Diablo 2 Resurrected also, in no uncertain terms, pulls directly from a "feeding" mechanic that Japanese, Korean, and Chinese mobile games have adapted for over 10 years. "Feeding" involves increasing the attributes, stats, or the rarity of an item by receiving a duplicate drop. The duplicates are fed to an item of the D2R Items same rarity , thereby increasing the stats overall of that item. Generally five copies are needed as a standard for maxing the character or item.
My first experience with "feeding" was Fate/Grand Order, which was originally released by Japan in July 2015 and earned a total of 4 billion dollars around the world in the year 2019. To make a character the best it could absolutely be, I needed to obtain duplicates of every character. When a particular advertisement came along I spent over 300 euros to purchase the 5-star character that I had been looking for for years. However, I was unable to obtain the identical copies I needed to realize this character's full potential. Since the rate for the most sought-after 5-star characters sitting somewhere at 1.1%, it's no surprise I never managed to acquire a copy the character while playing the game (which I've since removed). At the time of writing, Fate/Grand Order was the seventh highest grossing mobile game all time, putting it next to Konami's Puzzle and Dragons. The latter is, as I mentioned, is also a gacha-based game.
In an GDC 2021 discussion, Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse (previously Mihoyo) outright admitted that the way it created characters revolved around generating the highest possible capital from its audiences. In the case of Raiden Shogun and Kokomi character reruns of March 2022 alone netted the company over $33 million in revenue.
The moment was immortalized in jokes and memes, a lot that was due to low expectations from the crowd: People who attended BlizzCon 2018 were anticipating "Diablo 2 Resurrected" announcements. But the reason for this was the stigma that still surrounds mobile games in the West which is where the adoption of smartphones as a gaming platform has been slower than the other regions in the rest of the world.
Since it's launch, "Diablo 2 Resurrected" has earned it a name for itself, as test results from beta and alpha versions proved that the game is a full-throated old-fashioned Diablo experience. (It helped that Blizzard has decided to bring the game to PC.) The Diablo series is among the most influential of modern game design, introducing gameplay loops that focus on acquiring randomized "loot" to enhance your character's role-playing robust. "Diablo 2," released in the D2 Resurrected Ladder Items last few months and remastered, cemented the loop, while "Diablo 3" which Cheng was also working on, was streamlined and refined it.
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