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@lightningsam

2 жыл бұрын

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@la_sn3ak3r19

2 жыл бұрын

Defund Police Nationwide! Vote Blue 2022!!!! 🌊💙💙

@brookboi_6992

2 жыл бұрын

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@uinasenskam8326

2 жыл бұрын

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@spectrumsucks1607

2 жыл бұрын

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Oh don't worry, in a few months all this gear will be worthless when Blizz increases the gear treadmill. Get ready to spend another few hundred thousand dollars again to get to the next gear cap!

@georgejones5019

2 жыл бұрын

The Destiny model. Sell DLC for $60. Raise the level cap, put the gear behind a long tedious grind, repeat. Even better remove content that's been paid for, or progress made from the first game. Then resell that content back in the 2nd.

@gl4re

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and it seems some people still dont realise that part yet and call this game ok.

@solblackguy

2 жыл бұрын

Wait until we see the what they pull in Diablo IV. Seems like everyone forgot Diablo III had a literal auction house.

@TheBlargMarg

2 жыл бұрын

@@solblackguy And this game has one too. Funny that it hasn't gotten that much attention considering how much D3's real money auctions house was brutally criticized. I guess when it's Free to Play anything is fine...

@TheHeavyshadow

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlargMarg Nah, I think the thing is that considering everything that's going on with Immortal a real money auction house is the least of it's problems and that's why no one focuses on that.

With the amount of streamers pumping incredible amounts of money into the game, the game is doing exactly what Blizzard want it to do. This game was never designed for the wide market, it was designed for the whales at a high profit margin. In Blizzard's eyes, this is a success

@AdrianPelaj

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, buys 16k worth of microtransactions, to prove microtransactions in the game are bad. Actual stupidity.

@victorb5

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdrianPelaj I don't know, 16k is a drop in the bucket and even if 100 streamers do it that's only 1.6 million. If that goes to grind the grossness of the game into the ground and no one plays it as a result, that's a win. We'll see if they wasted their money and couldn't reach the mobile gamers who don't give a shit.

@SoulCrusherEx

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.... Why did one guy pay them this much money to prove a point?! They dont care what you think what a dumbass. They have your money. Thats it...

@G3rmanLyrics

2 жыл бұрын

so therefore a regular 60 dollar game should be played by the whole world to be profitable? Heck how is it possible for FromSoftware for example to be in business anymore?

@beHaski

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. These people have subpar intelligence.

Activision Blizzard has an earnings report August 2nd. Should be a good call. Lots of happy investors.

@mustacobra

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so many stypid whales giving them 20k each and multiple times

@thomasritzgerald4997

2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. Investors don’t want to see a game company hemmorhaging users. It would be a cause for alarm and make the stock price drop because future earnings will be shit. It’s like if Apple reported a significant number of users were switching to Android. Truthfully I want AB’s stock to drop, so that Microsoft can buy this shitshow. Maybe they can turn things around. Who knows?

@rustyshackleford7503

2 жыл бұрын

There's already info on it. Supposedly they hit 24 million in the first 2 weeks.

@Ryno_757

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomasritzgerald4997 You’re right; however, if someone wants to short sell the stock, the whales, loyalists, and curious purchasers are the ones that’ll give them the quick profit before they sell, before the plummet.

@motleyflux

2 жыл бұрын

That is abysmal. Diablo 3 sold 3.5 million units on the first day. The game selling at 60 bucks a unit is 210 million. So 23 Million for a game in development for 5 years is not good.

that was his worst mistake : Paying 16k for the sake of "Testing" or "proving" something even for the sake of "content". People can bash on the game all they want afterwards but they fed into the system by giving the scumbags behind Diablo Immortal enormous sums of money. We will get even worse than this game until people just stop spending their money into these microtransactions, paywall ridden, 10 years of grinding poor excuses for a video game.

@flowpoi5864

2 жыл бұрын

consider it paid anti advertisement. brought it to the attention of many.

@mathiasthorndal9218

2 жыл бұрын

16k is nothing in the grand scheme of things, especially if his example turns others away from spending anything

@HellStamp

2 жыл бұрын

I'm agreeing with this. who is gonna see this and think anything other than "i wasn't going to play this anyway and this proves it' The whales wont see this. The finance department will only see a +16k in the account This helps no-one. Maybe I'm jaded but I don't see this being a good thing.

@Christopher-md7tf

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@spawnstah7228

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, if you wanted to prove something for anti advertising, there are much better ways to do it, than actually doing it, imagine trying to prove soda is unhealthy by drinking nothing but soda for months on end, it's bad for everyone except the people selling you the stuff

Personally I love Diablo: Immortal. I spent over $250k on in-game purchases, and it has shown me the true path to enlightenment. After losing my wife, kids, car, job, and home to afford the addiction, I found that while I had spent more, I had less. Diablo: Immortal taught me how to live a life without material possessions. It was only after stripping me of everything I've ever loved did I know true happiness in freeing myself of the burden of having any money at all. I now live in the woods, living off the fat of the land. I hunt to survive and have become nomadic, befriending various forest creatures and embarking on magical forest journeys, then return to my cave and new family of Orangutans. I only occasionally return to society to access McDonalds wi-fi to preach the new good word of Diablo: Immortal.

@Yogsoggeth

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds eerily like the real life story of how I lost everything playing World of Warcraft... And I wasn't even at level 60 yet... I hate to think how much worse my life could/would have gotten if I had to pay to win back then :O

@ryu-ken

2 жыл бұрын

That's sounds sweet! I shall join you

@Nathan-bf7mt

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao this is so accurate.

@dietyadjacent3200

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣funny

@ricojes

2 жыл бұрын

This reads like a yelp review from a dollar store Archbishop Lazarus.

It's crazy how Blizzard has gone from a developer that always released solid games of such quality that I bought and played them just because they were made by Blizz but now the brand is so damaged through corporate actions and inactions that the brand is more of a warning label for bad practices and predatory behavior towards their customers as well as their own employees.

@ryu-ken

2 жыл бұрын

Happens to them all when they get too big. Believe it or not, at one time even EA was considered an honorable badass company

@sinisterthoughts2896

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryu-ken right?! Back in the day, EA used to be who you went to for awesome games full of fan service and well developed gameplay. Wild how much it changed.

@twofarg0ne763

2 жыл бұрын

Blizzard did a nose dive when Kotich took over.,

@hannessteffenhagen61

2 жыл бұрын

Blizzard is just a brand. Some of the people from back then are still around, but not in charge. The current Blizzard is so bafflingly out of touch that they can't even pull their PR spins off properly.

@pvshka

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how people missed this, but basically all the Blizzard founders left the company quite some time ago and said that it was a soulless shell of what it once was.

In the long run I don’t recommend anyone do what this man did, which was effectively become a cash whale that is talked about being the bane of p2w games, and what keeps them alive just for the sake of saying “see this system is bad”

You should never, never, have to spend more on a "free to play" game, than you would for a paid game in order to reach end game content/experience. Simple as that.

