>Overwatch was the No. 1 premium-priced PC game for digital add-on revenues in May, according to SuperData Research. On console, it was No. 5 for overall digital sales. That was enough to generate $269 million in revenues last month for Blizzard Entertainment’s excellent class-based team shooter. The gaming industry is worth $99.6 billion a year, and SuperData reports that digital sales across console, PC, mobile, and the web produced $6 billion in May alone. That’s up 11 percent thanks in part to Overwatch, which sells for $40 on PC and $60 on console and was the fastest-selling game last month.
http://venturebeat.com/2016/06/23/overwatch-is-a-digital-sales-behemoth-with-269m-in-may-according-to-analyst/
Fucking jews
>>342487973
Astounding how they can announce numbers for Overwatch, but they can't tell us how many active North American subscribers there are for World of Warcraft.
>“[2K parent company] Take-Two’s Battleborn had a significantly poorer performance [compared to Overwatch,” said van Dreunen. “[It earned] an estimated $11 million from digital revenues.”
>While it looks like Battleborn has already come and gone, Overwatch is just getting started.
>>342488664
Don't worry about that goy, just pre order
>>342487973
>$269 million on in-game transactions
I refuse to believe that.
And this is how you know games are absolutely fucked.
Horse Armor killed video games.
>>342488756
it does seem rather hard to believe
Blizzdrones would suck down turds off the street if they have the blizzard logo lightly stamped into them.
>$300 MILLION on gachas for cosmetics
Nips and Koreans had the right idea after all, I guess.
>>342488664
Don't worry they will start to announce WoW sub numbers again after the Legion gives it the normal expansion boost; and then they will stop again after everyone quits again after a month.
I'll never understand why people have so many weird issues with this shit.
I got every skin, spray, and POTG stance I've wanted since the game came out and I'm only level 58. Haven't spent a fucking dime besides buying the game.
I'm beginning to firmly believe the only people who are complaining haven't played the game or understand how it works. This is the majority of people posting, so at the end of the day it goes to show that the majority of /v/ just talks out their ass all day without really knowing anything.
It's fun seeing it in real time.
>>342489235
Yeah how dare people complain about idiots spending so much money it adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars in a month for stuff they can get by just playing the game and not spending a dime!
The average person spent $27 on loot boxes? That seems extreme
>>342488664
Right? It's almost like companies can lie and cheat all they want as long as people accept it and throw money at them. Kinda like every fucking industry in existence.
>>342487973
What is the point in this thread?
>>342489235
>269 million
>If everyone bought $1.99/2 Boxes
>that's 135,175,879 million people
Do you see how asinine that is? Considering Overwatch has nowhere near that many fucking players by any margin, that means people have been throwing money at a game for stuff they can get for free.
>>342487973
The real important questions is how much Owatch did in actual sales? How big are the microtransaction earnings comparted to actual game sales?
>>342488664
#rekt
>>342489494
Because it is.
>>342488756
its likely including game sales
>>342489652
>>342489415
okay, so people are idiots with their money? how does that effect me having fun playing a video game
I think its time for me to quite gaming
>>342489235
Bullshit.
I'm higher level than you and don't nearly have all the skins and intros I want at all. Not even close.
Absolutely impossible unless you only wanted a single specific skin and intro maybe.
>>342489751
That would still be $200mil+ in transactions, and it says in-game transactions.
>>342488664
Weren't they at like 4 mil a few months ago? I imagine between all regions, NA probably has like 1 mil at best. Hell even the top raiding guilds have all quit.
>>342489836
It doesn't. Nobody ever said it did.
>>342489494
there are far worse things on which to waste $27 on average
>>342489836
>companies/developers see success like this
>they begin doing the same practices
>>342488756
fuckin Korean and Chink and Japan and and and...
>>342489921
well then you're a prissy faggot, what you need a special skin for every player? I have legionaries for multiple characters including ones I play as often. It's either from drops or getting 500 currency drops
this makes me fucking sick
>>342490072
Which is precisely what FPS Map Packs and Horse Armor did. Now we have it everywhere. Fortunately a few fans get into an uproar over it (I'm looking at you Tales and Baba) and they go back on the practice at least somewhat.
>>342490183
No you fucking don't. What are you, some kind of fag who mains?
Kill yourself.
>>342490183
>legionaries
And some people ask why gaming industry it's cancer now. here one reason.
>>342490559
I'm all for it if it's like overwatch. Free content for everyone because of fucking dumbfucks spending money on useless things.
