Why Blizzard HATES 6V6 In Overwatch 2

Yesterday, devs from the Overwatch team had an interview talking more about 6v6 in Overwatch 2. While they are willing to test things out, they reveal the reasons as to why 6v6 is NOT something they are excited about.

My Gamertag: BRO YOU WACK

Chapters
0:00 Overwatch 2 Dev Interview
0:57 The Current State of 6v6 in OW2
2:22 What Will Happen if 6v6 Stays Permanently
3:10 Hardware Limitations with 6v6
3:38 The REAL REASON Why Blizzard Hates 6v6
6:01 Hybrid 5v5 Format Experiment Idea
7:03 Role Limits Format Experiment Idea
8:08 Other Regions & Players HATE 6v6
10:15 Lifeweaver Changes Coming

#overwatch2

[Montesama]

They don't want to do it because it's an admission that they never made a real sequel.

[KozmxsBH]

3:25 I play the 6v6 custom adjustment gamemode on switch lite, it runs fine, switch players are not an excuse for blizzard not to bring back 6v6

[LghtJumpr_]

At least in 6v6, tanks weren’t one man juggernauts

[RoseGoldAngelttv]

I loved tank until ow2 hit. I loved duo tanking with my friends but i felt weird doing it alone

[SNTINEL]

100 million players but not enough for the tank role ? That’s why I don’t buy in those numbers when when they say how many active players are really playing .

[zenicwave]

He keeps labeling queue times and sure that's part of it, but there has to be more behind that than just “queue times". There is a reason not many play tank, and that's what they should figure out why. Issue is that people will go with 2 tank style if they go with that hybrid. Sure it has its issue and such, but it does seem they're trying to avoid trying to fix or figure out the problem with 6 v 6

[palemoon]

Even though there are good arguments to justify 5v5, 6v6 was simply more fun

[kippbleu]

If 6v6 was implemented, I can imagine ppl playing open queue 6v6 for faster game time.

[coldshock]

They hate it because they dont want to admit ow2 was a mistake xd

[Squip_]

i will play the fuck out of 6v6 so that they keep it

[theprofessionalamateur]

*_"There aren't enough Tank players"_*

As a predominantly Tank player myself, this kinda hurts to hear,

The role's pretty fun when you don't have someone in your ear screaming about how miserable it is😞

[djarpen]

They really are gonna be making overwatch 0.95

[shaneh]

They can hate it all they like but it was more fun and had far fewer issues.

[datboi-jzgc]

It’s fun and as we all know blizzard hates fun

[JumpsOw]

Man I'll say this I tried to play 5v5 after sometime of not touching the game (normally big pauses makes me have a little more fun) and yet I had no fun what so ever I felt like a mosquito that can't do damage, but I hopped on some 6v6 pugs and that was magical man so much fun, if blizzard wants the best for their game they have to go with 6v6 at least there everyone and every hero can make plays and get kills.

[Wolfy_]

i'm sure the engine can handle it because Overwatch 2 is Overwatch 1....and yes I know they change the engine for the game to work on the Nintendo switch but let's be honest no one is playing the game on the switch

[DDog_steam]

Nah, the biggest reason for not doing 6v6 is the number 2 in overwatch. Due to innovations for the game to be different from the first game we got 5v5. That’s the biggest reason that I see.

[weenypoo-lg]

I’m sorry but what was that Winston juggle at the start lmaoooo

[BIOCiiDE]

No more couter swapping, and I get my best friend back? Where do I sign..?

[chiefwen]

I wouldnt say queue times is a good argument for 5v5 because back in ow1, we had nothing for 2 years. No one played the game and double shield was meta. If 6v6 is added in ow2, we dont know how queue times will be because of the increased players and all the changes they made to tank, support, and dps.