The arrival of the new sixth season “Invasion”, “Overwatch 2” has officially landed on the Steam platform, and has also undergone a major update, adding a large number of new modes, new stories, and new heroes and new maps.
However, after a large number of players scored, “Overwatch 2” has given a 9% favorable rate after nearly 100,000 comments on Steam, successfully surpassing “Three Kingdoms”.
Activision Blizzard’s latest financial report confirms that Overwatch 2 player engagement and spending has begun to show a downward trend. While this is a bit of a worry for investors, developers don’t seem to care too much.
In an interview with IGN, Overwatch executive producer Jared Neuss said Invasion was the turning point in Overwatch 2’s transition from early access to a “full” live-service game.
Neuss attributed the drop in player engagement to Overwatch 2’s free-to-play model. “We’ve seen the normal ups and downs of the players. It doesn’t matter to me or the team,” he said.
“We’ve added a lot of content to Overwatch 2: Invasion, and it’s been a lot of fun” “We’re doing it because we’re experimenting with different seasonal structures, and one of the things we really want to know is, What if we put all these things together, these great content and different expressions of the game?”
“For us, it’s really not like ‘Oh, it all depends on this’. For us, it’s really about, what does a good season look like? We’ve tried a lot, Right? We tried a very thematic approach in season five. We also tried different things in seasons two and three.”
“So it’s not so much about the up and down of Overwatch 2: Invasion, it’s more about what we think is the right rhythm and rhythm and how we create these big moments for the players.”
He said that “Watching Pioneer 2: Invasion” introduced the next level of the game’s story, and these tasks need to be unlocked for $15 (currently about RMB 109). Blizzard has stated that Overwatch 2 will likely not have new story missions for at least the next two seasons following the release of Invasion.
Previously, it was expected that Overwatch 2’s “Invasion” update would draw players back to the game. However, the executive producer claims that the team is under no pressure to launch a season that will allow players to reach a higher level of engagement. Instead, the team is focused on delivering a variety of content and making sure it lives up to the high expectations of Overwatch players.
