Diablo Immortal continues to bring in money for Blizzard in spite of the controversy. The game made $14.5 million on mobile in its first week D2R ladder items, according to AppMagic, and its revenue now exceeds $40 million.
I've been asked one question a lot over the past week, and I've also asked myself: Can we have faith that Diablo 4 will actually live up to expectations given Blizzard's current state?
This has been a problem for me because, despite the fact that, yes, it is true, I have enjoyed everything I have seen from Diablo 4 thus far, particularly the brand-new footage released this week, it is difficult to trust both Blizzard's decision-making in recent years and their decision-making as an entity now.
We have seen a lot of departures from Blizzard, especially where its treatment of women was terrible, often even horrific, and have seen both those accused of harassment and those accused of not doing enough to prevent it, leave the company, including the director of Diablo 4, Luis Barriga.
Despite a report today that Activision’s internal investigation resulted in the conclusion that higher-ups did not do anything wrong in regard to ignoring harassment complaints, we have seen a lot of departures from Bliz Given this environment buy diablo 2 resurrected items, I have serious concerns about not only the actual individuals who have left, which is hurting development, but also the general working conditions at Blizzard.
