While Diablo 4 always had plans to compete in the live service space, as so many games try to now, is it…actually a live service game, when all is said and done?
the other day that got me thinking about a really fundamental question regarding Diablo 4. While the game always had plans to compete in the live service space, as so many games try to now, is it…actually a live service game, when all is said and done? Reflecting on the fact that I had not played it since week 2 of the season launch, and have had really no reason to, I wanted to dive a bit deeper into the question.
Diablo 4 is priced like a live service. A change from the seasons of Diablo 3, it now has a battle pass with a paid track for $10, a pretty standard price. But then it also uses the seasonal divides as a springboard to dramatically populate its microtransaction store with what will end up being at least 25 sets of armor ranging in price from $20-35, purchased through unearned Platinum bundles.
But the reality of at least season 1 is that there are no real live service elements other than “a thing” that launches every three months. Granted, that “thing,” in this case, the Malignant Heart concept, is free to access, but the goal is to make your grinding actually produce something, like the cool, permanent cosmetics from the paid battle pass.
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