Yes, you read everything right. It is believed that insidious developers slip free patches in the form of expensive DLC, but here Blizzard Entertainment With Diablo 3 I acted exactly the opposite: the company sawed the second paid addon on a series of free updates.
At least this is the https://quacksino.co.uk sources of the Forbes publication. According to them, initially Blizzard I wanted to announce the addition The King in the North On BlizzCon 2015. But for various reasons, the company abandoned this plan and defeated ready -made developments into several free patches. For example, content from The King in the North I lit up in the updates of the Ruins Secheron in August 2015 and the Gray Island in January 2016.
Forbes source says that Blizzard cut a large-scale DLC due to the fact that Diablo 3 does not bring constant profit in the West. Like, there is no auction today, Western players spend their blood only once when they buy an addon, and then nothing. But in Asia Diablo 3 Successfully selects money from the population due to microtransactions. Yes, only the Western audience would definitely not appreciate such a monetization.
Forbes journalist contacted Blizzard and received an official answer. The company did not comment on rumors about The King in the North, but only said that she was going to support Diablo 3 And further.
Frankly, the author of the publication himself doubts that all of the above is really true. But most likely, Blizzard and really does not think to release the second major addition: recently the leader left the team Diablo 3, And now the studio is looking for him a replacement.