9vs9 could work. But there is a catch

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Jeff already commented on this:

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I’m curious if that ever extended to testing 2/3/2?

exceeding 12 players per match would cause significant technical challenges (we’re highly optimized towards 12 right now). experimenting with less than 12 is more realistic. it’s not that we cannot do it… it’s that the cost would be extremely high.

Everything in Overwatch is optimized around 6vs6.
The game engine, the requirements for consoles, the map layouts and the balance.

It is simply not going to happen