PSA: The new Brigitte skin CANNOT be redeemed on console

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Since who ever wrote the article on this new event and skin put this detail only at the very bottom of the article in fine print, I thought it was best to let all the console players here know so they don’t waste money on gifting subs for something they can’t obtain.

I really thought with this upcoming beta and early access in October coming to all consoles the team decided to actually pay attention to the console player base but this is just bad faith and something that could very easily have been put in place, but once again they’ve shown to not care.

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Remember that Overwatch 2 will have cross-progression available and you will be able to claim it and use it for all platforms when Overwatch 2 launches and is free-to-play.

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Thats still really dumb to exclude players from using something they paid for.

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But why not make it available in the first place instead of making console players wait until October? I know twitch prime loot boxes and owl tokens are based on battle net and can be obtained on console so is there something different about skins that makes it not possible to do the same?

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$15 and waiting almost 4 months to get a skin is awful business.

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Did you not stop to think that maybe its because they don’t have a system in place to make it work on OW1 yet?

No.

As usual everyone wants to jump and bump their head into the ceiling. Sorry but after watching this repeatedly over and over, my tolerance is tested. lol

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As AndyB explained earlier this is a relatively new system they are trying out. Note we get a code for the drop this time, which means they don’t have the system in place for a direct promotional drop like those other systems. I am hopeful that it may change in the future, but knowing that players can eventually get access to this skin even if they are consoles puts this concern at less of a worry.

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Not sure how, if they are going to have true crossplay integration. But whatever.

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Im just frustrated by it all really. Years of playing this game on console has made me a bit too over reactive when it comes to these sorts of things.

Now that WyomingMyst has explained it better than the article did I understand it all and have faith this won’t need to happen for future events.

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Switch isn’t even getting the beta so at least it’s not as bad as 3rd class.

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Just adds to how gross this whole thing is, lol. I thought it was a bad joke when I first saw this all announced, but it keeps getting worse. RIP.

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As you can see blizzards only male cheerleader is taking over the forums on people making topics about this lol

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How does this work if the player doesn’t have Overwatch 1 PC and therefore nothing to merge with outside of this code redemption? Will it pick it up?

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Yeah and how long do the codes last for? is this something people are going to sell 2yrs from now for stupid prices, or will there be other ways to get this skin? Will this be our only chance to get this skin?

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Oh word? I’ll hold out and save my 15 bones then… ( at least until close to the end of the campaign)

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That doesn’t help at all if you don’t own a PC that runs Overwatch 1. Or don’t own Overwatch 1 on PC.

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Hey wyoming thanks for all the work you do on the forums. I always appreciate your posts.

Do you know if I have to redeem on PC. I’m console (PS5) exclusively right now and don’t have a computer to download OW on PC. I’m not gonna complain but I’d like to save 15ish dollars if I won’t even be able to claim the skin.

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I’m sure many console players do not have a computer for games.

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All you will most likely need to do is connect a Blizzard account with your console account and obviously connect the Blizzard account to your twitch account. The item will be added to your Blizzard account, when the game goes live it will then be shared via crossplay. You don’t need to own a PC to do any of this, just a web browser on your phone will do. You do have phone’s don’t you?

While console players might have to wait till OW2 officially launches, they can still get the skin. I can’t see them doing it any other way as they don’t have that integration setup with OW1.

Game on.

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dang so console players get to pay to be able to use the skin in like 3-4 months? lol?