Diablo Immortal's Microtransactions Have Made It $24 Million In Two Weeks

[Frieza]

Diablo Immortal appears to be off to a strong start, as the mobile-focused take on the Blizzard franchise has generated over $24 million USD in revenue in its first two weeks.

As reported by PCGamesN, industry tracking website AppMagic has shared some interesting tidbits of data for the free-to-play Diablo Immortal alongside the microtransactions details, including that the USA and South Korea have spent the most money and that the game has been downloaded more than five million times.

The US has accounted for 26% of all global downloads and 43% of the previously mentioned revenue. Speaking of revenue, South Korea is in second place at 23% and Japan takes third with 8%.

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Diablo Immortal's Microtransactions Have Made It $24 Million In Two Weeks - IGN

Diablo Immortal appears to be off to a strong start, as the mobile-focused take on the Blizzard franchise has generated over $24 million USD in revenue in its first two weeks.

www.ign.com

 

[JigglesBunny]

And that's why they'll keep building game economies like this.

 

[krazen]

Not surprised.
Lets see long term though

 

[Kyoufu]

And you only get 5 items with that.

 

[manustany]

EEEEEEEK

 

[Phoenix7]

Yuck.

 

[Foot]

People, man.

 

[Zenkuso]

Jeez thats peanuts for a mobile game.

Their forecast were probabaly much higher

 

[overthewaves]

Gross

 

[Maple]

That's not a lot for a predatory mobile game such as this.

And it's going to drop off fast.

 

[Rosebud]

I think gaming is not for me anymore

Although tbh that's not a lot compared to others

 

[Deleted member 108302]

So 218 people were able to max out their characters?
In all seriousness, this is why they make games like these. The backlash doesn't matter if a few whales support the game.

 

[Gunny T Highway]

And that's why they'll keep building game economies like this.

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Yep. Even if say the majority of players are not spending a dime, the whales will always prop up these games.

 

[LumberPanda]

Gross

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Yes. It would be interesting to see the Net when it's all said and done.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

That's alot less than I expected for a game this expensive and this hype, in terms of downloads, to earn after a huge launch.

 

[Dice]

"I hate gacha! Why do they keep making it!?!"

Can't really be mad if it's what people are buying. One only hopes it helps them fund other cool[er] stuff if mobile isn't your thing; but this style seems here to stay as long as folks are gonna throw money at it..

 

[Wolven Hammer]

How many 5* does that get you?

 

[overthewaves]

Yes. It would be interesting to see the Net when it's all said and done.

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smh

 

[rsfour]

Garbage as fuck.

 

[Risev]

Honestly expected more. Big streamers have mostly already dropped the game so it's probably not gonna get more popular from now on.

At least I'm thinking Blizz would have expected more.

 

[Hyun Sai]

How good is this compared to the other big mobile games ?

 

[Killer]

We need official numbers.
Doesn't seem to account PC players.

 

[Rosebud]

How good is this compared to the other big mobile games ?

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Genshin Impact Generates $60 Million in First Week as it Becomes World’s No. 2 Grossing Mobile Game

Genshin Impact accumulated 58% of its first week revenue from outside of China, Sensor Tower data shows.

sensortower.com

 

[Ciao]

Too much money for that kind of cynical predatory system, but the shareholders probably feel like it's a disappointment.

 

[ToTheMoon]

Does this include data from China?

 

[Jakisthe]

How good is this compared to the other big mobile games ?

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Genshin made 60M in 1 week.

Immortal isn't doing *badly*, but for a game from a legendary dev, of an extremely storied IP, at the height of the marketing push, this is not that much. It's good…but not great.

 

[coughlanio]

£0.89 of that is mine!

 

[SteveWinwood]

Jeez thats peanuts for a mobile game.

Their forecast were probabaly much higher

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Yeah this seems pretty low.

 

[bsigg]

Does this include data from China?

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Looking at the AppMagic website, it doesn't appear to.

 

[Ambient]

Is that a lot for a game and IP of this scale?

 

[Mcfrank]

That is a lot less than I was expecting as it has been the #1 free game on iOS since release.

 

[Tobor]

That seems low to me.

 

[JuniperAndSage]

That seems low to me.

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That's very bad for a AAA mobile game.

 

[napkins]

it's next level exploitative so i'm not sure what this number means in relation to that

 

[Sybil]

Seems a bit low for a game from Blizzard that was/is actively being pushed.

Well, the true test lies in how it'll do for the rest of the year and onward. I dunno if Blizzard is the type to hastily abandon underperforming mobile games (instead of revamping the game), but I'm curious how long they intend to support this if it doesn't print money.

 

[Fisty]

I feel like they could have made exponentially more making it a full price PC game and selling it on their launcher

 

[Dyle]

That's only about 200 completely maxed out characters. Guess people aren't paying much yet

 

[darkside]

That honestly seems pretty poor. Maybe it'll be really big in China idk

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

That seems low to me.

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That's very bad for a AAA mobile game.

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Considering the shit it peddles, it fucking deserves it.

Fuck this game. Disgusting.

 

[Rosebud]

I feel like they could have made exponentially more making it a full price PC game and selling it on their launcher

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I'm sure Diablo 4 will make more than this with the base price alone, they were expecting much more for Immortal

 

[crimzonflame]

they could have made more selling a standalone game at $60

 

[The_Noobiablos]

I would love nothing more than to watch this game burst into flames and not be profitable at all.

Problem is that is looks like it has basically no budget put into anyway, so it's probably already in the green.

 

[Tobor]

it's next level exploitative so i'm not sure what this number means in relation to that

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The egregious stuff most people are talking about is end game.

The early to mid game isn't bad at all and is easily playable for free.

Maybe that's part of why this number is low. They aren't driving people to spend up front.

 

[headspawn]

Is that a lot?

 

[cyrribrae]

This seems ridiculously low. I'm curious if major information is missing from the source?

 

[Dolce]

That's very bad for a AAA mobile game.

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Call of Duty was about 17m in 1 week and Mario Kart was about 13m in one week. And those were very big launches.

 

[Spring]

So 218 people were able to max out their characters?
In all seriousness, this is why they make games like these. The backlash doesn't matter if a few whales support the game.

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Few whales yields in 24mil? Nah lol

It's sitting on a 4.5 star 92k review.


This game is more successful than some of you would like to admit. Blizzard IPs sell and they had a flawless launch.

 

[Perzeval]

Money 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Dolce]

People need to keep in mind this has no 60 dollar buy in, so you can't really compare it to that kind of launch.

 

[jakomocha]

Do we have any idea what budget this game or this sort of game would generally have? Including marketing