10 Exact Moments Hated Video Games Were Saved
4. Removing The Auction House - Diablo 3
When microtransactions were relatively new and worming their way into console gaming, the one example every unheeded Cassandra screaming about where this was all headed pointed at first was the Auction House in Diablo 3.
Diablo 3 is, on its own, a pretty damn good sequel to the beloved top-down CRPG Diablo 2, but the Auction House took pretty much everything about the game and bent it over a rail by introducing pay-to-win mechanics that threw everything it had been building out the window.
People rejected the game because of this, so Blizzard - in a rare showcase of NOT shoving their heads up their asses when fans bite back at them - removed the Auction House from the game.
Thus, Diablo 3 could stand on its own merits.