{"id":18782,"date":"2022-10-22T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/retailers-are-still-selling-physical-copies-of-overwatch-even-though-it-no-longer-exists\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:57:33","slug":"retailers-are-still-selling-physical-copies-of-overwatch-even-though-it-no-longer-exists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/retailers-are-still-selling-physical-copies-of-overwatch-even-though-it-no-longer-exists\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers are still selling physical copies of Overwatch even though it no longer exists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Overwatch players have taken to social media to ask why retailers still have Overwatch on sale when the game is no longer playable.\n<\/p>\n<p>As u\/raistwalls1 exemplifies on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/yaap2s\/what_happens_to_people_who_buy_this_not_knowing\/\">Overwatch subreddit<\/a> (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/overwatch-physical-copies-for-sale-useless\/\">TheGamer<\/a>), retailers still have copies of Overwatch for both PS4 and Xbox One on sale &#8211; on this occasion, it&#8217;s priced at $34 &#8211; even though the game essentially no longer exists.\n<\/p>\n<p>If you try to run a physical copy of Overwatch now, it&#8217;ll install the game but on launch it will transfer to Overwatch 2 which, crucially, is free to play.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/retailers-are-still-selling-physical-copies-of-overwatch-even-though-it-no-longer-exists\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/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>Overwatch players have taken to social media to ask why retailers still have Overwatch on sale when the game is no longer playable. 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