The auction house was eventually removed roughly two years after the game’s launch.

Removing the feature could have opened Blizzard up to lawsuits and other legal headaches.

“It was not to make money.

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We didn’t honestly think it would make that much money.”

Blizzard released the first free-to-play entry in the Diablo series,Diablo Immortal, earlier this year.

It was quicklycriticized for its microtransactions.

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