With Blizzard receiving a small portion of every transaction D2R ladder items. As players got more difficult and progress became slow and many felt pressured to join the auction house in order to increase their level of play. Blizzard paid attention to player feedback and then eliminated the auction house from Diablo completely, as if they had learnt from the experience.

For the chance to witness the same kind of scenario happen again in Diablo Immortal--which also includes an auction house in which players can offer items like Legendary Gems to one another using a specific currency that can be bought using a different premium currency purchased with real money--is Blizzard not just not learning from the mistakes made in Diablo's past, but seemingly appearing hellbent on repeating them.

Diablo as a whole is about killing multiple demons and gaining more powerful loot, as well as progressing your character to tackle ever-increasing issues. It's easy to buy an easy way to win, whether using Legendary Crests and the game's auction house undermines the essence of what Diablo as a game is all about.

In the event that Diablo Immortal was first announced at BlizzCon in 2018, as a mobile only game, it was met with disapproval from the fans, who demanded whether the game's announcement was an off-season April Fool's joke Diablo 2 Resurrected buy items, or if it would come to PC. Blizzard said that players were the ones who were out of contact with the game, asking "Do you have any phones?"