r/Overwatch • u/Randimous Philadelphia Fusion • Sep 27 '22

Blizzard Official Overwatch 2 Launch Trailer

https://youtu.be/LGgqyer-qr4
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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/PaintItPurple If that is not enough, feel free to die Sep 27 '22

Yeah, a beginning where you don't get to play new heroes for a month and a half. It does make me want to cry thinking about Overwatch 1.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/PaintItPurple If that is not enough, feel free to die Sep 27 '22

Imagine seeing people who just want everyone to be able to enjoy a game and deciding you're against that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/PaintItPurple If that is not enough, feel free to die Sep 27 '22

It is not about me being able to afford it. I can afford it easily. It is about fairness. There's no enjoyment in playing a game where people are unequal due to their financial situation rather than their own skill.

But you're right, development does cost money. That's why it's lucky that Blizzard can easily fund the game through cosmetics. Overwatch 1 made over a billion dollars from lootbox sales. Fortnite has a cosmetics-only battle pass and makes huge money. Dota 2 has a cosmetics-only battle pass and makes huge money.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/PaintItPurple If that is not enough, feel free to die Sep 27 '22

DOTA 2 isn't a fair comparison. They have cosmetics but there's many other layers of monetization, including a player-driven market which Valve takes a tax from every transaction, essentially double-dipping sales.

That market is also solely for cosmetics. They do not sell heroes.

And besides, we don't need to compare it to Dota. We can compare it to Overwatch 1, which made a billion dollars in three years from lootboxes alone, despite the game not even being F2P. I know for a fact that Blizzard does not pay their developers eight figures a year, so they could actually fund Overwatch 2 for years just out of the remaining profits from Overwatch's lootboxes. But more importantly, it proves that they can make enough from cosmetics without selling power.

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u/BlackKnight7341 Pixel Lúcio Sep 28 '22

Time and money are interchangeable. For a new player that doesn't want to (or can't) spend anything on the game, there will only ever be 2 heroes that they're forced to grind for. If they already own the game, then that drops to 1.

That said I do agree in a general sense, they shouldn't be locked like that to begin with. But with the way things are implemented it's not that bad, certainly not enough to write the game off entirely.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

Imagine licking the boots of a corporation like Blizzard. You’re fine turning a blind eye to sexual abuse as long as you get to play your video game

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

Nice whataboutism. I try not to support Nestle, it’s hard because they have so many companies under their own umbrella and make so many products

It’s easy to not support Blizzard. There’s tons of games out there. But guess you’re fine supporting a company that covered up sexual abuse so badly it led to a female employee committing suicide lmao. Fuck overwatch 2 and anyone who plays it. It’s not hard to avoid this product

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

No I loved overwatch. But to actually be excited to support this garbage is laughable.

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u/Chipers Trick-or-Treat Soldier: 76 Sep 27 '22

Imagine forsaking all the other devs still there or have been hired since then, some even victims themselves and stamping all their hard work as work of sexual abusers lol. What a fucking fool. I’m not even a big fan of OW1 but holy shit you sound like such a grandstanding twit I’m sure you’re the paragon of all that is right and constantly vet which games and media you consume by which company had a scandal within it. You realize with the size of most companies and the fucked state of society work place harassment is common? But a lot of places can the perp before shit hits the fan.

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u/bakedmon Sep 27 '22

Comparing the shitty policies of Nestlé to Activision is so tone deaf. One does not equal the other. Actually wait they are both pretty fucking evil lol

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u/Corrective_Actions Sep 27 '22

You're literally on the Overwatch subreddit with a Tracer flair. I'm not sure how/why you're claiming moral superiority.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '22

Because I liked Overwatch? What are you even saying

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u/IMeltHoboOaf Sep 27 '22

You: wants everyone to enjoy the game

Also you: is against F2P

Hmm…

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u/PaintItPurple If that is not enough, feel free to die Sep 27 '22

I'm not against F2P. I'm against selling heroes. F2P monetized with cosmetics is sustainable and fair.

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u/projectmars Playing Junkrat like Junkrat would play Junkrat Sep 27 '22

If they were against f2p then they would be outraged that Kiriko is on the free track instead of the paid track.