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Real-money transactions aren't novel by any stretch of imagination. Diablo Immortal didn't pioneer them however it would be insincere to make that claim as fact. The action-RPG from Blizzard isn't the primary reason, but rather an unbalanced mix of hundreds of free-to-play mobile and PC games. With two different Battle Passes, each of which comes with distinct rewards unique to a particular character (and not part of your overall roster) as well as too many different currencies that it is difficult for an average player to track Diablo Immortal's market reads like a giant mobile market.

Even though they're sometimes encountered with resistance however, have become commonplace within the overall industry. It is possible to argue that the use of loot boxes and other real-money transactions in AAA games have been a factor in this precarious economy. However, the more AAA gaming moves towards the games-as a service model as it shifts to the games-as-service model, the more similarities with game-based mobile apps that've D2R items for sale PS4 existed within this highly popular realm for nearly a decade.