Overwatch Isn't Dying - Unless We Kill It!
264Overwatch and Overwatch 2, and the Overwatch Community are at a crossroads. Blizzconline / Blizzcon 2021 coming up - and whatever is announced, how the Overwatch Community and fans of the game and world react will be crucial to the game's future health. You can't please everyone, all the time, so, unless Blizzard achieve a miracle, I'm sure Blizzconline 2021 will be frustrating for some. Let's review where Overwatch is, the bigger and longer-term picture of the last 5 years (and the wider world of gaming), and what there is to be positive about in future. Overwatch is by no means dead or in a bad position if you look at the big picture - unless we kill it!
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Timecodes below in the description to navigate around - a long video! I cover wider social media/gaming trends too towards the end, and my one (1) person's take on how the community and discussions online around Overwatch have felt in recent months.
Whatever Blizzconline brings - not everyone will be happy - and that's OK! Given the year Overwatch has had, I feel it's important to step back and see where the game and community seem to be at, where Overwatch 2 *realistically* will be at after Blizzconline, and how the approach of everyone who likes the game to the news will be important for the future!
-Hammeh
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TIMECODES TO SKIP!
0:36 - Introduction - Overwatch and the Community are at a crossroads
2:41 - What's the last year of Overwatch been like - and how is the community feeling?
5:23 - 8 - How bad are things for Overwatch? What are our expectations against the broader background of Overwatch, and gaming over the last 5 years? Alternative perspectives.
7:46 - "No Content" - what we haven't had, what Blizzard have promised and delivered - will things change? What are we comparing it to, and is that fair?
12:16 - Criticism can be constructive. Is ongoing criticism now the Overwatch Community Meta? How constructive is certain criticism right now?
15:23 - Blizzconline / Blizzcon 2021 - What might we fairly expect to hear?
20:44 - Where does people's frustration at Overwatch currently come from?
22:28 - Why Overwatch isn't dying - but why we might not be helping things, too!
24:49 - Online conversations and content - why they may not represent the majority, but can indirectly and directly influence perception.
25:42 - Content Creator's perspective - Personal Expectations against General Realities (or otherwise).
29:26 - Overwatch is by no means dead - but, we can cause it problems - the tone of online discourse.
31:19 - Social Media and Echo Chambers - things can feel worse (or look better) than they seem. Always step back and look at context!
35:15 - TL:DR - Things to be positive about! Let's give Overwatch (and Overwatch 2) the best chance of success, and we can still be constructively critical too ;)
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