@rafaelcalmon2858

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That's why I think it's meaningless to talk about premium costs, whether it would take $100 or $100000 to get top gear. The real question is *how long it takes to get the same thing by just playing it.* If it takes $1000 to get the same you can get in a week of playing leisurely, then we can just play the game and get there. Basically, it means the exchange value of 1 week of time is $1000. If it takes 1 year for the same thing, the exchange value would be 1 week = $1000/48 = about $20. *And of course, if you can't get something unless you pay for it, it essentially means it takes INFINITE time to reach it. That means, in our little hypothetical situation, "your time" = $1000/infinite. In math, when you divide any value by a value infinitely high, you get a value infinitely close to 0. In other words, if you can't get it without paying $1000 in cash, the exchange value is "your time" = $1000/infinite = 0.* Basically what I want to say is, play the game that has the exchange value for your time matching how much you think that amount of your time is worth. That's the most basic way I've figured to decide whether I should play a game, be it a subscription model, like WoW or FF14, or a F2P game.

@JackieFrankieful

2 жыл бұрын

This streamer who spent $16K got all the money back from youtube and twitch. He gained even more than he spent

@AngryLotus

2 жыл бұрын

I spent around $400 on Path of Exile, all cosmetic stuff no pay to win. As far as I'm concerned it's no big deal as if you do the math of my 3000+ hours played over many years, I still got a damn good deal lol. I did that more to support the devs than anything as they made a really fun game.

@youdogsgit

2 жыл бұрын

@@AngryLotus Lol. I spent $70 on Elden Ring and have tons of hours into it.

I refuse to download it. Let alone actually spend any money on it. This game is proof there needs to be laws and limitations on these things. There's no way this isn't gambling, or that this gem is worth $16k.

@teamfishbowl1076

2 жыл бұрын

why do you care if its gambling? every game with loot boxes has gambling in it.

@Avermra

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I played a lot of D2 and D3, and I'm not touching DI or D4 until it proves to not be F2P in any way. The only way to voice your opinion is stop supporting the game, and yes, even as "F2p" you are feeding the MAU and supporting the game.

@charbajeena7452

2 жыл бұрын

@@teamfishbowl1076 then maybe all loot boxes games need to get legislation like a gambling games did.

@swordre5805

2 жыл бұрын

At least real gambling has a chance to earn back the cash.

@StinkySundae

2 жыл бұрын

No pixels are worth $16 K unless it’s 8K state of the art 90 inch TV

And remember, it isn't hundreds of thousands over all, it's all for one character. To fully upgrade one of each class you would probably have to spend a million dollars overall because loot isn't shared between characters.

@explodingtomahawks7589

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dear God.

@kildaver

2 жыл бұрын

"Do you not have spare organs to sell? How many lungs do you *really* need?"--Blizzard, probably.

@carlycrays2831

2 жыл бұрын

This will happen. Someone is going to spend a million on this game. I wouldn't be shocked if we hear about it by the end of next month

@definitely-a-b0t

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlycrays2831 what game?

@happiestrain1926

2 жыл бұрын

The game the video is about? Diablo immortal??

Giving blizzard thousands of dollars to prove their game is bad defeats the purpose. Don't give them your money

@gazb2740

2 жыл бұрын

They're gate keepers for the company

@Grux_ASG

2 жыл бұрын

What? Don't you guys have wallets?

@notchs0son

2 жыл бұрын

@@gazb2740 what are they gate keeping, Stfu stuff your money down their throats if “gatekeeping” is what I think then absolutely no one’s stopping you from being able to.

@grandmagunsales2125

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to that CLOWN Blizzard can recover from any angry protesters Molotovs thrown their windows, unlike valve rn. Why is it people will burn half their wallet and hours of their life for things they hate but won't lift a finger to save what they love

@DJD925

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah good luck with that no matter what u do some dumbass will still purchase this shit

Imagine having so much money, having money come to you so easily, and/or being so fiscally irresponsible that throwing $20k into a game for just a *chance* at gear means nothing. Blizzard is essentially making themselves a “high roller’s” club, but allowing the members to mingle with and completely destroy those outside of the club for its members ego and validation. Makes my stomach churn thinking about how filthy this scheme is.

@kurrwa

2 жыл бұрын

blizzard took inflations into considerations xD

@warghostmonX

2 жыл бұрын

They essentially brought real world economics into their games: those who have everything dominate everyone, and everyone else simply struggles to get by...

@ghostghost6

2 жыл бұрын

Quinn 69 is basically the Ninja of Blizzard Diablo games

@Gloomdrake

2 жыл бұрын

No, most whales are people who _can't_ afford to spend those massive amounts of money, but who end up succumbing to the addiction for one reason or another

@broken9365

2 жыл бұрын

This whole rabbit hole surrounding this game is the most first world problem and privileged thing i've seen since it came out. No wonder why yall americans/europeans are famous to be such an easy target for scammers when traveling. At this point it's just natural selection if you have so much money that you can't "ressist" the urge to spend it in a videogame just because other players are doing it.

I think I’m more upset that he gave blizzard 16k. We all knew what this game was before.

@somebodyintheworld5036

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not. We need some people to go the distance and drop the money. News headlines with people actually spending and losing crazy figures grabs public attention. Public attention that will hopefully lead to change. You can make a much more convincing argument when someone has actually lost that money instead of it being a theoretical amount. If anyone was going to do it, it's best for a streamer to who can commericalize the whole ordeal and recoup some of those costs. Also, the negative attention that streamer draws to the game is also great.

@rskat501

2 жыл бұрын

@@somebodyintheworld5036 he could probably write it off on his taxes as a loss

@jekblom123

2 жыл бұрын

The thievery needed to be publicly demonstrated.

@biggs2560

2 жыл бұрын

@@somebodyintheworld5036 The only public attention that will come from this are people laughing at this streamer for wasting $16k to "make a point". Everyone already knew about the egregious MTX, and this move isn't going to convince the whales to stop spending. Trying to make this waste of money anymore than a foolish display of wasting money is absurd.

@moldykyle5815

2 жыл бұрын

He could actually get most of that refunded, automatically. You can 100% refund orb purchases and bundle purchases. But if you buy the in game currencey platinum for orbs then that will forfeit the oppurtunity for the refund for that specific orb purchase. But if your account is connected to battlenet you will be banned for refunding. Luckily i was on a guest account so i was able to refund without getting punished

for just one gem? this may very well be the worst monetization in any video game ever.

@aeonremnant

2 жыл бұрын

Iirc worst monetisation in any AAA game in human history.

@alexdasliebe5391

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a compliment to the team that worked on monetization

@aarontrupiano9328

2 жыл бұрын

@@aeonremnant i changed it to video game in stead of just game. it should be a little better now

@brentc2411

2 жыл бұрын

it may well not be also, just the best documented so far.

@ironyman6385

2 жыл бұрын

I Bet Blizzard execs are like, "Hey real gems cost even more money, and our gems are rarer than real ones."

Remember the times where we only need to pay once for the whole game, or just donating any amount just to support the devs and unlock the whole game? Gone.

@Lenariet

2 жыл бұрын

Or what about the million indie games? Just stop playing AAA trash. Even for your Diablo itch there are Path of Exile or Grim Dawn or whatever.

