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Nov 9, 2018 12:02 PM
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ShaneCampfield
No publicity is better than bad publicity. People might buy it if they don't know its bad
minutericechannel
"Even bad attention can be good attention" -Toddlers
Doomgriever
mikeatike
"develop game" I think you mean rebrand existing chinese mobile game.
kylefromterminator
you can have all the advertising you want but if the idea and implementation is garbage I'll never get the product regardless
ForeverVoteless
SharkShanker
How come they didn’t announce the diablo 4 game they were working on and just use the mobile game as a side thing? It worked for Bethesda
beaubrent
Ask for Diablo pizza for eight years, get a Diablo Caesar salad instead.
Bearsinspace2001
You are doing it
MonkeyHittingPianoDramatically
When OP realizes
kronkle
I dont really follow blizzard stuff much - I saw Diablo on mobile, oh neat! Why didnt they do this in like 2012 when ipads were still cool?
0x1CEB00DA
sad truth: it will be a profitable success in the end ... like all the other shitstorm "victims" (CoD infinite warfare, ...)
RaZorwiresc2
Eh, Infinite Warfare sold less than previous Call of Duty games, and missed the sales expectations set by Activision.
0x1CEB00DA
yeah, but they still got more money than they payed for development+marketing ... so it wasn't a failure
RaZorwiresc2
Sure, but anything that misses sales expectations is usually considered a failure by the publishers, could affect their stock values, etc.
Lesurous
www.playdiablo4.com
DoYouGuysNotHavePhones
oof.
Slamtastik
Wonder how many blizzcon tickets they are going to sell next year.
slayston
The max amount within a minute of releasing them like always...
stippet
Only play one Blizz game. Not sure what any other Blizz game looks like. Dont have time to play anything else.
screaminmeemees
I get the whole "all publicity is publicity" but people seem to think negative publicity is always somehow positive in marketing. It's not.
Esn91
I have a phone! Did I win?
TheBlackWindHowls
It's Blizzard. They were already going to have a massive amount of publicity for the game.
Oltskul
Game turned out dogshut ultra predatory fellow time travelers :(
PhaseTwo
I would say the most annoying part is the fact that all these little brats are going to install and play this on their phones
Lupinze3rd
I don't blame them for going mobil. They wanted to open their game to people without consoles. That being said is it worth a play?
Sinornim
I think the approach was very flawed on Blizzard's part, they should have known their audience better.
ILickAnimals
They did, the statistics said 99.99% of games are played on mobile, so their audience is flawed and Blizzard is right.
Fauxcused
You mean their audience of entitles crybaby manchildren? Because that is who is complaining....
Ryukujiin
Just give me new d3 content
Skyjack567
Since I dont have switch a mobile diablo sounds great. Bad timing for the announcement though.
numbonvalium
Right, Blizzard "developing" a mobile game. It is a reskin made by a Chinese developer of their existing game.
slayston
But it's not a reskin..it's similar but if you've played both they are clearly different. That's like saying all FPS games are reskins...
mushroomking
To be fair it probably took one of Blizzard's employees all week to rename all the monsters in that game.
Powder85
The mobile game is already out it's on the switch
Sionas
Stock price is taking a dump, though that's more because they lowered expectations for profit next year
cnphilli
So time to invest?
Arceus
They should just hire nickelback to write the in-game music. That'll do well. /s
ContagiousOutrageous
Took a 10% shit already today
GoblinOfPoliticalSuccubus
The stocks are dropping because wow/cod/ow/ and so on didn't make their expected targets.
NexiKuro
The stocks are more about destiny underperforming no? They're under projections for forsaken.
Hardcore04
There are other reasons for this. Destiny 2 and black ops underperforming. BFA sold well but has had lukewarm response from players.
MrNightfish
It'll go back up once they post the earnings from Diablo Immoral.
Kurianichi
EA had record winnings this year afaik and look at the EA stock
OrangePasta
So invest today, yes?
clevernametom
I bought a couple yesterday. About $50 a piece. I’d plan to hold them for a while and not do it if you can’t afford to lose the money
OrangePasta
How long is awhile? I’m new to stocks and I’d rather invest in video games than big companies because video games are more familiar to me.
clevernametom
I’m guessing at least a year-ish.
