People who have a large audience should unite to change this, with their audience to get signatures to stop the micro transactions as well as for the early access to games like this, and yeah if you vote on your own you get nowhere, but signatures and petitions get you somewhere

Not going to buy this just because the game mechanics and style have changed not to my liking. I just recently Plat Diablo 3 on ps3. yeah slacking xD. Diablo 2 in my eyes was the best made. But no diablo 4 is just not interesting to me period.

3:43 where the funniest reaction happens. 😀
favorite moment in this video.

Just look a Diablo 2 Collectors Edition unboxing, then you ll see the D4 prices is to high/expensive

Well they DID make Diablo immoral

‘Everyone wants to play on day one’ – with the amount of server issues on launch nowadays, i’m happy to let other people suffer the server issues and que times for 4 days prior to me playing. Saves me some money also

You gotta admit the take the mask off bobby comment was pretty funny

Diablo 4 prices and Battle Pass practices are a shame.

Meanwhile Europe pays even more for the game. Deluxe is 99€ and ultimate 109€.

actually I am fine not playing this game even for a year or so, there is enough good games outside and honestly just because everybody is playing does not mean I have to at the realease 🙂

I get the feeling that we’re gonna have to buy battle pass in order to progress otherwise we’ll have to grind forever like in Hearthstone.

I mean if you have 70$ and are not willing to not eat at McDonald 2 times to take the 90 dollars one it’s your fault. I don’t think 20$ is a lot for a person that is already willing to spend 70, to play 4 days later =))) like what are people even talking about..

Pay for Headstart and wont even be able to login (cause we compare it to the amzn failed game?)

ive bhot ultimate :)) like allways i get max xd

Pre orderers enable bug ladent game play typically with exhausting draw out. I think we all remember d3.. .. .. .. ..

Im not gonna lie I LOVE D4, it feels like D2 so damn much but man…..the price especially in these difficult times just makes it so hard to justify buying the game even at its cheapest level : /

Game looks fun and honestly, I want to play it… but just like with CoD, I’m done supporting Blizz just off of principle. They’ve taken my love for them and shoved it up my ass.

I want to play it, just not for that much. I will stay with Titan Quest, Grim Dawn, D2R, PoE and Pac Man.

D4 is basically low key telling you the battle pass will 100% be P2W or at least pay for convenience. You want that +200% rare drop rate. Cash shop. I almost 100% guarantee it.

Definitely not cool if you use this overly confident persona in your videos if you aren’t even sure of what you’re saying but you’re very passionate about it. Wonder how far that reaches…

You are 100% wrong. From a business perspective you will gain more loyal employees and happier customers who are more likely to return. Plus, you can make more money if you are smart by playing that good look. Think more deeply about what you are saying, sounding like you live in too many fantasy games. It will obviously gain you more money up front but who’s to say whether that will help you in the long run since no company ever tries that route anymore…

I honestly expect a deeper perspective from someone like you with such far reach

The problem with online multiplayer games and early access is wheter it will ruin the fun for those who don’t get the early access version?

Generally I don’t want to feel like I’m competing with others and have to play every single day, that ruins the fun and makes it a chore.
If the game itself is good and fun I should be able to enjoy it at my own pace.
Is there a competition? Is my game going to be affected by other players?

Then why should anyone who didn’t buy the game at launch ever buy it? Like 3 months after release you realise you want to play this game

Diablo 3 was great, you just had to buy the game and 1 character add on. This one is already doing battle passes and buying store cosmetics

I refuse to buy any game ever again if $70 is the new norm. Pay to win only works because people support it if you continue to be part of the problem there won’t be a solution

I actively refuse to buy from a producer that doesn’t support my causes if you don’t like that you’re a bigger hypocrite than most give you credit

The game may look great but what game developers are doing now and impose such prices on us. This is some kind of joke. Please stop buying games at such prices. You can’t let them dictate prices in the game market. Now the manufacturers don’t even give the disc with the game physically. They do what they want and we let them do it. That’s enough, let’s oppose this policy.They are pushing bullshit on us in the form of virtual rental stores/platform (steam etc).In addition, they know everything about us and collect statistics. Soon you will pay for games like gold in addition to not having a physical copy of the game only rented virtually.

my problem with early access for money is the fact that the people that pay it wont recive a single patch in those 4 days and we all know games need patches asap

“inflation shouldn’t affect the game’s price ever.” lol wait till this guy finds out how inflation affects food, clothes, housing, tax, tuition, basic necessities, etc.

The fact that the collector edition is not tied to the game itself is actually genius, and I’m surprised people don’t see the value for both sides here. First of all the price is only 100$ cuz it doesn’t include the game otherwise it would be 170+ etc it’s only fair.

Second and this is the genius part: So most collector editions are limited editions, lets’s say they only make 1000 in total, and now they have to think how to bundle and distribute this based on platform and then calculate which is the most famous platform to ensure all stock sells(also any other costs for creating marketing material for each bundle PC,XBOX,PS etc.). For ex. out of 1000 you have 500 for PC then 250 PS5, and 250 XBOX. With this model, there is always the probability they miscalculate the bundle options and one of the platforms does not sell all of its stock (see where I’m getting at with this ?)

Now, this is a big plus for both producer and consumer, and the big advantage here for us as the consumer is that we can get the Collector edition and get all the goodies we want without having to worry about situations(which happened to me several times) where they are sold out on the platform that I own and it would be a very big waste to buy the Collector’s edition for a platform I don’t even own because that was the only one still in stock, and then buy the game only, a second-time digitally for the platform I do own.

Separating the goodies in Collectors Editions from the actual game means you are free to choose the platform of the video game, and we are left with just one pool of limited collector editions goodies compared to multiple PC, XBOX, PS, etc. WIN WIN, it should be like for all games that come out with collector edition goodies!!!!!! Been saying this for ages, Blizzard finally had a good business decision!!!!

Games aren’t worth more than 50$

To his point about the company not leaving money on the table, CEO’s are obligated by federal LAW to ALWAYS serve their company’s financial interest. They can be fired, sued and/or imprisoned for decisions they knowingly make contradictive to that precedent.

Is the southern accent to represent the poor ignorant fan base? because southerners aren’t less educated nor less ignorant than anyone else. A little off-putting to be honest. The make a southern accent to represent the poor is born out of ignorance.

Lost a lot of respect for asmongold for this take.

Ok so the 4 day headstart is pure greed but as asmongold said its buisness sense and do you know what
.compared to diablo immortals disgusting p2w fuckfest i would much rather save up and pay the extra £20 for the deluxe edition and if thats the worst of if and theres no p2w battle chest pr whatever its called …i can live with that… in fact id be very happy if thats the only advantage u can ” pay to win ” lol

😂 obviously 2 diffrent class’s of human being… comedy gold!!

Dude you kill me , spirt air lines pulled by seagulls haha amazing

Play Chess, thats cheap and hilariously famous game

How is this guy so popular… with such nonsense information. People are so NEGATIVE Now… and it’s acceptable?

Imagine trying to push the point that four days early is unfair in a game series that people play for DECADES. 🤣🤣

Also Ironic that this creator is trying to convince YOU that it’s not worth it, but he himself would absolutely buy it. 🤣 Only he won’t have to buy it, because he’ll get it free. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Watch his early video opinions pop up before the game comes out, because he is one of them playing early. 100%

At 2:42 if you look closely, you can see Asmon riding his mount.

you can play it for free just for time pass no complains😊 I play it free

PREIMUM VIDEO BRUH

meh, I’ll wait a few months to see how the game is. I’m not paying 90$ for a game I’m not that interested in

I want the physical copy, I don’t care about digital.

Pay $70 for your game, log in with millions at the moment the game launches, get in game, rush into the city with your fellow players at level 5, and find tons of level 100’s standing around in town that got the four day head start.

theres one bit where you say that preorders given them an idea on numbers so they can adjust the servers…do you happen to recall ‘error:32’?…d3 was at the time the fastest selling game in history, i had it wait 4 days to play b/c those dickbags underestimated the stress the servers would be under. imo its gonna happen again. which is why i got the head start, obv id rather play 4 days early what gamer doesnt? but its gonna guaran-fuckin-tee i dont play 4 days late.