@TheGreatTave

2 жыл бұрын

@/フリークS_ I agree, only issue is that because more and more people continue to spend $20 on an in game skin or $5 on an xp boost or whatever it is, then the more these companies will continue to make over monetized bullshit instead of true art. Elden Ring, while not my kind of game, is a fantastic investment. $59.99 for a full, massive game, not to mention it'll most likely receive more content/updates in the future as well as the modding community. But, as long as games like Fortnite bring in billions of dollars each year, it's only a matter of time until Bandai Namco makes From Software shift to free to play over monetization as well.

@TheGreatTave

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lenariet There are still some good AAA games, but those publishers can be VERY greedy. Yes I recommend every Diablo fan just play Grim Dawn or Victor Vran or Torchlight or something else for now. Diablo Immortal is complete ass, and I am VERY skeptical about Diablo 4 at this point. I'll wait until it's out, but I do not see myself playing that game anytime soon if it's published by the same people who thought Diablo Immortal was a good product.

@mrconroy4672

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lenariet Or Hades game.

@Thunda1986

2 жыл бұрын

And pay for expansions that are pretty much a full game

Damn he really epic trolled them spending 16k on something we already knew!

@wouterfaes2309

2 жыл бұрын

nononono , you are very wrong about that . Quin actually proved the point to sooo many people . The 16k he had to pay for that is nothing . He made sure they lost MILLIONS because of him! Quin is an actual good guy

@leef1500

2 жыл бұрын

Also his monetization from that video alone will easily pay for what he spent so it's really an investment.

@maverickrx8

2 жыл бұрын

@@wouterfaes2309 uh.... no.... he really didn't. This isn't going to do a damn thing. If people weren't playing the game by now, they weren't going to down the road. If people already playing the game didn't spend money in the first place, they weren't going to spend down the road anyway. This doesn't stop whales or light spenders. Your ignorance of the mobile market is excruciatingly painful. Hailing this guy as a fucking hero for paying a corporation 16k so he could tell us something everybody already knew is even worse.

@xxprototypexx5056

2 жыл бұрын

@@wouterfaes2309 LMFAOOO, no he didn't. People already knew the monetization was over 100k, proving something that has already been proving is pointless, because we all already know how bad it it. he's doing it for publicity and cash, not because he wanted to prove something. All he did was give them 16k, he became a whale and supported the very thing he was trying to "prove" was bad. Acting like he did anything other than that is just straight lying to yourself and others.

@MascrisSensei

2 жыл бұрын

@@wouterfaes2309 you are really a innocent dude eh? Did you think they do that for fans? Nah... More revenue and more views are what they after. The money he spent on that "test" is nothing. They come again for Diablo 4 and you should expect the very same "test"

I’ve played through the campaign and hit 60 haven’t spent anything and it literally feels like I’m locked out. The crazy thing to me was I was thinking about buying the battle pass then saw it had like 3 other tiers involved on top of just the basic battle pass. It’s fucking gross.

@kevingame3198

2 жыл бұрын

I know but there’s one good mobile give you should give a try League of Legends wild rift see what you will about this game it’s really fun But the monetization gives you no gameplay advantage you own a specific skin with no gameplay advantages that’s it just a pure cosmetic change

@raidengoodman8754

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevingame3198 plus with gamepass you get all characters

@rebjorn79

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, there's a very real feeling of being 'locked out' as you say. Meanwhile, some are adamant that the game is NOT P2W. It's absolutely P2W, it's _Immoral_ and it's disgusting.

@kevingame3198

2 жыл бұрын

@@raidengoodman8754 yep But that’s unfortunate for potentially Nintendo and PlayStation players

@nonye0

2 жыл бұрын

or dont play it. respect yoself ma man

It's still fucking stupid to spend 16,000 dollars. Yes, you pointed out the predatory practices, but you gave them 16,000 dollars to do so. I swear, streamers/gamers are part of the problem here.

@Yoshixandir

2 жыл бұрын

They are. They basically are encouraging it since the companies know their is always gonna be an idiot who is gonna spend that much money. No wonder the companies are ok with micro transactions it just works

@mr.puggin8384

2 жыл бұрын

They get to write it off since it’s part of the job and get repaid with viewers also content they don’t hate it they love the game easy content.

@mattryan7124

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yoshixandir quin averaged 20-21k viewers with literally non stop text to speech and subscribers revenue rolling in. He likely easily made all of it back and then some

@stitchfinger7678

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattryan7124 Twitch isnt even where most of the money comes from when youre that big.

@BB-pn2qv

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree, this was idiotic

Did I hear that right? A 1/2000 drop rate from a pay-only dungeon with variable stats?! And it needs *duplicates* to upgrade?!

@YongYea Before he passed, my grandfather played Diablo 2 for over twenty years. He was the one who introduced me to video games. I remember playing with him every weekend and talking about different types of builds and lore. The Diablo series is more important to me than any other. We aren't wealthy. All we have is our time, and our love for the game. Even $60 is a HUGE investment. I would NEVER spend a single penny on this disgusting display of corporate greed. My grandfather wouldn't either.

Imagine spending up to 1,000$ just for the chance to get a small item IN A GAME that be outdated *NEXT WEEK!!!!!*

@kildaver

2 жыл бұрын

@The Omnissiah It's why, every time my mobile account asks me to put a credit card on record, I click "SKIP".

@manfredflyingcircus1232

2 жыл бұрын

Just sick

@hv2268

2 жыл бұрын

That’s all gacha games pretty much

Diablo Immortal is the perfect representation of most free-to-play games: sacrificing integrity and potential all for a quick buck, yet people who most likely need that money still get tricked into paying, with the game’s micro-transactions purposefully helping develop and prey on those with gambling addictions. It’s a shame that this one is at the cost of a once great series.

@ArschvomDienst

2 жыл бұрын

Again. Remember Dungeon Keeper 3?

@DeeFourCee

2 жыл бұрын

Do you need food or do you need to scratch that itch…💳💸

@grafeugenius

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the "most" part. Because some f2p games aren't that predatory. They're horny tho.

@RessG

2 жыл бұрын

Yep and sadly there's people who keep supporting and defending this kind of games.

@carlycrays2831

2 жыл бұрын

@@RessG "It's their money!" That's the one I have heard. A lot of the game's defenders really believe there is nothing wrong with these people spending tens of thousands of dollars on a game, completely neglecting the fact that this game was designed to trap addicts and squeeze them for every cent

Blizzard says thank you for that 15k statement he made. Very powerful indeed, much wow. He really showed them.

@Tiriumski

Жыл бұрын

15k is not even a peanut crumb for a company like activision blizzard.

The fact Blizzard designed their game around this ludicrous level of macrotransactions tells us they have the same morals as a casino and a drug dealer. They not only don't care people with severe gambling addictions are going to spend their life savings, some even likely to lose their homes to max out in this game but they actively encourage it. Blizzard is a stain on the gaming industry as a whole. They're truly evil.

