In a note to investors, research firm Cowen & Company said "Blizzard severely miscalculated how their fans would respond, which suggests they aren't in touch with their players as maybe they should be."īlizzard has not yet announced if Diablo Immortal will be a free or a paid title, though Blizzard developing the title with free-to-play veteran NetEase might offer a clue. Now Playing: Diablo Immortal - Google Play Trailer | Blizzcon 2018
These indicators show just how unhappy fans are with the announcement so it's not really a surprise that shareholders noticed.By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
The trailer embedded above stood at 23K to 612K like to dislike ratio at the time of writing and is well on its way to making it into videos on YouTube. The stock value crashed by a stunning $14,87 in a span of one week.Īs you may have guessed by now, 02 November 2018 is also when Blizzard announced Diablo immortal, with fans being so thoroughly disillusioned with the company's decision to release a mobile microtransaction-pumping-app instead of a PC game, that some of them couldn't hold it and now. The real plunge, however, started with 02 November 2018 when Activision Blizzard's stock started falling from $68,99, stopping at $54,12 on 09 November 2018. Shareholders seem to have noticed the negative trends in the company as the stock started falling rapidly on 17 October 2018. Their recent release, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 was well received in general, but fans are slowly starting to push back, as naggy microtransactions were recently. Activision has pooped the pooch a long time ago with Destiny 2 but they have been attempting to revive the game by offering it for free, as well as a discount on Forsaken DLC that would net you all the content released so far for just $29,99 / €29,99 / ~£26,49.
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