blizzard talks about diablo immortal backlash

One fan stood up in BlizzCon’s Q&A session and asked if the announcement was 'an out of season April Fools’ joke', while on YouTube, Blizzard’s official cinematic trailer for Diablo Immortal has (at the time of writing) been 'disliked' 490,000 times, balanced with just 18,000 likes.īlizzard has been clear that it has 'multiple teams working on different Diablo projects', some of which could well include a sequel or remaster, and has reiterated this following the Immortal fallout. Morgan Stanley’s Brian Nowak went further, suggesting Diablo Immortal could eventually see 'more than 200 million monthly active users, and that it could generate annual earnings of as much as $2.52 a share', whilst other industry commenters estimate the game could 'contribute annual revenue of up to $300 million' after launch, expecting the mobile title to “expand the franchise’s audience to hundreds of millions of players.”įans flooded social media and r/diablo with criticism of both the announcement and the game itself. During an interview with Kotaku, Blizzard co-founder Allen Adham explains that the studio expected some backlash, but 'not to this degree.' Adham believes that the anger from fans comes from a place of passion, and he reiterates that the Diablo franchise remains a big focus for the company.

Blizzard talks about diablo immortal backlash