Also remember that even if you get a 5 star gem there's a good chance it won't be best in your build. Then you have to sell your 5 star on the market and buy the one you need. However blizzard also takes a 10% cut when you sell on the market, so even if you get a 5 star gem you'll have to spend more for your build

@Interesting_Failure

2 жыл бұрын

Or if you didn't use an Eternal crest, it's just strictly worse and you have to keep spending as though you never got it in order to max out your gear.

@pvshka

2 жыл бұрын

@@Interesting_Failure or you can just not play that crap

The reason Blizzard will continue with these shady practices is because there are people out there willing to fork out $16k. The Blizzard bosses couldn't care less whether the companies reputation is in the gutter, as long as people are paying for microtransactions and they are getting their bonuses this will continue over and over again.

@arlaux1099

2 жыл бұрын

It’s made 24 mil in 2 weeks. At 12 mil a week it’ll make 312 million in half a year.

@adad87821

2 жыл бұрын

@@arlaux1099 its gross that people are supporting this game

@knox7945

2 жыл бұрын

@@adad87821 people are literally zombies

@hiddenxalpha7053

2 жыл бұрын

1 high profile player spending $16k, means so many more WONT.

@MandeepSingh-vt9hl

2 жыл бұрын

@@adad87821 they are not hard-core gamers and all they don't watch these videos or even watch videos about games other than maybe review by ign or something.

"It's not about the money, it's about sending a message"

With the closure of your shop, all Yong Merch is now legendary loot.

Bruh you can buy a real fcking gemstone irl with $16K.

@iMarcism

2 жыл бұрын

Plus a perfect cut diamond with great cut and clarity

@PainfullyCasual

2 жыл бұрын

@@iMarcism exactly!

Honestly, the most surprising part of this game is that it has defenders. Like, legitimately, there are people out there going out of their way to defend it by using the classic "its free to play so it's ok" and "just don't do PvP and play PvE and you don't need to pay" arguments. I never believed people like those actually exist, but here they are.

@karmabad6287

2 жыл бұрын

Half of them are probably bots and the rest are just village idiots. Undoubtedly a minority in any case. If the community stands together, the game will get spanked like battlefront 2 did.

@BaranTheBad

2 жыл бұрын

How is this any different than rich kids in the neighborhood dropping huge money on a few boxes of MTG booster packs hoping to get that super rare cards to make a bad ass deck to crush his friends back in the day?

@kafuchi2528

2 жыл бұрын

@@karmabad6287 here's the thing.. this "minority" you're talking about spends thousands of dollars if not hundreds.. and this 1-5% of players alone will keep blizzard alive

@throbbingwiener6218

2 жыл бұрын

There's a Kotaku article defending this game. Imagine that, fricking Kotaku defending a game made by Blizzard. Given Blizzard's recent controversies and how Kotaku is very anti big gaming corporation, you'd think they would be flaming the shit out of this game before it even came out.

@StinkySundae

2 жыл бұрын

Defenders are Chinese hired fckheads trying to sound intelligent and logical

“Ooooh nooooo. Please stop ‘teaching us this lesson’. We can’t handle any more giant influxes of cash!” -Blizzard all the way to the bank Seriously, anytime that streamer wants to “teach me a lesson”, I have some student loans that I’d like to pay off.

@JackieFrankieful

2 жыл бұрын

This streamer who spent $16K got all the money back from youtube and twitch. He gained even more than he spent

@JRMelancon

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackieFrankieful cool…and Blizzard still got $16,000. That’s like defending your home by pelting robbers with bags of money. I’m sure they’ll totally learn their lesson if we just keep throwing ridiculous sums of money at them “for the lulz”.

@sabrinarosario6499

2 жыл бұрын

@@JRMelancon Completely agree. Blizzard doesn’t care about the bad rep, they just wanted those 15k and they got it and they will get more from people with addictive personalities and whales and streamers.

@janniknielsen9292

2 жыл бұрын

@@JRMelancon Well, I can see your point of view, especially if I completely dismiss the lesson he was trying to teach, like you have.

@janniknielsen9292

2 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinarosario6499 The point is to discourage potential addicts from even touching the game, dipping their toes into it spending money.

"Do you guys not have money?" I expect the expansion to this game to literally mug the player. I expect the game to literally club you on the back of the head, you wake up, have a rare item, and have one less kidney.

@GholaTleilaxu

2 жыл бұрын

I expect the fan base to literally take one of _their_ kidneys as a trophy.

@elricmcewan7299

2 жыл бұрын

Hey...you're finally awake

It quietly fascinates me that the sheer horror at Diablo Immortal's predatory microtransactions has created enough interest for large channels and streamers that it is financially viable for them to demonstrate the awful odds by spending actual money on the junk. Realistically there's no more than 20-30 streamers putting in big dollars and they will be doing this for no more than a month or two before it stops being newsworthy entirely, so if they dissuade even a thousand people each from playing it's a net loss, considering the whales or the addicted will be spending for years. But it is a little grim that this means by making the game memorably awful instead of just utterly mediocre so nobody even looks at it, they may have arguably made a little more short-term money.

@MichaelYT22

2 жыл бұрын

That's specifically why Diablo is predatory. Big KZreadrs and Streamers will spend money to demonstrate how bad the microtransactions are in diablo to prove a point, but at the cost of the devs getting free advertising plus more renevue. See the system? It's why stuff like this will continue. Develope a bad reputation from greed and people will talk about you and your game. They will spend money to prove how greedy you are yet they just got scammed and don't even realize it.

@AlexanderBukh

2 жыл бұрын

they getting a refund 100%

@JohnDoe-ug3su

2 жыл бұрын

there are actual people that spend more than streamers, sadly

@fahmiluthfi7991

2 жыл бұрын

theyve got 14,5 Mill from the first week, no matter how much people bitchin, its still a succes for their perspective, the question is at what cost? how big this degeneracy will impact them? im bit sceptic this will hurt them badly in the eyes of casual players, and there where the money lies, the casual whales

@wallaceluna6241

2 жыл бұрын

@@fahmiluthfi7991 If they make D4 legendary n skip the micro transactions ppl will over look this. If they do the same thing in D4 ppl will regard the company as just a greedy corp tryina squeeze you for every $100k you don't got.

Said it before and I'll say it again. This kind of monetization scheme needs to be criminalized. Yesterday. It's legalized thievery. Not just gambling. Thievery.

@ghostsmoke11

2 жыл бұрын

it's not thievery....it's very predatory gambling.

@Blood-PawWerewolf

2 жыл бұрын

it’s unregulated gambling. that’s why they’re doing that. No regulation = free rein on theft because they know they can’t get into any legal trouble

@somebodyintheworld5036

2 жыл бұрын

@@Blood-PawWerewolf I wouldn't mind seeing lootboxes fall under regulation as a form of gambling.

@teamfishbowl1076

2 жыл бұрын

no one is forcing them to play the game or buy gems. i dont think you know what Thievery means.

@garuda4361

2 жыл бұрын

This game banned in the Netherlands and Belgium. It's in violation of laws there.

They essentially brought real world economics into their games: those who have everything dominate everyone, and everyone else simply struggles to get by... we're not even allowed a place to relax anymore. No escape. No mercy. Just pain...

