Thanks. I figured it would be a game heavily relying on communication and Nintendo's lack there of will be a giant hurdle unless this version is different in some way?
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[RUMOR] Overwatch for Nintendo Switch launches on October 18, 2019 (UPDATE: Confirmed by Kotaku and Eurogamer)
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There are always a few people super upset that Nintendo uses their advertisement show to advertise upcoming games and not design those advertisement shows exclusively around a few forum dwellers, who want nothing but surprises.
We all knew about this several days ago. Kotaku wouldn't have put anything out there if it wasn't leaked prior.
Some people are out of control with this spoiler culture lol.
Why wouldn't it have voice chat? It's not like the app is mandatory, for Fortnite on the Switch you just plug in headphones and chat.
Switch games can have their own internal voice chat system.
Fortnite, for example, works in this way.
I'm hopeful that with the rumored PvE expansion, Blizzard wants you to be playing on as many devices as possible (while continuing to pay for more loot boxes if that's your thing) and I can't see people shelling out to buy multiple copies of the game/expansion if it's not cross progression.
Guess we'll see soon enough
I wonder how the competitive scene will be on Switch since there are a number of hoops to jump through for voice chat.
Answered. Thanks.
Answered. Thanks.
Yeah not sure I'll pick this up unless there's some sort of cross progression. It's neat it's on Switch at least.
Definitely buying this to support! I probably won't ever play it unless cross-progression comes or if there are exclusive skins on Switch but I really want to support Overwatch on Switch!
And we have even more confirmation of big Overwatch news at Blizzcon. Hopefully we get lots of cool stuff! That expansion announcement is most likely coming there too.
And we have even more confirmation of big Overwatch news at Blizzcon. Hopefully we get lots of cool stuff! That expansion announcement is most likely coming there too.
Eurogamer is also backing up the report of Overwatch coming to Switch.
EDIT: You beat me to it, Xavi.
EDIT: You beat me to it, Xavi.
Blizzards aversion to cross progression is so bananas to me. Surely the number of people who are playing *and* buying loot boxes on multiple platforms is negligible, right? I just don't see people dividing their time and money between multiple platforms with such a massive disparity in control schemes, etc.
People who play on console are likely doing so because they don't own a PC, and people on PC aren't playing on console (and they surely aren't buying loot boxes on console).
Surely it's not a technical hurdle that's preventing them from cross progression, right?
People who play on console are likely doing so because they don't own a PC, and people on PC aren't playing on console (and they surely aren't buying loot boxes on console).
Surely it's not a technical hurdle that's preventing them from cross progression, right?
The op, as a courtesy (thanks!), even put the brackets and RUMOR tag in the title, which I think is a good way to show curtesy and a fair compromise; you do know that you can just hide threads featuring leak/rumor/etc. in their title, right?
Yeah, this seems like something they wold need to implement to make it enticing for anyone who has already been playing it. there's no way either I or my wife would bother getting and playing this version if we can't bring our crap with us.
Here's hoping Nintendo's infrastructure doesn't fuck up the experience for switch users. Then again, I doubt most people that pick up a switch version of Overwatch are really too invested in the competitive modes and are just looking for a fun casual experience
Never gonna happen, Blizzard has stated multiple times.
Never gonna happen, Blizzard has stated multiple times.
As mentioned before, Nintendo doesn't typically support their games for very long. Splatoon 2 got a fair bit above the average amount of long-term support time. The fact that there was no form of monetization in Splatoon 2 beyond the Octo Expansion didn't help matters.
Believe it or not, some devs dont want to work on the same game 4+ years
It'll be 60.
Otherwise, the hype of it coming to Switch will be dampened.
Is there an easy way to communicate with a headset on the Switch yet? I'd be interested in this if I could play with my friend, but if I have can't have chat audio going through a headset then there's no point for me.
Man if Blizzard had Cross save progression for this game I would totally double dip on Switch.... but as of now, nope. OW will be played on my PC...
That's unfortunate, but also good for my wallet since I would have bought like 3 versions of it by now just for the sake of playing on couch vs pc.
Any reason to buy it now that we have Paladins on Switch? It will likely be covered in today's direct.
I hope it has motion controls.
I hope it has motion controls.
Look above, we replied about it few posts ago!
And BTW, the Nintendo skins would be pure gold *__*
I love how well Blizzard is supporting the Switch. I wonder if there's a chance for any other of their games to come to the system. WoW and Starcraft seem out of the question, but maybe Hearthstone?
Just like blizzard said there would never be role select...oh wait
It's clear Blizzard flip flops a lot and will develop features that will maintain player counts or bring in old/new players
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I see no need to be a Nintendo apologist. They could have easily put in a dozen more Splat Fests. Splatoon is about staying fresh, and is in a genre where the competition is always releasing new things. They should be half way through Splatoon 3 right now.
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One update improved quality of gameplay thus satisfying the paying costumers.
The other would directly have a negative impact on their pockets...
Hmm.
One update improved quality of gameplay thus satisfying the paying costumers.
The other would directly have a negative impact on their pockets...
Hmm.
If prefer cross save even if only for stats and not cosmetics. For the right price I'd buy it on Switch again.
I'm not saying you're wrong as Nintendo have massively dropped the ball with voice chat and they need to sort it the fuck out.
However, devs are entirely able to include regular, headphone in the jack voice chat within Switch games without the phone app, as done in Fortnite.
With strategy and communication being such a big part of Overwatch, I'd be surprised if it didn't have this too.
The Zelda team seems cool with it. Splatoon is in a genre where all the competitors have dedicated teams. People will gravitate to the game with new stuff and player bases will build dramatically as support continues. But for some wierd reason Nintendo is letting the Splatoon light go dim. They'll do a Splatoon 3 some day but we'll never know how much more successful it would have been had Nintendo continued S2 support.
Rushing into a shooter sequel is how we get pointless ones that play basically the same just on new maps. As is the case with most mainstream shooter series. That's the opposite of keeping things fresh.
I'd rather them wait until they have a genuine idea for a completely new take for Splatoon 3.
I'm not being an apologist, I'm just stating how things are right now for DLC in Nintendo games.
Also this
Honestly, Paladins on Switch makes me a believer.
60fps and has surprisingly good IQ.
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