They publicly announced the rename, which was the first time most people heard any Overwatch-related news in years. People remembered the game existed and went to check it out; turns out a lot had changed and word of mouth spread, bringing even more players.
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Auster@thebrainbin.org · 9 pts · 229d
Alternative headline:
"Overwatch 2 reaches 67k peak since its release day 75k peak, reviews still mostly negative on Steam"
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 229d
Thanks. That headline made my head spin. :D
Edit: To be fair, all the important information is in the headline. I prefer this over most other headlines. It's just not structured well.
alessandro@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 228d
Title edited
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 229d
What happened?
matrixrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 229d
A bunch of stuff, apparently.
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatchs-glow-up-didnt-just-happen-overnight-its-successes-have-been-in-the-works-for-years-now/
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 229d
The stats in OP suggest that it was more or less overnight.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 229d
They renamed Overwatch 2 to Overwatch, which drew major attention back to the game for the first time in years.
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 229d
No it's still Overwatch 2
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 229d
The rename takes effect on the tenth.
artyom@piefed.social · 1 pts · 229d
Right, which is in the future. Which doesn't explain the present.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 229d
They publicly announced the rename, which was the first time most people heard any Overwatch-related news in years. People remembered the game existed and went to check it out; turns out a lot had changed and word of mouth spread, bringing even more players.
alessandro@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d
Explain people expecting things to come from future, aka marketing PR.
Smaile@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 229d
Oh cool, can't wait for that to petter out like last time.