From this interview:
Q: So [lastly], I’d like to talk metrics. Did you notice any influx or massive active player count going up from having the game on Steam?
A:We did see a ton of new players come in on Steam, which was great. And not only are people jumping in for the first time on Steam, but people are coming back and making Steam their primary platform. We also have people who are moving from Battle.net to Steam, or using both at the same time.
One of the things that I personally love about multi-platform games like this, but ours specifically, is just that the flexibility is really nice. It’s been really nice to see people come in, but then also move around the ecosystems.
Q: How does your active player count look for Overwatch 2 compared to Overwatch 1? Have you noticed a difference in the type of players who are playing?
A:The gist is that the game is doing really well. The audience has grown significantly. And in particular, the cool thing there–and I think we’ve talked about this a bit in the past–is that we have a really healthy mix of people who’ve been playing Overwatch for a long time and brand-new players, which was the goal of going free-to-play and expanding it on to multiple different platforms.
So in terms of game population, player health, and active engagement, [we’re] really happy with where we’re at. And obviously, every game like ours just wants to grow and grow and grow, and so that continues to be the goal and will be going forward.
awesome, maybe we can stop suspending/banning players for common chat disagreements and trying out new characters in QP
b/c we all know the best way to keep new players is banning/suspending them… right blizz?
I think the easiest way to summarize the state of the game is “pretty good right now, but not as good as it has been”. New players coming in probably enjoy the game, but people who played OW1 generally agree that it’s peak was far above OW2
I just wish they did a better job of quick play matchmaking. It really hard getting paired with people who have no clue what’s going on. Every game it seems like there are 2-3 people who are throwing, but pretty sure they are just checking it out because it’s f2p
That’s what happens when you do a stupid crossover designed to leech money out of the K-pop stan’s wallets.
This comment section is a fucking deathpit lmao
Funny how everyone’s shitting on players in the comments but fail to actually understand or read the 2nd Question and Answer properly.
It wasn’t answered let alone straight forward for a reason.
“our business model of providing incels and horny teens with skins with faces of 11 year old girls but tits like an onlyfans star is proceeding nicely”
None of this changes the fact that me and my buddy can’t play tank together anymore. I get some people love solo tank, but for me the game I loved is gone