Diablo IV is expected to launch in 2023 following departure of the prior director at the end of 2021. It was the wake of several cases and investigations that revolved around the alleged culture of sexual discrimination and harassment at Activision Blizzard D2R Items. The moment Diablo IV does release, it will allow cross-play and transgression between consoles and PC.

This is the very first official confirmation of the fact that Diablo IV will include microtransactions within the game as well as an in-game shop of some sort, while also reinforcing the fact Blizzard's next entry in the RPG franchise will be taking an open-service, seasonal, live-action approach.

The news concerning the news that Diablo IV will have an in-game store has a few fans of the series worried, given the recent release of Blizzard's free-to-play Mobile game Diablo Immortal, which is also playable on PC with interplay and cross-progression between different platforms. Diablo Immortal has been heavily attacked for the variety of microtransactions in it.

Many players see it as pay-to-win. Diablo Immortal has seen more than 10 million downloads with Blizzard hailing the game's launch as the biggest in franchise history. It also has the lowest Metacritic users' score ever for an PC game in Metacritic history, with a scoring of .2.

Following an event called the Xbox as well as Bethesda Games Showcase, where Blizzard announced Diablo IV's final classes, as well as an estimated release date of 2023, Diablo community lead Adam Fletcher said on Twitter that the game would be an all-inclusive game but will include optional cosmetics and D2R ladder items buy, eventually pay-per-play expansions.