Overwatch Invasion DLC is actually CHEAP!???

[Saana]

Overwatch Invasion came out August 10, along with Season 6. i have not really played Overwatch last week as i've been busy. Now i got the chance to see what the new season offers.

While it was a disappointment of a release due to Blizzard cancelling the PvE campagn, i must say i am surprised at how CHEAP the Invasion DLC costs. The bundle costs 15 euro, and it comes with the Invasion DLC, as well as 1000 Overwatch Coins, which are worth around 10 euro. (Overwatch Coins can be bought at a better rate if bought in high quantities.) So effectively, Invasion DLC costs only 5 euro.

i find 5 euro for a DLC quite cheap. i thought it was 15 euro for the DLC alone.

[Kay-N]

1000 coins won't get you a legendary skin. If we remove the 10 euros of the coins, we'd have what is essentially 3 PVE missions with the lasting time of 30 minutes on average.

Even 3 euros for a 1 and a half hour game would be a scam. Watching the premiere of Endgame costed me more euros for more hours of value.

[Burgundy_β]

Fortnite store page is cheaper as I live in Southeast Asia. Thanks to Epic Store's regional price, 1000 v-buck only costs 5 USD.

I don't care about Team Fortress marketplace (the selling price is lower than the inventory retail price), I prefer scalping Hot Wheels diecast collection.

[Saana]

Originally posted by Sloznoprikolog:

Employess? In Blizzard? My man, all the chages they did are:

• Added number 2 in title
  
• Decreased quantity of players from 12 to 10 in a match
  
• Removed lootboxes for gaining profile lvls. Instead we have battlepass with garbage items and some legendary skins + 1 mythic. Plus they added shop with skins, bundles and chars (why bother doing trials when you can just buy them? xD)
  
• Added 3 new heroes at the start and 3 new maps (and removed some old maps). They had like 2 years to do a decent update (which OW 2 truly is) at least
  
  And they talked too much (and even showed gameplay) about PvE mode. And now they just add it as a pay-to-play mode with low quality missions without perk system they introduced some time ago.
  
  And how does inflation changes the fact that Blizzard didn't give a crap about OW 2 from the start (because they OFFICIALLY acknowledged that OW 1 was a finanacial disaster. They actually didn't make that much money from it, even though game was very popular from 2016 to 2018)?

i do not agree. They rebalanced the whole game. They changed the default skin of every hero, which includes new skins for all Overwatch League teams. They added Mythic-tier skins. They added hero specific progression system, instead of general player level. Their frequency of releasing new heroes, new maps, new skins, new game modes, is higher than ever.

Why do You think they did not make that much money from Overwatch? Because they would work hard, release skins every event, and hardly anyone would buy lootboxes. Why would anyone, when they have dozens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of credit, to buy any skin they wanted?
Paying 40 euro (later on 20 euro) once, and then expecting Blizzard to release for You updates, new heroes, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, for decades long, is just not feasible. This system is not sustainable. At the start it was profitable since massive amount of players kept joining, but at some point it decreases to critical levels, and then You can no longer make-do with that one-time purchase anymore
The Battle Pass system provides them with a stable income. For dedicated players, it costs only 2.5 euro per month to buy every Battle Pass. Compared to other pay-to-win games like Dota 2 where You have to pay 4 euro per month for Dota+ to unlock core features such as Avoid Player, Overwatch 2 is not so bad.

There is no excuse for Blizzard cancelling the PvE Hero Mode. They promised it and should've delivered it. Period. But 5 euro for these missions is not expensive, and saying its 15 euro is just not true.

[DrkCntry]

Originally posted by Saana:

Originally posted by Sloznoprikolog:

Employess? In Blizzard? My man, all the chages they did are:

• Added number 2 in title
  
• Decreased quantity of players from 12 to 10 in a match
  
• Removed lootboxes for gaining profile lvls. Instead we have battlepass with garbage items and some legendary skins + 1 mythic. Plus they added shop with skins, bundles and chars (why bother doing trials when you can just buy them? xD)
  
• Added 3 new heroes at the start and 3 new maps (and removed some old maps). They had like 2 years to do a decent update (which OW 2 truly is) at least
  
  And they talked too much (and even showed gameplay) about PvE mode. And now they just add it as a pay-to-play mode with low quality missions without perk system they introduced some time ago.
  
  And how does inflation changes the fact that Blizzard didn't give a crap about OW 2 from the start (because they OFFICIALLY acknowledged that OW 1 was a finanacial disaster. They actually didn't make that much money from it, even though game was very popular from 2016 to 2018)?

i do not agree. They rebalanced the whole game. They changed the default skin of every hero, which includes new skins for all Overwatch League teams. They added Mythic-tier skins. They added hero specific progression system, instead of general player level. Their frequency of releasing new heroes, new maps, new skins, new game modes, is higher than ever.

Why do You think they did not make that much money from Overwatch? Because they would work hard, release skins every event, and hardly anyone would buy lootboxes. Why would anyone, when they have dozens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of credit, to buy any skin they wanted?
Paying 40 euro (later on 20 euro) once, and then expecting Blizzard to release for You updates, new heroes, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, for decades long, is just not feasible. This system is not sustainable. At the start it was profitable since massive amount of players kept joining, but at some point it decreases to critical levels, and then You can no longer make-do with that one-time purchase anymore
The Battle Pass system provides them with a stable income. For dedicated players, it costs only 2.5 euro per month to buy every Battle Pass. Compared to other pay-to-win games like Dota 2 where You have to pay 4 euro per month for Dota+ to unlock core features such as Avoid Player, Overwatch 2 is not so bad.

