Diablo Immortal
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Hard to say, but seeing as they just outsourced it to a chinese company that seems to have just painted over an already existing game, the production costs can't be very high at all, which means it doesn't even need to make a shitload to be profitable. Not that the damage done to the brand makes it worth it though...
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I didn't say anything of the sort. I think I'm the only one on here that has suggested it's going to be successful, rather than the negatives of it being a mobile port instead of a real sequel.
If Fallout Shelter can make 100million, then a Diablo game shouldn't have any trouble reaching that or more unless the game format is just not that popular (I don't play mobile games so I have no clue just how popular the action games are)
Morrow
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Man I can't even figure out how to play Fallout Shelter. That game made 100 mil? Fallout Shelter is a different type of game than the originals though, whereas this Diablo mobile game isn't. If they had done a Darkest Dungeon type game for the phone but with Diablo, people would have loved it, but they idiotically didn't do that.
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Yeah, it did. Bethesda thought they'd make a tenth of that at most supposedly, and were shocked at how much revenue they made within the first 24 hours. And I agree with the second part. a DD type Diablo would have gone over really well (provided it wasn't hinted that it was a full sequel)
Muligan
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The problem is this stuff makes tons of cash but the die hard player base still wants an actual game. We're completely outnumbered by toilet gamers and truth of it is, most of us are too. So this is what we get... I hate the mobile market is driving the market financially when they could have been devoting it to something with more substance but i'd say that takes more money and probably less return. Oh well... I'm still holding on that there are better announcements on the way.
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This isn’t a toilet game though. This is trying to actually be some “skill”. These ARPG controls on the screen are all terrible to control and just not relaxing.
I would have played Diablo Shelter.
I would have played Diablo Shelter.
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pharmakos
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I haven't checked out the business model at all, but if it's pay to win like other phone games then it'll make a shitload. It's the same sort of breakdown as alcohol companies... The majority of profits come from the 5-10% of consumers that can't control themselves and end up overindulging. The existence of "whales" like that are what allow free to play games to run.
Morrow
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Blizzard over estimates the power of their name and the franchise name of Diablo. This game won't attract the huge amount of kiddos they think it will. Diablo lives by the fans, and the vast majority of fans don't want a fucking phone game. I think it's going to flop. There are way better phone games that fit the target demo (kids) than this.
Yeah, that's the feeling I got form the UI too. Why the fuck would the vast majority of people play a skill based phone game lmao? Although they'll probably just make it really easy and you can just tap shit randomly and shit will just melt all around you.
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Hateyou
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This looks like they reskinned an Apple keynote to go along with their reskinned game.
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Exactly. Many mobile RPGs have "auto play"... probably because most players can't be bothered to fight horrible mobile control schemes for any extended period of time.
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I think the problem here is that they looked at games such as Fallout Shelter and thought, "hey, let's do Diablo in mobile!" but failed to realise that while Fallout Shelter is "set" in the Fallout world, it is not a Fallout type game. It just uses the same themes, and styles, but it's game-play is designed around mobile devices, and works quite well for it. It's a game you can play on the shitter, then leave for a few hours, rinse repeat.
Had they done something similar, for example created a mobile only card game (like Hearthstone) but with Diablo themes, I think it would have worked out better, and would have received a lot more positive ratings. But an ARPG on mobile... it's just not physically compatible.
Had they done something similar, for example created a mobile only card game (like Hearthstone) but with Diablo themes, I think it would have worked out better, and would have received a lot more positive ratings. But an ARPG on mobile... it's just not physically compatible.
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Chris
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I've tried a LOT of these ARPG/MOBA mobile games and the genres are just unsuitable for a mobile device even if the games are fun (I liked Vainglory the best), they are just getting kids who don't own PCs play them.
If I'm on my mobile.. I'M MOBILE. I can't be playing a fucking multiplayer game on the train (oops disconnected and now your battery is low!) or sitting with my family (sorry I can't talk right now, I'm in a dungeon). Even Hearthstone I'll be playing it on something bigger than a phone.
Only thing that's worked for me are the Final Fantasy mobile games or puzzle games because it's turn based and you can put them down whenever you like, the UIs are also very simple for touch.
If I'm on my mobile.. I'M MOBILE. I can't be playing a fucking multiplayer game on the train (oops disconnected and now your battery is low!) or sitting with my family (sorry I can't talk right now, I'm in a dungeon). Even Hearthstone I'll be playing it on something bigger than a phone.
Only thing that's worked for me are the Final Fantasy mobile games or puzzle games because it's turn based and you can put them down whenever you like, the UIs are also very simple for touch.
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