D2R also, in simple terms, draws direct inspiration from a "feeding" method that Japanese, Korean, and Chinese mobile games have adapted for over a decade. "Feeding" entails raising the stats, attributes or rarity of an item through creating duplicates of an item drop. The duplicates then feed to an item of the same rarity , thereby increasing the overall stats of an item. Generally there are five D2R Items copies as a standard for maxing out a character or item.
My first experience with "feeding" was through Fate/Grand Order, which was first out to Japan in July of 2015. It made a profit of $4 billion dollars worldwide in the year 2019. In order to create a character that was the best that it can be I had to purchase copies of every one. Then, when a particular advertisement came along I was able to pay around 300 euros to get the five-star character I'd coveted throughout the years. However, I never obtained the replicas I needed to be able to appreciate the full potential of this character. With the average rate for top five-star characters being around one percent, it's an unsurprising that I did not manage to get a copy of the character while in the game (which I have since uninstalled). As of July 2021, Fate/Grand Order was the seventh highest-rated mobile game of all time, and was ranked behind Konami's Puzzle and Dragons. This, I might add, is also a gacha game.
During an GDC 2021 discussion, Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse (previously Mihoyo) outright admitted that its method for designing characters revolved around generating the highest amount of money from its fans. This year's Raiden Shogun and Kokomi character reruns of March 2022 alone netted the company more than $33 million in revenues.
The moment was immortalized by jokes and memes, a lot of it rooted in disappointment of the audience: People who attended BlizzCon 2018 were anticipating "Diablo 2 Resurrected" news. It also stemmed from an unresolved stigma surrounding smartphone games that are popular in the West in the United States, where the use of smartphones as a gaming platform has been slower than the other regions parts of the planet.
Since it's launch, "Diablo Immortal" has boosted its reputation, as alpha and beta tests proved the game was an incredibly full-on traditional Diablo experience. (It was also helpful that Blizzard chose to bring D2R to PC.) In the Diablo series is among the most influential of modern game design. It has popularized gameplay loops that are centered around the acquisition of randomized "loot" to cheap D2R Items improve your role-playing characters efficient. "Diablo 2" that was just remasteredand relaunched, solidified the gameplay loop, whereas "Diablo 3" which Cheng also worked on, was streamlined and refined it.