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Overwatch Comes To Switch Next Month

One of tonight’s Nintendo Direct announcements has leaked early: Blizzard’s popular hero shooter Overwatch is coming to the Switch. It’ll be out next month.

-Foxtrot1708d ago

Surprising

Who ever can play this with the Switch’s awful online I salute you.

King_Noctis1708d ago

Splatoon 2 works just fine. Fortnite work great as well. So what is the problem with Overwatch?

-Foxtrot1708d ago

Let’s be honest those games are not as demanding as Overwatch and online chat would play a bigger part than them aswell.

roadkillers1708d ago

You know what.. thanks Blizzard. I only have a Switch so something is better than nothing. Tetris 99 is taking backshelf!

Neonridr1708d ago

@Foxtrot - what issue are you trying to come up with then? Because it seems like you can't really pinpoint what you are trying to argue against. If it's Nintendo servers, well doubtful Nintendo is hosting this game. If it's voice chat Fortnite has proven that you can use an in-game chat system that works just fine. And if it's performance of the game what does that have to do with Nintendo's online service?

InKnight7s1708d ago (Edited 1708d ago )

The problem is you are comparing an exclusive and to a game that can be fully played on mobile and so basic. Overwatch need serious playing and doing your best at comp + need stable online and active chating, last time I checked these ain't powerful advantages of the Switch.

Edit: just adding Switch after the.

SkatterBrain1707d ago

but splatoon 2 isnt an online only game like fortnight right?

mikeslemonade1707d ago

Awful online, awful controls, awful resolution, awful screen, awful input lag latencey

What’s the point, to make you suffer?

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Neonridr1708d ago (Edited 1708d ago )

I mean the big difference here is that Blizzard *should* be hosting the game on their servers, not Nintendo. So I don't really see the issue.

EddieNX 1708d ago

Switches online isn't even that bad.

People on this site just love over bashing it.

Neonridr1708d ago

agreed, Splatoon 2 works perfectly fine, so not really sure the issue here. Sure, some games have some issues, but that hardly means that online is unplayable.

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EddieNX 1708d ago (Edited 1708d ago )

I dont bash things none Nintendo related, perhaps that's the difference between us....

I only comment on Nintendo and Xbox articles because that's what I have.

Christopher1707d ago

Switch wifi is horrific in my experience. I'm certain it's perfectly fine docked with a lan connection, though. But, the wifi is shite for what I've played.

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Apex131708d ago

Let's not confuse their poor offering of online games with a stable service. I have never had anything to complain about. Have you actually used it or are you just talking?

KeenBean3451708d ago

People on here get confused a lot about that. Nintendo doesn't offer as much as the others in terms of functions and games but the stability of its online is very good, it has been since the Wii days (With mario kart Wii having a fantastic online in particular).

SpeedDemon1707d ago

Yup the only game I've had problems with online stability is Smash bros

DefaultComment1708d ago

of course you have to be a d*ck about it.

Segata1707d ago

Switch has had Paladins for about a year. So the online can handle Overwatch.

Moe-Gunz1707d ago

I agree their online network is stable but the way they implemented chat is terrible and makes multiplayer multiplat games a no go for me on the switch.

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thesoftware7301708d ago (Edited 1708d ago )

Fox,

Why wouldn't it be playable? All online games I play on the Switch works fine. Do you mean Voice chat? If so it is possible it will be implemented like it is in Fortnight.

My biggest concern will be if it Runs well as a game, I recall Blizzard saying in the early days of the Switch that it wasnt possible to run it on the System or something to that effect. Hopefully its a proper port and not a quick cash grab because the system is selling so well.

Sono4211707d ago

So you don't play Smash Ultimate, or Mario maker 2 online? Or the NES games with added online?

BTW don't you dare respond saying those games play well online.

thesoftware7301707d ago (Edited 1707d ago )

I dare!

You need to get with your internet service provider buddy. I play on my One X often and yes its feature rich, but on the gameplay side I come across no difference with gameplay on my Switch.

once again, upgrade your IP service buddy, because I can guarantee its not a Nintendo Switch issue(unless you have a defective Switch or a Switch at all.)

Sono4211706d ago

you are flat out lying. Period. I have no issues on any other platform or game, yet Smash Ultimate and Mario Maker 2 have serious lag problems (tbh I don't care the NEW games have lag hardly play anyways) This isn't just me experiencing this either, go to ANY Youtuber who focuses on Smash Ultimate, or Mario Maker, and they will SHOW you the insufferable lag that those games have. You are lying. Period.

thesoftware7301706d ago (Edited 1706d ago )

Lying? are you for real? I get lag from time to time on every single platform I play on. How could you ignore the millions that are playing online and having tournaments online and refer me to a few youtubers? you can even watch matches of smash online and see no lag..or just as much lag as any of the big 3. See, the internet seems to skew towards the vocal minority rather than the majority.