>tfw smarter than people that give money to blizzard
I see we've learned nothing since diablo 3
I don't understand why people buy lootboxes.
I understand the psychology and gambling bullshit but why do people go "Yeah, I am willing to spend real world cash on something I could get by simply playing for an hour" COMBINED with the random chance aspect.
I'd understand if you could buy the money to buy whatever unlocks you want, but no. You're buying chances to get unlocks - that you can earn without paying anyway.
Who would spend money on it? Keys in CSGO/TF2 at least made some sense to me because as I understand it those include some crate/box only skins.
And I don't mean "omg why are these people ruining gaming" (hell I think Overwatch has the least offensive microtransactions I've ever seen). I just genuinely don't get it.
>>342491008
Because people are lazy. I bet we could sell them fucking leaves honestly.
>>342487973
Wow, that's pretty good for a dead casual """game"""
>>342490957
it wasn't too long ago that updates and patches to games didn't require hundreds of millions of dollars spent on literal colored pixels.
>>342489235
>I got every skin, spray, and POTG stance I've wanted since the game came out and I'm only level 58.
how? do you only play one character? I'm almost double your level and I've only finished like 4 characters
Why are people buying character skins in a first person shooter? You can't even marvel at your own pretty skin unless you get killed.
>>342491164
Not that guy, but if I weren't so lazy I'd take advantage of the stupidity of people.
>>342491328
For that 2 seconds of taunt animation and victory/loss poses, oooooh aaaaaaah.
People are fucking retarded and getting more retarded by the day somehow.
>>342491328
Legendary skins often have unique visual elements for your weapon.
>>342491164
The "lazy" argument doesn't even work either. I'd understand it if Overwatch used a Hearthstone-like system of daily challenges but it doesn't. You literally just have to play.
>>342491008
people are stupid and do not seek penetrating wisdom.
>>342488756
Blizzcucks are the most pathetic addicts on the face of the earth
>>342491212
>implying there's no man hours spent in those colored pixels.
>Overwatch DLC sold more than Battleborn
>>342487973
Daily reminder that video games are legitimately harmful due to introduction of gambling schemes to minors
>>342491750
>implying those colored pixels are developers producing "content"
>>342492085
We can just go ahead and jump into blaming economics,marketing,and psychology....
>>342491494
The lazy argument is exactly why they decided to make them purchasable.
>we put the system up and there was immediately [people] like ‘okay, this is awesome, but sometimes I have more money than I have time, it would be really great if I could buy a loot box’ - we like that idea. We want to make it available, we just haven’t got to it yet.”
>>342492148
>opinion(s) based on the word "content"
Post yfw you pop a box and snatch a fat ledgie
Feels fucking great, am I right /b/ros
>>342492085
They're harmful only to retarded people. I never spent more than 30 cents on in-game transactions.
>>342492253
when i think of content i usually think of gameplay mechanics that are interactive. modes, maps, weapons, characters. not what color my characters pants are.
>>342489235
This. I am not even a blizzard fanboy, this is the first game I've enjoyed from them since W3, its a casual babby shooter but its at least challenging and fun. I haven't spent any extra money on it and I have quite a few skins and shit. Not that I fucking give a fuck what my model looks like in a fps anyway.
/v/ is just /mu/ lite when it comes to opinions.
>>342492161
No, because state put the laws in place to protect the vulnerable. It needs to step in and stomp Valve and Blizzard out of circulation.
If it was to Americlaps there wouldn't be refunds on Steam.
All these massive profits are what happens when gambling is allowed to run rampant.
>>342492502
But it still involves the colored pixels though.
and the whole point was that money shouldn't have a bullet point in making those things happen.
And to stop assumptions, i don't know the business behind blizzard, but i was merely calling out something on a very basic level rather than the amount of money it takes that causes those pixels/content to be created.
Didn't /v/ said lootboxes were going to fail because they had free content?
Why is /v/ wrong 100% of the time holy shit.
Same retards that said MN9 was going to be the next megaman.
>>342489653
last i heard it was 10 million and that was over a week ago
>>342492693
Then that's a different story.
but regardless it's all of the things i've mention, that make what you say to be true.
and the unwillingness to step up to the big corps, are a problem.
I would just hope that businesses wouldn't see all green. Definitely a weird issue here.
>>342488823
It's true.
I spent ten bucks on Lootboxes. it's like buying a scratch-off lottery ticket.
