I didn't immediately fly into an outrage. After I watched some demo gameplay I became interested. They announced the mobile game, I was kinda disappointed, and that was that. Although I very much enjoy most of Blizzard's other IPs, this year was the year for Diablo. I didn't pay to go to Blizzcon (someday.I hope), but I did sit through the entire opening ceremony waiting for a Diablo announcement. Boycotting the game isn't going to make a difference, it's going to make absolute bank for Blizzard because of it's true target audience. Is it childish to boo an announcement for a game you're not interested in? Maybe, but it seems like the only way for fans to have their opinion heard in this instance. It's hard for Diablo fans not to feel disappointed and outraged after the announcement of Immortal, it's a community that's been feeding on scraps for the last 4 years. It's hard as a Diablo fan not to feel jealous and ignored when you see the kind of support other Blizzard games receive, especially when you consider that what little new content Diablo content released has always coincided with yet another console port. Diabo 3's been poorly managed by Blizzard from the outset, be it the huge shift in visual style between 2 and 3 (personally I like the appearance of 3 a lot), the shift to an always online model and the server issues that brought at launch, the exploitative RMAH, the nearly non-existant post Reaper of Souls content despite it being a supposed GaaS product and, for the most part, a complete lack of community engagement.
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