Gonna be following OW2 more in the future. I think the game can still be turned around if Blizzard is given more freedom and they make smart choices during this year. I’m sure it’ll never reach the OW1 numbers again but the player count seems to have risen a lot on Steam during this season.
I heard the Overwatch team didn’t get their bonuses because the PvE portion flopped and was cancelled entirely, so I hope there won’t be a big exodus in the dev team in the near future.
I think the pve portion could have been good, but the timer for it killed it. They had one mission where we’re suppose to grind it out trying to meet some critiria. While we needed to wait until the second and other missions dropped, all with a large delay of time in between.
I remember doing the first mission about 4 times before I decided to wait until more content was available. As it was very short with no change in how the missions played.
As for their numbers, steam while a good source, isn’t likely where the majority of Overwatch2 players are. I also doubt many people migrated from battle net to steam, when it launched on the platform.
There did not need to be OW2, the only reason it exists is Activision wanting sequels (didn’t they also force Destiny 2 into existence?). Now it’s basically just the same OW with some change that could’ve as easily been an update, none of the features that warranted it being a sequel even made it. I’m just sad for the effort and time wasted which imo if it had been given to support OW as it was would’ve been a better outcome now. And all the PVE ideas they had could’ve been a new project from scratch not necessarily held to the same OW client.
Steam would be at best like 20% of the overall OW player base. Some people act like Steam is the only measure for games 
20% seems generous for the latest launch of a game that thrived on battle.net, ps4/xbox one/switch for years
I think they will be fine, I trust MS more with them letting Blizzard cook than Bobby enforcing dumb shit on them
I would say making all old and future new heroes available for free is a first step in the right direction.
I found the PvE missions quite underwhelming. Even though I’m not a big fan of Marvel movies, I think it would’ve worked better if they had mini campaings per hero and build up to their equivalent of Infinity War / Endgame.
As for linking Steam numbers, I understand that this is just a fraction of the player count but the point is that the numbers have seem to gone up with the latest Season and it’s probably happening on other platforms as well. It’s just that the Steam is the only place to get accurate numbers afaik.
It’s why I think the numbers are good, as they’re the most open about them.
But I don’t think those numbers will really show how well the game is doing. As it’s currently about to reach 100 million unique players, and if even 1% of them are still currently playing, that would put steams numbers on the lower end when compared to all the other platforms.
In that case… Whos making Banjo? 
Banjo was a (rumored) thing before ABK was acquired.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the monthly active users on OW2 is still really high. I doubt people who play Blizzard games have left the battle.net launcher. I think the move to steam was just to please a small user base as well as get a few extra players who aren’t willing to use several launchers. I for one still use battle.net and don’t see the point of using steam for Blizzard’s games and its pretty much the same for everyone I know.
I think Blizzard just needs to figure out how to monetize OW2 properly without having the new heroes tied to the battle passes now. I think the main issue with OW1 was how to keep making money long term and with OW2 being f2p it’s now more important than ever.
What iiif, someone is making a Banjo Threeie and someone else is making a Banjo KazooTooie remake 
No one.
Just seen the Fortnite Unreal Editor stuff, this thing could bring the democratization of game development to a whole new level if it ends up to what I imagine it.
OW2 will be fine, yeah it’ll probably never reach the heights of OW1 again but it’s still above FH5, Halo Infinite and Destiny 2 of the worlds on the most played chart.
This doomed narrative that Jason is trying to push is hilarious and wrong.
I love Copilets ability to make images. I wanted to see MC in a steam punk form, but not to alter his basic look. I think it turned out well, I foresee making a lot of these just for the fun of it.
COD is a money printing machine for Xbox now but lets also not forget about WOW:
Those number are absolutely INSANE for a game this old (+20 years). This is why you should never pay attention to people who say popular games are “dead” or “dying”
Wow, such a bioshock infinite copy 
AI ‘art’ is always the same shit. It’s so telling.
