Overwatch 2 Devs Reportedly Made No Profit Share This Month

Overwatch 2 developers reportedly received no profit share bonuses from the semi-annual Blizzard payout in March, which covers the second half of 2023. This fact paints a grim picture of Overwatch 2, and has led many to worry about the long-term health of the game.

Every year, Blizzard developers get a bonus based on the success of their games – one in August for the first half of the year, and again in March for the second half of the previous one. These bonuses used to be based on the entire company’s success, but a new policy implemented by former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick in 2023 made it so that each franchise would be rewarded for its individual success.

Unfortunately, this change has allegedly caused Overwatch 2’s team to take a big financial hit. According to Bloomberg, the faltering success of Overwatch 2 led its developers to reach none of its bonus targets for the profit share from the second half of 2023. A Blizzard game failing to get any profit share bonuses at all is a rare thing, which suggests Overwatch 2 is struggling to find success.

The August 2023 payment for the first half of the year was nothing to brag about either. Last year, the team for Overwatch 2 was told the game’s poor performance during the first half of the year meant they shouldn’t have made any profit share bonuses, but that the company would compensate them to cover for the shortfall. Unfortunately, it seems Blizzard made no such compensation this time, meaning the devs have to rely purely on their lower-than-average salaries instead.

According to Bloomberg’s anonymous sources, the developers were also told Overwatch 2 has no plans to release more PvE content in light of the poor performance of the three Story Missions released during Season 6. While Blizzard has yet to confirm anything directly, between laying off most of the PvE team, and moving the Missions button to the side of the Overwatch 2 menu, it is not hard to believe the report. Overwatch 2 seems to be in a precarious