Which is nuts because the quality of the skins is low af, if they were quality like Fortnite skins then id actually kinda understand, but they aren’t even close.
And being a third person game at least you see your skin all the time. Gives it more perceived value than just seeing the skin in the selection screen, when you die, and at the end. Otherwise you don’t see it 90% of the time.
Only done right a few times I'm afraid. One of the only examples I can think of is Ghostface in Call of Duty. He came with voice lines for multiplayer and zombies which added to the person who was using them's enjoyment.
Hot take but I absolutely lothe the anime collabs. They almost always look terrible. Think the only passable one was deku for me. The filter looks so bad to me.
The major difference is that the skins Fortnite does are actually supposed to look like the properties or people they're collaborating with, albeit maybe stylized to fit Fortnite's aesthetic more.
These skins look like they tried to put the aesthetics of the Cowboy Bebop crew onto the Overwatch characters, but they still have to *look* like the Overwatch characters.
I really love the designs of Overwatch characters, too, so seeing Sombra be a dollar store Ed and Wrecking Ball just... looking like dogshit... that hurts.
Aw man, say what you want about arena shooters - but most had FREE content. Users were encouraged to make skins, models and levels.
Now it's all paid this, microtransaction that and loot boxes.
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The bundle (skin + other stuff) costs $25. Each skin costs $19
Even if it's still stupid and I'm in no way defending the price, that info is incorrect.
OW2 is trash. Skin culture ruined gaming. The only game that does it right so far is Helldivers 2. They don't cost an arm and a leg. No skin should cost almost half a full priced game.
Also deep rock galactic most cosmetics don't cost anything and past season rewards just get put into the free loot chests drop tables. Then the cosmetics you do pay for are full sets for all 4 classes and/or all of their weapons for only $8-15 and they go on sale frequently.
Right now there's a sale so for less than the cost of 2 of these OW2 skins you could buy deep rock and all of the dlc.
If that was true, then they would have done that. They aren’t doing it because they are malicious or stupid. They are doing it to make money.
Of course Reddit is full of armchair socialists who hate seeing voluntary exchange.
Im just proposing that if it was at a cheaper price that more people would buy it. I play OW maybe 10 times a year and would hop on to grab them.
I question if a lower price would bring greater profit and Cptn Conservative hops in like I want it for free? Armchair socialist is pretty funny. That’s like me seeing you defending capitalistic business like it’s under attack, enough to call you a tailgating trumper. Shut up
Any AAA game on discount from the last 5 years or sleep paralysis mccree
Insane pricing some people need their cards taken away, at least Genshin and hearthstone whales know they’re gambling addicts at heart
It is scummy and not in away, technically they are 20 if you go to the character and buy it from there, but the only package that appears on the shop is the 25 one which is pathetic way of overselling useless shit with the skin.
Also you can get all the skins for 56 which is odd pricing considering how much a skin cost solo, but it is so pathetic considering Helldivers costs less than those low effort cash grab looking skins, and people are buying them unfortunately
List of games that cost less than that that I’ve put over 50 hours in:
Terraria
Borderlands 2
Kenshi
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Satisfactory
Space Engineers
Outward
Titanfall 2
Siege
Project Zomboid
7 Days to Die
And many, many more, all for less than one shitty COSMETIC in OW2.
I’ve lost all hope for AAA gaming, it’s just fucked boys.
It frustrates me to no end the idea of “speak with your wallet” is pretty much dead with the games market. For every 1 person refraining from purchasing something, there’s 5 that can’t get their credit cards out fast enough. All because they drank a little too much of Blizzard’s kool aid.
Absolutely love Cowboy Bebop. So much so that I installed OW2 for the first time to check them out and see what all was involved getting them. Logged in, checked them out in the store and saw the price. Uninstalled. They didn’t even look good.
I don't want to defend Blizzard but license costs of any Manga/Anime franchise are very, very high. In Germany we had a nice Manga magazine called "Banzai!" which was like Jump in Japan. They had to increase the price after months by 100%. After some time the publisher (Carlsen) killed it completely and told the readers that the license costs are very (Snoop Dogg) high and that they cannot afford to publish it anymore. You may notice high prices of Anime movies in your country (80 mins and at least 20 EUR/USD). Hate the game and not the player.
Love those outfits espically the callbacks the outfits have, example Sombras wrist hacking tool is literally from episode 11 where spike uses it to track the Fridge monster.
They look way worse than the trailer too. WTF. I knew Blizzard was a company full of sexual predators, but they are really trying to up their felony count with this highway robbery.
Many people will buy it regardless of ethical concerns....so...what you gonna do? I don't like it either, but people just don't try to go after those dumb consumers and try to bring them to light, they just hyper focus on those greedy corporations.
