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Over at GamesIndustry.biz, industry analysts have checked in on their 2018 predictions and offered up a series of thoughts about the coming year. In one of the more interesting predictions, Michael Pachter believes that Overwatch will go free-to-play within the first six months of the year. Further, Patcher believes that Blizzard will offer a compensatory package of goodies to soothe the doubtless disgruntled community of players who have already purchased the game.
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Now i like the paper thin cheater protection that having to buy a new copy of the game very time offer, i am not sure it really matter much.
Not sure it is true, but it is not that weird of an idea. Others have put that idea forward pretty much since launch.
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HotS is f2p and its financial performance - or lack thereof - will provide pause for thought.
King has lots of f2p titles as well e.g. Candy Crush - and its MAUs have been suffering as well.
So I think there will have to be a very solid case made. Not just a possible argument but a rock solid - and by the way if it doesn't happen you are fired - argument that going f2p will improve profitability.
And against that they will have to weigh the danger. Go f2p and get a clear surge in players - no problem. Go f2p and things just "carry on" as before and there will be assumptions made: they have gone f2p the game must be failing. Hastening any decline.
So - whilst I would expect AB to be looking at lots of options - I'm not so sure they will make OW f2p.
There would probably be a lot of backlash.
As @TheDarkrayne says though ...... could be a backlash but hey it will be an expansion you understand not any DLC like content that we said would include!
But the article could be right. Not sure what this says about their thoughts on AB either.
Was gonna buy a copy so that my wife and I could play with my niece. Think I'll hold off a bit to see what happens.
$40 is a substantial sum, but it's noticeably lower than the $60 standard that would've sounded the "Mtx in a $60 AAA release?? Fuck off!" alarms among gamers.
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If they'd tone down the effects, turn off the silly billy floating damage numbers, reduce the amount of particles flying around in every fight and generally just improve the graphics, then I'd like it.
I mean the game plays well and the characters are... well, 99% copies of each other's games so not much difference there, but at the end of the day OW is just more polished and easier on the eyes.
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