@pvshka

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda like with sports

@TheOneWhoHasABadName

2 жыл бұрын

try indie games instead, they usually don’t exploit you celeste costs at most $20, and with mods, you can literally get a thousand hours of fun gameplay to escape from the pain, you just need to find a different game. at least, it works for now, not sure if this will continue to work in the future

@hiimmeurnot

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that this franchise is named after satan is so 'on-the-nose' that it hurts.

Wow he's such a hero for testing the game with 16k free money for blizzard, very nice keep going

@JackieFrankieful

2 жыл бұрын

This streamer who spent $16K got all the money back from youtube and twitch. He gained even more than he spent

@xlrrockmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@JackieFrankieful no shit, but the company got what they wanted

I can't believe anyone is defending this game and rating it above a 0. That better not be Activision-Blizzard bots

@pitbullnamedcupcake8485

2 жыл бұрын

Worse. Blizzard Stans

@zigmus00A

2 жыл бұрын

@@pitbullnamedcupcake8485 what's the difference?

@59hawks

2 жыл бұрын

@@zigmus00A bots have more free will

@oscarpalacios7828

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse, ludopaths that have the money to keep the P2W craze. The whales AAA companies are looking to harpoon.

@sytherwusky

2 жыл бұрын

@@pitbullnamedcupcake8485 This is on top of the revelations that women employees are treated horribly at the company

People need to also realize that even playing the game for free boosts it in algorithms. Playtime, downloads, everything. It all boosts the game. Stop playing it. I went a step further and I refuse to play ANY Blizzard games. I grew up on Diablo 2, put hundreds of hours into Overwatch and Diablo 3. I played three expansions of WoW. I loved Blizzard. Don't support their shit. Destroy them until they improve.

@Nomadic813

2 жыл бұрын

I loved blizzard circa 2000 to 2007 era. Post merger Activision Blizzard is not that. It's like a zombie of a loved one... Your daughter's dead man .. that thing out there isn't your daughter anymore

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

The best solution is not installing that piece of shit!

@MikeHunchak

2 жыл бұрын

Play it. It’s collecting critical analytics for the MMO assets moving to D4. Stop being ignorant. Don’t kill this series over something you don’t agree with.

This is the third time I've heard of streamers dumping money into this game to "make a point." If I could get even my harshest critics to pay me 40k while complaining, I'd definitely double down on whatever it was I was doing. What ever happened to speaking with our wallets?

@Loddfafnisodr

2 жыл бұрын

That money is nothing compared to the players these streamers actually draw in to these games. They'll say they're averting people, but it's bullshit.

we are living in a time where 1 digital item costs more than a whole big videogame collection. wonderful...

It's all hilarious to hear until one realises the game is financially doing great as most people playing it are willingly spending money on it. We can review bomb it as much as we want. As long as these people keep proving the companies right, this trend will only get worse...

@dustinnabil798

2 жыл бұрын

That's the problem with whales. Even if they just make up 0.1% of Diablo Immoral player, they would still bring a lot of money to Blizzard from the sheer volume of their transaction.

@Empress_Theresa

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair some people also willing to spent money on a Ferrari, a Yacht, or on a trip to Vegas. If they have the cash to burn...I mean, who really cares, right?

@krazyg1910

2 жыл бұрын

@@Empress_Theresa it's because the scummy micro transitions trickle into other games and can possibly ruin ones you like

@Dexter01992

2 жыл бұрын

@@Empress_Theresa Problem is when the guy who can buy a Ferrari starts buying a cheap/medium city car and also buys all subscription services or unnecessary premium stuff (that normal people would unlikely get because they are unnecessary) that enforces car manufacturers to keep pushing on these things, affecting normal people who now get a "crippled" car that is now missing features as now they are "premium" features. Same is for these games.

@dsan17

2 жыл бұрын

@@Empress_Theresa Now Imagine if all cars are Ferrari's priced $200k and the only way to fly is by renting a private jet while you still earn the same as you do now. That's the danger of what's happening with games now. Pretty soon you'll have to pay real money to unlock riding a mount and accessing your storage in games.

Remember when you could play a game and discover secrets that unlocked characters/costumes/hidden weapons and it was designed through creative puzzles and the environment encouraged exploration and engagement? Imagine FFX now. Paying to unlock spheres on the level grid. Paying to play in the arena for special weapons. Imagine the hell it would be if released today.

@joro8693

2 жыл бұрын

100% the customers fault. I don’t feel bad for anyone anymore who ever buys games that have monetization. There is absolutely no excuse for the last 5 years to expect a company to be any different than this. You kept giving them an inch with just cosmetics and now you have this.

@FatalParadox

2 жыл бұрын

@@joro8693 I completely agree. Why people keep giving these companies there money just to complain about it is beyond me. Protest with your wallets people stop buying there trash and they will be forced to make a decent game.

That guy can complain as much as he wants but Blizzard are in bloody heaven, they just got $16 000 for silly mobile game from one moron.... That is all what matters.

@71Dana

2 жыл бұрын

As this streamers vid becomes more widely viewed, it may prevent millions of players from spending even $50.

i just want to thank yolu for your coverage i just saved my friend and about 30 families from their "unschool" group from chaos the older kids wanted this game so i warned her to look deeper sent some of your vids and even the teens are against it now thank you!!!you are doing good important workk!!

Incredible how a company can make 3 of the best games of all time and then 20 years later they have created 3 worst games of all time.

@tompotter8703

2 жыл бұрын

It’s basically a ship of Theseus. If all the creative and fun loving people have left or been fired, and have been replaced by people who are only interested in money, then is it even the same company?

@Erakius323

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Growing up, Blizzard was a mark of quality. Now? It’s a warning to avoid.

@aahzmandiaz2767

2 жыл бұрын

... effortless, I might add.

@WarLord34

2 жыл бұрын

It’s like the quote “you either die as a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”

@kurrwa

2 жыл бұрын

yea blizzard only did 3 titles nothing more. There are a lot amazing games from 90s and early 2000s so nothing special about blizzard to be honest people overyhyping this company for no reason and now we get what we get :)

This guy was really just "it's not about the money, it's about sending a message."

@DemonicAkumi

2 жыл бұрын

The message was "Thanks for that $16k, idiot. Don't care you're trash talking our game."

@reagansido5823

2 жыл бұрын

@@DemonicAkumi so what you're saying is that the guy who spent 16K on the game is sending a message saying "thanks for the 16K" You really butchered this comeback.

These streamers that “test” these issues are the real problem. They have gambling addictions and use this as a cover up just to fuel their habits.

@lil.bunnii

2 жыл бұрын

LOL what

@XxBattlesnipexX

2 жыл бұрын

@@lil.bunnii just stating what I think 🤷🏻‍♂️

@RobotMasterSplash

2 жыл бұрын

Idiot logic. This kind of bad press is worth far more than a measly 16k.

$16,000 for Diablo's microtransactions? His spending equated to roughly 266.66 game sales at $60 per copy. Basically, he just proved why microtransactions exist, and why they target "whales."

Then you have the one guy that paid ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS and didn't get a single 5-Star legendary gem.

