Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry About Diablo Immortal

Re:Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry A... by mrweasel on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:31PM (#18376955)

The venue is just weird, why would they even announce a Diablo mobile game at BlizzCon? The people who care enough about Blizzards games to attend or follow BlizzCon DO NOT CARE about mobile games, at all.

The people handling marketing and products at Blizzard, and EA, and Bethesda aren't in touch with their most loyal fans. I can only imagine how much money there must be in in-game transactions, given that all three companies continue to upset fans that don't mind paying $60 for a new release.

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Re:Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry A... by UncleMeat on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:07PM (#18377163)

But hearthstone exists. This is clear evidence that some portion of the community does care about mobile games at blizzcon.

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Re:Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry A... by navbaker on Sunday November 04, 2018 @01:14PM (#18377203)

The mobile version of hearthstone came long after the pc version.

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Re:Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry A... by dispat0r on Monday November 05, 2018 @04:41AM (#18381034)

And a TCG is much easier todo on mobile without sacrificing game depth. Diablo 3 wasn't even very deep but you couldn't port that to mobile because the controls just don't work like that.

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Re:Blizzard Says It Wasn't Expecting Fans to Be This Angry A... by Raglov on Monday November 05, 2018 @06:07AM (#18381398)

Nonsense. One month after the official release: Windows, macOS — March 11, 2014; iOS — April 16, 2014.

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