OrangePasta
Thanks!!
MrNightfish
Buy low, sell high. Amazing how many people I know that always buy once prices went up. "But it will keep going!" No. No it won't.
Ninjafromnorway
I think it's a decent long term investment. Buying some. Not a bad discount considering investor were buying at high pe ratios a month ago.
ghost650
Also because apparently Destiny 2 Forsaken did not meet sales expectations. (In spite of fans being overwhelmingly positive on it.)
nonCanadianGoose
We’ll see how it plays out. Let’s not forget the Nike/Kaepernick debacle
bawtzki
What was the deal with that? I thought the whole campaign increased Nike's revenue?
Debriatus
That's the point. All the ultra conservatives boycotted, stock prices went up. Fans are mad, publicity may make stock go up.
nonCanadianGoose
Well, we have yet to find out why. Are the abandoning the Kaepernick clothing line to keep investors on? Or are they gonna push through?
goosebusters
investors flee at the sight of risk. Stocks drop. When investors see that it didn't hurt business, they flock back.
nonCanadianGoose
We don’t know about board meetings. They may have abandoned the clothing line to keep them on board.
WurstKaeseSzenario
stock price took a dive right after blizzcon and before the earnings call
watchrinserepeat
yep, gonna make a pretty penny on the low priced stocks i scooped up in a year
wingweaver415
its been dropping steadily since the begg of oct, anyone who can google stock prices can see the diablo announcment effected it very little.
Laynal
yeah, but muh circlejerk!
bloodhawk360
THANK YOU. I hate mobile games too, but everyone becoming armchair stock experts are so delusional it isn’t funny
Conjo88
Yup, pull out the past year and you see it's been fluctuating the whole time, really badly. but that's more due to absurd sales expectations
Frogapus
TheBlackWindHowls
Really misrepresents the situation. Acts like it's gamers throwing a tantrum when it's the company's core base's platform being ignored.
TheBlackWindHowls
"Hey, PC and console gamers, thanks for paying hundreds of dollars to come out and hear our promotion for future games! Have a phone game!"
Frogapus
That moment when you realize that these events have always been more for shareholders and investors than the fans.
MegaDeuce
His art style's holding up pretty well. Penny Arcade on the other hand... got so Fugly I stopped reading.
konelhft
Huh, I had no idea Steve Kuntz was still making comics.
Mystalic
Scroll through the comments and see this like
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Applepotamus
Yeeeeaaahbuuuoooyyyyy
Okay... i laughed
DoYouGuysNotHavePhones
"you guys have an asshole why don't you like anal?"
burninator2
arthurmcclellan1337
When keeping it real goes wrong
WhoYouGonnaCallGhostNappa
Exceptional reference, you deserve several hundred updoots
IIRocks
I’d like to point out that i understood the reference
jimmythejedi
Do you guys not have pixels?
JaxJamesTheTenaciousTurtle
If you open the image the pixels return
jadespider
Nope.
BlackavarLion
My phone doesn't have an nvidia card.
ColeTheBar
stealing that, thanks
IncredulousD
Publicity =|= popularity
Anonwuzhere
If that’s true, we’ll have to see how BFV does
BtheLee
Any publicity is good publicity
FartingDragon
Infamy=/=Fame
travelintimeinc
Just need 1% to pony up and copy/paste costs are covered
nonCanadianGoose
See Harvey Weinstein
darkdiamond87
well i mean, im diffinetly gonna try it after all the crying.
Barrywize
IainG101
e.g. If all anyone ever hears about your game is 'Don't buy it, it's shit', you would probably rather have 0 publicity...
totalkrimson
A major reason Blizzard is breaking into mobile is to reach and bring in a whole new audience. Any publicity is good publicity.
WhySoSeverusSnape
Trump and Kardashians are two prime examples of this phenomenon.
sihark
no but generally publicity sells things well enough, if anything alot of people will buy it for the sake of curiousity because of the memes
CurlySwede
It's most likely going to be free to download with a shitload of in-game monetization.