@manilowgamer

2 жыл бұрын

They deserve what they get.

@KDriz1

2 жыл бұрын

Is this a real person that did this or a general statement?

@Faust_YT

2 жыл бұрын

@@KDriz1 Someone did spent that much. You can check it on Asmon channel, he reacted to it.

@taekan625

2 жыл бұрын

@@KDriz1 it's real, and called it an "investment"

@uuu12343

2 жыл бұрын

@@taekan625 Yo WTF

Man spent well over 10 grand on the game and deleted his character and uninstalled. The very definition of it's not about the money, it's about sending a message.

@GholaTleilaxu

2 жыл бұрын

And the message is: have my money Activision-Blizzard, I'm as dumb as you predicted.

Amazing. This video kicked off with an ad for diablo immortal lol

25k is enough to change my life for the better and would help me back on my feet. The future is a terrifying thing.

@maccamachine

2 жыл бұрын

fr me too that’s insane man and i wish you luck

@PeterCaptainObvious

2 жыл бұрын

Same here man

I don’t care if streamers or youtubers spent 16k+ to “prove a point”, they’re still part of the problem of making gaming worse. Blizzard got their money, that’s all matters to the company.

@BrainAbsoluteZero

2 жыл бұрын

@G T Problem is that a lot of the execs see the short term gains and double down on them. They don't learn lessons from the money they don't receive, this is the kind of thing they point to and say "see we can make money here!"

@astonmartin8537

2 жыл бұрын

They are the ones that going to keep it alive longer.

@SGT-Sasquatch

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree. What makes it worse is that these streamers are using money donated to them by thier patreon supporters haha. So Blizzard is still getting the community's money even without them playing.

@nagasadow99

2 жыл бұрын

It's comparable to a necessary evil, if you had to take one life to save a thousand, if you can spend 16k to save people from spending millions then it's a win.

@MascrisSensei

2 жыл бұрын

It is actually a win-win situation. Streamers lost nothing since they get more money and views, meanwhile Blizzard got more funds to keep the game runs. What do they want to prove? Absolutely nothing except for gaining more views and revenue.

I listen you while opening my shop up ever day because I can actually hear your voice. Awesome sound quality loud and clear. Appreciated

We've investigated ActvisionBlizzard executives for signs of corporate greed, like exploding wallets or newly bought million dollar mansions, but couldn't find any. *-ActivisionBlizzard, 2022*

man, he sure showed them by instantly uninstalling & slamming the game verbally! that'll teach em!

@jamesduncan6729

2 жыл бұрын

All that money they made off him will make Activision/Blizz feel so guilty. This is such a good lesson for them to learn... Sarcasm of course

@sparky117SAS

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesduncan6729 $16k for the amount of publicity he's gotten is worth.

@FuhzyLiquids

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparky117SAS publicity? I didn't know who they were until this vid and I'll forget about them before I wake up tommorow.

@Justicejuice179

2 жыл бұрын

@@FuhzyLiquids you’re not exactly encompassing the whole of the internet.

@MapleYum

2 жыл бұрын

@@sparky117SAS agreed. People seem to see this very narrowly. He’s gotten an international stage with this advertisement at a bargain cost. Better still be was able to make a solid point about Blizzard’s complete moral meltdown.

The fact that they even did this test, when there's now a simulation app around, shows why Activision doesn't give a flying fuck. One person just spent sixteen grand.

"Dont you guys have credit cards?!"

It was my dream to work for blizzard. When I was 8 my father got me Mia graphic design software so I could start a portfolio. But after learning what they do, not just to the customers, but to each other. my dream died. No one is worth working for. I'm tired of this. I'm tired of losing everything I cared about.

What blew my mind was when Quin unequipped his gear in one of the rifts and was roughly still as strong as we was with no gear due to the hand holding scaling system.

@LowKeyJaded

2 жыл бұрын

You’re only as powerful as you think you are.

@simongraves8339

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I explain to mobile "gamers" their isn't really skill and ability properly involved in them it's either rng or hand held game does most of the work for you

@Junos2011

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it's a game on a hand held device. What did you expect?

@whynotsa6866

2 жыл бұрын

@@Junos2011 no don't try to divide the handheld players from non handheld players, it's the same argument that the pro-diablo immortal people are parading. there are proper games in the handheld market that are skill based.

@GeorgeMonet

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think you understand what hand holding means. Hand holding is when you receive outside help or are guided through something, the idea is that someone is holding your hand to guide you through something. But stats being essentially worthless is not hand holding. Handholding would be something like doing Grifts in D3 with a high ilevel player who invites you to a high ilevel Grift and completes it for you while you follow behind so you can leapfrog over the early legendary farming grind.

When I saw a video where streamers were bragging about spending 20,000+ dollars to dominate the pvp arena, I was so disgusted. Do these people not realize they just spent an amount equivalent to the yearly income of working class Americans?

@budderk1305

2 жыл бұрын

lmao, no they don't

I have three copies of diablo 3 I was really in love with this game when it came out, I could build my characters from the ground up without paying a dime just by puting in the work the grind that gamers enjoy if it's rewarding like I felt diablo 3 was. When it comes to diablo immortal I played for twenty minutes maybe before it asked for money it made me so sick I honestly couldn't play the game anymore. Sorry for the rant but please make gaming enjoyable again.

@GodwynDi

2 жыл бұрын

Diablo 3 did become a lot of fun. I am tempted to reinstall, but don't feel like supporting blizzard at all now

Congratulations Quin, you did exactly what Blizzard wanted. You think they care about the negative comments on twitter? If tt was true, they wouldnt have released the game in the first place. As long as people pay (no matter the reason) Blizzard and many other will continue to release p2w games.

While watching this video, I got a mid roll ad for Diablo: Immortal. The irony is killing me

This is kinda needed, actual first hand documentation of just how predatory these business practices actually are. Even though it sucks handing $16k over to them. But, this isn't theoretical number crunching based on odds, it's undeniable evidence of just how insane these games are.

@rebjorn79

2 жыл бұрын

You should also see Bellular's series on this. They dive in deep.

@zenoblues7787

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly if it cost 16,000 for 1 5/5 gem imagine how much you'd need to spend to full deck out a character. Much less the added cost to fully upgrade those gems which requires progressively more duplicates. This is needed it's a real world example everyone can point at to show how ridiculous the monetization in this game is. The original 110,000 estimate was likely lowballing based on the best possible circumstances.

@chainswordcs

2 жыл бұрын

This. I absolutely agree that I don't want any more money to go to Activision-Blizzard, but it is what it is. It is somewhat useful and nice to have empirical evidence of the terrible monetization systems in place, and it's not *my* money to spend anyway so I can't be too upset at some streamer.

@celiafrostborn

2 жыл бұрын

This game will receive the record for the most predatory monetization as well as the lowest rated game. Blizzard should be proud they suck so bad and have earned those titles for Diablo immortal XD.

