Despite some controversy over the presence of microtransactions in the game, diablo immortal Seems like a financial blow to Activision Blizzard.
Since its June 2 release on mobile, the game has been downloaded nearly 8.5 million times, and players have spent $24 million in in-game transactions, according to AppMagic data obtained by Pocket Gamer (thanks GI.biz).
Apple’s App Store and Android revenue were split nearly equally, at $13 million and $11.3 million, respectively.
By region, Japan accounted for 8% of total spending, Germany 6%, Canada 3%, the United States (43%) and South Korea (23%) for the bulk of spending. Due to the game’s use of loot boxes, the game is currently not available in Belgium or the Netherlands.
While microtransactions are a pain point for many gamers, another annoying problem is PC gamers. It doesn’t seem to be a good PC game, but something Blizzard is known for, it looks and plays like a “mobile port” and is considered by some to be a low effort for Blizzard – especially in KBM control aspect. Hopefully this will be something the studio will tweak in future patches.
If you’re playing Diablo Immortal, or just starting out, we have some guides to help you along the way. We help you decide the best starting class for solo and PvP; we show you how to farm legendary gear; how to get the best legendary gems; how to start PvP, join the dark tribe and become immortal; we explain combat levels and stats data etc.
