"What the f*ck are you even talking about?": Quin69 blasts Blizzard for Diablo 4's monetization strategy
Quintin "Quin69" lambasted Diablo 4's monetization strategy in his most recent stream, calling out the developers for the terminology used to describe the tiered Season Pass.
Quintin is a popular MMO streamer on Twitch, routinely attracting thousands of viewers to his streams. Last month, he made a name for himself after spending $16,000 on Diablo Immortal, only to get one five-star gem.
Blizzard released the Diablo 4 quarterly update blog post today, which revealed how they planned to monetize the highly anticipated game. Many streamers have reacted to the game, but Quin69 had some grievances that he decided to air on stream.
While reading about how the developers wanted to implement a "free" Season Pass tier, the streamer lost his cool and started to tear into modern gaming policies:
The streamer is known to be outspoken about his views, which has gotten him into a fair share of trouble. Many gaming personalities have talked about Blizzard's predatory game policies in the past, and Quin69 himself proved his point with an absurd tactic while playing Diablo Immortal.
He spent around $25K NZD trying to show his viewers how brutal the drop rates were in the game. After spending a staggering amount of money, the streamer finally found a five-star gem and promptly uninstalled the game, sarcastically thanking Blizzard in a tweet for an "authentic diablo experience."
His beef with Blizzard continued as his initial reaction to Diablo 4's monetization strategy was to say:
He had a problem with how the developers were using the expression "free" to talk about rewards in a Seasons Pass for a game they had to purchase with their hard-earned money:
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He went on to criticize how modern developers always try to incorporate
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