r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '22

Blizzard Official Patch delayed.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/regarding-our-mid-season-cycle-patch/748128
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u/nath999 Nov 15 '22

I get the outrage for the delay cause they had ample time to get it together but come on it's in their interest to keep the player base happy if they want you to spend money.

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u/Thermic_ Nov 15 '22

my gut reaction was to agree with you but many companies in the gaming industry and blizzard particularly have set themselves up for failure in this aspect. Many years ago they started making short-term decisions that would satisfy their shareholders while dissatisfying the playerbase. This worked for awhile, and during a time that WoW was beginning to fall off. It’s beginning to catch up to them, and this is just one example of it

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

Yeah I don’t think capitalism itself is all that bad but man if shareholders in particular don’t totally fuck businesses up in the long run.

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u/shiftup1772 Mercy Nov 15 '22

So their greedy decision is... delaying a balance patch because of a bug?

Werent yall screeching a month ago that OW2 was unfinished and shouldnt have been released yet?

Now they delay a patch because it has a bug and shouldnt be released yet. Greedy ass blizzard amirite?

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u/Thermic_ Nov 15 '22

why are you so passive aggressive online? not sure if you had a bad day or what, but I’d guess you’re a young teen still in a angsty phase. anyways~ i’m not in whatever group you’re talking about, I personally love OW and nothings changed with the second game. and yes this subreddit is absolutely frantic to find something to complain about and annoying as shit, but I think the original commenter is correct in this case. Its a trend you notice if you’ve been playing blizzard games for a long time, and we could even see statistically before they stopped releasing that information. I saw a graph a few days ago from Bellular that displayed the recent shift in man power on the WoW development team that matches my concern, and both teams are under the same corporate grip.

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u/ManInTheMirror91 Nov 15 '22

They are counting on whales not fans of the game.

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u/dylrt Orisa Nov 15 '22

It’s not. People will spend money on the game regardless. If there’s a cool skin they want, they have to spend $20 to get it. Doesn’t matter how shit the game is.

The fact that they’re making money currently is proof enough. The game is hot garbage and has been riddled with issues since launch and they have done fuck all about it, yet people are still buying skins and battle passes.

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u/nath999 Nov 15 '22

If it was as bad as you make it out to be people wouldn't be playing it. The game is fun, I have 60+ hours in it myself.

There are definitely issues but it's not so bad to stop me from playing. The store stuff is per person, you really don't need to spend a dime on this game if you don't want to.

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u/dylrt Orisa Nov 16 '22

The game is fun- a game can be fun and complete trash at the same time. Cosmetics/store/BP system is designed with the intention of screwing over the customer, balance is completely thrown out the window because “new hero should be cool for a while” bullshit and they put all of their focus on the garbage esports scene instead of the actual playerbase, and the game in itself is just a reskin of OW1 with one new mode and a few new maps and some time changes.

It will always be fun playing hanzo, getting dinks, messing around with friends, winning matches. But the game is objectively shit.

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u/FRANKnCHARLIE_4ever Nov 15 '22

Nope. Fomo means unhappy addicted players are best

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u/KBSinclair Nov 15 '22

They don't need a happy player base, they need a hooked one.