The Monetisation Debate feat. BLIZZARD DEVELOPERS

Commercial Lead & VP Jon Spector and Executive Producer Jared Neuss discuss issues such as monetisation, PvE & the future plans of Overwatch on the podcast! Podcast links below! Check out SVB’s second channel: @SVB-Side Catch SVB streaming Overwatch 2 & other games live on The best way to support my content: Soundcloud: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Twitter: Tiktok: @owsvb Discord server: Join me! Prints: Merch: Timestamps 0:00 Introductions 02:58 Dev Feelings on Box Model to F2P Model 5:42 Why Are Skins So Expensive? 10:12 How Long Do Skins Take To Make? 11:20 Why Do Old Skins Cost As Much As New Skins? 14:04 Changes To Reward Systems 18:24 Why No Premium Currency in the BP? 27:45 Why Are Heroes In the BP? 31:15 How Will S3 Work With No New Hero? 38:25 How Much Do The Devs Play The Game? 45:00 How Much Dev Resource Goes to PvE versus PvP? 47:50 When Can We Expect PvE & At What Frequency? 52:20 How Devs Plan to Communicate in the Future? 56:50 What Is The Best Way For Community To Feedback? 59:55 Overwatch Not Being Operational In China 1:00:55 Workshop Returns Confirmed 1:02:11 Experimental Card Returning? 1:02:40 What Do Jon & Jared Want The Community To Know? 1:07:00 Pet The Dog