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[Yabberwocky]

Congrats to Blizzard! There are still a few games I want to get through at the moment, so I'm holding off playing Overwatch for a bit - but I'm still completely obsessed with everything regarding the game anyway. I never usually watch Youtube vids of people playing games, and yet... Blizzard, what have you done to me.

 

[wipeout364]

That's a great post. Made me laugh.

 

[Levito]

Glad to hear it's doing so well, I hope between DOOM and Overwatch publishers realize shooters can be popular without playing like Call Of Duty.

 

[Jarod McChicken]

I actually reckon PS4 is the lead platform.

We have the split for UK, retail only though, so the PC is of course stronger than this, but here it is.

It is the fastest selling Blizzard title on console with 47% of launch week sales on PS4, 36% on Xbox One and 18% on PC.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Marketing and the open beta's put this one in a really nice position, also helps that there's not a whole lot happening right now in the online shooter scene either.

 

[j0hnnix]

Hanzo to the haters

 

[fader]

you know, im actually surprised overwatch dont have a spy clone...

 

[DR2K]

This game is truly magic. I hate FPS and this game has me hooked.

 

[BY2K]

You rang?

 

[Deleted member 325805]

you know, im actually surprised overwatch dont have a spy clone...

Please, no. Stealth heroes aren't fun for anyone apart from the one playing it.

 

[ethomaz]

What was the first Destiny online numbers shared?

 

[DiscoShark]

Please, no. Stealth heroes aren't fun for anyone apart from the one playing it.

Not true, I enjoyed lighting them on fire.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

Now use some of that cash to upgrade your servers from the 90s into the present.

 

[Gunslinger]

Please, no. Stealth heroes aren't fun for anyone apart from the one playing it.

Yes please give stealth move to mccree. So I can enjoy more salty tears.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

between diablo 3, hearthstone, and now this. Jeebus. Fooking blizzard.

Gotta love em though, they know the formula for that crack.

 

[n0razi]

Please add Starcraft inspired skins based Blizzard

 

[Loxley]

Glad to hear it's doing so well, I hope between DOOM and Overwatch publishers realize shooters can be popular without playing like Call Of Duty.

Jim Sterling recently talked about this on his latest Jimquisition - the industry is finally moving out of it's brown military shooter phase and is going back to injecting some actual color and variety into the FPS genre.

 

[Degen]

This game is truly magic. I hate FPS and this game has me hooked.

Same

There's definitely a lot for a fighting game fan to appreciate

(besides all the fg references in the game)

 

[Aselith]

Please, no. Stealth heroes aren't fun for anyone apart from the one playing it.

With the way Overwatch is designed, the stealth would be like 2 seconds just enough to get up on someone to unload or backstab or whatever. It would not be like TF2 stealth.

 

[Jonneh3003]

What are you basing that from, or is it just a hunch? Ignoring the fact that PC is Blizzard's most popular playerbase across all titles (or I should just say Diablo 3) even the GAF community is majority PC on Overwatch

Yep just a hunch, the PS4 version is the only one I see advertised in cinemas, billboards, bus stops and so on, it seems to get the most exposure and seeming as this is a brand new IP I don't think we can just assume it'll do best on PC. It seems to have done really well everywhere.

 

[7DollarHagane]

But they said there wasn't enough content

What are those 7 million players even doing? Staring at the menu? It's like the game has nothing to do?

 

[HariKari]

you know, im actually surprised overwatch dont have a spy clone...

They experimented with it apparently, according to the dev diaries. Genji at one point had the ability. Hope to never see it.

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

It's a niche game so hopefully people will keep buying crates so blizzard won't drop long term support.

do you understand what niche means?

 

[Fou-Lu]

I love Overwatch, but I am hoping for a Diablo 4 that's good from launch next.

 

[jediyoshi]

Yep just a hunch, the PS4 version is the only one I see advertised in cinemas, billboards, bus stops and so on, it seems to get the most exposure and seeming as this is a brand new IP I don't think we can just assume it'll do best on PC.

Cobranding deals, how do they work

 

[AnathemicOne]

Yep just a hunch, the PS4 version is the only one I see advertised in cinemas, billboards, bus stops and so on, it seems to get the most exposure and seeming as this is a brand new IP I don't think we can just assume it'll do best on PC. It seems to have done really well everywhere.

