Overwatch 2 Tops 35 Million Players in First Month - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 November 2022 / 2,311 Views
Activision Blizzard in its earnings report for the third quarter of its 2022 fiscal year announced Overwatch 2 has surpassed 35 million players in its first month.
"Over 35 million people played the game in its first month, including many who were new to Overwatch," said Activision Blizzard. "The expanded community is engaging deeply, with average daily player numbers for the first month of Overwatch 2 more than double that of its acclaimed predecessor.
"Player investment is also off to a strong start, positioning the title to be a meaningful contributor to Blizzard's business in the fourth quarter. Blizzard is looking forward to delivering an ambitious slate of regular seasonal updates for Overwatch 2 that introduce new characters, maps and modes, including the game’s much-anticipated PvE mode planned for 2023."
Overwatch 2 is available as a free-to-play title for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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35 mil but a lot of them are disappointed with the final product
Its Blizzard, not surprising
I played for 3 hours and deleted it.
It's free-to-play, so a high number in the first month isn't surprising, especially given it's an established IP and popular developer. What will actually be of interest is how many are still around in the coming months, given all the negative feedback that is seen online. Are the flaws enough to actually see a decline, or will it be another vocal minority situation?
A month after release it is still #4 on Xbox Most Played Games Chart, only behind Fortnite, CoD MW (2019)/Warzone, and CoD MW2 (2022). That is pretty good player retention for a F2P, especially considering all of the negativity online.
The base game is still fun, if you are new player you won't know any difference from what the old was. I've played like many to find out how it was, which is mostly the same, I think many past players would have. I've gone mostly back to other things now. But according to one article, OW1 had 50mil registered players, so take out new players and that's a lot of players who didn't even bother to return.
