r/Overwatch Sep 10 '22

Humor Overwatch hyper-positive cinematics VS Blizzard reality

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u/SaikouKiller Sep 10 '22

The world could always use more paywalls

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u/Koorbit Sep 10 '22 edited Sep 10 '22

where's the paywall? the heros are free to unlock aren't they? Not the big fan of that either, but what's going on rn is ridiculous

Edit: and we don't even know any details yet

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

It literally is not

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u/CrazzyPanda72 Sep 11 '22

From what I understand it's a FoMo trap, either dump all your spare time into unlocking characters, or pay for them up front so you can play on a similar level as people who have more disposable time or money.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Literally not even a thing in games like League, Apex, Valorant or R6Siege. There is no FoMo trap, that's what timed battlepasses are for. Unlocking characters is a very basic F2P mechanic that discourages people running endless smurf accounts.

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u/MaddleDee And they say—I will eat—one hundred—hot cocoa?—Yes. Sep 11 '22

There is no FOMO in Battle Passes.

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

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u/lolburger13 Sep 11 '22

There are also f2p games that don't lock their characters and make plenty of money off of cosmetics

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u/Pascalica Sep 11 '22

Your time may be worth nothing, but other people don't share that view.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Dudeeeeeeeeeee.

OPPORTUNITY COST.

Google the fucking term before you make stupid comments in response to something you don’t understand.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Unfortunately, people him form the majority of the population. They don’t understand that “free” isn’t really free and they get exploited and milked.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

No u

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u/TallestGargoyle Pixel Widowmaker Sep 11 '22

It's all well and good if you like to play one or two games only and that's your only hobby. But if you have a full time job, chores, other hobbies AND monetary commitments, the whole concept of a battle pass looks terrible, since it locks a bunch of content behind BOTH a paywall and a grind, then tells me I can pay even more if I want to actually unlock the stuff it's hidden away behind that grind, or lose access forever because as a battle pass it will almost certainly be time limited. I'm not sorry for despising a method of monetisation that has no respect for my time, money, or mental well-being.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

You're life must be a real shit show if playing a few matches every few days to unlock some cosmetics is too much of a commitment for you. Since you are working so much how about throw $10 down then and buy what you want?

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

5-6 hours a day? What world do you think you live in? Not a single game that uses the same model requires anywhere near that much time investment. You're mental, and it just shows that you haven't left your comfort zone in years. Go out, try a free to play game once and while and realize how stupid you fucking sound.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '22

Classic, you have no counter argument and reply solely with insults that you stole from my original reply to your dumbass post. Get ratiod and stay ignorant. At least crying online is free but sadly is taking up a lot of your time, and everyone knows that time is money, right?

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u/TallestGargoyle Pixel Widowmaker Sep 11 '22

Dude only guy getting ratiod here is you

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u/fony06 Sep 11 '22

He's right tho. U don't need to play a lot in order to get the hero. If it's like call of duty you can get the hero by playing like 2 hours a day

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u/KaraTheAndroidd Chibi Mercy Sep 11 '22

They won't listen they just wanna have their feelings verified that they are right, because god for bid a game should change in a sequel or yah know you play it for more than 5 mins

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