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Overwatch is just feeling stale because OW2 has been in development so long. I'm sure they'll get a huge boost when it launches. But yeah, all their current tit
by ocdtrekkie 6y ago
Overwatch is just feeling stale because OW2 has been in development so long. I'm sure they'll get a huge boost when it launches. But yeah, all their current titles are pretty much just rolling along with nothing new, people are going to go elsewhere in the meantime.
The FPS crowd is extremely cyclical, mostly owing to Call of Duty and Battlefield's annual release cycles. Gamers buy the latest FPS, play it for a few months until the next one comes out. A game like Overwatch just... feels old now, even though it's a high-quality well-balanced game.
- aaomidi 6y agoIf it launches, one of the major faces of that project has left. There's not a lot of trust @ Blizzard releasing good updates to games anymore.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoI'll miss Jeff, but he's not the end all of why Overwatch is a fantastic game. Bear in mind "faces" are often just that... the "face" of a large group, who generally is comfortable being in front of the crowds and talking with everyone.
- jrockway 6y agoHearthstone just wasn't the same without Ben Brode.
- seoulbran 6y agoI wonder if the reason Jeff left was that he was asked to leave for taking so long with the game...? I would rather he not leave as he has been the face of OW for a long time and beloved by the fan base. But, this is a public company and deadlines and dollars matter...
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoI highly doubt it. Very visible employees that are community-loved are incredibly stupid to let go of. Jeff's community fame is worth dozens of other employees' worth to the company. My guess is that Jeff wanted to move on, either due to issues internally, or for something different.
- kyrra 6y agoMy money is on Jeff Kaplin joining mike morhaime's Dreamhaven. That studio seems to be stealing lots of top executive talent from Blizzard.
- Ekaros 6y agoOr maybe Overwatch does not have staying power. It is quite interesting how CS still has million daily players... And they don't do that much either in terms of new content.
- AlexandrB 6y agoIt's pretty amazing how evergreen the CS formula has been considering how simple it is.
- Ekaros 6y agoIn games simplicity isn't a bad thing. Think of Chess or even more think of Go. A thousands of years old game, with two pieces/colours and very simple rules.
- tmpz22 6y agoOverwatch queue times are still pretty good outside of Masters+ competitive play (remember most players are quick play or Diamond and below). I'm fairly certain overwatch 2 and beyond will be just fine barring some massive screw-up. The main problem with OW was how much money they blew on the Overwatch League and E-sports partnerships - hundreds of millions of dollars invested and the top talent keeps leaving because they are miserable.
- alasdair_ 6y ago>and the top talent keeps leaving because they are miserable Can you expand on this please? Why are things so bad?
- jrockway 6y agoHas making 17-year-olds move to a foreign country and work 12 hours a day 7 days a week ever worked well? That's what Overwatch League is. The field is in its infancy, and some day the esports pros will negotiate like other professionals -- work/life balance, a big 401(k) contribution, and compensation commensurate with the fact that they'll be replaced by an 18-year-old when they're 22.