Overwatch 2 Attracted Legion of Players
Despite technical problems, the launch of Overwatch 2 was a huge success. In the first ten days, 25 million people played the title.
Since its release, Overwatch 2, the sequel to Blizzard Entertainment's popular online shooter, has been plagued by numerous problems. However, this has not prevented it from gathering a large number of players.
- The devs boasted, that in the first ten days after its release Overwatch 2 was played by 25 million players.
- It took the first part eight months to reach this level. Of course, it was a paid game, while the sequel uses a free-to-play model, but it should be remembered that the first game had many free weekends, which could drive up the results.
- Despite the impressive launch Overwatch 2 fell a little short of beating the results of the competition. Ten days after release, Call of Duty: Warzone boasted 30 million players. In contrast, Apex Legends needed a week to cross the threshold of 25 million users.
- The fact that some other free-to-play shooters have done better, however, does not change the fact that Overwatch 2 is a huge success.
Of course, maintaining the good streak will require, among other things, fixing the game's technical condition. The developers have already dealt with falling servers, which was the result of DDoS attacks, but the game is still plagued by numerous other problems, causing, among other things, the game to freeze and even restart PCs.
Blizzard is aware of what needs to be improved. The game's official website posted an entry about the authors' plans in this regard. The developers are working on fixing the technical issues and monitoring the results of matches to find imperfections in character balance. To compensate players for the not quite successful launch, events will be held on October 21-24 and 28-31 and November 24-28, during which the pace of development will be doubled..
Overwatch 2 debuted on October 4, on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
