Diablo IV monetization will focus on a cosmetic shop and a season pass, all optional and aesthetic

19 Aug. (Portaltic/EP) –

Blizzard has detailed the workings of monetization in Diablo IVwhich will have a cosmetic shop and a season pass, with items that will offer added value to the gaming experience, but not more power.

Diablo IV will be released in its entirety, but the company will offer new features to continue the story with what is known as a ‘persistent service’, which the developer will monetize through two elements: a cosmetics store Y a season pass.

Seasons will add game systems, quests, challenges, metagame changes, and practical improvements. on your website. Players will be able to purchase a Season Pass, which will unlock different types of rewards, both free and premium.

The free rewards will be received just for playing, and will include power-ups that will help you level up. On the other hand, the premium ones will be of a cosmetic type, exclusive and that do not affect the gameplay, and coins to spend in the store.

For its part, the cosmetics store will allow you to purchase “weapon and armor transmogrifications that can be found in the game” to customize the appearance of your characters, but that they offer no advantages in gameplay.

These mods will be purchasable with premium currency, not real money, and the player will be able to examine them in detail on the character before purchasing. But it’s about complementary elements, optional, which add nothing more than aesthetic value to the game. “You can experience the game in all its basic and seasonal aspects without having to spend anything,” they say from Blizzard.

From the developer they insist that “the most impressive cosmetics are not exclusive to the storeSince its launch, Diablo IV will offer “hundreds of transfigurations” that players can obtain as loot, and that include pieces “of unique and legendary quality”.