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Diablo Immortal's Creation Was Pushed When Activision Came On Board, Claims Former Producer | MMORPG

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited October 2022 in News & Features Discussion

imageDiablo Immortal's Creation Was Pushed When Activision Came On Board, Claims Former Producer | MMORPG.com

Would we have Diablo Immortal if the Activision Blizzard merger hadn't happened? That's the speculation former Diablo producer Jay Wilson has opened up, saying it was Activision that pushed for free to play Diablo.

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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,439
    Welcome to a gaming world where the demands of an inferior platform with a screen the size of your hand and a control interface that is a joke dictate what gets made and how it gets made.
    ArglebargleKidRiskMcSleazaxtranti
  • DattelisDattelis Member EpicPosts: 1,675
    I remember the time when Blizzard started touting MAUs instead of subscription numbers and then said Activision had nothing to do with the Blizzard side of development.......
    McSleazIceAgeaxtrantiScotkitarad
  • Pher0ciousPher0cious Member RarePosts: 529
    edited October 2022
    Noooooo SHIT!

    I've been calling Activision..... ACTIVISION forever now. But noooooo. The delusionals insist that it's still "blizzard"

    Blizzard is dead. Wake up sheeples.
    ('''\( ',.:.,' )/''')
  • lothariclotharic Member UncommonPosts: 34
    Given how much money it's made...it was not the wrong decision.
    Roin
  • XiaokiXiaoki Member EpicPosts: 4,045
    edited October 2022
    Scot said:
    Welcome to a gaming world where the demands of an inferior platform with a screen the size of your hand and a control interface that is a joke dictate what gets made and how it gets made.
    In 2021 the mobile games market made $93.2 billion in revenue.

    In 2021 the PC games market made $36.7 billion in revenue.

    You do the math.

    Greatsword
  • GreatswordGreatsword Member RarePosts: 429
    Zoomers get the games and monetization models they deserve.
    McSleaz
  • McSleazMcSleaz Member RarePosts: 280

    lotharic said:

    Given how much money it's made...it was not the wrong decision.



    So, If something makes a bunch of money, it's a good decision?
  • JakobmillerJakobmiller Member RarePosts: 694

    McSleaz said:



    lotharic said:


    Given how much money it's made...it was not the wrong decision.






    So, If something makes a bunch of money, it's a good decision?



    In Bobby's world, yes.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 927
    edited October 2022
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    Sometimes we need fantasy to survive reality 
    https://biturl.top/rU7bY3
    Beyond the shadows there's always light
  • AdamantineAdamantine Member RarePosts: 5,094
    By the same logic Hollywood should tell musicians what music to make. Because Hollywood blockbusters make so much more money.
  • TheDalaiBombaTheDalaiBomba Member EpicPosts: 1,493
    edited October 2022
    Xiaoki said:
    Scot said:
    Welcome to a gaming world where the demands of an inferior platform with a screen the size of your hand and a control interface that is a joke dictate what gets made and how it gets made.
    In 2021 the mobile games market made $93.2 billion in revenue.

    In 2021 the PC games market made $36.7 billion in revenue.

    You do the math.

    If only mobile games were generally that much higher quality, more immersive, and deeper (where it's beneficial)....  No one would complain.


    They aren't.  We all know why mobile makes so much: the ubiquity of mobile devices being on hand 24 hours a day, coupled with incredibly predatory monetization.  People can be pestered 24 hours a day to hop back in and spend more money.  People will launch game apps while literally taking shits.  Regularly.  In that light: console or PC gamers don't and shouldn't give a fuck that mobile makes more.  They can and should judge companies that lean into that market, especially if those companies were continuously successful without having to do so in the first place.  Doubly so if it results in a rather unsavory monetization method being intertwined with the game loop of their favorite IP.
    OldKingLog
  • OldKingLogOldKingLog Member RarePosts: 601
    What a bunch of empty suits are responsible for this wretched abortion of a gambling simulator masquerading as a game? Say it ain't so.
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