You want to know why everybody bought shitloads of lootboxes? It's because they don't have anything of worth related to gameplay inside of them.
Call of Duty added Supply Drops with weapon variants and brand new weapons, and people got pissed and stopped buying them.
If you could get different weapons, stat boosts or christ forbid HEROES from Loot Boxes, I can guarantee you that after a decent first month they'd drop off super hard. When people want the shiny thing, they'll spend more. When people want the thing that actually affects how they play the game (besides people bad at a character only playing that character because they got a lucky skin), they're bound to pay less for it because they'll lose interest in the game if they don't get it.
Overwatch also gives you Lootboxes at a pretty steady rate of around 6-10 games for every Lootbox at 22,000 EXP, so you're getting a bit of a drip, but not too much.
I'm actually really happy with how they designed this. This way people will pay for heroes and maps for at least a couple of years before the game goes F2P.
>>342489652
Are you aware you can buy more than one fucking loot box and that there are special 50-packs?
Are you fucking retarded?
>>342492865
we're not in disagreement.
the original comment is basically "massive successful micro-transactions allow for more 'free' content"
the idea is that multi-million dollar microtransaction schemes should not be a prerequisite for developers to update their games
>>342493312
Heroes and maps are confirmed free already
>>342488717
Honestly i wouldn't want either having played Overwatch. This is hands down worse then COD vs BF tier shit. Hell id prefer those games to this new cancerous hero shit. Its like class based shooters but even more limited and gay as fuck.
>>342489494
No, the average person likely spent 0-2 dollars on loot boxes.
That's not how these models work.
These models work by taking advantage of a select few who will become addicted to the feeling of opening a loot box and will compulsively purchase them.
>>342493461
he means they pay for the development of them you idiot
>>342493630
>>342489494
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/32f3l8/built-an-addiction-machine
>>342493073
There is no issue here, these games (Overwatch, CS:GO, Dota 2, LoL etc etc) are designed around their market mechanics, that is loot drops that introduce both Pavlovian reflex and skinner box psychology. It is quite obvious that they, through a stranglehold these compaines hold over PC market (not talking about mobile for a moment), namely through proprietary platforms such as Steam, Battle net and whatnot can also control the cash flow that mostly comes from underage gamers using their family's credit cards. Considering this isn't classified as gambling makes it illegal to even pander to adults, but what is really jarring here is that they take a special aim at the vulnerable. Gabe Newell has been trying to entrap children ever since he worked as an FBI informant trying to get that German kid a lifetime in jail for looking at couple lines of code.
We're talking about billion dollar market here, and until these companies get audited, penalized and ultimately dissolved, until facecam people that peddle gambling schemes to their underage audience while on ValveBlizz payroll get jailed as culprits nothing will change.
Note that CDPROJEKT has introduced Gwent so they're culpable too. You know where they're going with it and that's not gameplay.
>>342493376
Glad we're on the same page.
I get that it takes money to make money, but i don't understand how something can be completely for free.
You're also approaching my limit of understanding with your statements. As i sense there's deeper meaning behind your word choice.
>>342491812
Wait, they already have DLCs?
>>342490559
Well, by your way of thinking, It's not Game Industry fault, but stupid peoples who catching every bait.
>>342487973
Daily reminder blizzshills make threads on /v/ and defend it when you point out /vg/ is where their ilk should go, they use the same common defense points over and over
Daily reminder Overwatch is aimed for people bad at FPSes, underage, and tumblr.
>>342493812
but we know literally nothing about the gwent standalone
i have no problem with calling out some of my favorite devs on bullshit, but this is total conjecture
Do you guys specifically search for things like this to be outraged about, or do you not understand how the system works? The consumer suffers no loss not participating in this microtransaction system.
>>342494052
>total conjecture
Come on, don't be naive. CDPROJEKT once had hired loan sharks go after their legitimate customers, this is nothing to them.
>>342493812
Thank you for your response.
Keep spreading the truth.
>>342493461
Whoops, meant that people buying all these lootboxes would pay for development. Kind of like TF2. Crazy people spend hundreds to get the fancy new hats, while everybody who paid or got the game free can enjoy all the new weapons and maps.
>>342494204
I know it's futile to talk about gaming media, but the silence on this has been deafening. I don't read law/economics magazines but I'm surprised they didn't hop in on this.
>>342487973
With all the shilling Blizzard has made around Overwatch, isn't that much either.