Mikeythejoker
As a person who never played Diablo, I’ll probably try out the mobile game.
Lesurous
www.playdiablo4.com
copm1211
You could play poe which has been better than diablo for a couple years now and has the same price point you are looking for.
Kamishiro
I'd love to see Grinding Gear make a mobile PoE to do to Diablo Immortal what PoE did to Diablo 3.
Winter23
VashtheStampede47
BryantTaylor
Saved
TheLateKnight
I'm gonna try it too... but dont let that be your 1st experience with the game. Please.
Mikeythejoker
You wanna buy me the game? Otherwise free mobile it is
Lesurous
I got you dude. www.playdiablo4.com
NotMyUsualOnlineName
You can play a free demo of Diablo 3 through Blizz. You're capped at level 10 and can't go past the first boss in Act 1, but it lets you
NotMyUsualOnlineName
kind of get a feel for the game.
talenphillips
Please use !=, ≠, or even =/=. Hell, even <> is ok if you're a BASIC bitch.
IncredulousD
Ok.
talenphillips
I appreciate your understanding in this matter.
sillyhatman
'<>' <> 'Basic Bitch'
ChibiYui
≠ or =/=, superequals (!=) is dumb and looks bad. I'm aware it's unfortunately present in some programming languages.
GIANOSEDUTO
"some"
Whatupshutup
The thing is, it's a freemium game. There are loads of people who are gonna try it out, even if it's just for shits 'n giggles.
TehStoner
I'll try it for a few poops and laughs
Butane9000
Considering the actual developer Netease from China? Unlikely.
BabyWitchErika
to be fair, it's ran on microtransaction. as long as people play it, but don't throw any money at it, we good.
TechnicallyRight
If it costs any money to buy before you can play, there will be significantly less people trying it out.
UmmonPrime
I mean, we all have phones, right?
RealScienceMan
Yea but trying it out again doesn't mean paying them money, the hard part about freemium games is they actually need to be fun for people.
Azathought
Not fun, just addicting/frustrating enough to get you to open your wallet.
Gremlynn4023
And really just enough to get a few whales supporting the game.
zethlington
Or to see how shit it is.
DarkUranium
Like Flappy Bird.
fredthepotato
* or isnt
AnonMasterRace
Can confirm.
InnerBushman
It's all shits and giggles until someone giggles and shits.
TheEvenPrez
I don’t care if they make a mobile. I mind being built up, misled, then mocked.
PleaseNotTheFace
Then stop acting like being misled by the release of a video game is on the same level as world hunger or the AIDS epidemic. Its a game.
Trexel
RacecarRoadcar
An AIDS epidemic would generate far more attention than this though.
Butane9000
Except AIDS is already considered an epidemic.
PinksFunnyFarm
If they are so hungry why don't they eat the AIDS? BOOM problem solved
HypnotoadIRL
Who acted like that? Lol. PeOpLe CaNt Be UpSeT aBoUt AnYtHiNg WhILe ThErE iS HuNgEr AnD AiDs, GuYz!
Theprincessbride
It's a little like when I couldnt wear a pair of shoes and complained about it. And my sister was like: Think of the people w/o feet! What?
mercurialphoenix
You sound like a self righteous twat
PleaseNotTheFace
And you sound like a basement dwelling mongoloid. OOH! SAY WORDS!!!
VodkaReindeer
Congratulations, you played yourself. Blizzard said they're not unveiling Diablo 4, but fans didn't believe them.
ragekritz
I hate that and then everyone saying hey you're not a true gamer if you don't like it.
DVSBSTrD
What? You don't have a phone?
cab435
No phone bro? :D jk
godskook
Come to PoE, better game, better devs, PC priority.
