Why is Overwatch $100 ($60 US)

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So for a multiplayer only game,  what warrants it to be that price? Its a simple layout with not an awful lot of variety in the things you can do. It is fun dont get me wrong, but what makes it that complex to be worth the same price as a game with full single and multiplayer experiences.



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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player


 
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Uh... it's only $40...

Edit: "Overwatch will instead set you back $40 on PC and $60 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4."

Oh lol. This is literally giving me Valve vibes with their Left 4 Dead stuff. Sorry, console users :(


 
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Anyway, MMO's cost $60 too and they're only online. Same with Battlefront. Honestly I don't mind it, because what COULD the game do in single player? Nothing really. You'd be getting more bang for your buck with this game if you enjoyed it, then a LOT of $60 single player games out there.


 
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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
i do

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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
i do

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what a loser


 
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The Rage....
Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
i do

 8)
what a loser
yea my mom calls me that a lot


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Uh... it's only $40...

Edit: "Overwatch will instead set you back $40 on PC and $60 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4."

Oh lol. This is literally giving me Valve vibes with their Left 4 Dead stuff. Sorry, console users :(

A lot of L4D console stuff was microsoft's doing, not Valve's.


 
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Uh... it's only $40...

Edit: "Overwatch will instead set you back $40 on PC and $60 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4."

Oh lol. This is literally giving me Valve vibes with their Left 4 Dead stuff. Sorry, console users :(

A lot of L4D console stuff was microsoft's doing, not Valve's.
Yeah I know. They wanted to make TF2 stuff free on console as well but MS wouldn't let them, so they dropped it.

I just said Valve :(


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Uh... it's only $40...

Edit: "Overwatch will instead set you back $40 on PC and $60 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4."

Oh lol. This is literally giving me Valve vibes with their Left 4 Dead stuff. Sorry, console users :(

A lot of L4D console stuff was microsoft's doing, not Valve's.
Yeah I know. They wanted to make TF2 stuff free on console as well but MS wouldn't let them, so they dropped it.

I just said Valve :(

Judging by how TF2 didn't really take off on console, that might have been a better move in the long run.


 
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Uh... it's only $40...

Edit: "Overwatch will instead set you back $40 on PC and $60 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4."

Oh lol. This is literally giving me Valve vibes with their Left 4 Dead stuff. Sorry, console users :(

A lot of L4D console stuff was microsoft's doing, not Valve's.
Yeah I know. They wanted to make TF2 stuff free on console as well but MS wouldn't let them, so they dropped it.

I just said Valve :(

Judging by how TF2 didn't really take off on console, that might have been a better move in the long run.
Valve and Blizzard are both PC first anyway.


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Just wait for it to go F2P in a year and a half when initial sales stop cutting it and Blizzard has to rely on microtransactions.


 
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Goodness gracious, great balls of lightning!
It's $40, it only costs more if you want extra items. I'm getting the Collectors Edition so I don't mind paying extra cause I support Blizzard and the fantastic game they have made. I do believe that the content that they will add later on will all be free too, someone correct me on that if I'm wrong.


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It's $40, it only costs more if you want extra items. I'm getting the Collectors Edition so I don't mind paying extra cause I support Blizzard and the fantastic game they have made. I do believe that the content that they will add later on will all be free too, someone correct me on that if I'm wrong.
You're correct, all future content for the game will be free.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/12/08/overwatch-wisely-decides-to-keep-all-future-heroes-and-maps-free/#30ef4cf461c1


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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
Hey! I used to buy the WW2 Call of Duties for their Campaigns, and I bought the Modern Warfares for their Campaigns/Story.


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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
Hey! I used to buy the WW2 Call of Duties for their Campaigns, and I bought the Modern Warfares for their Campaigns/Story.
I'm talking about modern COD

WaW had an amazing rendition of WW2 in their campaign, and Modern Warfare 1/2/3 had a pretty solid plot. Even the first Black Ops was a pretty interesting spy thriller.

But nowadays with this scifi genre switch, I'm surprised anyone plays the COD campaigns. Still has great multiplayer, though.


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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
Hey! I used to buy the WW2 Call of Duties for their Campaigns, and I bought the Modern Warfares for their Campaigns/Story.
I'm talking about modern COD

WaW had an amazing rendition of WW2 in their campaign, and Modern Warfare 1/2/3 had a pretty solid plot. Even the first Black Ops was a pretty interesting spy thriller.

But nowadays with this scifi genre switch, I'm surprised anyone plays the COD campaigns. Still has great multiplayer, though.
Ah, I get ya, it's just that back then, people also said "no one buys COD for single player", but even I haven't bought the last 3 Call of Duties. Hopefully IW gets me back into the fold.


 
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Call of Duty costs $60 and literally no one buys it for the single player
i do

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what a loser
dont call my best friend a loser


 
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Probably because the content will be free, and its a way to get more money, most of the population will be on PC anyway, thats the main focus.


Just how it is.


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Blizzard wants your money.
Microtransactions ahoy
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Cause you don't have to pay licensing fees on a PC.


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Cause you don't have to pay licensing fees on a PC.
this

also op i would measure a games worth on the hours i get out of it not the number of features

it does this one thing pretty well