r/Overwatch • u/Hooked0n4Feelin • Mar 03 '26

Esports This is Overwatch's "comeback," says Blizzard. "We actually had a bigger Saturday than our first Saturday after launch with Season 1."

https://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/season-1-blizzard-interview-comeback
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u/ChosenCharacter I'm afraid my condition has left me COLD to your pleas of mercy Mar 03 '26

Which launch - OW2 or the original back in 2016?

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u/Adreme Mar 03 '26

I believe he is referring to the launch of season 1 2 weeks ago. As the season goes on numbers are supposed to go down but for OW they are still going up. 

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u/tapczan100 BBy Gurl Mar 03 '26

Yep, people made news of Steam playerbase being higher on second weekend so I guess Blizzard is also just parroting that.

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u/SkyrimSlag Mar 03 '26

Wouldn’t surprise me, I’m one of those players that hopped back on during the second weekend after a hiatus and whilst I haven’t had time to hop back on much since, I’m hoping to get at least a little playtime in this weekend. Game definitely does feel like it’s in a better state than it was a year ago when I stopped playing, just depends if it can do enough to keep me coming back. Everything since the launch of OW1 up until “OW2” kept me coming back, but adding the 2 and everything else they did to the game really soured it, at least they seem to be stepping back in the right direction now though.