Current Events > Diablo 4 now has a $65 horse mount (comes with 7K platinum)

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https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4s-hellish-microtransactions-go-from-bad-to-worse-with-65-horse-bundle-that-costs-more-than-the-game-itself

Hot on the heels of a backlash against Diablo 4 portal reskins that cost the same as Palworld comes a new microtransaction horror: a horse bundle that costs more than Diablo 4 itself.
This week, Blizzard released the new Vitreous Scourge mount, which can only be bought as part of a $64.99 bundle that throws in 7,000 Platinum. For context, Diablo 4 itself currently costs $41.99, and there is no way to buy the Vitreous Scourge mount outside this bundle.
Heres what you get from the Vitreous Scourge pack, per Blizzard:
Charge in atop crystal and bone
Manifest crystalline might and traverse Sanctuary with the Vitreous Scourge. The Vitreous Scourge pack includes Crystal and Bone bundle containing the Crystal-clad mount, Crystal and Bone Cage mount armor, two mount trophies, and 7,000 Platinum.
Crystal and Bone: A great many maladies plague the unfortunate inhabitants of Sanctuary. One is a spreading corruption that crystalizes both flesh and bone.
7,000 Platinum can be exchanged to customize your in-game experience with purchasable cosmetic items from the Shop, used to unlock access to the premium Battle Pass, and Battle Pass Tier Skips.
Diablo 4 players are debating the rights and wrongs of this bundle, working out its value given it includes 7,000 Platinum (7,200 Platinum costs $64.97 when bought on its own via the denominations Blizzard provides). If youre going to buy $65-worth of Platinum anyway, some argue, then the Vitreous Scourge mount is a free add-on. Or, considered another way, the $65 bundle offers $83 of value, if we consider previous Diablo 4 mounts have cost up to $18 each. But the point remains: it is impossible to buy the mount directly, which means this bundle is yet another example of the video game industry, and Blizzard, price anchoring its microtransactions.
Its worth noting Diablo 4 is a full-price action role-playing game and not free-to-play, and while this horse is purely cosmetic and does not affect gameplay, it joins a long list of controversial microtransactions that have hit the game since its record-breaking launch in June.
Of course, Diablo 4 developer Blizzard is now owned by Microsoft following the companys $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year. It was a move that some had thought would usher in a new era for Blizzard, but it got off to a troubling start after Microsoft announced nearly 2,000 staff would be let go from its gaming division, a devastating round of layoffs that have hit Blizzard hard.

It's a platinum bundle with a (free) mount more than it is a mount bundle with (free) platinum <_<

Anyways I know we all supported paying for cosmetics but this is the most egregious, pathetic shit

Is the game Diablo Immortal yet?

Pains me to see one of the pioneering PC greats sinking so low

What a joke. Play D2R instead, it's not a waste of time or money.

who is playing Diablo 4 in 2024?

masochists?

Crazy that they ever even released the D2R, cuz all it does is remind ppl that they made a game way ahead of its time and then proceeded to make games that are never gonna be in fashion

wackyteen posted...

Anyways I know we all supported paying for cosmetics

Speak for yourself.

MarthGoomba posted...

Pains me to see one of the pioneering PC greats sinking so low

Nah, this is an abomination wearing Blizzard North's corpse.

Blizzard should change their name to Shitstorm

Im sure there are plenty of marks happy to pay for it

WingsOfGood posted...

who is playing Diablo 4 in 2024?

masochists?

I am. Every time I look in the store and go "man, that's really cool armor.... LOLOLOL ITS FUCKING $20!" I cry a little.

sabin017 posted...

What a joke. Play D2R instead, it's not a waste of time or money.

Or Project Diablo 2

Heineken14 posted...

I am. Every time I look in the store and go "man, that's really cool armor.... LOLOLOL ITS FUCKING $20!" I cry a little.

You cry because you buy? Not to worry, here is a place where you can show off your fancy new steed with you sitting on it.

Pretty good deal and worth every penny.

Every player should buy it if they truly support rigged fucking trash like DIABLO 4.