while there is some who can distance themselves Diablo Immortals experience from its economy, there are many – myself included – who can’t. And sure, we just might talk about how crappy this economy is, but a funnier and more effective way would be for someone to put serious money into the game and see what happens.
That someone is not me, but Twitch streamer Quin69. He put money into the game $25 at a time, to see what he can get for his expenses and has spent just over NZ$10,300 at the time of publication (or about $6600).
For that he has… well, I’ll let him explain (You only need to watch the first 14 seconds):
You would think that after a while you would get some of the best gear in the game, a 5 star legendary gem, because that’s how the law of averages works, right? Not correct! As Quin69 clearly proved Here, the law of averages is inherently cruel and unpredictable, which is why bookmakers have been exploiting it since the dawn of time and love games so much Diablo immortal are based on predatory economic models designed to exploit people’s most dangerous and vulnerable psychological impulses.
(Note here that you are moving to these items simply by making a purchase is not the only way to get themand is indeed the worst way to go, but again, it’s one of the reasons for having it as an option in the first place predator economies suck!)
What makes matters worse is that while Diablo immortal has a “draw a pity” system designed to eventually distribute high value items to those unfortunate enough to have spent a lot of money but not gotten any, even this has extremely low odds the chances of getting a legendary 5-star gem are around 1%.
This trick follows estimates that if someone just wanted to buy it to take full advantage of the game, it would cost $110,000, a number you usually associate with luxury cars and luxury cars Housingnot a video game character.
