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@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months ago

Blizzard Reveals How Much Money Players Spent on Microtransactions in Diablo 4. Sales Revenue Has Already Exceeded $1 Billion

www.gamepressure.com

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Blizzard Reveals How Much Money Players Spent on Microtransactions in Diablo 4. Sales Revenue Has Already Exceeded $1 Billion

www.gamepressure.com

@nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 9 months ago
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Diablo 4 sales have brought Blizzard more than $1 billion. About 15 percent of that amount came from microtransactions.
  • @Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I don’t understand. I play Diablo 4 all of the time and I’ve never had a microtransaction. I’ve had a macro one because that game cost like $70 when I bought it, but nothing after that. Why do people do that?

    • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      9•9 months ago

      People

      Are

      Fucking

      Stupid

      • @Professorozone@lemmy.world
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        It so often boils down to that, doesn’t it?

      • @AVincentInSpace@pawb.social
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        https://xkcd.com/1386/

        • @DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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          No. Humanity, in its entirety, deserves what is coming.

    • Rhynoplaz
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      I’ve never even noticed another player’s skin. Who are they showing off for?

      • @Professorozone@lemmy.world
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        Agreed.

      • @Minnels@lemm.ee
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        Who knows… I think all the ones you can buy are ugly while the free ones from seasons are pretty cool. Would never buy anyway if they changed that but I am happy as it is now.

    • @ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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      My coworker plays those F2P games on her phone and she has shared that she’s felt guilty that she played this game for like 500 hours and haven’t spent anything, and considers throwing them $5-10 bucks a month.

      She’s also the kind of person who has like 8 tv subscriptions.

      • @Professorozone@lemmy.world
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        Hmmm, yeah I don’t feel that way, for sure.

        Also my game is on in the PC. Not sure if that makes a difference.

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