You guys all have phones right?

MrNinjaBurger · 183.6K views · 2018-11-02 · 0:29

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A short clip from the Diablo Immortal announcement at BlizzCon 2018 in which a Blizzard representative asks the booing audience if they do not have phones.

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Cited as a shorthand example of a tone-deaf corporate response, especially around Blizzard and mobile gaming.

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jiggawatts · 2021-05 · Joke / meme
It feels like that Blizzard developer Wyatt Cheng that got on stage and asked the PC gamer crowd: "Do you guys not have phones?" [VIDEO] The Windows Terminal guys are similar. "Do you have any plans at all to make this work for users of Windows?" "No."
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Fnoord · 2019-05 · Reference
Ah, suddenly "You guys all have phones right?" [1] makes sense. Its about "follow the money". [1] [VIDEO]
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duskwuff · 2019-02 · Reference
> The don't you guys have phones meme is direct response to the Blizzcon announcement that the next Diablo was going to be a mobile game not even produced by Blizzard. I mean, it isn't just a meme. A Blizzard representative literally said "Do you guys not have phones?" during a Q&A session, after someone asked whether the new Diablo game would be available on PC. [VIDEO] Fans were going to be disappointed either way, but this dismissive response is what really set off the reaction.
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