1up Mushroom hidden in the level. On Game Over you can spend $0.99 for a Single 1up Pack (Excellent value Ten 1up pack available for $8.99!) Obviously this would be a good game because "anyone can reach the end game with enough hard work!"

@MarkDeSade100

2 жыл бұрын

Mobile gamers: "What's wrong with that? Sounds like a normal game to me".

The irony of getting a Diablo Immortal mid roll ad on this video

I seriously can not wait until Microsoft takes over at blizzard and Activision once everything is finalized. They can't possibly fuck things up any worse then they have already been.

@atopmadness9389

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Microsoft puts these loser CEOs out of their misery.

@zacharynyberg7007

2 жыл бұрын

343 and halo infinite, the fable franchise and the zero dark franchise would like a word with you

I'm disgusted with this. How disconnected can you be?? What's worse, they know they are disconnected with their community and have the nerve to dismiss them. Straight back stabs. This hurts to see.

@dantran9962

2 жыл бұрын

They make millions of the community. They are not disconnected from them.

@Nameonly67

2 жыл бұрын

It's all about money and whatever they have to do to get it from you, nothing else matters. Don't ask questions cconsume product then get excited for next product

@SamsarasArt

2 жыл бұрын

As long as the money continues to roll in, the disconnect will only persist and worsen. And since people are generally stupid, they'll continue forking over money to blizzard, ea, and the rest of these companies.

I saw this news story last night right before I went to bed, and I thought to myself: "Yep, knowing Yong, he'll be on this like white on rice." Glad to see I was right! Keep it up!

The droprates are so abysmal that even if you have limitless money, it’s a significant time investment to literally just buy these things and go through the animation of opening the loot boxes. You can spend hours just buying the damn things before getting everything you need to max a character

It's the same on Elder Scrolls Online. The game launched without a cash shop and a year later it was implemented. Since then it has been chapter on chapter of content, debatable quality and very little interventions towards issues that the community has been pointing out for years. The creative director replied to a streamer/player on a personal stream and when asked: 'Why are you using predatory tactics on new players via the cash shop?', he replied: 'We aren't greedy f'''ks!' Sad times indeed.

By covering the news, it saves me a dollar spent on this mess of a game. I like the series but adding that broken system where it forces you to be reliant on being a paypig, I don't want to do anything with.

People: *complains* Also people: *spends thousands on the game and keeps playing it*

@LloydTheZephyrian

2 жыл бұрын

One word: Whales.

Lol got a Diablo immortal advertisement while watching you tear into Diablo immortal

"These aren't the droids you're looking for" (Waves his hand across me 👋) Me: wtf does that have to do with the monetization of Diablo???

Of course he would. It’s their money bank. This is like MR. CRABS defending his own GREED!! This is exactly why I’ve abandoned BLIZZARD, to the point of NOT getting OVERWATCH 2.

@Bryan21381

2 жыл бұрын

Um... isn't overwatch 2 free to play? I'm pretty sure you could just protest MW2 instead.

@Portersona69420

2 жыл бұрын

Mr. Krabs* it's a K not a C.

@MazeMaker4Life

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bryan21381 modern warfare 2? You realise that's Activision's branch

@Bryan21381

2 жыл бұрын

@@MazeMaker4Life i know. I may be getting modern warfare 2 because it'll be my first COD game. But it's because once the company is part of team xbox, I won't have to play the disc. As I can play it from game pass. Also, I just want to prove my point. Why protest overwatch 2 if it's free to play? Which makes sense, protesting overwatch 2, or modern warfare 2?

Seriously it takes thousands of dollars to get the best gear in Immortal and this guy has the gall to say you can play the game without paying?

@morebird4318

2 жыл бұрын

*hundreds of thousands

The fact I got a Diablo immortal ad on this video like seriously no.

I remember this one old Penny Arcade where an Everquest 2 dev invents the Visa Crucible where the kids playing can use money as a weapon, paying 1:1 for all the damage they do. The comic proceeds to say they'll tell the players it's a rarity to get them to want it.

Hey Yong, not sure you will see this but I just want to say thank you for your regular uploads, I have been ill all week and housebound so I look forward to watching your content. Stay awesome dude

recap ends at 1:20

@Setanta077

2 жыл бұрын

Merci

First ever time I got a Diablo Immortal ad during a video…. on a video about how horrifying Diablo Immortal’s practices are. They are…. a *tad* too late to get me playing it.

I just got a Diablo Immortal ad. Of all the videos for it to appear, it appears here lmao

Sometimes I wonder what these CEOs iq’s are, considering they keep releasing bs over monetized games nobody wants

@br2k

2 жыл бұрын

i gotta wonder what your IQ is; Kotick has made dozens of people very rich, and those people made rich by Kotick will continue to support Kotick and their own wealth. that's how the whole capitalism thing works... it has nothing to do with what is right or good.

@robertnomok9750

2 жыл бұрын

You arent very smart, right? Diablo already earned enough to be considered huge sucess in just one week after release. Every $ after that is even more free cash for them. Despite 1% of hardcore gamers complaining mobile users just bring more and moar money without thinking.

It does not matter to them how sleazy or predatory these systems are. If it makes lots of money, which it is, they will continue to do it.

Oh my god I’m so shocked a puppet choice CEO would basically be a big fat liar.

@FFTM155

2 жыл бұрын

msoft puppet choice CEO, he was sent to blizz for reason. 😉

Love how an ad for Immortal came up during this video lmao

1:40 "These games are personal to me, they connected me with my friends, lifelong friends" I honestly wished that gaming stayed single player and only just a lone geek hobby for this very reason.

@LloydTheZephyrian

2 жыл бұрын

Personally, I'd prefer the Monster Hunter route. Sure, you can have multiplayer hunts so you can hunt with friends, but if you want to hunt solo, go for it.

@rageofheaven

2 жыл бұрын

"These games are personal to me, they connected me with my friends, lifelong friends" "...but for some reason they don't talk to me anymore."

Blizzard steal what others do and do it "better". They took mobile money gauging and did it better.

@Vulgarth1

2 жыл бұрын

Gouging.

The least they could do, is double the amount of orbs for the prices shown. IMHO, especially with drop rates we don’t know….

I strongly agree-- this is like showing a person a movie for free, then stopping it and demanding money in order to see the ending-- then claiming that you did it so that "more people could watch the movie for free"... a movie without the ending is NOT A FREE MOVIE. It is in fact... predatory behavior and a SCAM.

I never thought it possible for another company to make stuff as predatory as the Fifia packs look light weight by comparison.

I would like to say this to all the modern day gamers out there who still have current day consoles and phones. If you support this game and you support these micro transactions all because you wanted to play the new Diablo. YOU GET THE INDUSTRY YOU DESERVE.

Its morbid funny how an spin to an interacction during this game's anouncement, its so fitting to it afterwards: -"is there any plans to make this for F2P or budget players'" -"no, there is no plans for F2P or budget" -crowd: booooooo -"you guys dont have millions?"

Ironically enough the ad for this video was Immortals!

Sure Ybarra, and there has never been any discrimination or harassment at your great ethical company as well according to the paid sycophant that ran investigation. Mr. Ybarra you have much in common with an overflowing septic tank.

"How can the games and Blizzard as a company make an impcat for the next 20 years" Simple, you show everyone what the lowest of bars is and exactly what not to do in order to not become yet another shitty, greedy gaming company. I mean, it doens't get more obvious than a game like Diablo Immortal. People will definitely remember that in 20 years!

Funny that i get a diablo immortal ad for this video

I swear I only see Diablo immortal commercials on Yongs videos about Diablo immortal. Fucking makes me laugh every time