That’s not bring cynical, it’s just being realistic. They’re a publicly traded company, every action they take has to (by law?) be to make more money!
Comment on Overwatch 2 season 10 will make all new heroes free, Blizzard announces
imecth@fedia.io 8 months agoIt's a good change for sure, but the cynic in me can't help but think they're doing this solely because they believe it'll make them more money in the long run.
smeg@feddit.uk 8 months ago
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
The actual reason is to hide the fact they’re probably not gonna have much if any pve content soonish. That’s the whole ‘reason’ behind ow2. They just layed off a bunch of staff too.
NekkoDroid@programming.dev 8 months ago
They literally out right said multiple times that PvE content is mostly shelved and to not expect anything.
imecth@fedia.io 8 months ago
I don't see the correlation between those and making new heroes free. Maybe as a way to douse the community flames.
I think it's simply because people want to play the new content. While some will cave and buy a battlepass, it doesn't offset the losses of the grind and paywall that stops people from coming back and investing to begin with.
Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
It’s a distraction tactic. Blizzard has been doing it for years in wow too.
imecth@fedia.io 8 months ago
Obviously they made the announcement at an opportune moment, but blizz wouldn't be making this change if it didn't coincide with their bottom line.