There is a wide gulf between the two calculations, likely due to the complicated nature of Diablo Immortal‘s MTX system. YouTuber and content creator Shroud, via TweakTown, calculated that it could cost even more: up to $500,000. As reported by GameRant, YouTuber Bellular News calculated Diablo Immortal asks up to $110,000 for players to fully max a character. Regular, free-to-play users apparently can’t simply earn 5-star gems. If you want top-tier gems, you need to pay for them. Legendary Gems have tiers (up to five stars), and the top-rated ones are doled out as chance drops from Legendary Crests - the game’s version of loot boxes, if you will, and the reason the game is blocked in Belgium and the Netherlands. These are awarded to players as a way to level up their characters’ gear after reaching endgame. Min-maxing in Diablo Immortal can apparently come at a high cost, with some reports saying it can take $100,000 or more to max a character - and the fan backlash has already begun.Īt the center of the issue are in-game items known as Legendary Gems. According to recent reports, it’s looking to be true. Ahead of launch, there was concern that Diablo Immortal would stray deeply into the murky waters of “pay to win,” or P2W.
Developed by Chinese mobile game developer NetEase, Diablo Immortal is free to play with MTX in mind. While users say the game certainly feels like a more streamlined Diablo on mobile and PC, there is a key variable between it and its predecessors: microtransactions.
The game has already been banned in two countries after falling foul of European gambling laws.The launch of Diablo Immortal into open beta has not gone smoothly for Blizzard.
This isn’t the first launch disruption Diablo Immortal has received. Over 15 million players in the country already pre-registering for the game – a large share of the total 35 million players who preregistered across the globe. But Blizzard will likely be keen to launch the game in China to expand that figure. Diablo Immortal has already generated $24 million through its in-game microtransactions, with the majority of that revenue coming from US and South Korean players. Others were disappointed with the hidden progression caps that punish free-to-play players by arbitrarily lowering their grinding rewards. Players and critics were quick to lambast the game’s aggressive monetization systems and expensive microtransactions. The launch of Diablo Immortal has not gone smoothly.
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