>>342491812
Literally no one cares except you Overwatch babies
>people can throw money at something to be lazy
>/v/ thinks people won't do this
>>342489916
Just turn down your speakers
>Buying ingame items for real money
>tfw I spent close to $200 on loot boxes alone
>tfw I'm part of the problem
Please help me. I'm just so weak. I care way too much about how I look like as a 3D model
>>342493461
confirmd for free... free in the loot boxes :D
I was hoping the game would get a discount soon but if they are making this much from loot boxes it won't be soon. So now that they have 2 cashcows one being HS I wonder where all the money is going.
Spent $18 on bonds to get gp on rs
>>342493812
/thread
>>342493024
neogaming happened, clash of clans/royale happened, microtransactions happened
overwatch game is mediocre, it really is
also check "breeding season" a monster girl hentai game? it gets 32k a month on patreon
gamers like tits and asses
>>342495002
Go play "games" like SL or multiplayer RPGs instead where the main focus is socializing and character/avatar appearance and gameplay is either absent or reduced to some kind of background activity.
>>342495228
>gp on rs
Speak English, fucker.
>>342493487
Seriously, and any need for skill is thrown further out the window than Destiny's PvP threw it.
Its just an Xbov Live Arcade tier game that everybody is fawning over because of the admittedly entertaining shorts and the wide-appeal pixaresque art style. Plus, any straight man's gotta admit those guys know how to make a nice looking booty.
>>342493748
Overwatch fags WILL defend this.
Well at least Metzen has plenty of money for his coke habit now
Whales gonna whale. At least said microtransactions can be earned for free.
>>342493748
>>342495696
There's no fun restricted behind microtransactions. It's cosmetic shit that doesn't compare to actual game mechanics restricted by payments like in mobile games. Don't parrot shit you don't understand.
This is the future they want.
And it's certainly the future they're going to get.
C-can we have a fun RTS now?
>>342487973
This isn't real is it? I don't want to believe this is real. Now watch as the rest of the industry goes on to emulate this shit.
>>342495002
Your waifu will love you more if you buy her outfits.
>>342496630
Blizzard is already emulating CS:GO with this system. I don't understand what the difference between when Valve does it and when Overwatch does it. This is the system people said was the best, cosmetic only with random drop chances you get for free.
>>342487973
fucking why do people support this jew cancer shit
>>342492404
What game has a thirty cent microtransaction?
>>342487973
Why is people so fucking stupid? Don't they teach kids nowadays to value their fucking money?
what the fuck is wrong with blizzdrones. I've played the game and haven't spent a fucking dime past the entry fee.
>>342497159
>Why is people so fucking stupid
>>342497159
That money will go to improve the game :^)
>>342495034
Right into their pockets. It's the perfect crime - make a successful product and keep the profits from selling it, everyone else none the wiser.
>>342487973
Taking advantage of people with spending addictions. My friends husband spent 15,000 on a mobile game because of this. There needs to be some sort of regulation...
>>342496367
Did I not call this?
>>342487973
Valve makes twice this much off microtransactions and nobody complains.
>>342497159
amerifats think they'll get rich if they waste all of their money, it's also part of their retarded tipping culture
most americans and the whole country is in massive debt because of it
It works like this:
-make retards like the game
-retards will throw money at it just because they like the game and want to support it
Retards on reddit brag about how they buy premium and support a game.
>>342491218
Level 72 and I have at least 13 Legendary skins, with quite a few epics & intros / stances. Some peoples' luck with loot boxes is just better
>>342497570
>Someone will refute these claims!
>Claims refuted
>Woah! I was right!
>>342487973
thanks blizzard, thanks goys
>>342493487
>>342495447
It's just the FPS market trying to cash in what people seem to like about MOBAs in a format similar to what made TF2 such a hit.
Plus Blizzard being retards trying to make Heroes of the Storm the next league only for it to fall flat on its face.
Destiny tried to make a loadout shooter where you can wear or use anything you want, but the game is shit because people will find a specific weapon or combo that fucks everything else sideways, then when others see this combo they'll go and find said items until everyone is literally using the same thing. Bungie will then nerf whatever everyone is using, but buff something else to unexpected levels causing everyone to just move over to the next big thing
>>342487973
Oh hey goyim, it's working!
>It's okay when Valve does it
>>342491008
>Keys in CSGO/TF2 at least made some sense to me because as I understand it those include some crate/box only skins.
Gambling is gambling, don't try to excuse Valve when they started the trend in the first place. This is the hellish future we live in now.
hullo youtube comments
>>342488562
Who the fuck is SuperData Research.
