At $70 per copy, a game only has to sell a couple of million copies to clear $100M, right?
I feel like a brand new Diablo game should easily clear a couple of million copies in the first couple of months.
The main difference is the long tail for the AAA title versus free to play model, but if it's only making 100M right now I doubt the long tail is good for Diablo Immortal.
Besides, it was never an either-or thing for Blizzard. They’re currently positioned to launch Diablo 4 while continuing to milk Immortal, and profit handsomely from both. The backlash from “core” gamers is only encouragement at this point, telling them that they’ve managed to tap a brand new market instead of cannibalizing their traditional business.
My kids did that. I gave them a debit card with some allowance and next thing I know, $50 was spent on a micro transaction. $5, $7 and then a few more clicks, $50.
Google policy is they only refund the last transaction 1 time for an app.