Twitch streamer Quintin "Quin69" has been one of the biggest streamers playing Diablo Immortal. The recently released free-to-play installment for the franchise has been widely criticized for its pay-to-win model and bugs.
The New Zealand-based streamer has notoriously dropped thousands of dollars on the game's microtransactions. What's worse, he had yet to receive a single five-star legendary gem from his purchases until he had splurged over $25,000 NZD. Once he finally got the gem, he began yelling in surprise on stream.
Quin's Diablo Immortal streams have served as an argument against loot boxes and microtransactions in games. The New Zealander started spending money on the game's in-game microtransactions to prove a point that they are not worth buying.
That case was certainly made, as the total money spent was thousands of dollars and he was yet to receive a single five-star legendary gem. He said that he would not stop spending money on the game until he finally received one. Eventually, he decided to continuously grind the $25 Elder Rifts in the game until he was rewarded with the legendary gem he had splurged so much for.
On stream today, he finally got his gem, the five-star Echoing Shade gem. Echoing Shade has a chance per attack to summon a duplicate of the player character that copies its abilities for eight seconds. However, none of that mattered for Quin69, as the real reward for obtaining his legendary loot was that he could finally uninstall Diablo Immortal.
He calculated the total amount of money he dropped on the free-to-play game. The streamer had spent just a little over $25,000 NZD on microtransactions, only receiving one legendary gem in the process. The total translates to a little under $16,000 USD.
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