Last October, Blizzard released Overwatch 2, the sequel to its highly popular 2016 video game Overwatch. The game was instantly popular and most people agreed it was a worthy successor. It got overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and had over 35 million players within its first month.
Things haven't been all rosy for the first-person shooter game, though.
During its latest quarterly earnings report, Activision Blizzard revealed that the game's engagementhad dropped during the year's second quarter. Usually, that would be a cause of concern for a video game publisher but Blizzard isn't bothered.
Overwatch 2's executive producer, Jared Neuss, recently sat for an interview with IGN. During the interview, Neuss said that the declining player engagement is not unusual for a game like Overwatch 2. He explained that the game's free-to-play status exposes it to such an occurrence.
In his words, "The declining stuff is basically, we are a free-to-play game and it is very easy to both come to the game and check it out, and to leave to check out other stuff. We see a normal ebb and flow of players. There's nothing concerning to me or the team about any of that."