On Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:26:23 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
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just...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 4:05:10?PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:
>> Is anyone playing it yet? I'm waiting for its free public open beta this weekend. :)
>
>Free you say?
>
>I've been annoyed at Blizzard since they lost my Hearthstone info, and their
>antics since have been rather shady. I did enjoy all 3 Diablos, none were ever
>on my top games lists though.
>
>Free... well it's not earning them any money from me so I might try it for the
>open beta at least. Starts Friday at 9AM Pacific time.
Except you are making them money by working as a free beta tester,
which means they don't have to pay their employees to do the same.
But I'm sure this will be reflected in the price. Diablo 4 will
doubtlessly launch at a $45 price point because of all the savings
from outsourcing their beta- and server stress-testing. ;-)
Me, I'm happy to announce that Activision-Blizzard remains on my
shitlist, and no amount of shiny (or free games) is going to make me
reconsider. Only better treatment of their employees (and customers,
for that matter; I still remember them cozying up to China during the
Hong Kong protests!) will make me reconsider that stance. I'm well
aware my tiny one-person protest won't make them change their ways,
but at least I'll feel better about it.
Of course, it helps that ActiBlizz doesn't really have any products
that interest me. ;-)