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NetEase Isn't Worried About Marvel Rivals Competing With Overwatch 2

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sam Woods

Published Feb 26, 2025

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Overwatch 2's player count dropped, but saw recovery post Season 15, with a 17% increase.
NetEase believes Marvel Rivals and Overwatch 2 can coexist in the same market space.
NetEase will assist Overwatch 2 in China, aiming to revitalize the product and see it reach new success.

For a while, it looked like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Marvel Rivals was going to eat 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch 2's lunch. Rivals hit and held onto those players 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:at an incredibly impressive rate. Overwatch 2, on the other hand, saw its player count bleed, losing 40 perce♒nt over the course🧸 of around seven weeks.

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After it was revealed that 168澳ꦓ洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch 2's director put pres✤sure on the team, the Blizzard-developed hero shooter recovered a little following the release of Season 15. Its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Steam reviews moved to "Mixed", and the game has seen .

While the two areꦗ clearly in competition with each other, a recent comment from NetEase in its latest suggests the two games can operate in the same space.

The Market Is Large Enough To Accommodate Marvel Rivals And Overwatch 2, Says NetEase

Human Torch intro screen in Marvel Rivals.

Fielding a question about Overwatch 2's return to China during the call's investor Q&A, NetEase said, "Both Marvel Rivals and Overwatch are excellent superhero shooters and are both well-designed and supported by oꦯutstanding development teams. We believe the market is large enough to accommodate two excellent games."

It's worth noting that NetEase is likely to be hotter on Overwatch 2, given that it is alongside other Blizzard titles like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:World of Warcraft and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Hearthstone.

NetEase doesn't plan just to help launch Overwatch 2 in C🅰hina, though; instead, it says it aims to "revitalize the product and help it reach new highs."

♛We believe the market is large enough to acc🥀ommodate two excellent games.

It was only last week that Blizzard itself came out and made🌟 a similar comment about Marvel Rivals, calling the compet🌠ition between the two titles "really great" and "".

During the same investor Q&A, NetEase outlined its long-term plans for Marvel Rivals, saying the company plans to support the gam🥂e for "ten years and beyond."