ThisGuyHere
I finally saw the trailer they showed before the announcement. I thought the entire time "oh shit, no wonder they were pissed."
malok
If you remove shitty ad. campaign, the game itself seems pretty good and I'll play it anyway.
pwnnubz6
They had a post up before Blizcon that said there was Diablo related news, but wasn't anything massive. I get the outrage, but relax bruh.
mushroomking
Elder Scrolls Blades is coming out soon, that game didn't absolutely shit on for being a mobile game instead of TES:VI because of 2 reasons
mushroomking
They didn't announce it as though it's the huge event their PC gamers have been waiting for, and they let their fans know that its existence
mushroomking
doesn't mean TES:VI isn't coming any time soon or is being delayed. They knew VI is what everyone cared about and made sure to address it
Azkle
Blizzard did the same thing before blizzcon. They said d4 isn't being announced and there are multiple teams doing multiple things.
mushroomking
They said they had "multiple Diablo projects in the works" which at this point could still honestly just mean the Switch and Immortal is it.
CerisCinderwolf
To be fair: the crowd began booing when they said "this is only for mobile". I didn't take it as mocking and I'm not offended in the least.
Didntforgetaboutdre
Don't you have a phone?
DnDInsanity
Yes. I use it for phone calls. I also have a gaming PC.
Alexdgod
let me sit right here in my 200 dollar office chair in front of my 500 dollar desk and 1500 dollar pc to play diablo on my shitty Samsung J7
ZenithBattles
Living the dream.
Ishalldefenestrateyou
I don't quite understand the mobile market. I use mobile games as a way to kill 5 minutes on break. I don't want a complicated game.
Ishalldefenestrateyou
If I am going to dedicate hours to a game it will be on a computer or console.
Valharroth
Thorinori
They specifically made a post saying it isn't going to be Diablo 4, so not really their fault that you didn't listen
CerisCinderwolf
Was the post before or after ticket refund timeframes had expired? I legitimately don't know. So far it just seems like PCMasterRace 1/2
CerisCinderwolf
is whining about it being mobile only (the crowd during Blizzcon only started booing when they said "mobile only"). 2/2
Thorinori
Not sure when that window was. People are mad because it is mobile, yeah. The target audience isn't the same as usual so people are bitching
ApotheosisCM
Blizzcon tickets were sold with promise of a big Diablo announcement, the Diablo panel was at prime time, and we got a Chinese mobile game.
Thorinori
And? They still delivered what they promised. They out right said they weremt announcing D4, if people ignored that because of scheduling
Thorinori
It is 100% on them, not Blizzard.
ApotheosisCM
There are dozens of cool things that could have possibly been announced beyond D4 and "shitty mobile game reskin for Chinese money".
fredthepotato
Babyrage
TheEightfoldPath
This. A mobile diablo game could be fun, but they implying that it'll be even remotely comparable in quality is laughable
OneGuyWithSixGuns
If they are going to continue making mobile games, they should be doing so under a sister company.
mushroomking
Well... this game isn't even being made by Blizzard. It's just a Chinese game that already exists that they're throwing Diablo names into.
mushroomking
Blizzard is just letting them use the Diablo skins for profit basically.
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Then they should let NetEase do their own convention about it. I saw it was marketed for their customer base that is majority mobile.
DietCokeIsTheBest
Have you tried oldschool runescape mobile? It’s pretty damn good. It’s about time developers started making decent mobile games. Is this
StarGuardianTraps
Right... because old school runescape is exactly the same as D2 and can be ported to mobile just as easily... not
DietCokeIsTheBest
Why are you against potential progress? It’s difficult so it shouldn’t be done? It might not work so don’t even try? Regressive fuck
StarGuardianTraps
I think the concept is great, finding a phone however that can install a fully ported diablo game and can run it smoothly is why 1/2
DietCokeIsTheBest
Going to be decent? I don’t know. It doesn’t hurt to let someone try. A business exists to make money. This will make then money.
TheEightfoldPath
I've had it since the beta first was available. The difference is that RS is a game you literally only need a mouse to play with.Tecnhically
TheEightfoldPath
You don't need anything but a mouse in diablo either, but it wasn't designed that way
Gingerbreadgearhead
You just hold down on the screen instead of the left mouse button the whole time, boom, exact same game
TheEightfoldPath
I suspect your /s isnt detected by everyone.
ishouldprobablybeplayingpokemonATM
but it wont be, itll be that plus constant ads, daily goals, in app purchases, characters with 4 skills and 1 super, and fucking auto battle
youcantproveit
On a 5inch screen...fuck that.