{"id":33561,"date":"2022-08-02T21:44:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gamer-spends-100000-on-diablo-immortal-can-no-longer-battle-other-players\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T21:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T21:44:41","slug":"gamer-spends-100000-on-diablo-immortal-can-no-longer-battle-other-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gamer-spends-100000-on-diablo-immortal-can-no-longer-battle-other-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamer spends $100,000 on Diablo Immortal, can no longer battle other players"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--syndicated\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__header\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__logo\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Diablo Immortal player dropped a heavy amount of money into the game \u2014 more than $100,000 \u2014 and is unable to battle other players.<\/p>\n<p>The reason, the player claims, is that their power level is \u201cso high\u201d that they \u201cliterally can&#8217;t get a battleground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youtuber \u201cjtisallbusiness\u201d posted a video debating refunding their expenses on Diablo Immortal, which they claim to be more than $100,000.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, they said \u201cI can&#8217;t do things that I spent money on this character to do, and I have no time frame of when things are going to actually be fixed, or even know if things are going to be fixed because I am the only player in the entire world with this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-07.jpg?resize=1024%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diablo\" class=\"wp-image-23300928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>A gamer spent $140,000 on Diablo Immortal. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Blizzard Entertainment<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jtisallbusiness mentioned that they had requested help from Blizzard via their official forums and through Twitter, but the response they got was lackluster.<\/p>\n<p>The developer stated that it was \u201caware of the issue,\u201d but nothing has been done since.  Thoroughly upset, jtisallbusiness mentioned in their video that they were considering bringing in attorneys to help iron out the business.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Blizzard CEO Mike Ybarra defended the microtransaction systems in Diablo Immortal, stating that the \u201cvast majority\u201d of players don&#8217;t spend any money on the game.  \u201cThe philosophy was always to lead with great gameplay and make sure that hundreds of millions of people can go through the whole campaign without any costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-18.jpg?resize=1024%2C492&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diablo immortal\" class=\"wp-image-23300970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/140k-game-diablo-man-spends-18.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The player is considering refunding his purchases since his power level is so high he can no longer battle other players. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Blizzard Entertainment<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The expenses needed to \u201cmax out\u201d your character haven&#8217;t stopped players from spending big on Diablo Immortal.  It reached $140 million in revenue in the two months since its release.  In other Diablo news, fans of Diablo can secure access to Diablo IV \u2014 if they get a tattoo.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Diablo Immortal player dropped a heavy amount of money into the game \u2014 more than $100,000 \u2014 and is unable to battle other players. The reason, the player claims, is that their power level is \u201cso high\u201d that they \u201cliterally can&#8217;t get a battleground.\u201d Youtuber \u201cjtisallbusiness\u201d posted a video debating refunding their expenses on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gamer-spends-100000-on-diablo-immortal-can-no-longer-battle-other-players\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gamer spends $100,000 on Diablo Immortal, can no longer battle other players<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[250,14246,46,1941],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10243,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/diablo-immortals-exploitative-monetization-and-loot-systems-are-at-war-with-each-other\/","url_meta":{"origin":33561,"position":0},"title":"Diablo Immortal&#8217;s exploitative monetization and loot systems are at war with each other","date":"July 10, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A month after it launched, Diablo Immortal has among the lowest Metacritic user review scores of all time: 0.4 on iOS and 0.3 on PC. \u201cDisgustingly designed,\u201d reads one typical comment. On Apple's App Store, however, Diablo Immortal has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. \u201cFinally, a mobile\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Technology&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32368,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/game-broke-after-spending-100000\/","url_meta":{"origin":33561,"position":1},"title":"Game Broke After Spending $100,000","date":"August 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"screenshot: Blizzard \/ jtisallbusiness \/ KotakuDiablo Immortal's pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they've also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $ 100,000 on beefing up his Barbarian character. 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