However, some players have labelled his comments as “disingenuous” due to players using real money in a bid to acquire Legendary Gems. Cheng did say months earlier that there is no way for players to acquire or rank up gear using money. Which is why the game’s director had to speak up about the game’s negativity focused on “misinformation”. No, not so much its fun mobile action RPG gameplay, but rather the endgame cost that’s potentially worth thousands of dollars.

“While fan reaction was muted to the announcement, players' hands-on experience this content confirmed what we believe, which is that Diablo mobile will be a very well received game when it releases and players around the world will love it.”Īs Activision Blizzard moved to quell some of the fallout following the announcement, we found there to be a touch of déjà vu about the situation, as mobile remains a dirty word in triple-A.There’s a lot of talk going on about Diablo Immortal. “And last week, Blizzard announced Diablo Immortal, which will bring this tenfold franchise to a mobile audience in both the east and the West,” said Johnson. He then moved onto the topic of Diablo Immortal, playing down reaction from fans and internet trolls. On top of this, Activision shares are currently at their lowest since the end of 2017.Īs transcribed by Seeking Alpha, president and COO Collister Johnson first told investors that mobile remained the largest and fastest growing platform for gaming in the world. That didn’t go down to great either, with a video of the conference sitting at 3.6k dislikes and 132 likes. In a video that has since gone viral, one fan reflected the mood in the room and asked the developer if it was an out of season April Fools' joke.įollowing the announcement of Diablo Immortal, Blizzard executive producer Allen Adham took part in a press conference and explained that over time the developers had been playing more mobile games, adding that more of Blizzard’s games would be coming to mobile. The Diablo game, made in collaboration with NetEase, was revealed to be coming to mobile at the peak of Blizzcon 2018.įans were not happy and have since made their voices heard.

Activision Blizzard has labelled the fan reaction to Diablo Immortal’s mobile reveal as muted during an investors call following its Q3 financial reveal.

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