And for the player … it makes sense depending on what it is .. 80-100$ with the extra stuff and I know I’m gonna play it constantly yeah ill bite lol 😂

7:40 What is that guy talking about? Coming with the “Seasonal Battle Pass​ Unlock” literally is the Battle Pass itself.

Tbh this is the pay to win i dont care about in the slightest. I understand it sucks for some people but I feel like the amount of people that can spend 70 on a game but not 90 is plenty small

Clearly just spend the extra $20

If u think blizzard cares about an extra 10 mil that’s funny. They are worth half a trillion they piss away 10 mil they wipe their ass with 10 mil.its pocket change to them. Just like an extra $20 to us is garbage money that doesn’t matter. It’s $20 that won’t even feed your family of 5 McDonald’s. Isn’t a value menu at McDonald’s like $17 now? 🤣

Be real, outside of content creators and people trying to be like top ladder players or whatever the 4 days has very little impact outside of some FOMO.
Most people could start a week early and still be almost instantly overtaken by the super sweats.

Just about every game has been ruined by greed and microtransactions. Had hope for D4 but not after watching this. D3 was the peak hopefully they continue adding content and seasons.

The collectors box is separate from the game so they don’t have to worry about inventory, how many collectors do they make for each platform? They just make more generic collectors editions. They can also make them earlier and make more of them because they don’t have to wait for the disc/codes to be created to include with the collectors edition.

Game is trash will NOT! be getting I’ll stick to the best diablo witch is d2r

it’s called Capitalism, our economy deal with it.

Not every single game does this strategy. There are few good games that get money from one time purchase without a deluxe, ultra, special edition or they are completely free to play and get money only from cosmetics. Also, some popular games(not in this genre), like Apex Legends or Fortnite, having only one battle pass that you can get for free every season if you payed once or you even get premium currency from the free track so you can get it completely for free if you played 2-3 seasons. I have mad respect for those type of games even if I’m not playing them and I wish more companies would follow this pattern, but why would they when people are willing to pay extra money just to get scammed.

i really don’t see the big deal, the game doesn’t really start till season 1, there is no leaderboard on release so 4 days in my opinion isn’t game breaking. I’m not paying 90+ just to play a few days early. and when the first season drops 2 or 3 months after release nobody is going to care because everyone starts at 0 in a season.

Bro how does this guy say inflation has gone up but not wages…… w edys works used to make 5 / 6 bucks a hr not 12-15…that’s why your fast food and shit has gone up…..

4 day headstart in the game but it all gets wiped once the first season starts afterwards. So where’s the advantage?!

I worked at Wendy’s in the 90s. The double stack was available then, but it wasn’t on the menu.

It’s really funny that I’m watching a YouTuber watch another YouTuber lmao 🤣

LMFAO YOU HAVE SPIRIT AIRLINES THAT THE PLANE DOESNT EVEN FLY ITS JUST PULLED BY SEAGULLS 🤣🤣🤣

I bought the ultimate edition.

asmond helps me see the light

I’m new to Diablo but what makes it “pay to win” isn’t it mostly just PvE the main thing I’d think you’d just get is bragging rights?

You are talking about inflation and I feel you, cus I was there in 2006 and you could eat for 5 or 6 bucks a full meal at these restaurant joints… I have since then moved to Argentina, where inflation this year was almost 100% (so yeah, we are properly fd) but I have visited the US in multiple ocasions becasue my sister lives there and I cant get a burger for less than 15 bucks… which amazes me because I thought inflation was a third world country problem… tbh it is not as bad as we have it here, but still, it always screws the middle class.

I’ll have to wait till a big summer sale or something I’m broke af lol 😢

666 hilts on the battle pass screen, Illuminati confirmed 😂

I just dont see the MASSIVE advantage 😂

70 dollars plus 10 dollars a month for cosmetics when your competitor is free with 10 dollars a month cosmetics.

LMFAO Spirit airlines pulled by seagulls hahaha

Hi Asmon just found your channel I’ve never heard of you but I don’t mind a boomers opinion so I subbed!

dont even need to come up with your own content PogU

Srsly for average player that 4 days is not an advantage. Most of them will not even be close to worst hardcore player later on. And argument we r not the same… Dude ofc we r not the same. Imagine world with everyone wearing the same clothes, runing exact cars living in exact houses… For me (and i am not rich man, in fact im poor man, i bought the game for wow tokens bought for gold) it’s nothing more than shorter queue when the game launch. Is it worth more money? Everyone should ask that question to themself.

Season 1 doesnt start until a couple weeks after the game is released. Seasonal characters are a wipe/fresh start/reset. So no 4 days early access is not an advantage.

Seasonal characters/content, are the only thing that matter in diablo now. Unless you only want non seasonal/ casual in which case… 4 days early access is still not an advantage as it does not matter to you xD

Poor people wait for a deal 🙂

Early access isn’t a problem in single player games. The problem occurs when the game is a multi player game, yes diablo has some multi player components but the majority of the game is single player.

“this is for poor people who can only spend 70$ on a video-game” …man whats the definition of poor nowadays? Gaming has become some Elite-shit

It’s not pay to win 😂 Diablo isn’t a competitive game. Having the game a few days early isn’t game changing in any way.

I bought Ultimate version. Lol

I WANT PRIVATE MODEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

it don’t matter to me ill hack the game and even the odds and if they dont like that 2 bad because kids comes 1st before higher priced games and if ya say this is not true you a bad parent..I have Spoken… |>with the extra money i could buy kids cloths or something…THE END

diablo 4 is the best game ive played in at least 3 years.. blizzard please take my money.

For Canadians, the prices are: 89.99 Standard, 119.99 Deluxe, and 129.99 Ultimate
I’m a fan, but I am having some serious doubts about preordering at all at the base price of $90.
I know that’s sounds a bit old school, but I haven’t needed to pay full price for a PC game in about a decade, thanks to constant Steam sales.

I may wait a few months for whatever Black Friday sale Blizzard has.

I played the open beta, enjoyed it, and I know it’s a Beta – but I found many mini-bosses, and full Bosses very difficult to beat playing solo. The Butcher… I ran and left the dungeon cuz my Barb had no chance at all at level 17 or 18 when he spawned in the Black Asylum. That was a SIDE QUEST dungeon when I got it!
Eventually, it took four of us quite some time, many deaths and resurrections, to beat him at levels 23 (my Sorc), 22 (a Barb), and two 19s (Druid & Necro) in the group. And he dropped NOTHING good for me! Two blues and a crap Rare, no Legendary at all.

Say what you will about balance and skillsets – but this is Act 1! It’s the “getting to know and grow your character” phase.

Tectone didnt even show up for Pokemon Twitch Rivals. KEKW
Nah I love him tho

People who actually work do not have time to grind. If your an adult with a full time job and a family then be thankful and respect the pay to win. Can’t spend hours grinding for benign minute shit.

Is this a competitive game? If not then starting early affords you no advantage whatsoever because given time everyone will catch up to you. Early access doesn’t matter. People are just impatient.

it’s the lesser of 2 evils. rather a game gave EA than a in game item. in 2 weeks after launch EA advantage means fuck all.

I’m pretty sure it’s sarcasm from Asmon’s side, but gonna talk a bit about the dogshit reddit/twitter take that buying early access is an advantage. Blizzard has already said that seasons won’t start for months after game release, so where is the competitive advantage? Please show me.

Boohoo, get a life, get a job and you´ll get a special perk called “disposable income”, then you´ll be able to buy the early access.

The argument against the digital deluxe edition is stupid.. it’s no different than someone complaining because a ceo can afford a Ferrari and the McDonald’s worker has to buy a used 97 tempo like what? Should Ferrari sell their premium cars for $500 so everyone can buy them?

im sticking with my $70… no way im upgrading. NO FUCKING WAY !!!!! there , i said it.. please save your gears for me ..

