AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-06-how-youll-actually-pay-for-overwatch It was sort of expected as free to play since people keep comparing it to TF2. Now it's the end of the world, Blizzard is Hitler, it's okay when other companies do it and there's no possible way the game can be fun. Start your panicking now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMonkey Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Panicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eftycchia Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Heh. And here i am thinking it couldn't get worse. I just hope the gameplay is fun, or at least on par with Warframe in terms of Co-operative level of gun/gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaIthazar Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I don't remember anyone ever saying Overwatch would be F2P. People are overreacting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 Heh. And here i am thinking it couldn't get worse. I just hope the gameplay is fun, or at least on par with Warframe in terms of Co-operative level of gun/gameplay. Blizzard might not be able to write good stories anymore, but they know how to make games. You'd never think this is their first FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Heh. And here i am thinking it couldn't get worse. I just hope the gameplay is fun, or at least on par with Warframe in terms of Co-operative level of gun/gameplay. Pretty sure overwatch is PvP only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acos Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Kind of surprised; I'd have thought a game like this to live and die by population so alienating people who can't or don't want to pay 50 dollars for it seems like shooting yourself in the foot. Guess we'll see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divinity-EN- Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I was laboring under the assumption it would be free to play. It would have been awesome if they were able to just make a limited edition founder's pack instead mehehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eftycchia Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Blizzard might not be able to write good stories anymore, but they know how to make games. You'd never think this is their first FPS. Pretty sure overwatch is PvP only. Hence why i said i hope it would have good level of co-op play in terms of the PvP action. I tried TF2 again a few days ago after a big delay and surprisingly, its teamplay aspect is perfectly balanced out by the weapons and the character choices. So hopefully it would be like that. As for it being a First person shooter, i don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitresco Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Game seems over-hyped, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tate_LeTerre Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 ...People thought it would be? The thing about TF2 and Warframe that make them viable for F2P are their premium items, like crate keys and extra reactors. People buying into the game for those are able to support the game, meaning those who can't do that can still play regardless. Overwatch, though, doesn't seem like it would have as many options for similar things. Sure, there are skins that can be made, but there's no ad infinitum premium object. In TF2, there are always more keys to buy. Here, you can always buy an extra reactor/forma/what have you. In Overwatch, though, there's not the same potential. Unless they implement something similar, which is still a possibility (albeit a depressing one). It's a matter of being able to pay for the game. It doesn't have the options of other, similar games, so it'll have to have an upfront price tag to compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 Kind of surprised; I'd have thought a game like this to live and die by population so alienating people who can't or don't want to pay 50 dollars for it seems like shooting yourself in the foot. Guess we'll see how it goes. You could say the same thing about CS:GO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hence why i said i hope it would have good level of co-op play in terms of the PvP action. I tried TF2 again a few days ago after a big delay and surprisingly, its teamplay aspect is perfectly balanced out by the weapons and the character choices. So hopefully it would be like that. As for it being a First person shooter, i don't mind. Your post makes no reference to PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKhaun Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 -1 customer. Not paying full price to get in the door and try a game with that many moving parts to balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brachion Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 So now people expect a game with no buyable content to be free, huh? Do you guys even understand how business works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)Pharen Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 -1 customer. Not paying full price to get in the door and try a game with that many moving parts to balance. The whole MP only part basically sent me away, at least Battleborn has a full 5 player co-op PvE campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 -1 customer. Not paying full price to get in the door and try a game with that many moving parts to balance. $40 is full price now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade343 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 So now people expect a game with no buyable content to be free, huh? Do you guys even understand how business works? If Overwatch costs are minimal, then Blizzard could stand a chance to make Overwatch a cost centre (if what I learned in business is still correct in my memory). After all, they still are reaping lots of profits from other games, as well as having enough cash to run daily operations without any signs of risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 If Overwatch costs are minimal, then Blizzard could stand a chance to make Overwatch a cost centre (if what I learned in business is still correct in my memory). After all, they still are reaping lots of profits from other games, as well as having enough cash to run daily operations without any signs of risk. They could do it easy. If they only had Overwatch, it'd probably have to work like Guild Wars 2 used to, with microtransactions and a game cost to support it in the long run, but they can easily afford to make it a $40 game with some other stuff and have it supported by their other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailgamer5 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Here we have the perfect example of Corporate kicking us in the nutsack and giving us the finger afterwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 (edited) Here we have the perfect example of Corporate kicking us in the nutsack and giving us the finger afterwards Everybody knows that true corporate bastards charge money for their videogames. We think it should be free, so it should be free! Damn those greedy fools! Edited November 7, 2015 by AdunSaveMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freelancer27 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 These next generation Third Person Co-op Shooters are becoming more and more intuitive on how their games are being played, but the hype is just merely up to their expectations and are never sure if the games are even applicably fun when they are released. Both Overwatch and Battleborn are said to be non-F2P, and will be more on the P2P side not because they wanted to you continue pay them for more developments, but it simply follows the line of standard games like Payday 2 used to be. What I am afraid of are games who would provide Pre-order benefits and the gameplay that are still subject to change within short notice of their releases. Destiny was handed out to a furnace just simply with this degree, and has led to toxicity beyond replenishment, CoD still calling shots with Pre-orders even though their customer count is slowly being pushed away as a whole. All I'm hoping with Triple-A games like these that they continue providing more content freely rather than having them handed out as pathetic excuses of DLC's. And that's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husla Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 You could say the same thing about CS:GO. You have to pay for CSGO.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdunSaveMe Posted November 7, 2015 Author Share Posted November 7, 2015 You have to pay for CSGO.. That's exactly my point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eftycchia Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Hm. . .i'll tl;dr what i said. I just hope the multiplayer for Overwatch is good enough. Beta was nice by the looks of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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