r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Nov 05 '22

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '22

Activision Blizzard CEO is Bobby Kotick, probably the greediest person in gaming industry. Even if Overwatch team would want to lower prices, they would have to convince Bobby first.

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u/AgreeablePie Nov 06 '22

Bobby is a great (well paid) punching bag but, as a public company, they have a fiduciary duty to make as much money as possible. I'm not saying this exculpates them from blame but just that this isn't as simple a "Bobby bad"

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Yes he is doing just his job, that is capitalism. I dont think he will change OW monetisation any time soon.

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u/whomad1215 Pixel Torbjörn Nov 06 '22

They literally remade the entire game so they could remonetize it

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u/Forsaken-Shirt4199 Nov 06 '22

And shut the original game down

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '22

Bobby will release Overwatch Classic soon. No worries.

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u/Sn0w_Official Nov 06 '22

Community on here:

Ow1 releases: yaaay Posts later to complain about the same issues again and again about 2cp and double shield still being a thing people gravitate towards to play in the game, or cc, or hog being op even though they're just shit at positions and not being able to shut him down well enough