@chainswordcs

2 жыл бұрын

Also, this is the same company that made $24,000,000 in two weeks from this stupid game. This one streamer only accounts for 0.07% of that total. 🤷‍♀️ I guess I'm trying to say that there's no need for in-fighting

Yong…you probably won’t believe me, but the first ad to pop up for me on this video was an ad for Diablo Immortal…

Big gaming corporations: I don’t understand the controversy, don’t you guys have phones and the money spending promotes a feeling of accomplishment Indie games: pay me 5 bucks for 3 years worth of content

Blizzard: Yes, people. This game is awful! Please keep testing and confirming that that rates are rigged.

On the one hand, this is some great hands-on research that really shows just how awful this game truly is. On the other hand, this man gave Activision Blizzard $16K, which is _exactly_ what they want. They basically won here.

@MyAramil

2 жыл бұрын

would be funny if he charged back the money XD

@LucianCanad

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's a tie. Hopefully, his $16k makes thousands more people not give this game their money.

@The_Gamer_91

2 жыл бұрын

@Warlok...how?? Same for Elijah. The man gave Blizzard SIXTEEN THOUSAND dollars on in game currency...think about that. How much do you pay for a normal game? Between 60 to 70 dollars now...take $16K divided by that number....he gave them at least 228 full games worth of revenue there. People NEED to stop giving them money...this is EXACTLY what Blizzard wants.

@TheNzFox

2 жыл бұрын

@Warlok short term only? long term they release a trailer for diablo 4 and everyone gets collective amnesia. There is no long term consequences for anything these companies do when everyone pre-orders the next game anyway

@sspectre8217

2 жыл бұрын

the "don't you guys have phones?" guy is probably wiping of tears with 100$ bills right now

The game made more than 24 million in it's first weeks. We as players can't stop this because there's a whole other group of mobile players who just throw their money into these sort of cashcow games. The only thing that can stop this is solid legislation. In Europe Consumers Associations from 18 countries have started working together against gambling in games.

And to cap the problem even more: Blizzard owns the right to this game, so if you wanna play a new Diablo game, you HAVE to eat whatever turd Blizzard puts out! They are literally holding all the cards, and emotionally holding your nostalgia hostage, and THEY decide what you deserve... And the only thing you can do as a consumer is to NOT buy that thing you have been craving for so long! So the loss you take as a consumer is doubled, as you not only have to be bitter about a terrible game, but you also have to eat the reality that any further entries might be equally bad, or at least be several years into the future!

@GodwynDi

2 жыл бұрын

No, they hold no cards. I don't have to play their games at all.

I'm just imagining blizzard as that gif of Tallahassee wiping his tears with money from zombieland when they read that tweet

"Do you guys not have phones?" Do you guys not have self-respect?

@evencesampeur10

2 жыл бұрын

swimming in their pool at their millions dollar penthouse, laughing at dumb people who feed them money, no they will not have shame.

@farqueleyou7578

2 жыл бұрын

Two words: "Cosby Suite". No, they do not have self-respect, or respect for anyone or anything else.

Actually it’s pretty ironic that I got an ad for Diablo immortal on this video 😂 I actually had an ad before and a banner ad under the video the entire time

3:52 "Consequences" as many people that are throwing 10k+ at the game, I'd hardly call this a consequence Like, now you got people throwing 25k at the game, then complaining, and for what? You're the idiot that spent the money, knowing you weren't going to use whatever you got in game, and that your odds are very low. Blizzard made the game this way for a reason, and you're playing right into their hands. They don't care what you think, and have no desire to fix it, because this *one* guy is complaining, but still just gave them enough money to match several hundred copies of Diablo 3 selling instantly. That's now several hundred complaints they can completely ignore, because they got those sales figures regardless.

Even if Diablo 4 is a 10/10 masterpiece, they will not be seeing my money anymore. What is enough is enough.

@mainstreetsaint36

2 жыл бұрын

Diablo isn't the only top-down ARPG around. They better watch out.

@zendoro5789

2 жыл бұрын

Buy game pass for 1$ play the game then unsub (or buy a key on g2a so that blizzard gets no money)

He paid 16k for that, he sure showed blizzard...

@redohealer2

2 жыл бұрын

Took one for the team I guess?

@sauron7175

2 жыл бұрын

We call them "pay pigs"

@dangerousninjax9475

2 жыл бұрын

Way to go, you spend that money

@CharlesTembo

2 жыл бұрын

I see your point but from his perspective it's more providing a real life anecdote for just how appalling the Microtransactions are, whilst also making good content/getting his name out there as a streamer.

@keiko431

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was thinking just that! It's so stupid "Ohhhh look at me I spent 16K and now I gonna leave the game" and I thought nft/cripto bros were dumbs

That streamer is part of the problem he was willing to drop thousands and thousands of dollars to prove a point but that just gives Diablo immortal more money if everyone just didn't buy it they couldn't monetize and they would lose money

@jerrycan1756

2 жыл бұрын

Dude, headlines shouting about how the best items cost $16,000 in real money are the worst publicity a multiplayer game can get. What would you have? Nobody talks about the game and it quietly suckers in a bunch of gambling addicts?

@BKay121

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerrycan1756 it's already widely known that it takes 110k to Max out your gear. This should have been enough warning.

I know we always spout “don’t be mad at the devs, they’re just doing what they’ve been told to do.” But FUCK THAT! Everything we do in life is a choice, it doesn’t matter what it is, picking up a cent off the ground… or knowingly building a fucking disgusting monetization system. Any dev who participated in building it SHOULD be ashamed of themselves. Them AND the company that told them to do it… this needs to stop.

@TheNewblade1

2 жыл бұрын

This exactly, I've always said planatena from Rick and Morty was 100% correct. Every day we work is another dollar in the pocket of the capitalist, to give to the politician to take more of our rights away.

@jonahabenhaim1223

2 жыл бұрын

We need to convince everyone to stop playing the game.

@Lego5114

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonahabenhaim1223 but that doesn’t fix the problem, they’ll look at the game, call it a write off then make a new one with the goalposts moved further. Fixing it now will require a complete excision of the problem from the root up.

@lonewolf5238

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lego5114 I couldn't agree more.

@JohnDoe-yq9ml

2 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!!!! IVE BEEN SAYING THIS ABOUT ALL THE DEVS AT DICE!!! THESE LAZY P.O.S DEVS NEED TO BE PUT IN PRISON SAME WITH EVERYONE ELSE AT THESE GAME COMPANIES FOR PUSHING MASSIVE MULTI-HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS SCAMS !!!! THESE GAME COMPANIES ARE LITERALLY CRIMINAL ENTERPRISES TIME TO ENACT RICO CHARGES AND HAVE EVERYONE FROM THE TOP ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM PUT IN PRISON FOR THEFT WITH A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON!!!!

Ok, so to break it down. $16K for 1 5/5 star gem, + 5 more times = nearly $100K, then to get to the awakening stage, you have to pump up each gem 10x's, so now we see a $1 mil price tag before awakening. WTAF!!! Who in their right mind is paying this much!?!?

@ricardohoang8452

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361 You underestimate whale and poseidon kiddos in the US

@yomin2162

2 жыл бұрын

If you have 16k, go buy a physical 2-carat diamond instead. It'll last longer than this game.