Now i cant claim that I have never experienced lag on my Switch, but I also get that on Xbox and Ps4. Just yesterday I was having issues with Torchlight 2 on Xbox..so was my buddies, and I have the 2nd to highest teir of internet from spectrum.

so no sir...i am not lying, you just choose to inflate issues that happen to some and make it a wide spread Nintendo problem. Listen to alot of people on this very site and you will see that not all have lag issues you speak of.

xVOLTx1708d ago

Let me go dig up how many times PSN and XbL have been down.

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10 Overwatch Heroes You Would Want To Hang Out With

The world could always use a few more heroes, or in this case friends. Here are some Overwatch Heroes you would want to hang out with.

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I Miss the Original Overwatch

Blizzard's blending of the FPS and MOBA was a masterpiece of design that met its end too soon.

Tedakin346d ago

I miss 6v6, lootboxes and an actual player level. I used to look forward to Junkenstein's Revenge at Halloween and the Christmas event cause of all the cool cosmetics you could earn. I'd play it every day. Now you play it for an hour, earn some stupid charm, and you're done. No reason to play anymore.

ActualWhiteMan346d ago

RIP OW2 is trash. My friends stopped playing it like we used to the first one every Friday night.

smoothdude346d ago

this. loved overwatch 1. 2 is no fun. there is lots to play… find something you like.

Gardenia346d ago

I'd never thought I would say this but the loot boxes in Overwatch wasn't so bad compared to what it is now.

GoodGuy09346d ago

I remember those epic dreamworks-like CGIs. I wasn't a fan at all but man, I knew it was a rediculously huge game. OW2 I've seen...nothing, died maybe after a week.

moomoo319346d ago

OW2 is a disaster. All these years to make the game 5v5….? And they scrapped PvE? The game just sucks man zero fun.

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Activision Shows Concerns Over The Call Of Duty And Overwatch League's Longevity

Activision has admitted that its Call of Duty and Overwatch eSport Leagues are facing challenges that the company might fail to address.

just_looken366d ago

Ha ha these have been in trouble fort awhile so now we talk about it/address it?

How about you explain why you make billions but always have layoff's.

S2Killinit365d ago

Activision:
Woe is me

These guys come off so disingenuous.

ModsDoBetter365d ago

The timing is strange but COD has been on a nosedive for several years & then followed by the backlash of Overwatch 2.

sadraiden365d ago

COD has literally never been more popular. Every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year. Don't know what you mean by nosedive.

ModsDoBetter365d ago (Edited 365d ago )

@sadraiden

It has taken a nosedive in quality.
However, as you based your argument on sales numbers, let's take a dive, shall we?

"COD has literally never been more popular"
COD has literally been more popular.

See: MW2 sales numbers estimate to be at 8million copies sold at the end of 2022 (no official numbers released) yet Black Ops (2010) sits at a staggering 31million copies sold.

"Every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year"
Again, not true.

(In release order)
Black Ops - 31 million copies
Modern Warfare 3 - 30 million copies
Black Ops 2 - 29 million copies
Ghosts - 28 million copies
Advanced Warfare - 21 million copies
Black Ops 3 - 26 million copies
Infinite Warfare - 13 million copies
WWII - 19 million copies
Black Ops 4 - 14 million copies
MW2019 - 30 million copies
Cold War - 30 million copies
Vanguard - Unreleased sales numbers
MW2022 - No solid numbers yet, though as above - 8 million estimated as of end of 2022

As you can see "every single year it sells more and more copies than the previous year" is an inaccurate statement with the sales numbers fluctuating, though I do feel MW2022 would sell well over the course of the year.

luckytrouble365d ago

This timing isn't that weird. eSports are notorious money sinks, and organizations have been failing one after another the past few months as funds dry up and popularity wavers. Critical who is one of the runners of his own eSports organization has been extremely candid about the fact that there's really no money to be made, and a lot of suits that had their companies throw money at the concept are just starting to give up and move on.

Profchaos365d ago

Just to coincide with the CMA appeal woe is us

smolinsk365d ago

Wow and they have totally done it to them Self with zero innovation.

shinoff2183365d ago

Exactly. Biggest game in gaming and they crying. Stfu acti

ModsDoBetter365d ago

They really dropped the ball with COD ever since WW2 I’d say.

Year after year it’s just disappointment after disappointment and it only got worse with Warzone and MW2019 - seasonal progression, battle pass, goofy skins, not listening to player feedback, you name it.

merlox365d ago

Call of duty was only good when they were WWII. Activision should go back to how they started. Also, they can make the single player stories longer. Not everyone plays the multiplayer.

porkChop365d ago

A lot of people here couldn't even read the headline. This isn't about the games themselves, it's about the esports leagues.

shinoff2183365d ago

Put the money into it. You have the biggest game in gaming.

porkChop365d ago

Agreed. They can obviously afford it.

ChasterMies365d ago

If people don’t like playing the games as much, then why would they want to watch other people play it?

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