This is the first confirmed confirmation that Diablo IV will come with microtransactions in the game and an in-game shop in some form D2R Items, while adding to the evidence that Blizzard's next installment in the RPG franchise will be taking a live-service, seasonal approach.

The news that Diablo IV will have an in-game store has a few fans of the series concerned given the recent release of Blizzard's Free-to-Play mobile game Diablo Immortal, which is also playable on PC with cross-play and cross-progression between platforms. Diablo Immortal has been heavily critiqued for its many microtransactions.

Including some many players view as pay-to-win. Diablo Immortal has seen more than 10 million downloads, with Blizzard hailing the game's launch as the largest in franchise history. Also, it has its lowest Metacritic player score of the first PC game in Metacritic history with an average score of .2.

Following this year's Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase, where Blizzard revealed Diablo IV's final character as well as an estimated release date of 2023, Diablo community lead Adam Fletcher declared on Twitter Diablo IV will be a full-priced game, but it will also include cosmetic items and, eventually the possibility of paid expansions.

The beta sign-ups for Diablo IV recently went live although signing up doesn't appear to ensure a possibility of getting into the beta once it does arrive. No start date for the beta has been announced as of yet, and the game's latest beta sign-up page lists Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5. and PC as the platforms cheap D2R ladder items. Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have been left out despite having already been made available for platforms from the last generation.