There is no excuse for Blizzard cancelling the PvE Hero Mode. They promised it and should've delivered it. Period. But 5 euro for these missions is not expensive, and saying its 15 euro is just not true.

You are still championing a company that rakes in $2bn in profit with a 'woe is me' for them.

It's not a good value proposition because it is something that was originally free and now made a premium purchase with no value added. Hell, you keep making it worse by stating that it's only worth $5 and to actually make it viable then you also have to purchase 1000 BP points.

[ᑎ I ᖇ ᐯ ᗩ ᑎ O ᗩ]

Originally posted by Saana:

Why do You think they did not make that much money from Overwatch? Because they would work hard, release skins every event, and hardly anyone would buy lootboxes. Why would anyone, when they have dozens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions of credit, to buy any skin they wanted?
Paying 40 euro (later on 20 euro) once, and then expecting Blizzard to release for You updates, new heroes, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, for decades long, is just not feasible. This system is not sustainable. At the start it was profitable since massive amount of players kept joining, but at some point it decreases to critical levels, and then You can no longer make-do with that one-time purchase anymore

In July 2019 they had already made one BILLION dollars from in-game purchases.
They had to change tactic because

- the Chinese government demanded an explanation about the lootbox system. (Blizzard had to divulge that players would only get one epic skin per 13 or so boxes, and that there would be many duplicates)

- many countries in the EU deemed this system too close gambling, and lootboxes were made illegal.

In short, claiming that Blizzard was not making much money is completely wrong.

Also, since their original playerbase had bought the game, they could have given them these 'new' missions for free. It's not like they would go bankrupt by doing this.
(Ubisoft had to do something similar a few years ago.)

[Cultist ⁧⁧ ඞ]

Originally posted by Caolán_The_Wolf:

ah yes the dlc for a fraction of content that shouldve been base game is cheap. you absolute bozo

Your avatar looks cool dude

[Caolán_The_Wolf]

Originally posted by Cultist ඞ:

Originally posted by Caolán_The_Wolf:

ah yes the dlc for a fraction of content that shouldve been base game is cheap. you absolute bozo

Your avatar looks cool dude

ah its nothin special, just a screenshot from the music video of magnum bullets.

[best matty]

Originally posted by Saana:

Overwatch Invasion came out August 10, along with Season 6. i have not really played Overwatch last week as i've been busy. Now i got the chance to see what the new season offers.

While it was a disappointment of a release due to Blizzard cancelling the PvE campagn, i must say i am surprised at how CHEAP the Invasion DLC costs. The bundle costs 15 euro, and it comes with the Invasion DLC, as well as 1000 Overwatch Coins, which are worth around 10 euro. (Overwatch Coins can be bought at a better rate if bought in high quantities.) So effectively, Invasion DLC costs only 5 euro.

i find 5 euro for a DLC quite cheap. i thought it was 15 euro for the DLC alone.

15$ per event release

[Agoraphobic Meep]

You can play hollow knight for that amount...or you can buy the overwatch 2 dlc. Man, decisions decisions!

[Saana]

Originally posted by best matty:

15$ per event release

Its 5$, not 15$. You get 1000 Overwatch Coins which is worth 10$.

[Leathium]

Gift it to everyone posting here.

[Manalandy]

Originally posted by Saana:

Originally posted by best matty:

15$ per event release

Its 5$, not 15$. You get 1000 Overwatch Coins which is worth 10$.

You're a child, and it shows. Just because the game is 'f2p' makes the game worst. Because there are people who are going to be toxic, get banned, make a new account and do it all over again. People cheat, get caught, get banned, make another account and do it all over again. At least when the game had a price tag, it was harder for them to get another account. Also, it was better when it was p2p because none of those crappy cosmetics are worth 25 USD. Not even close. Also, they promised PvE, that was the main theme for OW2. Why on Earth should anyone pay for it. No, you're a shill because you couldn't buy OW, and now that OW2 is free, you don't have to beg your parents for their CC.

[Saana]

Originally posted by Manalandy:

You're a child, and it shows. Just because the game is 'f2p' makes the game worst. Because there are people who are going to be toxic, get banned, make a new account and do it all over again. People cheat, get caught, get banned, make another account and do it all over again. At least when the game had a price tag, it was harder for them to get another account. Also, it was better when it was p2p because none of those crappy cosmetics are worth 25 USD. Not even close. Also, they promised PvE, that was the main theme for OW2. Why on Earth should anyone pay for it. No, you're a shill because you couldn't buy OW, and now that OW2 is free, you don't have to beg your parents for their CC.

i do not see how any of what You said is remotely linked to the topic. A lot of people were disappointed that the DLC costed 15 euro. i found out that it wasn't, and i thought 5 euro for the missions was pretty cheap.

[Guteny]

for 15 min dlc 15 dollar is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE, if u think it's cheap it's only cuz ur a scumanigaloserretardsscumanigagfanboy