I mean look. If you we are paying 70 bucks already what is the problem with spending 20 more for the ultimate edition

Its unfair, but, pay to win? if this counts as a single player. or even play with friends. What its rly awfull is that maybe all items look bad so you will pay for the cosmetics… which sucks.

Asmom just told that people who have more monney that they are more valued and they deserve some bs like that I just think your thinking of human being is unreal that why you live in your dark uncleaned room for your entire life dude cause your better value people who eat the bait of Ealy access for more monney are just dumb fish easy cached by the biggest monney makers of all time in gaming history this game is absolutely unfinished and sucks I played 3 hours and 2amd a half was filled with just walking through a world of nothing the most boring story line ever slow talking npcs Russian accent talking npcs felt like 2 people spoke everything this game will be the biggest scam ever and I will not buy it because of that idgafk about it’s diablo I just don’t buy shit games as the beta showed hugged performance laags crazy layering laags all the time dude I cannot stop it’s so bad

they should just give everyone who pre order no matter the cost 4 days early access

Not really OP if everyone gets it.

Ever since CD keys have been a thing back in the 90s having a physical copy was already pretty much a novelty.
Nowadays they don’t even put the whole game on the disc anymore with day 1 patches.
Taking out the physical copy from the collectors edition is just the next evolution of that. I am not surprised really.

Im pretty sure i paid 99 plsu tax

Preimum

I still don’t understand what the big deal of playing 4 days early is. Yes I get to level up and find stuff, but what’s the point unless you play 24/7 to be the player with the highest level…. there will be days even weekends I dont play because I’m enjoying life or just something else and during my inactive time players will be able to pass me up, so again I see no advantage

Not really 100$ lmao its technically over 100$ IDK what tax free island your on 😂

Stop trollin—It’s a hundred dollars

$99.99. . ?. . Thatll come out to around 107+ with tax. . It will be more than 100 not less. .

Classicism at its best. I’ll be sitting high and mighty playing 4 days early 😂

What kind of “Headstart” or even “Advantage”, are you people talking about?
This ain´t no competitive game, where you miss out on anything your “potential competitors” might gain while playing “up to” 4 days early o_O

I will use the time to soloplay the Story, before i start playing in a group with my close friends with a new Character, just leveling up, grinding loot etc.
And guess what, noone of you who complain about an “unfair Advantage” will have any less fun, or less loot or less anything from the game juist because some guys like me are playing this ARPG with MMO-parts in it.

If you get angry because of other poeple playing some days prior to you, just take a deep breath and realise this: Its NOT a COMPETITION.
No sane person gives a flying F… about any loot or even game progress some unknown guy from around the globe has managed to achive in this 4 days (Minus any time lost due to connection problems, bugs etc).

So just calm down, buy the edition YOU LIKE to buy / You can afford and enjoy playing when you can.

20 dollar difference is not different class last gen and next gen is there
For super fans

Jo diablo 3 is not dead..😢

I had to get the D2 and D3 collectors editions and while I’ll get D4, I could care less about paying $70 now for even the standard edition on launch day. Especially when the collectors box is $100 more on top of it without any actual game. Activision doesn’t need my help with their cash grabs. I’ll wait for it to go on sale in the holiday season. and lol at that guy at 11:20 about how battle passes are needed in case the game flops. Diablo is a cash printing machine, it won’t flop. D3 didn’t flop and that was with the game design being totally botched at launch – like the level 60 hard cap which saw them hack in the paragon level system to address that failure. They botched the micro-transactions too (auction house) which they removed as well. Diablo 4 will make bank even without all these cash grabs just like before. Thanks for the video!

Lol a person can eat for less than a dollar a day. And that’s exactly why 95% of millionaires in the US are foreigners who came to America with nothing and can hardly speak a lick of English. Save, Stack, open their own business. Truth be told the people buying the standard, and the super premium are the same class of people, the only difference being how many more cheese burgers the person bought, that forced themselves to get the standard version.

But blue raspberries 😅

As soon as I (not soon) would like to play this shitpile of a game…
yo-ho, yo-ho, hoist the colours high…

played both beta’s. not bad. But I’ll wait for the DLC to come out. So I’m not rebuying the same game 2-3 times like with D3.

honestly, this all hinges on the specific time release of the game as well. I preordered the big version of the game and get to play it prior to everyone else on the 6th of June. Here are my thoughts:
– Is it released on the date specifically rather than the time? I live in Australia and the beta went live for me at 3am AEST Sat 18th March (which was 9am Friday 17th in some places in the States). So either it goes live globally at the same time, or some countries will start prior to others. In my case, it will still be monday morning in the USA when I get to play it if I got the standard edition at 9am Tues 6th. Which puts me 47 hours ahead of the rest of the world. So do I, being an Australian, potentially have the ability to get even more game time in than you? Does this make being in a different time zone, OP?
– Blizzard have come out and said that the battlepass will not include anything that will give advantages over anyone else, and have also said that things like XP bonuses can only be gained through gameplay. The battlepass will likely include in game currencies and cosmetics. So again, straight access to the Battlepass for Deluxe + isn’t necessarily giving anyone an advantage.
– Ultimately, if you’re keen to get it day one, you still can. and play it day one. Getting it early, unless there are things you can only get in the first hours of release, offers no real advantage. As for any advantage due to early drop? it really only matters if you’re being hyper competitive with the game. Why not just play the game and have fun, and build yourself up to it? Those who get in early will provide tips for you to optimise any build you have and you can build on top of them yourself.

Not trying to be a dick but what’s the point when after the 1st season everyone resets back to base together

Let s face it. This is greedy but it could have been so much worse. I m sure they wuold have fucked it up eaven more. If it s cosmetics and more rewards it s fine. Let s hope this stays

Server spacing “you think thats why they do it..” hahaha 100% no, servers still gonna suck on release watch xD love this honestly brotha haha

not my game list
diablo 3 was f cancer and i hate it. its a bad joke. and i didnt even pay for my copy and i still feel like its a waste. most boring game there is. shallow as hell (ironically
and then i watched the dumpster fire reforged (luckily not falling for that joke
and the entire shit going on all around blizzard… its dead. its run by shareholders. blah… diablo immortal… nuth said. this is another ALWAYS ON DISASTER

member when mcdonalds had a dollar menu
😢

T

Remember when games cost 30-45 dollars, DLC/expansions were free (eventually a one time payment of 5-10), loot crates were something you found while playing the game along with the keys, battlepass was having an online connection
Need more gatekeeping.

They explained why they don’t include the game. It’s so you can pick and choose what edition you want

The more we fight the base price of a game, the more they’ll push hidden predatory tactics. I don’t want every online game to feel like a phone game. I’d gladly pay 100 for a finished game. Think RDR2, Witcher 3 and possibly Starfield

Words of wisdom. Always know where u stand, or u live in a delusion.

Definitely not on my list. I’m sorry, but I am never trusting Blizzard again.

Lol… It’s $90 if you care about 4 day early access and $70 if you dont. If you care about 4 days early access and can’t afford the extra $20, then you dont have time to play the game anyway aka get your life together. The rest is just cosmetics. Everything in life isn’t free. If they start selling in-game items that give you an advantage, then that’s a different conversation.

funny on xbox its worth $150 for the ultimate version

I think in regards to this game 4 days early is not a advantage. You get nothing for it but a few days play time
Trading is limited (can’t trade legendaries/uniques etc)

Ladder won’t be there at launch

Seasons won’t be there at launch.

Ladder and seasons start for ALL players at the same time sometime after the release.

Wtf Lilith is super flat im not gonna buy the game 🤮

it changes if you don’t. What YOU do counts as well, that’s what you seem fail to understand Asmon 🙂

The 4 days early access to the game is meaningless. The season will start weeks after the release and everyone knows only seasons matter in Diablo.

