Diablo community director Adam Fletcher recently confirmed the idea of eventually selling premium expansions to Diablo IV (in addition to optional cosmetics in the in-game shop) This means it's possible that new classes are included in the game post launch D2R ladder items. Diablo Immortal is slated to be updated with new classes in the coming months as free updates. Fans have already discovered a potential franchise-first class, The Blood Knight.

Diablo IV is set to arrive in 2023 following the departure of the game's former director of the game in 2021. This was in the wake of various investigations and lawsuits centered around the alleged culture of sexual discrimination and harassment in Activision Blizzard. Once Diablo IV does release, it will support cross-play and cross-progression across consoles and PC.

This is the first confirmed confirmation of the fact that Diablo IV will come with an in-game shop and microtransactions of some kind, while further confirming that Blizzard's new entry in the RPG franchise will be taking a live-service, seasonal approach.

The news to the effect that Diablo IV will have an in-game shop has fans of the series concerned given the recent release of Blizzard's no-cost mobile game Diablo Immortal, which is also playable on PC with Cross-play and cross-progression across platforms.

Diablo Immortal has been heavily condemned for the various microtransactions it offers which many players see as pay-to win. Diablo Immortal has seen more than 10 million downloads with Blizzard praise the game's potentialAfter starting Immortal, players can choose from six returning character classes, each with 12 unique skills to unlock including barbarian, wizard monk, necromancerand demon hunter, and crusader. Through the campaign, players gain exp points Diablo 2 Resurrected buy items, which allows them to boost their level up to the game's current level cap of 60.