@ben8929

2 жыл бұрын

@@billyj.causeyvideoguy7361 Most of the whales in these games are not rich kids sadly. They are usually normal people that can not afford to spend so much, but still do it because of their addiction and end up ruining their lives.

8:40 that clip is actually even better with the stuff just before it, because he used that 5/5 gem to upgrade a 1/1 gem before quitting.

Now with the whole Diablo Immortal fiasco, I’m worried about Diablo IV…

@artnull13

2 жыл бұрын

As you should be

clearly!!!! was anybody really expecting anything less from the company like this🤬🤬🤢🤮

So apparently to fully rank up your gems you need a total of 444 gems to get all 6 slots fully ranked up. So you'd be looking at $6,660,000 to get a fully upgraded character going off this guys luck. To all those complaining that the $100,000 figure wasnt legit, I wish that was the legit figure.

Diablo immortal has earned 24 millions so far from what I've read today. It is the epitome of greedy,scummy move and unfortunately for gaming as a whole it fk worked like a charm. The future of gaming looks grim. If companies can make millions with minimal effort on a mobile phone game why invest more on pc and console games? It obviously pays off despite the backlash so who tf cares. Companies got the message that they can be scummy and they will be rewarded for it. It sets a precedent. Also I've had enough with people who call out the game and still spend thousands on it. And i don't get the argument streamers show the game and do it for their audience. They are part of the problem as well as their audience if that's the case.

@DeetotheDubs

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with everything but that last part. I hope that the demonstration of how much money it took hits harder than just saying it sucks and that this ultimately means that fewer people spend money there. If two whales are turned away from spending thousands of dollars and hours, it may be worth it.

@jons787

2 жыл бұрын

I look to smaller AA developers and indie studios for the future of gaming on PCs. Outside of the huge 5K game worlds made by armies of overworked code monkeys, smaller studios can do everything the big studios can, just better and more fun. And honestly I don’t miss the endless seasonal grinds and open world maps with hundreds of quest markers. 😏

@andy764

2 жыл бұрын

Nah, not that grim. There are many great games you can buy and play without any monetization. Just avoid Activision Blizzard and EA all together.

@mailiflower8094

2 жыл бұрын

There are still indie game devs and smaller companies that you can give your money to instead. Funding them instead of the big corps will allow competition to remain in the market instead of being crushed out by lazy games and apps.

@MrProg-ey3tl

2 жыл бұрын

The future of gaming lies with small indie studios as long as they stop making games that are just glorified art projects.

At the current minimum wage here in the US, it would take approximately 2190 hours to earn enough to buy that 5/5 star legendary. That's 91 DAYS, or 13 WEEKS straight. No breaks, no sleep, no stopping. That's the real Diablo experience right there.

You’re very good at what you do Yong

He sure showed blizzard by uninstalling after giving them 16,000 dollars

Correction: The video states that "Blizzard is facing the consequences" but, let's be honest, they aren't. Does the game have a bad reputation amongst a lot of more dedicated gamers? Sure, but that doesn't really mean anything when there are tons more less dedicated gamers who will gladly pay (and play) along with a notable amount of dedicated gamers who are also still defending the game and Blizzard. And is "everyone" leery of what they're going to do with D4? Sure, but look at how much traction all of the previous social actions against ActiBlizz have actually hurt them. Remember Blitzchung? Bobby Kotick? Mass sexual harassment and staff abuse? Union busting? If it has an ActiBlizz IP on the box it will sell and sell big. Period. There are no actual consequences here. Edit: Heck, even in the Quinn video he still keeps Diablo 2 Ressurected and Diablo 3 installed. So much conviction....

@zephyr8072

2 жыл бұрын

Well it helps that many of those “hard working devs” are sex pests who never deserved thr praise they were given. Blizzard should be completely abandoned by anyone of right mind. Let them wallow in their Chinese money pit like the soulless drones they are.

@manoftherainshorts9075

2 жыл бұрын

The consequences will be that their hardcore audience that used to buy all their games is more and more alienated by devs.

@carlycrays2831

2 жыл бұрын

They don't even need a ton of players because of just expensive this game is

@Anomen77

2 жыл бұрын

It still only earned them 10% of what diablo 3 did though.

@zephyr8072

2 жыл бұрын

@@manoftherainshorts9075 They. Don't. Care. The whales and the Chinese audience will generate more revenue in a month than their hardcore audience did in years. Their reputation and their legacy are easy sacrifices to make for all that money.

Saw another video about a guy who spent over 100,000 USD on the game and went on to say "it's not that bad". I said from the start blizz was gonna make trillions on this game no matter how villainous it is thanks to players like this, and the Asian market in general.

seems like Blizzard is making money off streamers and whales. imagine 10 streamers spending 25 000 USD. Blizzard already gets 250 000 USD. imagine all the streamers around the world spend average of 25 000 USD to Diablo Immoral, like let say 1000 streamers around the world, Blizzard gets roughly 2 500 000 USD. and that does not include non-streamers like us. This game is aiming for streamers and whales and those addicted to gambling kind of elements in a game. Blizzard knows this and taking advantage of the mobile environment of microtransaction. Furthermore, mobile gaming is more accessible to everyone since everyone has phone on their hand and majority players that play mobile games thinks this a normal thing in a mobile game. and some mobile players dont really care much of the pay element in their game. it is sad and unavoidable.

Wow, he really showed them. Gave them 16k then stopped playing. I'm sure Blizzard will feel very bad about him slamming the game.

@GholaTleilaxu

2 жыл бұрын

That POS is mocking us all with his 16K that he can probably spend 10x over.

congratulations on getting a 5 star gem in season 1 which lasted 30 days! season 2 features new gear and new gems that are twice as powerful, so get ready to do it all again next season!

This guy spent 3 years worth of income (based on my salary) in a rock that doesn't exist irl, and in the universe that it exists is worth shit ... Way to go dude.

All this Diablo Immortal stuff just makes me want to play Path of Exile

15K then quitting the game? nice investiment, nice way to prove a point .___. well, i'm back to PoE thanks to Diablo :D

@malemuffin64

2 жыл бұрын

Its always funny to me, making the greedy company richer to pwn them.

The fist ever Pay 2 Loose, incredible feat from Bli$$ard!

The tl;dr on DI revenue is: D2 made something like $200 million in its first year. D3 made like $800-900 million in its first year. If the current trajectory holds (but understand that's a BIG "if"), DI is on pace to make about $50 million in its first year. Now, the thing about mobile games is that they're intended to be a live service and continue to generate revenue for years to come. I do not believe DI will fall into that scenario: 1) mobile games play a numbers game - appeal to just about everyone and find what whales live in that audience. As big as we think the Diablo franchise is, it pales in comparison to CoD, Fortnite, etc. as well as Candy Crush, CoC, and other "friendly" games. 2) D4 is coming out next year. Mobile games get iterations, typically not sequels. There's a reason for that.

Funny part is that it's launch in China has been delayed and no specific reason stated why. It was granted permission by the government more or less to launch the game but then China since then has changed their regulation to be harsher to games accessible to people under 18. So DI may be effected there too.