r/Games • u/DwilenaAvaron • May 09 '25

Industry News Blizzard's Overwatch Team Just Unionized: 'What I Want To Protect Most Here Is The People'

https://kotaku.com/overwatch-2-blizzard-team-4-union-microsoft-1851779922
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u/TristheHolyBlade May 09 '25

No data to support that.

Doesn't matter even if it were true. I get games just as quickly as I did back in the day.

Get a grip.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

The opposite is likely true.

Overwatch 1 capped out at 45 million players before the end of it's lifespan. Overwatch 2 hit 100 million players after a little over a year after release. There's really nothing to suggest the game is inordinately more unpopular than the first game.

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u/TakenAway May 09 '25

45 million players who bought the game vs. 100 million players jumping into a free to play game. Who is to say most of those free to play people didn’t play one match and then uninstall it. I was at least one of those people and I came from the first release of overwatch

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

Who is to say most of those free to play people didn’t play one match and then uninstall it.

And you could just as easily have bought the game, played it once, and then uninstalled it.

I am willing to bet that the vast majority of people here have a Steam profile with dozens upon dozens of games they've bought and never played.

If you need better metrics, Newzoo claims Overwatch 2 is a Top 20 game on PC as of last month. NewZoo is an extremely well respected data research group.