Diablo Immortal - Images
Maybe.... Maybe it will all work out
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Diablo Immortal
Diablo 2 designer's thoughts on Diablo Immortal announcement
![ark Kern @Grummz Blizzard gamers are not smugly "entitled." Nor are they toxic, and they most certainly are not made about a mobile version of Diablo because they hates the wemyzn (the craziest blue- check theory l've seen so far) 2:12 PM-4 Nov 2018 1,035 Retweets 3,867 Likes 121 1.0K 3.9K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 Since I was producer on Diablo 2, a lot of people have been asking for my thoughts on the whole "Diablo Immortal" fiasco. I hate to say it, but what you are seeing is Blizzard not understanding gamers anymore 1.3K 4.4K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 There is nothing wrong with having a mobile version of Diablo. In fact, I would have wanted one as an option. But the way it was hinted at, and presented, and the failure of Blizzard management to predict the backlash caught me my surprise. Blizzard used to be really gamer driven 257 2.0K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 Blizzard coyly played up the Diablo hype, which is a good move, but failed to anticipate that their PC based audience was going to expect...well..a PC based announcement. And that following all that hype up with a 'different product is a huge bait-n-switch feeling moment. 1.8K Mark KernGrummz Nov 4 Blizzard has said now, that they are working on multiple Diablo projects. They really should have dropped a teaser for their PC based project alongside their mobile announcement if that's the case 169 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 But what is really telling, is that this "surprised" them. They were expecting backlash, but they didn't have a plan for it. They didn't predict the wave. Any Diablo gamer could have simply TOLD you what would happen if you asked 184 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 Blizzard never used to have to ask, because it was made up of hard core gamers from top to bottom. We used to say we were our own harshest audience for our games. I would have had a line of devs outside my door telling me this was a bad move 9 191 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 The fact that Blizzard was a) unprepared for this reaction and b) had no plans to mitigate it even knowing some of it was coming, is a great disappointment to me. It smacks of "Ya well, suck it down" (sorry J. Romero, wasn't your fault) 133 14K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 This isn't a toxic gamer issue, it's not an entitlement issue. It's just bad PR handling and.. .a bad culture on the part of Blizzard I'm sad to say. It's a culture that says "we know better" and fits right in with "you think you don, but on 244 1.8K Mark KernGrummz Nov 4 Maybe you don't know better, anymore, Blizzard. Maybe you've really lost touch with gamers and you are now in some billion dollar a year ivory tower That needs some reflection on your part. Because that's out big businesses fail. Remember Nokia? Remember Blockbuster Video? 181 1.5K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 Today's devs needs to talk to gamers all the time. Game dev has gotten so big it's easy to lose touch. Many devs stop playing games as they start making them professionally. You need to make an effort to connect and tear down the corporate wall and get to know your audience t 209 1.6K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 And I like how Blizzard isn't blaming their customers (yet), but say they are passionate." That's pretty good so far, but an apology an a PC reveal would be better. They are busy with Blizzcon wind-down, but I hope to see a better response after all this. 1.3K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 As for mainstream game journalists, they ARE blaming gamers, and so are a lot of know-nothing devs in mobile and indie. To them I say: be prepared to lose a lot of customers and money. Because it's never right to blame your customers for your own PR blunders and learn nothing 480 2.6K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/429/029/bf6.png)
![ark Kern @Grummz Blizzard gamers are not smugly "entitled." Nor are they toxic, and they most certainly are not made about a mobile version of Diablo because they hates the wemyzn (the craziest blue- check theory l've seen so far) 2:12 PM-4 Nov 2018 1,035 Retweets 3,867 Likes 121 1.0K 3.9K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 Since I was producer on Diablo 2, a lot of people have been asking for my thoughts on the whole "Diablo Immortal" fiasco. I hate to say it, but what you are seeing is Blizzard not understanding gamers anymore 1.3K 4.4K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 There is nothing wrong with having a mobile version of Diablo. In fact, I would have wanted one as an option. But the way it was hinted at, and presented, and the failure of Blizzard management to predict the backlash caught me my surprise. Blizzard used to be really gamer driven 257 2.0K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 Blizzard coyly played up the Diablo hype, which is a good move, but failed to anticipate that their PC based audience was going to expect...well..a PC based announcement. And that following all that hype up with a 'different product is a huge bait-n-switch feeling moment. 1.8K Mark KernGrummz Nov 4 Blizzard has said now, that they are working on multiple Diablo projects. They really should have dropped a teaser for their PC based project alongside their mobile announcement if that's the case 169 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 But what is really telling, is that this "surprised" them. They were expecting backlash, but they didn't have a plan for it. They didn't predict the wave. Any Diablo gamer could have simply TOLD you what would happen if you asked 184 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 Blizzard never used to have to ask, because it was made up of hard core gamers from top to bottom. We used to say we were our own harshest audience for our games. I would have had a line of devs outside my door telling me this was a bad move 9 191 1.6K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov 4 The fact that Blizzard was a) unprepared for this reaction and b) had no plans to mitigate it even knowing some of it was coming, is a great disappointment to me. It smacks of "Ya well, suck it down" (sorry J. Romero, wasn't your fault) 133 14K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 This isn't a toxic gamer issue, it's not an entitlement issue. It's just bad PR handling and.. .a bad culture on the part of Blizzard I'm sad to say. It's a culture that says "we know better" and fits right in with "you think you don, but on 244 1.8K Mark KernGrummz Nov 4 Maybe you don't know better, anymore, Blizzard. Maybe you've really lost touch with gamers and you are now in some billion dollar a year ivory tower That needs some reflection on your part. Because that's out big businesses fail. Remember Nokia? Remember Blockbuster Video? 181 1.5K Mark Kern@Grummz Nov4 Today's devs needs to talk to gamers all the time. Game dev has gotten so big it's easy to lose touch. Many devs stop playing games as they start making them professionally. You need to make an effort to connect and tear down the corporate wall and get to know your audience t 209 1.6K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 And I like how Blizzard isn't blaming their customers (yet), but say they are passionate." That's pretty good so far, but an apology an a PC reveal would be better. They are busy with Blizzcon wind-down, but I hope to see a better response after all this. 1.3K Mark Kern @Grummz Nov 4 As for mainstream game journalists, they ARE blaming gamers, and so are a lot of know-nothing devs in mobile and indie. To them I say: be prepared to lose a lot of customers and money. Because it's never right to blame your customers for your own PR blunders and learn nothing 480 2.6K](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/429/029/bf6.png)
Diablo Immortal
See? Nobody cares.
