Overwatch 2 Game Director and Jeff Kaplan believes that games will eventually merge into a "single experience."
Speaking to Kotaku, Jeff Kaplan admitted that "there will be a point where [the two games'] customers come together." Overwatch 2 allowed the team to implement new ideas and improvements that weren't possible in the original game, but ultimately the entire community will have access to the same content.
“We think it's important, especially in a competitive experience,” he said. “The whole idea is to avoid fragmenting the player base and giving anyone an advantage. If we're playing in the same competitive pool, you better not have a better framerate just because you're on a different version of the engine."
This may come as a consolation to Overwatch players who would rather not pay for what Blizzard Entertainment is calling a "sequel." According to Kaplan, the development of Overwatch 2 is the reason why support for the original game has recently slowed down.
“I think Overwatch 2 will be the greatest moment in Overwatch history,” Kaplan said. “The fact that we can get back up to 100 percent support is really exciting to me.”
Overwatch 2 was at BlizzCon 2019 a week ago. The game will be released on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, but it is not yet known when.
Source: 3dnews.ru