Capitalism at its best 🤷‍♂

its 4 days, who cares

lol $99.99
plus tip

Yes, but they don’t do it the way you stated, although the battle pass on the premium or the ultimate edition gives you is some levels like 20 levels. I don’t know if they just got it used right upfront or if you get to choose when do use them like if you’re at level 23 and you want that level 25 items so you can use two unlocks to get it I don’t know if it’s gonna work that way but it’s still the same shit as the battle pass from the Deluxe Edition you just can get to stuff quicker so if you had another sucker spat because unless you’re stupid you should be able to complete the entire season pretty easily

It might be correct but that’s what you know right now but I guarantee you it won’t be correct when the battle pass matures and they realize they’re not making enough money off the sale of the battle, pass a year or two and they will start selling a battle pass that offers premium people really good shit that use a board game that isn’t just cosmetic

Yes it’s just business AAA if somebody if lots of people are coming in to Walmart saying do you have this brand of milk or this brand of this or that and they don’t and they take notice of it and they know they can sell it been they should put it in the store even if it’s more expensive to acquire, and the sale price has to be higher if there’s a demand Then they have to supply that’s business. If you sell widgets and people want green widgets, you better sell green wedges people want a battle pass so companies will have a battle pass. Don’t ask me why I am mean I don’t understand why people want it I mean I understand why they sell it and why they make it so prominent instead of just dropping items they make it a battle pass because it’s got a limited time span and it makes you feel like you have to play the game and maybe spend money to complete that battle pass. It is good business greed doesn’t enter into a diesel corporations they have a fiduciary responsibility to make money for their shareholders literally they’re required by law to make money for their shareholders when they incorporate that becomes their responsibility they have to make money for their shareholders so of course they’re gonna do everything in their power to make money and they’re gonna push it right to the limit of what you’re willing to spend if you don’t think it’s fair don’t buy the battle pass. If more people stop buying it and nobody wants to buy it. They will literally stop selling it because there is development cost in time involved. You know there’s an investment to make it happen each new season so if nobody’s paying for it, they’re not gonna do it they’re doing it for the free players they’re doing it for the players that pay.

I actually never seen more than two a free one and a paid one give example of a game you’re talking about that has three battle passes and there better be something in the third level of the battle pass that you can’t get in the second level because otherwise, what’s the point who would pay for the third level

I don’t agree with your description of the current business model most games, have a free battle bass and a premium battle pass. The premium battle players usually includes extra experience game, so faster, battle pass level game plus cosmetics wife arm on now plus everything just plus extra cosmetics and faster Dane and sometimes from three levels. There’s usually not three there’s usually only two do you know they tease you with the free pass where you get an item like every five or six levels they want you to spend the money to buy the battle pass and sometimes there’s reasons to buy it there’s things in there sometimes that are worth it fallout 76 is a good example of the battle pass in fallout 76 will frequently have actual usable items Not just cosmetics that you just do you know you know you’re not gonna get them any other way then the next season in the battle pass doesn’t have anything worth worth having so you don’t buy it, but there’s almost always in most games only to free in premium, which I don’t know why they call it premium just paid or free just what it really boils down to You’re either a soccer buying that battle pass or you’re getting the free shit and saying I’m not gonna pay a dime to play this game beyond you know any initial purchase

My sprinters most games only have two chairs. Well OK I get you three chairs. They have the free battle pass then sometimes they have just one more tear that start the the paid or premium battle pass, but sometimes they have a third tier that unlocks some of the battle pass right up front which I find pointless because what battle pass can you not complete, I wasn’t even playing overwatch two for the first half of the battle pass and I know there’s only 12 or 13 days left but I am like really close to completing the entire battle pass, including all the prestige levels and I didn’t pay for any unlocks because it’s mostly just free shit right you just get extra cosmetics but you do get levels level unlocks

The reason for the 4 day pre-launch is to split up the server load. We do the exact same outside of gaming, but we launch features and systems to limited users without them knowing. But with game launches this is the only way.

To scale the servers to handle the full player base at once is too expensive for them.

Headstart on what the only Headstart is for you and your characters because you’re not in competition with anybody else getting max level or max Paradine or or getting the best gear doesn’t affect anybody else when you do that the gear is still going to be there for them you getting their first four days earlier or whatever doesn’t have any impact on any other player in the game About the only thing that you getting items first could do as you might be selling them on marketplace a few days earlier than other people but I guarantee this game will have millions of active players at least for months to Diablo game. It’s going to be popular and yes, I am not pre-ordering but I will probably buy it. I like Diablo one too and drive at night to Marion play too. I like Diablo one and three. I think the story in Diablo at least three I don’t really remember much about Diablo one, but I thought the story was pretty good as well acted there’s you know it’s there’s a lot of voice acting cut scenes that really cut scenes just talking Dan pieces and hearing them yet all the voice acted responses. I thought it was a pretty good game I played it through and then I walked away because you know what I’m not a fucking retard the things I have to gain every item in a game like this I played through beat the story and then move Dan Diablo four I will probably I don’t know I’ll be in the bathroom more of an MMO with some open world areas and things like that I’m gonna play it for longer but I probably will play the story and MoveOn. I don’t give a shit if you do it before I do who why would anybody care about that you know really cares about that you’re Youtubers make a big deal but I don’t usually hear anybody else whining about it oh yeah, except for like the the one percent that you know the red idiots.

I was one of the people who dropped 90 bucks on lost ark. I also took a week off to play the “early access”
It was worth it 😂 my buddy and I got to game for a solid week only stopping to use the bathroom and eat pizza. Too bad he lost the battle to mental illness. He was really looking forward to Diablo 4

Every game does it what do you mean every game should do it every game does it every single game that has an online component sells early access as a condition of pre-ordering usually every game does it because the gaming industry is full of morons suckers people to stupid or impatient or just wait and see how it turns out those same people are the first one in line trying to get their money back. When are they had to do was wait four days listen to all the bitching and release day and say oh fuck I’m staying away from bad till they weren’t the bugs out.

There’s absolutely no advantage to it because you’re not in competition with me I don’t care where are. You are in a game that you have four days extra time I don’t because we’re not in competition doesn’t matter if you get the phone thing before I get to it how does that affect me at all, I realize you’re a tiny prick and a huge ego so you wanna be there first for something but I don’t care most people don’t care the majority of the people that will be playing this game my pre-order but they don’t give a shit about early access they just wanna play a new game and honestly this is Diablo. It’s not gonna be a new game it’s gonna be the same story repeat it again with the same characters in a new environment and new graphics in and new Rob questing but it’s nothing we haven’t played before three times.

Nova, unfair or pay the web. If I pay extra money, I should get extra perks life works exactly the same way if it didn’t we’d all be driving the same Volkswagen, eating the same food wearing the same clothes living in the same one bedroom apartments. My wife doesn’t work that way in life we get what we can afford to pay for video. Games are just an extension of that so shut the fuck up with a K to win bullshit. It’s not remotely true and I don’t know the game might end up being paid to win big-time. You might literally be able to buy power I don’t know, but what you’re talking about is not pay to win.

Call what continent do you get amount in Mont armor that’s all accountant you get with the standard edition maybe on steam or something it’s different but on the PlayStation, you get a mount mount armor and that’s it. You did not get access to the beta plus they just left that little important detail out on the PlayStation Baden put that in the package, I just looked. I literally just looked. It’s on my screen on a different bar tab right now.

Yeah, again the only thing you’ll get is the mole and amount armor. You don’t get early access with the standard edition with the old arm in with the Deluxe Edition you gain at early access and a battle pass unlock with the ultimate edition your game for more stuff but you more importantly, game like 22 years of the battle pass, is there any fact that it has a battle pass has to tell you something about the monetization

Never played Diablo but I use to love gauntlet.. This looks insane bro!!👀👀

I’m not letting that premium slide

Idgaf, I just divorced got alot of money to blow, I saw 100,00 euros for the ultimate edition without knowing about the 4 days early acces and pressed BUY NOW!

At this point calling it greed means you have no means to learn how to get money.

5:30 this guy lol man if you’re casual you’re going be behind anyway. Play it how you wawith 0 complaint.

I didn’t pre-order it but I got the early acces

its a scumbag move by blizzard but it works and it really is free money and their reputation is already in the shitter so at this point why not

100$ for a game is fine

I honestly don’t have a problem with early access. Just make the game fun, and I’m good. That’s all I want to do is enjoy a game. Whether someone else gets to enjoy it four days earlier, I can care less. I have other games.

