It's starting to feel like two completely different industries. Who the hell are these idtiots?

Can't these trends just stay in the mobile business instead

yet i see gamers defend this nonsense saying it doesn't affect me because i don't spend money. If you think it doesn't affect you at this very moment just wait. These companies are only testing the waters to see how far they can really push before gamers will push back. Every quarter these companies make more and more from MT than actually selling games

I get that they want to make money but can't we have a compromise, all this money couldn't they give us at least 2 games a year that aren't filled with this nonsense, every game each company makes now is filled with this stupid stuff

you would think they would stop charging for maps and dlc seeing as they now have lootboxes and microtransactions but nope they charge for every thing and will tell you they can't sustain

This is actually pretty funny for me.

I'm coming to the realization that I have not given Activision a dime since PS1.

We just got first wave of impact for those that are non affected. Diablo immortal and fallout 76. Everyone wants a proper single player sequel. Corporate says nope!

And yet they still won't provide dedicated servers. Pure greed and lack of respect for their userbase.

I see why BO4 SP campaign had to be removed now, it would’ve cost them & they would’ve missed that $4B mark.

Pathetic. So many weak willed out there that want to be the best... By buying their way to something that doesn't even help.

This is why Diablo Immortal is a thing.

And thats why microtransactions will never ever go away.. getting your hard earned money just for a game will never be enough, they want triple the amount on top in microtransactions.

$ea$on pa$$e$ have more than doubled in ten years. Even the Modern Warfare Remastered DLC (which they sold seperately in a dick move) costs more today than what I paid a decade ago. Same damn maps!

Activison to all n4g members : "see...people want microtransaction...kehkehkehke hkeh
..."

The real reason for the mobile Diablo and future games announcement.

So much cash for a i.p that isn't even that good

Well damn.. Guess MT aren't leaving anytime soon

The absence of microtransactions is the reason games from PS2, Xbox and gamecube days had more hours of gameplay. They put everything in the games and didn't milk us.

The normies simply don't know or care that they're getting screwed to line the pockets of publishers, so they're happy to keep being nickel and dimed. Tell your more casual gamer friends about the direction things have been moving in, explain to them why it's a bad idea to support this, because as long as they have the normies, this isn't going away.

Lol at the millennial losers crying over how people spend their own money.

Lmao and thats before diablo immortal

People... Quit it

This is why diablo immortal was created. Greed.

And it’s still not enough for them. Activision are a cancer of the games industry!

Wow that is a goddamn travesty.

Sad. No wonder we don't get full game experiences anymore when they can release games like Diablo Immortal wich will be riddled with MT's and ads and generate billions for the companies.

Publishers cant function without microtransaction in these times MY ASS!

I don't mind it like Overwatch, but MT can get ridiculous. TBH. I haven't even been aware that Act was using MT. I thought the game sales made them okay without. I don't play Destiny, or CoD so I don't know. If it's Blizzard as a whole. Then that definitely makes sense. But what games do they have that could make that much outside CoD and Blizzard games?

-facepalm-

This crap all started on the 360 with Bugthesda's horse armor DLC. Now look at it. We are going to look back on this era with great sadness.

Good for them but incredible bad for the game industry, this is giving the wrong message to all other developers.

Sigh.

They say its due to extra game development costs then report 4bn I'm mt for the year. I understand its a business but that's just greed.

No way are they stopping this now. Why should they? Lol

Gaming will be no more than just paid subscriptions soon with MT in all games. Sad times indeed.
Whatever happened to devs sitting down about there next great game instead of sitting down discussing what type of game would be good for MT.

People are dumber than i thought...

This is only going to get the attention of the government and eventually will be age restric or get them completely removed.

OMG, this won't stop soon... Common gamers, plz make an effort...

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau