Activision has revealed to its investors through a quarterly report that Overwatch 2 has almost 35 million players during its first month after release. The original Overwatch got 15 million players in its first month when it came out in 2016.
Even with Overwatch 2 having major issues after launch, including bugs with heroes and maps, and community uproar regarding cosmetic pricing, the game has still pulled around 35 million players in its first month. Overwatch 2 was even quicker, hitting 25 million players when it announced that Blizzard passed that milestone in only ten days. Overwatch 2 is now surpassing the speed of growth compared to its predecessor.
During the third-quarter earnings call, Activision Blizzard confirmed that 35 million players were a combination of new and returning players. It should be easy to find out which ones are returning or not by seeing which people are using old accounts and which ones recently made their accounts. Activision also said that “Player investment is also off to a strong start,” which means that the 35 million Overwatch 2 players are using microtransactions, even with all the hate.
Overwatch 2 35 Million Players In the First Month
The investor call also stated that the game is on track to get its expected seasonal content by getting new heroes, maps, and modes in 2023. Ramattra has already been revealed in the Season 2 battle pass, but the new maps have not been confirmed yet.
Even with the massive number of people playing, many players have raised concerns regarding the game’s free-to-play systems. Many of the significant issues have been resolved, but now that players have gotten some time and money into the game, they are finding other problems with features that aren’t player-first.
Multiple complaints about the shop prices in Overwatch 2 for items and bundles being one of them. There were odd discounts on bundled cosmetics that didn’t actually list the items before the “discount.” Hopefully, the 35 million players can hope for a better environment as Blizzard takes the criticism into account for the future.