I don’t think you understand what Pay to Win is. DI is pay to win.

I will buy it maybe a year from now bye

Why buy a game which is pay to win

I’m getting Jerry Maguire vibes! “Because it works!”

Honestly, dude, if you played the market at all last year and this year; you would know a stock does not always reflect it’s company.

I don’t really get the concept of “By to Win” when talking about Diablo. A non-combatative PvE-focused level-scaled game?
I mean, what’s the win in getting 4day early access in a game where everyone is lvl100 after 2-3 weeks anyways

Hiw is it “Pay to Win” when you’re NOT winning anything?

Its not like there’s some race to the top levels…its like saying 4 days early was “Pay to Win” in Skyrim…you’re not competing.

I wouldn’t worry about playing 4 days early…we have a whole 10 years to play the game lmao

Father Tectone ruined gaming yep

16:14 yep ur gonna be 60 in 4 days and then ? What will you do for the 2 months till the first season starts ?

@Asmongold, just so you guys know, a double stack is $2.09 now. 2006 @ $1 to 2023 @ $2.09.

IT is not unfair to give people 4 days . Games have been doing this for years and years. you all need to stop crying about everything!!! you do not have to buy it just be happy we get a new diablo and be done with it or dont play and go and cry about something else.

is it really a massive advantage though? The reality is all these people paying more are going to try to login on the first day, and ERROR 37. They will then proceed to spend days raging and failing to login. By the time Blizzard fixes their bullshit, the rich people will finally get to start with everyone else. This is the Blizzard way.

it’s not that I wont do it.. the 99.99$.. it’s that I already did and i’ve never played a diablo title.. it’s just how it is, I cant change it alone to how it used to be and you probably now think ”eyy but you are part of the problem, if you and all other people dont do it they will fix it” wishfull child.. if I dont do it, and somehow get 10k people to not do it great! pad on the back ”thank you!” but over 1mil people still did it and now me and those 10k people missed out on playing before launch.. so I zero-headed but got pad on the back, niiice.. fuck off, wake up or touch grass.. dont know what to tell you.. you do you, yes it’s sadge to miss out on those days if it means something to you, if it doesnt great, it kinda doesnt mean something to me, I have a problem with missing out on content in games, so I buy the preorders for that reason alone. everyone has their poison and it’s like war dont hate the soldier but hate those at the top directing the whole ordeal.. I have ADD so I have no clue what im sayong at this point, sorry.. bye bye

After you end this video complaining about the deluxe you pre oder the deluxe lol stop playing dawg

It’s not the “How the world works” it’s “How capitalism works”.
Focus is on money.

As soon as i saw pre- order, grabbed my 100 bucks and literally threw it at the tv. 😊

Aint no way im spending 70dollars for this ill just play other games till it goes on a sale, and also i dont care about the 4 days early access cuz i dont compete against other players in a pve so i dont see the point of pay to win in a pve

Imagine buying Diablo 4

But not really due to fine print

i rather start on a friday than a monday… so thats why i want a “headstart”

I saw a comparison of 4 to 3 with 3 being favorable. oof

Bruva a large percentage of people have enough disposable income for this, it’s just the principal that steers them away. Knowing that if you contribute to these “industry practise” it’ll only get worse and more prevalent. Buying a more expensive seat on a plane is not predatory in nature, unlike a BP that’s designed to be a grind if your not buying levels or 4 day early access giving you a monetary advantage. Everyone boards a plane at the same time regardless of their seating, It’s not a good comparison.

I just did it today actually lol $100 bundle. Fuk who gives a shit i have been waiting for this game for ages. Take my fkin money!!!!

2024 game relase be like, $100 standard, $150 4 days early acces, $200 2 weeks early access

I remember buying assasins creed 3 100 bucks getting a dope ass statue art book all dlc. And 2 copies of the game. 😅

WoW is expensive to. 300 a year to play 😅

Diablo IV feels like bit better than average mobile game. Maps were empty, dungeons was boring ui terrible,items are too simplified and need to planning(equals fun)

In all honesty, it’s not like the 4 days matter for someone who plays a few hours every now and then. If you are going to play this game 24/7 then yes, it is a big advantage. But i think most people have a life outside their pc too. So the few hours advantage is not that big of a deal.

People always complain about prices, they are complaining that Video Game prices are now $69.99. Back in the 90’s we used to pay $49.99 for PSone titles, which is $98 accounting for inflation. Back then I used to have a $20 weekly allowance. You know what I would do? I would wash cars on the weekends to make more money and pay for my video games. Now that I’m adult, $70 to me is a bargain. I spend double that every Friday when I go on date night with my wife, or $180 that if take my family to the movies for 2-3 hours of entertainment. $99 for early access, plus the hundreds of hours I will sink into this game is a bargain. Even a teenager working at Mcdonalds makes $15 an hour now a days.

if you add the price of the collector’s edition to the price of the digital game, you practically get the full price of an average collector’s edition. Couriers won’t shit in your gaming session with possible late delivery and blizz might be able to provide more collector’s edition boxes, so more people can grab it. Good for them – they get the money, good for us, ‘cus we can get it. Simple as that.

Still don’t get how it’s paid to win to get it few days early, it’s not like a pvp servers where people can grab up all the limited resources and best spots like, Ark, Rust, Day Z. . . Being able to build bases, get max gear, and dominate the map from day one due to your early access would be paid to win.

“Get to play the game 4 days early”

I think they mean “Anyone who doesn’t buy this version is held back from the game’s launch for 4 days”.

That battlepass info that video was quoting was wrong. There is only one battlepass, they already confirmed it, that you can buy. And the only difference between the 3 versions is : the basic game has to buy the premium bp, deluxe gets premium bp included, and lastly, the ultimate includes the bp aswell, but it also gives you 20 tier skips on the premium battlepass as well.

Seriously, either YT’s need to stop editing their videos and making them snazzy and instead read and understand the info. that guy was an idiot asmondgold.

Asmongold needs to stop stealing other people’s content

4 days early will be buggy, que times, and server crashes, not worth it. I’ll wait 3 years and buy it at some discounted price and play the game with no issues.

The reality is that the servers wont be able to handle all the people trying to log in and many people will spend the first “up to” 4 days early access trying top log in and getting booted.

at this point i dont get asmons “pay to win” definition
Saying WoW Tokens being p2w is wrong but understandable for a fraction of players
But how is playing the game 4 days early pay to win?

90$, none game is worth that much money.

If the game is good, people will pay the money because they do it in app games . The host isn’t totally right.

Why do people continue to support companies like this? Is beyond me. Wait until it’s a basement bargin bin price that is all D4 is worth.

XD

They don’t care about us beening poor facts they tryna rake up all the money they can get with video games.

The early access is meaningless besides the fun you gonna have with the game (hopefully).

The first season, and other organised play, is going to start later, probably a few months from launch.

So, unless they start selling early access to seasons, it won’t affect anything, really.

boycott activision

People say its greed and unfair and then they buy it anyway. You get what you pay for.

it works until it doesn’t, there will be a bubble burst moment at some point.

I don’t understand how the extra four days matters to anyone. No One cares if someone is “world first max level or max paragon” people are going to be coming back for seasons in the long run.

Also, if anyone, I thought asmo would have understood why the collectors edition didn’t have the game. It is most likely because when they have the physical collection and a digital collection people buy both and get a refund for the base amount of the game. So folk who want the collectors edition would buy the digital version to get the goodies right away. Then the physical collection comes out they get a refund for the digital. This way everyone can just get the digital version and whoever still wants the physical collection can just buy it.

Just preordered for the exclusive shit lol. Couldnt care less abt progression. Probably wont even play that much or even play 4 days before release, but my horse looks fn sweet

Okay I just had to comment because God dammit you got jokes!

$20 is not the difference between disposable income types, if youre paying 70 its hurting you as it is….

