Blizzard feels hellish heat as fans complain about Overwatch 2 Lilith skin locked behind hefty price tag

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The studio made a big deal out of Lilith's arrival as part of its promos for Season 7: Rise of Darkness. This got fans excited - or it did, until it didn't.

You see, it turns out this Lilith skin is only available through an Ultimate Battle Pass bundle, and that bundle doesn't exactly come cheap - it's £35/$40.

The skin that was the focus point of advertisements for this season is exclusive to the $40 bundle... good job Blizzard," one disgruntled user shared over on the Overwatch Reddit.

This was met with the same sentiment in the replies. "Holy SHIT this company is SO SCUMMY I cannot believe it," one replied. "Wow, that's actually awful. What a joke," another added.


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"The skin that was the focus point of advertisements for this season is exclusive to the $40 bundle... good job Blizzard," one disgruntled user shared over on the Overwatch Reddit.

This was met with the same sentiment in the replies. "Holy SHIT this company is SO SCUMMY I cannot believe it," one replied. "Wow, that's actually awful. What a joke," another added.

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In another post, which is simply titled "$53.99? Go f**k yourself Blizzard" (as a quick note, this is the Canadian dollar price), Redditor YayoProtocal called out the developer's greed.

"Saw the new Moira and Pharah skin in the trailer and was excited for the first time in a long time. Some of the best looking and only skins for them in a long time and it's of course locked behind a shitty payware bundle. Not even available for premium BP, but the goddamn ultimate that they want money for. I should've seen this coming...

"Way to be greedy and ruin the excitement Blizzard."

Many of the replies on this post suggest other things people could spend thier $40 on, such as meal out, or a few months of Game Pass

This isn't the only time Overwatch 2 players have been burned by unexpected costs. Back in June, it transpired that Blizzard had included a paid-for add-on that granted "permanent access" to three story missions as part of its Invasion update.
 
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Let me guess these high prices are due to inflation? Gtfo.
 
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Where it’s at.
I recall back in the late 90s there was this concept of people paying "micro transactions" (pennies per transactions) to access stuff online.

We are going from micro to macro at an alarming speed!
Star Citizen got there over a decade ago. There's a $20,000.00 USD package that doesn't even include all the ships, and some ships sell for $2000 or more. And 90% of the ships aren't in the "playable" product yet!
 
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Star Citizen got there over a decade ago. There's a $20,000.00 USD package that doesn't even include all the ships, and some ships sell for $2000 or more. And 90% of the ships aren't in the "playable" product yet!
Thts a huge money pit!
 
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It is a total scam. Shell companies in tax havens and nations that don't extradite, fraudulent advertising, astroturfing and just about any other scummy practise you can think of.
But damn Ppl involved gaming wise seem to love it!
 

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Man Blizzard has been milking this Lilith design for a bit huh?

Well, people are suckers for huge mommy horned goth titties.

Star Citizen got there over a decade ago. There's a $20,000.00 USD package that doesn't even include all the ships, and some ships sell for $2000 or more. And 90% of the ships aren't in the "playable" product yet!

Someone calculated that it would take like $18,000 to buy everything in OW2 (at launch). You should stay way from these types of games if you value your money. People that keep investing on themare either rich or have some sort of underlying gambling and FOMO addiction.
 
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Well, people are suckers for huge mommy horned goth titties.



Someone calculated that it would take like $18,000 to buy everything in OW2 (at launch). You should stay way from these types of games if you value your money. People that keep investing on themare either rich or have some sort of underlying gambling and FOMO addiction.
I stay away from Overwatch because it’s crap.
 

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Lmaooooooo

I knew this fucking scumbag company couldn't go 3 months without a spectacular self-own. So glad I stopped supporting this company, MS can keep em
 
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Star Citizen got there over a decade ago. There's a $20,000.00 USD package that doesn't even include all the ships, and some ships sell for $2000 or more. And 90% of the ships aren't in the "playable" product yet!
I'm starting to think that I made the wrong choice of career at some point in my life.