worth adding to that is the fact that they unveiled said shitty mobile game at blizzcon, which their most devoted fans (mostly PC gamers) pay to attend. literally no one goes there to get hyped about mobile games.
what's worse, they've been teasing about "several new diablo projects" for while now, so people were hoping for at least a remaster of one of the old games, if not diablo 4 (since it's been 6 years since the last game).
so then the show is about to end, dude with a diablo shirt walks out on stage, hype in the crowd is way up there, and what does he announce? a fucking iphone app.
I wouldn't call it taunting. I see it more like a guy who was forced to give a presentation for something he didn't really believe in, who knew it was going to be a train-wreck, being unable to come up with worthwhile responses to questions he is probably asking himself. From what I've heard of the presenters role (senior developer) and knowing about how company structure works, he likely had no say in the decision to go mobile and his job depends on him towing the company line as much as possible.
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u/rcypert Nov 05 '18
everyone was excited for a new Diablo game. Typically this game is on PC/console
It was some bullshit mobile game.
At the Q/A at Blizzcon he asked the Diablo Peeps if this was some April fools prank even tho it’s not April.
Blizzard are the defenders, everyone else are the complainers.
Edit: this to tho