It’s impossible to tell at a glance how well balanced Overwatch is – in two matches I played, the defending team beat the attackers both times – but Overwatch doesn’t have any bad heroes. Everyone gets around, attacks, defends, and contributes in different ways, so it was exciting no matter who I played.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/07/overwatch-i-played-2-matches-and-12-characters
Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead have similar features as well, with healers playing a core role in the success and survival of offensive characters, whose distinct skills complement the area-of-effect or damage-over-time skills.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/07/overwatch-i-played-2-matches-and-12-characters
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Overwatch was unveiled at BlizzCon 2014 in a fully playable state and was in a closed beta from late 2015 through early 2016. An open beta in May 2016 drew in more than 9.7 million players. The release of the game was promoted with short animated videos to introduce the game's narrative and each of the characters.
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Overwatch was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms on May 24, 2016, with the game servers coming online at 00:00 BST that day. Blizzard allowed retailers to sell physical copies of the game on May 23 to help players prepare for the servers' launch.
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Almost every time I died in Overwatch, I would switch heroes. Blizzard doesn’t lock you into the support role when you choose the angelic healer, Misery. If your defender team is adjusting from a high-damage tactic to a more tanky, stay-at-home strategy, then you’re going to have to adjust accordingly.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/07/overwatch-i-played-2-matches-and-12-characters
I'm not sure about worldwide, but in the UK, the sales of the game in the first week were: 47% for PS4, 36% for Xbox One and 17% for PC. I doubt rest of the world is any different and since almost all games sell by far the most on PS4, I'd say PS4 version accounts for around 40~50%.
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Activision Blizzard has another blockbuster success. Overwatch reached 7 million players worldwide, Blizzard Entertainment said today. That’s on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. While one player does not equal one copy purchased, this definitely shows that Overwatch is massively popular. For comparison, Ubisoft revealed earlier this month that its shooter The Division has 9.5 million registered players, and that was after more than two months on the market.
https://venturebeat.com/2016/06/02/overwatch-hits-7-million-players-in-its-first-week/
This includes 119 million hours of combined Overwatch gameplay for all 7 million players. And players have swapped heroes, which is a key element of the gameplay, more than 326 million times.
https://venturebeat.com/2016/06/02/overwatch-hits-7-million-players-in-its-first-week/
Essentially a hero-based shooter, Overwatch assigns players into two teams of six, with each player selecting one of 24 pre-defined hero characters with unique movement, attributes, and abilities whose roles are divided into four categories: Offense, Defense, Tank, and Support.
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