![MOBILE GAME! WE HAVE A DIABLO MOBILE GAME HERE SEEP NOBODY CARES imgflip.com](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/429/025/e09.jpg)
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Diablo Immortal
will they learn anything?
![Market Summary> Activision Blizzard, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI + Follow 64.25 USD-0.090 (0.14%)+ Closed: Nov 6, 7:42 PM EST Disclaimer After hours 64.25 0.00 (0.00%) 1 day 5 days 1 month 6 months YTD 1 year 5 years Max 70 68 64 62 69.17 USD Wed, Oct 31 10:00 AM Nov 2 Nov 5 Nov 6 Open High Low Mkt cap P/E ratio 64.32 65.98 63.67 48.98B 99.66 Div yield Prev close 52-wk high 52-wk low 0.53% 64.34 84.68 57.29](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/999/b06.jpg)
![Market Summary> Activision Blizzard, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI + Follow 64.25 USD-0.090 (0.14%)+ Closed: Nov 6, 7:42 PM EST Disclaimer After hours 64.25 0.00 (0.00%) 1 day 5 days 1 month 6 months YTD 1 year 5 years Max 70 68 64 62 69.17 USD Wed, Oct 31 10:00 AM Nov 2 Nov 5 Nov 6 Open High Low Mkt cap P/E ratio 64.32 65.98 63.67 48.98B 99.66 Div yield Prev close 52-wk high 52-wk low 0.53% 64.34 84.68 57.29](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/999/b06.jpg)
Diablo Immortal
YOU WILL LOVE DIABLO IMMORTAL
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Diablo Immortal
A toast
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Diablo Immortal
Double D on "the toxic demands of gamers"
!["''Double D's Facts Book'' entry":https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/double-ds-facts-book
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Diablo Immortal
Stay a while and...
![Deep in the bowels of Hell Diablo: Immortal is Announced Stay a while and li.. ..wait where are you all going?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/794/1f2.jpg)
![Deep in the bowels of Hell Diablo: Immortal is Announced Stay a while and li.. ..wait where are you all going?](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/794/1f2.jpg)
Diablo Immortal
Gee, I wonder what happened
![AT FIRST I WAS LIKE Jason Schreier ojasonschreier Replying to CypressSmurf It's fun to mock any multi-billion-dollar corporation, and it's even more fun to mock internet warriors who feel thee need to come to the defense of multi- billion-dollar corporations 6/6/18, 8:44 PM 29 Retweets 232 Likes 个 BUT THEN I WAS LIKE Jason Schreier @jasonschreier Seguir This isn't "savagery" it's f------ obnoxious, embarrassing behavior. I get why people are mad, I really do, but you can be critical without being an a------ to people who spend their lives trying to entertain you skill Up reviewing #RDR2 @SkillUpYT My god, the savagery. The absolute savagery. #diabloimmortal #DiabloD #diabloD @LaymenGaming Mostrar este hilo 0:30 Traducir Tweet 15:43 2 nov. 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/731/f4b.jpg)
![AT FIRST I WAS LIKE Jason Schreier ojasonschreier Replying to CypressSmurf It's fun to mock any multi-billion-dollar corporation, and it's even more fun to mock internet warriors who feel thee need to come to the defense of multi- billion-dollar corporations 6/6/18, 8:44 PM 29 Retweets 232 Likes 个 BUT THEN I WAS LIKE Jason Schreier @jasonschreier Seguir This isn't "savagery" it's f------ obnoxious, embarrassing behavior. I get why people are mad, I really do, but you can be critical without being an a------ to people who spend their lives trying to entertain you skill Up reviewing #RDR2 @SkillUpYT My god, the savagery. The absolute savagery. #diabloimmortal #DiabloD #diabloD @LaymenGaming Mostrar este hilo 0:30 Traducir Tweet 15:43 2 nov. 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/731/f4b.jpg)
Diablo Immortal
Based Mark
![Mark Kern @Grummz Follow Blizzard stock dropped 7%. Time for self- reflection there. Game journos will probably blame this on gamers..again. If you hate won't miss you. We have youtubers. 6:42 PM-5 Nov 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/628/11a.png)
![Mark Kern @Grummz Follow Blizzard stock dropped 7%. Time for self- reflection there. Game journos will probably blame this on gamers..again. If you hate won't miss you. We have youtubers. 6:42 PM-5 Nov 2018](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/628/11a.png)
Diablo Immortal
No lines for Diablo Immortal
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Diablo Immortal
Well played, Eko Software. Well played.
![Mobile gaming is heresy. Time for an exterminatus.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/551/ac4.png)
![Mobile gaming is heresy. Time for an exterminatus.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/428/551/ac4.png)
Diablo Immortal
Doubly Late
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Diablo Immortal
HOOORK!!1
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Diablo Immortal
Thoughts by Mark Kern
!["Wikipedia article about Mark":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Kern](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/428/526/a83.png)
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Diablo Immortal
It's progressive to give your money to big companies no matter what
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Diablo Immortal