Obviously, as a fan, I can’t wrap my mind around why Blizzard has not shared any updates on Diablo Immortal’s status. Meaning a large portion of players won’t be able to play Diablo Immortal or might have to spend over $800 plus a monthly plan with AT&T, T-Mobile, or another carrier in order to play the game.ĭuring their Financial Earnings Call, on February 22 (three months after BlizzCon) NetEase revealed that their involvement with the Diablo Immortal development was completed. Those at home, well… not everyone has a smartphone. That’s the true nature of the backlash for those who traveled to Anaheim. The investment to travel to BlizzCon for Diablo immediately became a waste of time.
Then the news that it is mobile only felt like a brick to the face. Being a Diablo fan, understandably a PC gamer. You pay for a flight ticket, a Hotel, Taxi, food, and whatnot in order to attend an event where an awesome Diablo game will be announced.
You are told a Diablo game will be announced at BlizzCon on October. It is completely understandable why people would be mad. That it was not going to be ported to the PC. What truly made the audience turn against the Diablo Immortal announcement is that it was a mobile only game. That was clearly a “Don’t expect Diablo 4 to be announced at BlizzCon.” Blizzard did clarify at least a couple of times that we would not be hearing about Diablo 4 at BlizzCon, but that the forges of Hell were burning. Diablo Immortal was not received well by the audience at BlizzCon. I am going to speculate here based on what we know. Why is Activision Blizzard holding up on details or on what the status of Diablo Immortal is? NetEase has encouraged the press to reach out to Activision Blizzard to ask the question, but certainly nothing has been heard as a follow up. It has been now 8 months since Blizzard Entertainment unveiled Diablo Immortal and no one has heard a peep about the game after that announcement - at least from Blizzard. But on our side, development is already fully prepared and invested.” Several months ago, a NetEase representative revealed that all the development on the side of NetEase had been completed: “With regards to the launch of Diablo Immortal, we will announce a market launch date simultaneously with Blizzard.
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