I will probaly pre-order but not for another month or so to see more of the game

Oh Yeah Diablo Immortal….exists LOL
OMG So fucking true, I been saying that for years: EVERYTHING GOES UP BUT YOUR WAGES.
Feel so old when I type that physical copies are the same price as digital= WTF… Digital copies should be half the cost of a physical copy and some asinine executive thought this was a great new April Fools joke by not adding an actual Psychical copy of the game, I am sure though they will include a digital copy, RIGHT? ;p

How is anything advantage if we will have no ladder at start? So dumb 😅😅😅

Honestly, I don’t see WHY it’s That big of a deal. 4 days…big woopdy-fuckin-doo. There’s no real cash shop in D4 except for cosmetics. I’m a husband and a father and my kid is 6 yrs old. I have shit to do. I have Responsibilities in real life. I got the Ultimate Edition because I could afford it but let’s be honest here. Out of that 4 day head start I *Might* get maybe 12 hours of play time if I skip some sleep. If I was still in my early 20’s or a teen where I could just plant my ass in front of my PC 24/7 then Sure, that 4 days would be a Big Deal. As a grown ass man it’s not a real game changer.

The collectors edition is a scam and a joke. Anything with Diablo immortal is decreasing value, lol

The fact games have exactly zero packaging and physical marketing required anymore and yet the games stayed the same and rose is price is garbage. I totally get cost of servers and bandwidth and everything else in the overhead (by trade) but these “added values” are barely of any value and 70+ bucks for a digital and infinite asset is wack.

I brought the ultimate edition within the first week of release, why, I fucking Love Diablo franchise

meanwhile I’ll be enjoying POE a real not ptw game

people should learn never touch a diablo release until a month after the release date. as all the releases for the past multiple years cocks up. D3 servers wouldnt handle day 1, D2r servers died. what happened to the boycott for d4. everyone forgotten that hey.

Obviously 2 different classes of people.

Pre orders just set up games for fails ugh feed them money for shit that ain’t even out yet stop preorders to make video games better

P-R-E-M-I-U-M. You’re welcome.

to touch base on the early access. I feel its no different really. You are going to have the people naturally good at ARPGs. They are going to know where to go, how to get to max level and will grind it far more then the average person who just plays for fun. There is already that imbalance, but thats what makes the game fun. People have their own speed anyways, 4 days wont matter to those who are going to be 100 by week 1.

Early access in single player games doesn’t matter at all, so comparisons to hogwarts legacy are meaningless. Multiplayer games giving early access does give a competitive advantage. This kind of mentality will make gaming as a whole worse and worse and will eventually lead to the death of any competitive aspect of any game. This whole video is just moronic. Telling people to just give up because there will always be people who are willing to spend a lot of money to gain an advantage just sounds like lobbying for the greed of gaming companies.

4 days early access is just the cherry on top of the other trash you get.

The physical collectors edition doesn’t have the game included….
Hang on !!!, my guess is so many previous collectors editions showed up at people’s doorsteps days after game releases, servers go on, and gamers WANT game access on their terms and not waiting for special editions. It seems crazy but this way gamers can get code for game faster and play on day of launch and not waiting 3 days after servers go live for their Amazon delivery that has the collectors edition AND game.

Just my two cent idea why. I know its crazy.

Gonna wait like 4 years to get this. 👍👍

It’s tempting, but i’m not going to spend the extra money, by principle. I want to play it 4 days early, i could afford the deluxe edition, not an issue but i’m just not willing to spend it on cosmetics, and the 4 days early access is obviously the main attraction here but i find it repulsing – but companies want to milk the money so i understand it. Easy come easy go.

Inb4 people buy deluxe and then servers get fucked for a week so they can’t even use the advantage they paid for

Aren`t you going to adress the elephant in the room ??? The PC SPECS OF D4 are INSANE !

Wah, wah, wah, Blizzard bad. From a guy whose entire income and claim to fame is owed to and based on their games.

but the season dont start on 6 June 2023

Its not about the price its about value for money. You admitted this yourself in the airplane scenario. Surely you could afford a better seat, but its a waste of money.

4 days early – Will the servers be good and up the first 4 days?! We will see lol

Wish it was $90 it’s $170 AUD on console

I feel like early access to a game is stretching the definition of pay to win. They aren’t getting better loot by starting sooner. They are just getting it 4 days quicker. If it was like 2 weeks or something crazy I could see it being overly pay to progress. If 4 days is the make or break on you keeping up with someone to be competitive in the small PvP section of this game, then the issue probably isn’t the head start.

Welll that sucks. I cant afford that game. Why tf is it 70 bucks!

games havent gotten more expensive they are actually cheaper. i have atari games with price tags for 79.99 and that was like 1982. the battle passes is how they get ya.

Not to mention you need a solid PC over 2k to play

Blizzard lost the benefit of the doubt for me. I won’t preorder anything from them and I don’t care for the few days that other players can play early. The game in open beta wasn’t super exciting, ran like shit and who knows what blizzard will come up with for monetization. When its out, is running stable and enough reviews are out on how much players are getting pushed into micro transactions, I might pick it up.

Oh no my borderline single player game lets some people play early. The advantage eludes me.

Head start on what? Who cares?

D4 should be free to play with this shitty 10 year old graphics… this game looks soo bad for a 2023 game especially form a company as big as Blizzard

WAIT. *FOUR ENTIRE DAYS EARLY ACCESS!??!?!* FOUR DAYS!?!? REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! who cares lol

i think the collectors edition not including the game isnt a bad idea at all. Cause this way you can combine the different game version with the collectors edition. Lik you could get the collectors edition but only by the standard edition of game. This way you can adjust what you want and what you dont want more precisely and thats not a bad thing, if you ask me. So long as it is communicated that the CE does not include the game.

And dont start with “oh if one gets the collectors edition he is clearly also buying the ultimate edition of the game.” – I dont think so. Some ppl are into candles and that physical stuff in the collectors edition but dont give a shit about digital extracontent and may even not want to or simply cannot start 4 days early. In any case. Noone keeps you form buying the ultimate edition alongside the ce. This way you are simply not forced to buy digital content if you are only into the physical stuff.

My new games guys. If you pay extra bucks you can play it on every tuesday

greed is a way to simple explanation for it. Its the inherent nature of the stock market. You gotta increase the value of your stock or infestors leave the ship. But how you gonna do this once you reached a certain level where you cant just make it all better and draw more buyers to your product?

I personally have no problem with monetization as is in D4 (i dont think early access is pay2win either btw.; you are not buying power, you are buying time). As long as it is all optional (for real; not like in D:I or other games i could mention where you cant feasably get through playing what you can also just buy) and only cosmetic i dont have a problem with it.

I got the deluxe edition on ps5 comes with the battlepass..I really love how they kept everything that was good about diablo 3 and more pvp in diablo now seems sweet can’t wit played the beta had a blast ..it’s also really cool there’s spots that multiple players can join in like destiny

For some reason I can’t really call it p2w. I would call it pay to progress, sure, mainly because of the battlepass thingy, but other than that? Nah, I am okay with this. As long as people gonna buy it it’s gonna exist, so no point in fuming about it. I’m glad whoever gonna buy the bigger pack can afford it.

I remember Halo Reach having one of the greatest cosmetic systems ever. And it was all earnable by just playing the game. Pretty sure it still is. None of this battle pass or accelerated battle pass crap.

Early Access isn’t a reward for those that bought the bonus but a punishment to those that don’t have the money.

If you play genshin impact you just shouldn’t be allowed to vote. 😂

If my friends weren’t hitting the 90$ edition I’d sooner kms than buy it. Unlucky

Asmongold is the embodiment of every nerd on the internet who does nothing but hate anything before it comes out.

diablo immortal was much more fun than diablo 4

I’m playing it but haven’t pre ordered it 🧐🧐

I play games I like and then wait for them to fix a game I want.

Idk if this is just me but i would never pay extra to play 4 days earlier lol

another overhyped crap game that any normal person is gonna pass or play in few years when its 19.99 (and still overpriced)

collectors edition: a game edition that does not include the game. makes sense to me.

