Content that caused engine upgrades in OW2 except PVE will be available in OW1.
Players of OW2 and OW1 will be able to play together.
Everything in OW1 is recycled in OW2 except hero visuals and visual effects will be upgraded.
What is the point of OW2 being a separate game? It seems pointless to me.
Can’t it be just an upgrade to the base game and PVE be added as paid expansion?
You can’t define OW2 as a sequel deserving to be a separate game if its like that. It is more of a Fortnite chapter 2.
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The download times for the new textures and models would be insane.
As for an expansion, it’s so they don’t contract their statement of “no paid dlcs”
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You see… They made more money from their 50 million sales than they ever did from lootboxes which is the opposite of most games with such large playerbases. Probably a player retention problem. 
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Because MONEY
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what he said, imagine they release overwatch 2, thats separate, and we all stay in overwatch 1, because we are committed to our skins we earned, and nobody plays ow2 XD , so i guess they had to make it together and add something extra to justify another 40or60 moneys
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I’m sure part of it is price point. They’re a corporation after all, and I recall during the layoffs early this year that the ActiBlizz corporate ghouls want to sell more new units, not just MTX. But lets wait to see the actual cost before getting mad about that.
I feel it’s going to hit that region where DLC/expansion and new game gets kinda blurry, like XCOM2’s War of the Chosen DLC. It was 40 dollars at launch but massively changed the game and even the story, but the gameplay itself was still the same at the core. Or Civilization V’s Brave New World which changed a mediocre Civ game into one of the best strategy games of all time.
Realistically how could they even make a sequel to OW that doesn’t totally bone over the current players, while retaining similar game play? Imo this is the only way they could make another OW shooter without being total asshats about it. Compare it to other shooter sequels and it’s way healthier for the community.
It’s a new engine. Current OW’s engine is poor for PvE stuff (they’ve said this multiple times and it’s also why water doesb’t exist). It just can’t be compatible with each ither, hence the new game
It is not a new engine. It is an upgraded engine as Jeff stated and everything in OW1 PVP will be in OW2.
Its not jeff confirmed its an engine update
Because it is for Proffit. I mean It is just like us buying “legend of zelda” or any OTHER game title out there 
Marketing.
More people will get hyped and buy a new game rather than a dlc for a dead game.
Also you can’t charge 40 bucks for a dlc - people would riot and call you greedy.
But call it GameName #2 and charge 40 bucks and no one will complain.
Speculation of course. But the most likely explaination. After all, Blizzard is a company - their interested is making profit after all, so I don’t think this theory is too far fetched
I asked someone else this, does it really matter if its $X for an expansion on top of ow1, or $X for a new game that includes ow1. I see no difference. The price is the only factor, which as far as im aware we dont know yet.
You realize that even console players routinely download games in their entirety at this point, right?
As to why it’s not an expansion, it’s because there is a different expectation on price point between a sequel and an expansion pack.