Anecdote is anecdote I suppose, and yes we can just assume it'll do best on PC because it's Blizzard.

 

[gate stormer]

So is this basically Blizzard's TF2 without all of the hat bullshit ?

 

[Jonneh3003]

Lol no way. PC is the main audience of Blizzard games. They have incentives such as cross game items and the game is clearly meant to be played with KB+M, it's just too fast for pad play. Not to mention the PC version was $40 and there were already big tournaments that played out.

It's fine with a controller. Not saying KB/M isn't more accurate but it is not too fast for a gamepad.

 

[shoryukens]

Holy shit that's amazing.

Just goes to show that a game doesn't need to be f2p in order to get a huge playerbase these days.

Spoiler

Wish I could play :C

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Daaaang!!

Mad props to the backend and networking dudes and gals, game had an amazing launch.

Seriously. Its been rock solid every time I've been on. Fantastic work.

 

[Bishop89]

Congratulations blizzard. It's a fun game

 

[fader]

do you understand what niche means?

maybe hes speaking in reverse? I've heard of that condition somewhere...

 

[royox]

edit: fucked up with "back" button.

 

[sixteen-bit]

congrats on the success

 

[gatti-man]

Wow, that's pretty incredible.

I wonder what the platform split is like.

This is what I'm curious of. Hopefully it's 50/50 and not mostly on PC.

But they said there wasn't enough content

What are those 7 million players even doing? Staring at the menu? It's like the game has nothing to do?

How many copies of battlefront sold? Titanfall? A game can be a success and still disappoint on the content front.

 

[boredofcanada]

Game hasn't left the Xbox tray since I got it at launch. Fantastic game

 

[Wafflecakes]

Now use some of that cash to upgrade your servers from the 90s into the present.

Servers have been damn near flawless.

Not sure wtf you are talking about.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Good for them. Now make that matter for consumers by upping the tick rate and getting that rank mode finished.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Glad to hear it's doing so well, I hope between DOOM and Overwatch publishers realize shooters can be popular without playing like Call Of Duty.

Thank you. I was desperate playing a shooter without fucking ADS, I was so disappointed by Bungie for implementing it in Destiny...

 

[gatti-man]

Servers have been damn near flawless.

Not sure wtf you are talking about.

No they haven't. I wasn't able to play personally and they have had issues effecting other regions but overall still a huge success given the volume of sales.

 

[borghe]

Nah, it's still ofc a resounding success but it's a shame this industry is headed to keeping the cards even closer to their chest.

Not really. Blizzard isn't trying to be shady I honestly believe. They have such a monstrous presence in Asia where first sold purchases aren't entirely common, reporting sales likely wouldn't tell the whole story.

 

[Big_Boss_Snake_]

Awesome having so much fun with the game

 

[Wafflecakes]

No they haven't. I wasn't able to play personally and they have had issues effecting other regions but overall still a huge success given the volume of sales.

Eh. I have not had one problem once, nor has anyone I know.

Unless it is a regional thing I am skeptical.

 

[RexNovis]

And people were dismissing the beta figures as meaningless because it was free. LOL.

 

[Deleted member 325805]

I haven't had a single problem with the servers, they've been rock solid. By far the smoothest Blizzard launch that I can remember.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Who was the poster that was dead set convinced it would have more sales then beta users?

Rexnovis. Dude still hasn't gotten over his Division grudge lol.

And people were dismissing the beta figures as meaningless because it was free. LOL.

You realize the thread title was changed to reflect amount of players. Not sold copies. Undoubtedly it sold millions. But calm yourself dude.

 

[Orayn]

Wonder what the platform breakdown is? I imagine it favors PC, but the question is by how much.

 

[Bsigg12]

I'm not sure if it's been asked/answered but is that 7 million in units sold or 7 million users? If it's users, my Xbox One would account for 5 different gamertag that have played the game. Still a very impressive number for the opening week.

 

[Netherscourge]

Let's check back in a month and see if there is still 7 million playing.

 

[AnathemicOne]

Let's check back in a month and see if there is still 7 million playing.

I mean ranked mode is said to launch within a month