• djsoren19@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    It’s already too late. The time for us to shut this shit down was Diablo 4. Now that Blizzard knows their fanbase of rubes will pay extra for a headstart, expect to see this as the norm for all future releases.

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      1 year ago

      I’m at Disneyland with my family RN and we mainly came because this week was insanely cheap for hotels. My hotel basically touches the convention center and there is almost no one here for blizzcon. It’s dying.

      The conversations I’ve overheard are so sad. They all justify simping for blizzard like addicts. So much random misogyny too.

      I used to love blizzard games but just the people I’ve listened to concern me.

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      1 year ago

      It started long before. I remember boycotting d3 when the auction house came out and i stopped wow a decade ago because you are paying monthly for a savegame plus microtransactions.

      I can buy way better indie games for that price or keep playing guild wars 2 which has no sub.

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        1 year ago

        D4 was the first of their games to charge extra for early access by attaching it to premium editions.

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      1 year ago

      Short memories. As just an observer, the time to stop was at least “Do you guys not have phones?”

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      1 year ago

      I mean this sort of thing in general started way before Diablo 4. Gamers have been licking the boots of publishers for a dozen years now. They tolerate DRM that kneecaps performance, they tolerate subscription fees, they tolerate microtransactions, they tolerate always-online games, they tolerate games that require 3rd-party accounts and EULAs, and they tolerate unnecessary bullshit launchers that are jam-packed full of spyware and ads. They would have tolerated the Unity bullshit too but Ricky boy boiled the frog too quickly.