Microtransactions are one of the most hated aspects of the modern video game industry. For video game publishers, they can bring in millions of dollars per year. But critics argue they create a pay-to-win scenario in online multiplayer games.
Now, one Diablo Immortal player who spent $100,000 on the game has ironically found himself unable to play.
Diablo Immortal launched back in June and was immediately met with controversy due to in-game microtransactions. One report claimed that it would cost $110,000 to fully upgrade your character in the game.
YouTuber and Twitch streamer ‘Jtisallbusiness’ has spent close to that amount and now has such a high matchmaking rating he cannot get into PvP game modes.
Consequences of Diablo Immortal Microtransactions
Jtisallbusiness took to YouTube to tell the world about the problems he has been experiencing with Diablo Immortal.
Despite the fact that the game has only been out for two months, he has somehow spent a whopping $100k to upgrade his character.
However, having such a highly upgraded character has resulted in him being unable to match with other players as no-one else is so advanced.
He has quite literally paid to be the best in Diablo Immortal and is now falling foul of the game’s skill-based matchmaking as a result.
Why can’t he play?
Jtisallbusiness explained:
The problem I’m having is when I first started this game, I spent a ton of money right at the start, right. So, I was way far ahead of everybody else. And what happens is when I went to these Battlegrounds I was carrying my team no matter who was on it and literally slaughtering every single person.
For those who don’t know, Battleground is the PvP (player-versus-player) multiplayer mode in Diablo Immortal. It’s where pay-to-win really comes into its own.
Jtisallbusiness went on to claim that he has won 100 Battleground games without taking a single loss. He says his overall record is somewhere between 300 and 450 wins with “at max three total losses”. The losses, he claims, are due to disconnects or being distracted.
However, this record is what has led to him being unable to play the Battleground mode. He says:
My matchmaking record is now so high that I literally can’t get a Battleground.
He is considering suing Blizzard
Despite voluntarily spending a stupid amount of money on Diablo Immortal and effectively making himself the best, Jtisallbusiness is now considering suing Blizzard.
He says he has made numerous attempts to resolve the issue with the company but they are yet to fix the problem.
Other gamers (myself included) don’t have a lot of sympathy and are saying he has gotten what he deserves.
Pay-to-win is a plague on video games. This guy has effectively “won” a pay-to-win game and is now complaining about it.
This is the exact reason why gaming companies will continue to pursue the freemium pay-to-win model. If people didn’t spend money, they wouldn’t do it. And now Jtisallbusiness has reached the P2W endgame and has realised it isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Hopefully this incident serves as a wake-up call to others who spend crazy amounts of money on in-game microtransactions.
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