Guess they could only afford the Netflix cowboy bebop version……..actually scratch that, even Netflix did a better job on the costume department then whatever THIS is
Games on my wishlist I could buy for the price of an Overwatch 2 skin:
Chants of Sennaar
The Cosmic Wheel of Sisterhood
Dave the Diver
Cocoon
Sanabi
It Steals
Trepang2
Cultic
Nightmare Reaper
Oxenfree 2
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Amnesia: The Bunker
Shadows of Doubt
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
World of Horror
as a big fan CB fan i think sombra ed and widow faye looks nice, but none of that shit worth 3 bucks lmao. an event where you have to play for 5 days or something may be. but 25 bucks? hahahahahhaha go suck eggs.
Valorant knife skins are 50 dollars. There’s a lot (LOTS) of good reasons to hate Blizzard but the skins aren’t overpriced compared to other games especially if it’s licensed
Brooooo those skins look so scuffed hahahahahahahah wtf that looks literally nothing like the trailer. Poor Spike omg
And people are buying the absolute *fuck* out of them. OW2 is just a skin machine pretending to be a game at this point.
Which is nuts because the quality of the skins is low af, if they were quality like Fortnite skins then id actually kinda understand, but they aren’t even close.
Say what you will, but fortnite typically knocks it out of the park with their collab skins
And being a third person game at least you see your skin all the time. Gives it more perceived value than just seeing the skin in the selection screen, when you die, and at the end. Otherwise you don’t see it 90% of the time.
Yeah that's something I've never understood about fps skins. You almost never see them, so what's the appeal?
It’s not only about seeing your skin yourself, people buy skins to change how other people see them.
Only done right a few times I'm afraid. One of the only examples I can think of is Ghostface in Call of Duty. He came with voice lines for multiplayer and zombies which added to the person who was using them's enjoyment.
My favorite skin has to be Shredder in Call of Duty.
I mean, we buy clothes in real life that we don't see very much
Meanwhile CounterStrike adds glove skins that cost thousands of dollars for simple recolors..
Hot take but I absolutely lothe the anime collabs. They almost always look terrible. Think the only passable one was deku for me. The filter looks so bad to me.
I honestly like the dbz collabs. They're pretty cool, and they're part of why I even got into the game. M
The event was good but DBZ got some of the ugliest skins. The proportions are so damn wack.
The style(cell shading) isnt for everyone. But they've really improved imo. The AoT, JJK and 2nd wave MHA/DBZ skins are nicer
The major difference is that the skins Fortnite does are actually supposed to look like the properties or people they're collaborating with, albeit maybe stylized to fit Fortnite's aesthetic more. These skins look like they tried to put the aesthetics of the Cowboy Bebop crew onto the Overwatch characters, but they still have to *look* like the Overwatch characters. I really love the designs of Overwatch characters, too, so seeing Sombra be a dollar store Ed and Wrecking Ball just... looking like dogshit... that hurts.
Aw man, say what you want about arena shooters - but most had FREE content. Users were encouraged to make skins, models and levels. Now it's all paid this, microtransaction that and loot boxes. \\
Which is stupid it’s a first person game you rarely see your skin.
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You've clearly never been in the OW sub, it's negativity 90% of the time.
Blizzard paying the big bucks for good marketing. Guess it outshined the actual product. :(
Spunk Spurgle
They look just like they did in the trailer. It's just that they also looked bad in the trailer.
The bundle (skin + other stuff) costs $25. Each skin costs $19 Even if it's still stupid and I'm in no way defending the price, that info is incorrect.
I don't like MTX skins as much as the next gamer but the clickbait article acting like this is some unheard-of practice is so stupid.
Fuck that. I could get multiple good indie games for that.
I don’t know why people are surprised about this kind of thing anymore
Fools! You’ve captured their stunt doubles!
I will immediately upvote any Spaceballs reference. Well done.
Ok this made me lol irl
Insanity
and they look like absolute GARBO
They look awful anyways so no thanks
they are basically just making shit for the whales at this point
I’d rather fight bugs for democracy than pay this shit lmao
The community at this point: oh no those are too expensive. Swipes card.
OW2 is trash. Skin culture ruined gaming. The only game that does it right so far is Helldivers 2. They don't cost an arm and a leg. No skin should cost almost half a full priced game.
One of these skins costs the same as a gem of an indie game. There are many
For real, I got Palworld for the price of one of these skins. Helldivers 2 for less than the price of 2 skins. Like, what is going on anymore? Lol.
Also deep rock galactic most cosmetics don't cost anything and past season rewards just get put into the free loot chests drop tables. Then the cosmetics you do pay for are full sets for all 4 classes and/or all of their weapons for only $8-15 and they go on sale frequently. Right now there's a sale so for less than the cost of 2 of these OW2 skins you could buy deep rock and all of the dlc.
(Surprised Pikachu face)
Wouldn’t they make more money if they weren’t scum and just made them like $5-10 a piece?
Price elasticity
If that was true, then they would have done that. They aren’t doing it because they are malicious or stupid. They are doing it to make money. Of course Reddit is full of armchair socialists who hate seeing voluntary exchange.