Played the open beta. The game suck donkey balls..
D2r ftw!

2:49 Still better value than Diablo 4

Early access advantage is a lie.

I’m not poor ,I’m not throwing 70 bucks at a trash game

i want access to game soon as possible i don’t care what costs i started playing diablo when i was 9 over 20 yrs gameplay

Came for the Diablo content, subscribed for the Wendy’s story. Great vid.

And the issue is Diablo IV free paly weekend keeps Crashing!!!!!!!!!! and starting me over???????

Gets to play 4 days early…activison/blizzard. Early gameplay doesn’t carry over

Him roasting the poor people and the ones who want to say they won’t pay for something is hilarious 😂 23:40

If I learned something about anthem don’t get hyped about games in till you see day gameplay and see if the game is broken

Who wants to pay 20$ more only to sit in Queue? 🤔

YT channels like this are the main issue with modern gaming, your building fake hype making people rush to buy the games, no matter how bad and unfinished theyvare the highest tiers obes that is, you’re building enormous amount of FOMO almost as if the publishers pay you to do so… I tried the beta, and absolutely loved the game,but I don’t care about the PvP at all, I just want to playva great SP campaign like in the good old days of D1 and D2, so I see absolutely ZERO reasons not to wait for the Acti/Blizz acquisition going through and the game landing on Game Pass. I’ll love absolutely nothing, that extra content whether from pre-orders or season passes don’t bring anything game-changing, literally, it’s still gonna be the exact same game, and knowing the history of Blizzard’s launches, this one is gonna be disastrous as well, so waiting for Blizz to polish things out will actually be the nore rewarding way of getting the game. But you do you people, it’s your money after all, just stop blaming all those “greedy” publisher while it’s all on.

if you are poor as fuck stop buying video games… I cant understand ppl whining about price of the digital product that is not essential product and acting like it is oil or food XD

I would buy the Early Access if I can choose a four days out of the week I could play early. There’s no point in me even buying the Early Access when the four-day falls on the days I work

i m playing this beta ….. my opinion is very conflicted , maybe because i m and hardcore POE player , but , till now , i feel that characters build , is soooooo limited , pratically ridicolous , i got a new point to allocate in the skills , and pfff, is not exciting , i dont know where to o put , i maxed out the skill i use …. pick from the handfull of the tree , and nothing is interesting. i already trample the world tier 2 , equip is botring , there is not a ” build ” to make … is just one way of optimization , i strongly hope that the final game , the skill tree will be at least 100 times bigger , or this game will be a fail …. graphic is great , and cinematics are amazing , but gameplay wise , is really really too easy and limited

Me, a Canadian, listening to a guy complain about 4 items at Wendys costing $15. My guy, that would cost you $30 up here. A fucking Mcdouble meal at Mcdonalds here costs $12.

After all the riveting, prescient analysis it really did come down to one extremely observant comment: They should have given Lilith bigger boobs. ABSOLUTELY. Huge gaff, here. Blizzard obviously fears the backlash from all the small-breasted demon goddesses out there, that they just weren’t willing to take the risk of being accused of demon-goddess-objectification. Way to play it safe, Blizzard. /smh

The big problem is when they make the skins in basic game very ugly then the only good looking skins are in the store for actual money.

Why are people such cry babies? Waaaaah i cant afford a better version poor me… stfu and grow a pair. It is what it is plebs.

its not hard to enter the game looks like ppl are not interested in diablo after few hours of playing lol is the game dead?

I played to lvl 22 and I gotta say the game looks way better then d3. Yes it was pretty buggy I won a world event half way through it everyone just fell over and died. Lots of rubber banding. I wish you could zoom your view out a bit that would be nice. I didn’t pre purchase tho no point not like you need to wait in line for a video game anymore. First week will be hectic of course.

I haven’t seen much content of asmongold yet but from what I have he mostly seems to have down to earth and sensible takes on things, but some of that especially towards the end felt a bit weird and a bit too defeatist or accepting? Of aspects of the industry, while he isn’t necessarily wrong with what he said it still felt disappointing that some of his points came down to “Yes this sucks, that’s how shit works, your opinion doesn’t matter, shut up and deal with it” in regards to people voicing distaste with certain business aspects companies have chosen.

A lot of the player base was around and playing Diablo 1. We grew up and have money. Who gives a fuck if Blizzard is cashing in?

Why are you piggy backing off of somebody else’s far better video than your own?

23:59 While it sounds extremely insulting, it’s true, but at the same time he is forgetting something that a lot of big corp would also like you to forget: Word of mouth is a thing.
You, as a consumer, have way more power than they’d like to believe, especially when you are the trend setter.
If you are “the gamer” in your friend group, people will ask you what you think of a game or if it’s worth playing. You can make or undo a lot of sales by simply trashing a game.

wendys’ $5 biggie bag is now $7
inflation is real 🙁

16:25 Welp. I didn’t even try Lost Ark because it was an obvious P2W shitshow that I knew wouldn’t have a player base 6 months in, and look who was right?
I did the same for Diablo Immortal, and I’ll do the same for that one too.
I’m frankly baffled that ANYONE is hyped for that failure in the making from one of the scumiest modern videogame company on the market.

And I still haven’t bought Hogward Legacy, because I knew that’s the kind of game I’ll get for a quarter of the price, with the 4 mandated DLCS a year after release.

I like how he was spelling premium right and then changed it to spell it wrong

I think I’ve seen enough from the beta and the edition rewards being mostly other games to realize something. I’m not going to buy this game with my own money anytime soon. Maybe if it goes on sale one day. The greed combined with a bland design philosophy that’s pasted from a Diablo 3 template is a hard pass at 70, absurd at 90, and downright laughable at the ultimate edition. All these editions and you don’t even get a physical copy of the game. Welcome to the future of gaming where the editions are a lazy, blatant cash grab utilizing four day early access. We’ve finally arrived people.

My mind is blown away by the fact that apparently there’s still some people out there that were exited by a diablo game from blizzard activision.
People never learn.

I have 10 dollars

Dropping a lot of gems. Respect ✊🏽

Hot damn $70 is still not affordable for me… well i purchased the forbidden west but still Im not convinced that Diablo VI is worth the $70…

I can’t afford the game. I just got the beta to beat the beta. I am content

Starting the game early is not an advatage. it is a pve game.

How can 4 days earlier be pay 2 win? What if they didn’t had this 4 days earlier bonus, and you can’t play the first day due work or other private matters, shall we still complain that you fall behind? What about people who have hours and hours of freetime compared to someone who likes the game but also needs to provide for their families. It doesn’t matter if they give 4 days earlier or not, in the end, everyone will be at a different stage of the game. What about people who buy the game after release. Should we all start from zero with each copy that is being sold. Come one man, this is just looking for something to complain. It would be a different thing if you got items that give you massive boosts, like increased exp, increase damage or what so ever. I understand that not everyone have money to get that 4 days earlier, but I also don’t have the money to stay at home all day and play this game 24/7 compared to some other people. I need to work, shouldn’t that also be unfair then? Besides it’s 4 days, not a full year. Can you call this greed? No, not really. It’s named business. Developers and publishers are commercialised companies. If it works for them, it works for them. About everything that is getting expensive, it has always been like this. My grandpa era, beer cost 30 cent. My dad era, beer cost 1,30 dollar. My era, beer cost 2 dollar. The world always have been like this. The only issue we have is that the raise of salary stays behind. That need to be solved. And if the people are really so poor, then how can more than a half million people play Hogwarts Legacy days earlier or massive pre-order D4 limited edition? How can this business model works if people are very poor? Do people start to realise how unfair life is, while it was always like this thousands of years? Should I also say its unfair that famous streamers can get games for free, or even play earlier for extra advertisements? I mean, it properly won’t happen for Diablo 4, but it did for other games. Are streamers who complain about this 4 days earlier access, also complain if they get special treatment by publishers? I highly doubt it.

