mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Yep, so people shouldn't get mad when more companies do this.
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Diablo Immortal rakes in 100 million in 8 weeks not including China
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Yep, so people shouldn't get mad when more companies do this.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
since the last update i can't even play it. the game won't load 
i updated it today on my iPad and it won't launch. i can't be arsed uninstalling and downloading it again so fuck it i'm deleting it.
i updated it today on my iPad and it won't launch. i can't be arsed uninstalling and downloading it again so fuck it i'm deleting it.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
How many max characters are we talking with that kind of money?
newtypepilot
Member
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
The game has over 5 million downloads on the Google play store alone. On average people probably spent $5. Sure some people went full whale but there are millions of regular people who dropped a fraction of the cost of a full game for a small item pack or something.
Fbh
Member
Lol based on this thread I take it people though this was going to fail?. Why?
As if the the mobile audience gives a single shit about what people on PC/Consoles are saying/complaining about.
Nah. It will probably have some microtransactions but not nearly as bad as this.
The core game is there to keep the brand relevant. The mobile game is to cash in. Almost feels like the core game is "the movie" and the mobile game are the toys.
As if the the mobile audience gives a single shit about what people on PC/Consoles are saying/complaining about.
Nah. It will probably have some microtransactions but not nearly as bad as this.
The core game is there to keep the brand relevant. The mobile game is to cash in. Almost feels like the core game is "the movie" and the mobile game are the toys.
Wildebeest
Member
The peak of human civilization was in the 1990s. Since then, we learned to understand that everything would get worse every year and that people were even getting less intelligent and more likely to make decisions based on lower quality information. That's how to interpret news like this.
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DaGwaphics
Member
Interesting article on whales, mtx, revenue per user etc....
What Are Mobile Game Whales and How to Catch Them? - Udonis
Mobile game whales are a tiny group (around 2%) of players that drive the majority of mobile game revenue. Learn how to "catch" them!www.blog.udonis.co
What's the slang for the users who don't spend a single $? LOL at the gamer that spent over $1m in a game.
Trazyn the Infinite
Member
And? My factoid still remains true.
Azelover
Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was.
In the end of the day it's a business, so yeah
Edgelord79
Gold Member
Yup. Shocking how many people act as if this is a surprise when mobile games have been doing this type of monetization for a long time now.
Many Enthusiasts are either shockingly ill-informed or think that everyone is just like them.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
reinking
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I absolutely HATE where gaming is headed and I was anti-MTX day one. I have realized I lost that battle and I have adapted. I don't whale and I really don't play a lot of these games. As matter of fact, I have not downloaded Diablo Immortal yet. That being said, I have tossed $5-$10 here and there throughout the last few years if a game is good enough that I have spent a month playing it. Why the hell not? Things are not going to change no matter how much I yell. Obviously if I spent a month on something I got $5 worth of entertainment.
Trazyn the Infinite
Member
Yep. But they defend it. Just further illustrates my factoid.
Shadowstar39
Member
Gen z and rich folk that like wasting money made this happen.
And this is why I stay away from multiplayer and many esport type games. Indies, older games and single player AAA means not having to deal with mtx, gaas and other crap, usually.
And this is why I stay away from multiplayer and many esport type games. Indies, older games and single player AAA means not having to deal with mtx, gaas and other crap, usually.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
The only paid content I was a supporter of was map packs back in the day. I know some people hated them and thought paying $15 for 4 extra COD maps was a rip off, but considering the time I spent back then playing COD I found it worth it. I stopped buying them at MW3 and havent bought one dime of mtx or DLC since then.
At least for those old map packs, you were limited to that price. And it's not even P2W or cosmetic hats or whatever. Anyone who buys the maps gets access the same way and plays together. And gamers who dont buy arent disadvantaged because they cant even join that match.
Back then, the mtx was limited to personal stuff that was so different. You had dashboard skins, map packs, you might have some Ace Combat 6 airplane skins or whatever. It wasnt so in your face like loud showboaty celebrations or P2W.
SteelCurtain 59
Member
You have yet to provide any fact, at all, in this entire thread. Your opinion is not a fact no matter what you believe. If you don't like the game or think it's manipulating people you can state that, but nothing you've posted in this thread is even close to a fact even by the loosest definition
JimmyRustler
Gold Member
In an ideal world every game company would have such a game to rip off the retards and use the money to finance real games for us.
Trazyn the Infinite
Member
Keep denying reality, buddy.
The_Mike
I cry about SonyGaf from my chair in Redmond, WA
Hey guys I found the guy we can blame for the escalation from horse armor dlc.
Dr.Morris79
Member
Thats a lot of money and none from me. I'm fine with that
lovetalkgames
Banned
Genius business model. So many people globally are playing mobile games. It’s a massive, active market.
this is a joke right
\m/etalStorm
Member
Immortal is like the same old shit, but much worse. It feels like a clicker game.
LazyParrot
Member
But that's literally what Diablo Immortal is. It's essentially a dumbed-down mobile port of Diablo 3, a game from 2012. The predatory microtransaction are the only new thing about it.
TheGecko
Banned
it's literally making hundreds of millions, based on this
1. It Can't be shit
2. Its obviously popular
LazyParrot
Member
So what? You complained about people just wanting the same old shit. This game being both popular and profitable doesn't change that fact that it is, essentially, the same old shit.
iHaunter
Member
People trying to be competitive in a P2W game astounds me EVERY TIME!
TheGecko
Banned
DONT PLAY IT THEN!
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
for those who actually bothered to play the game, how is the PC (iOS port) now?
i don't want to download it again on my iPad but i'm up for playing on PC again.
i don't want to download it again on my iPad but i'm up for playing on PC again.
LazyParrot
Member
I'm not. What does that have to do with anything, anyway? This isn't about whether or not I'm playing the game. It's about you claiming people dislike the game because they'd rather play the "same old shit" instead of trying anything new. Do you not see how a claim like that makes absolutely no sense when the game in question is literally the embodiment of old shit?
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TheGecko
Banned
Listen here LadyParrot, If you haven't even played it then how can you keep going on about it? Go and give it a go and then come back.
Goalus
Member
Yes.
The people who engage in review bombing on metacritic wouldn't have played the game anyway. And the people playing the game don't know what metacritic is.
LazyParrot
Member
I have played it, though. But who knows, maybe I missed all the exciting innovative features Blizzard added to the game that make it more than just a mobile clone of a 10 year-old game. Care to list some of them?
HF2014
Member
You know, if some people are making Blizzard rich because of this, its not the problem of the people not paying for these mtx. If Blizz got more funds now to make a better D4, i am happy with it. The day regular games are getting pay to win mtx, it will be over for all their most hardcore fans, and im not seeing that happening. Look how they went backward with auction house in D3. Nintendo are doing it with AC Pocket Camp and nobody is crying.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Review bombing just makes it impossible to tell if the game is good or not so you end up having to try it.
Fuz
Banned
Ahahahahahahahah