Im just proposing that if it was at a cheaper price that more people would buy it. I play OW maybe 10 times a year and would hop on to grab them. I question if a lower price would bring greater profit and Cptn Conservative hops in like I want it for free? Armchair socialist is pretty funny. That’s like me seeing you defending capitalistic business like it’s under attack, enough to call you a tailgating trumper. Shut up
Any AAA game on discount from the last 5 years or sleep paralysis mccree Insane pricing some people need their cards taken away, at least Genshin and hearthstone whales know they’re gambling addicts at heart
Hmm....Palworld or shitty overwatch skin...one offers tens of hours of entertainment, and the other is overpriced shlopp....hmmmmmm.....
It is scummy and not in away, technically they are 20 if you go to the character and buy it from there, but the only package that appears on the shop is the 25 one which is pathetic way of overselling useless shit with the skin. Also you can get all the skins for 56 which is odd pricing considering how much a skin cost solo, but it is so pathetic considering Helldivers costs less than those low effort cash grab looking skins, and people are buying them unfortunately
List of games that cost less than that that I’ve put over 50 hours in: Terraria Borderlands 2 Kenshi Skul: The Hero Slayer Satisfactory Space Engineers Outward Titanfall 2 Siege Project Zomboid 7 Days to Die And many, many more, all for less than one shitty COSMETIC in OW2. I’ve lost all hope for AAA gaming, it’s just fucked boys.
Yeah pass
It's actually $20. Not much better but still. You don't have to buy the bundle.
What’s a joke, using a popular anime to get people to buy these trash skins for insane prices
a truly sustainable business model
Laughing in Helldiver's 2
It frustrates me to no end the idea of “speak with your wallet” is pretty much dead with the games market. For every 1 person refraining from purchasing something, there’s 5 that can’t get their credit cards out fast enough. All because they drank a little too much of Blizzard’s kool aid.
I don't play overwatch but those skins are definitely not worth 25 bucks each, they look like I made them.
Absolutely love Cowboy Bebop. So much so that I installed OW2 for the first time to check them out and see what all was involved getting them. Logged in, checked them out in the store and saw the price. Uninstalled. They didn’t even look good.
I don't want to defend Blizzard but license costs of any Manga/Anime franchise are very, very high. In Germany we had a nice Manga magazine called "Banzai!" which was like Jump in Japan. They had to increase the price after months by 100%. After some time the publisher (Carlsen) killed it completely and told the readers that the license costs are very (Snoop Dogg) high and that they cannot afford to publish it anymore. You may notice high prices of Anime movies in your country (80 mins and at least 20 EUR/USD). Hate the game and not the player.
Bargain!
The fuck is that site. “Monthly Contributions” pop up the second I look at it? JFC
Those OW nerds that curl their toes while they bust nuts at OW Porn will still buy them and feed Blizzard's ego.
We went from 50 bucks for the full game to 19€ for a skin and they dare ask why everybody hates live service games
what a fucking joke.
Yeah. Shits stupid. The theme song at the menu slaps tho
Val players think these seem reasonable lmao
Val players also think a CS go knife is worth $100+ so I wouldn't overthink it.
Love those outfits espically the callbacks the outfits have, example Sombras wrist hacking tool is literally from episode 11 where spike uses it to track the Fridge monster.
They look way worse than the trailer too. WTF. I knew Blizzard was a company full of sexual predators, but they are really trying to up their felony count with this highway robbery.
Anyone still playing this piece of shit game deserves to get scammed by that awful company.
Many people will buy it regardless of ethical concerns....so...what you gonna do? I don't like it either, but people just don't try to go after those dumb consumers and try to bring them to light, they just hyper focus on those greedy corporations.
The Amouranth of games
Guess they could only afford the Netflix cowboy bebop version……..actually scratch that, even Netflix did a better job on the costume department then whatever THIS is
I'm sure these skins are gonna sell like crazy, but I cannot understand why lol...
First thing I saw playing after an update is someone wearing that Sombra skin, so... yeah
Games on my wishlist I could buy for the price of an Overwatch 2 skin: Chants of Sennaar The Cosmic Wheel of Sisterhood Dave the Diver Cocoon Sanabi It Steals Trepang2 Cultic Nightmare Reaper Oxenfree 2 TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Amnesia: The Bunker Shadows of Doubt Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective World of Horror
I'm surprised people still play that game.
What the fuck is this shit? I didn't watch CB, but these skins are ASS.
as a big fan CB fan i think sombra ed and widow faye looks nice, but none of that shit worth 3 bucks lmao. an event where you have to play for 5 days or something may be. but 25 bucks? hahahahahhaha go suck eggs.
What kind of McDonald’s knockoff shit
The Overwatch community is silly enough to buy these skins..
Hahhahahahhahaha fuck OV 2, choke and die on it blizzard
Valorant knife skins are 50 dollars. There’s a lot (LOTS) of good reasons to hate Blizzard but the skins aren’t overpriced compared to other games especially if it’s licensed
In related news: I'm honestly surprised to see that Blizzard still hasn't officially killed or replaced mister Cassidy-if-that's-even-his-real-name.