The art was better in Diablo 3

I don’t agree with micro transactions. I feel they need to mimic the way HearthStone does it… You have pay to buy more but you can still achieve the same in game items with double the time and grinding. So I’d pay a game 2 or 3 times longer if I can achieve the same cosmetic items and or gear that a micro transaction can instantly be bought. Yes it helps the company make more cash but at least give players a chance to grind for it as well. Just saying a thought.

Isnt the game singleplayer/coop? Why does it matter if people will have a advantage?

i payed 119 euro lol

2 beefy boys lol

Asmon has lost his touch, he used to be so good. The loss in his life must have been more then we know.

The Collectors edition being separate from the game makes sense to me from a money stand point. The video said said increase the price point to $150 and add the game to the set. They are leaving $50 dollars on the table that way. Their thought is, if you want the collector set, you will buy the $100 version as well, and you can probably afford it if you are willing to buy the collector set. But, if they include the game in their, to make it make sense monetarily for the Collectors, they have to make the price point $190-200. As long as they sell out of collectors sets, they are good on their end.

I dont understand why they’ve made a game that just looks like PoE and PoE has alot more skill variances and gear variances

Your analogy of the plane scenario makes no sense……..Yes you get a better seat on the plane but everyone still boards the plane at the same time……………………………

People pay for early access and then the servers fuck up… XD

What they are doing with the battle pass is putting out one they know will piss people off so when they make is slightly better people will give them a high five, and say we are listening to our community

Collector’s box = an empty box for $100

“It’s just the way it iiiis”
“things will never be the saaame”

First day servers are jammed anyway. Best to wait for a month b4 buying.

Why buy on day 1, I bought d3 with all the xpak and dlc as 1 and was like 30 dollars cheaper than release.
Wait 3 years then buy with any dlc or xpaks for half price…hell i can wait even 5 years there is so many games in my library its stupid. Stop rewarding pre release purchases.

How is it pay to win when its not player VS?

Even if they could raise the base price they would still jump at the opportunity for microtransactions

It amazes me how many people ACTUALLY think their opinions matter. It’s actually mind boggling.

By the time normal players play the game, people have already beaten the game and maxed out their character.

I love physical 😂. I’ll pay the 70 but 70 for digital he’ll no

Spirit Airlines…pulled by seagulls… -asmongold. We’ll played Jonathan Livingston Seagull. jk I am stealing this line.

i buy just basic i don’t need comitic and i don’t need battle pass, and u can’t play until 6-6-2023, so i buy it if it’s release.

The Physical Collection is for people who want the chathkas There was always an issue with people who preordred a warcraft digital edition in advance and then decided they wantd the physical chtchkas as well, They would have to fully purchase that collection and then turn in for a refund. If it had included the game itself it would be at least 80 bucks more. It’s not a play to win advance since the beta characters will not be transfered to retail.

Everyone pays for things with either their time or their money. For people who can’t afford to spend time they usually spend money and vice a versa —that’s why these models work. It’s nothing nefarious on the player side and on the company side you’re providing a service some of your players value and can monetize so why not?

Diablo in 2023.. No thanks.

Sorry but the incentive pay in case the game flops is BS. Selling a million copies puts a minimum of $70 million in their pockets. D2R sold 5 million copies and all they did was “remaster” a 20 year old game. Blizzard views it’s Diablo fan base as a bottomless pit of money it can take from.

“clearly you are two different classes of human beings” LMFAOOOOOOO

who did this original video so I can just listen to it and NOT your commentary ?

The more videos i watch of asmon, the more i start to dislike him😂😂 would you rather buy a collectors Edition for 200€/$ with a game inside or a collectors edition for 99€/$ but no game inside but still the option to buy the game for 70-100€/$? It makes no sense to be that invested in it like he is. He is just searching for things to hate, because that’s what he is known for… Ranting about everything

I bought lost ark early access. It’s my biggest regret… why?

All gems, books and gold were 100x over priced or hard to get. before they nerfed everything. People who joined the game late got everything discounted and caught up to me easily. I spent 1000$ just to get caught up on one single update.

No lie I’m grinding the absolute hell out of those first 4 days. So I can see where there coming from.

It wont be a massive advantage because theres always server issues

Is that random dude b**ching about 4 days early? A lot of other games where its pvp do a full week which matters way more as they can get better guns etc. Before other people can play, but this is an arpg so idgaf if i have it a few days later as there is litterally no advantage to it since its not me against them, its me against ai, with other people just being there.
So i dont know if its just me looking at it rationally, but there is no unfair advantage or splitting of the playerbase through the other pack, battlepasses shouldn’t affect anyone’s opinion of the game unless its constantly thrown in your face as its cosmetics with NO BENEFIT, so just buy the normal version, if you want to play earlier then sure, but its as advantageous as using money as kindling for a fire

here in canada its 89.99 – 119.99 – 129.99 🤡

Now I’m not buying the game thanks for the information

It would be $100 in Canada since we don’t use pennies anymore, and with conversion that’s roughly $135 for Canadians anyway, ugh. Money is going to shit. Only reason US. dollar is where it is still is because the majority don’t realize the USA. sold half of their oil reserves recently to counter living costs, and inflation,… FUCKING HALF!!! Over 250 million barrels!!!

a month after release this game will be more hated than d3. looks like a typical rerun . WoW meets D3 with micro transactions. sit in that chair and waste your life….sounds like a plan for Generation Incel.

I won’t pre order or spend 90 bucks but why would I give a shit if someone wants to blow 20 bucks to get it a few days early how does this impact my game play?

ill will wait till its 30 bucks on sale when the dlc comes out lol never played diablo i can wait

Love that people pay 20 dollars more for 4 days when every time a big game like this comes out the first day or two its buggy and jacked up anyway.

„You are clearly different classes of human beings.“ just because someone spends more money on a video Game pre Order? Damn.

Diablo was better when it was a single player rpg, I haven’t played any Diablo since Diablo 2. I’m a fan of rpg’s but I don’t care for anything from blizzard.

We are poor!

I can call it greed and i can totally deal with it. Just not play it or gettin it way cheaper a few months later 😡

Dang. I remember riding a mile on my bike to go to Taco Bell back in the day. I could just grab 6 quarters and get 2 beefy 5-layer burritos with extra nacho cheese. Oh, the memories T-T.

AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! “You have Spirit airlines which is like it’s not even an airplane, it’s pulled by seagulls, or something like that,….”

They did the same thing with mass effect lol no game with physical like wtf

I hate Battle Passes. If i don’t play the game for a week, i lose out on cosmetics that i paid for.

Tbh he doesn’t want developers to make any money out of the game..he wants free games 😂😂

Why do so many people always use the term pay-to-win incorrectly all the damn time..

So what! Just tell us what each edition does.

When Bobby Kotick CEO you are instantly pay for everything

This aged so badly 😂

Diablo is so mid i dont get the hype. 3 and immortal were shallow nostalgia driven loot simulators. What we have is essentially, a hi rez diablo 2 dlc thats 23 years late. And everyone is shitting their pants for it.

With taxes 104.and change….I’m a poor sucker. The only game ill buy this year.

Remember guys, this is not old school Blizzard, Blizzard sucks now…DO NOT preorder!

23:50 what ?

omg big deal they get to play the game 4 days early… is it really an advantage? its not PVP!! you make zero sense. some kids have no job and get to grind it all day… wahh whaat an advantage… some youbtubers get donations from kids and dont have to work real jobs wahhhh what an advantage you get to stay at home all day and grind a game and call it work wahh.

The way they say gamers will have this as a must have is alien to me.

The diablo games have never been that good to me. They’re a curiosity at best. Super grindy and Blizzard constantly fucking up is not endearing.

I’m playing the beta to see if i can find what people think is must have but it seems like another game I’ll get when it’s 10$. No way this game is worth 90$.

I’d rather play Resident Evil 4 and I’m not a big fan of zombie games either.

I saw my friend grind out Diablo 3 season after season and it just doesn’t seem like a good time

4 days after launch us “poor people” are going to get destroyed in the open world with our lvl2 making us quit the game

Im normally a COD player but I’m loving the beta so much! Very excited to play a new MP game

I 100% agree to them doing this, if the extra money goes to making the game even better with updates