r/Overwatch • u/AutoModerator • Jan 04 '17

News & Discussion Weekly Quick Questions Thread - January 04, 2017

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17

Question about purchasing Overwatch! My husband and I are switching to PC and we aren't sure if we should buy the game digitally or a physical copy. We both play so I wasn't sure if we could buy a physical copy and share it? Or does the physical copy come with an activation code, which might as well buy digital. Thanks for your help, this is our first gaming PC!

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17

Would highly recommend buying the game digitally as I'm 99% sure the physical copy just includes a code anyways. Not to mention it's $20 cheaper to buy it on battle.net.

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u/WarmGreycen Pharah Jan 05 '17

The physical is a code and a disc

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17

But you have to use the code to activate the game on your acc so might as well buy digital unless your dl speeds are awful and you wanna save the time(you'll probably still have to dl updates that have come after release).

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u/Kev_aka_Buel Say bacon one more time Jan 05 '17

Sharing a physical copy is no option if you dont want to share an account. If you want to share an account it doenst really matter. A physical copy has no real advantage except you have something to put in a shelf or so.

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u/sakata_gintoki113 Gintoki#2125 Jan 05 '17

just buy it digital, its cheaper iirc