{"id":17888,"date":"2022-10-07T06:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatch-2s-phone-requirement-its-like-being-punished-for-being-poor-update-gone-for-most\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T06:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T05:09:55","slug":"overwatch-2s-phone-requirement-its-like-being-punished-for-being-poor-update-gone-for-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/overwatch-2s-phone-requirement-its-like-being-punished-for-being-poor-update-gone-for-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Overwatch 2&#8217;s Phone Requirement: &#8216;It&#8217;s Like Being Punished For Being Poor&#8217; [Update: Gone For Most]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like being punished for being poor,\u201d <em>Overwatch<\/em> player Richard Meunster told <em>Kotaku <\/em>over email. Along <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketwireless.com\/the-cricket-connection\/subscriber-milestone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with 19 million other people<\/a>, Richard and his brother both use Cricket Wireless, one of the prepaid phone services that <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> will not accept for its newly instated, mandatory two-factor authentication\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/overwatch-2-phone-requirement-fps-blizzard-cricket-mint-1849620021\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; kotaku.com<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt feels like being punished for being poor,\u201d Overwatch player Richard Meunster told Kotaku over email. 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