>>342487973
>you will never make such easy money
>>342498269
Sorry anon, that's SuPer Admin Restricted Desktop Access password protected.
>>342498606
>lrn2code
>make themed bejeweled game for phones
>?????
>profit
>>342487973
I hate Blizzard.
not for the games they make but for the fucking autistic fanbase they alays attract.
Every single time they shat out a shitty game the fanbase buys it
Every single time
>make your consumers pay for your game
>also make them pay for items in the game they already paid
HOW DO THEY FUCKING DO IT?
YEARS AGO THE ONLY OPTIONS WERE GETTING MONEY FROM SELLING THE GAME, OR GETTING MONEY FROM FREE GAME WITH MICROTRANSACTIONS
BUT BLIZZARD MANAGED TO COMBINE THE TWO
ALL THAT'S LEFT IS TO MAKE THEM PAY A MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION
THE ONE JEW TO RULE THEM ALL
>>342498682madness
>>342498846
Just like Nintendo. Remember when Iwata died and all the autists who came crawling out of the woodwork to mourn a businessman?
>>342498983
>le optional microtransactions are forced on people meme
>>342499150
They should not be optional. They should not be microtransactions. People paid for the game, they should have every "cosmetic" item for free.
>>342498983
>monthly subscription
Blizzard did it 12 years ago with WoW
>>342488756
same I own the game and have 5 legendary skins after 45 levels
I'm in no rush to make my character look unique and special when I just want to play and a lot of my friends are exactly like this.
I think its the chinese
>>342499286
12 years ago WoW did not have microtransactions.
>>342499250
They do, it's called an unlock system.
>>342499250
So you're basically saying that what WILL be created is deemed for free?
even though you haven't actually bought the idea that was created?
Man, are we buying/selling the idea or the content here?
>>342489836
>>342490237
Soon these companies are going to not care anymore what a few neckbeards have to say because tehy will be drowning in money spent by these people that support practices like microtransactions.
The only possible benefit I can see in microtransactions is that it might convince people to stay on a game a little longer if they invest more money into the game besides just purchasing the game itself. I hear this is why the two shitty moba's are still going so strong. People invested a lot of money into it and there is no point in leaving it now.
>>342499615
I don't recall paying for updates, guess we should start since they weren't created yet at the time of the purchase.
Good for them. I don't blame them for a second, the fact that morons buy the stuff is a little disappointing but that's life.
>excellent class-based team shooter
top kek
>>342487973
>People spend money to get skins for a character they cannot see 90% of the time
incredible honestly.
>tfw I didn't fall for the overwatch meme
>>342500067
do you look at your own clothes that you wear? do you look at your own car while youre driving it?
people do this in real life why is it surprising. niggas buy $900 sunglasses. SUN GLASSES NIGGA YOU CANT SEE IT BY DEFINITION
I wouldn't have a problem with overwatch's loot boxes if they weren't slanted to give you useless shit most of the time.
If it were the 5 items with at least one guaranteed to be a new skin and one guaranteed to be a hero customization item (intro or emote) it would be perfectly fair and still worth buying boxes for.
Player icons, voice lines, and sprays are fucking worthless and makes up 70% of possible loot.
>>342499943
I get what you're saying, but i don't see why not having any sort of income to the game, and continued income, would benefit the game in order to have work on the updates?
I am all for not having micro transactions, but i also understand that you need blood to live and the nutrients that support life.
and quite honestly, they could charge for updates if they really wanted to, but that doesn't make sense. Especially since it has an online aspects and improvements need to be made.
So if you look at it like it's living (not being), then the work that is generated (supplied by cash) becomes important.
You probably already know this though.
But, at what point does "no new "content" should not have a price tag on it" becomes a viable statement?
>>342500410
The main difference, and its a huge one, is that youre buying stuff you can feel and touch. Shit is physical and you have it as long as you take care of it.
Cant compare it to in game shit, that is gone as soon as they close the servers. Its technically not even yours.
>>342500775
it's the value of the subject my friend, that's what gives the physical reason of want.
>>342500775
Some people are just cosmetic fans. My brother buys collectors editions to get in game cosmetics and fucking loves having shit other people don't. Even if the rare cosmetic looks objectively worse he'll wear it just to stand out.
I usually just use default skins.
>>342501549
your brother is a fag
>>342499425
12 years ago DLC wasn't a thing either.
>>342501717
I must have told him that a thousand times. His money though, he can do what he wants.
