hey hey hey ! I personally think the game would do better as a free to play game . It essentially has that F 2 P model built in already with the loot box system . Multiplayer games in general need to be F 2 P . It ' s very difficult to convince a whole group of friends to drop cash on a game they may or may not like . Overwatch is best played with a group of friends anyways . the F 2 P model is more profitable as well , even by Blizzards own admission . Since players able to purchase lootboxes . This proves that B 2 P just doesn ' t work for a multiplayer game that relies on a steady stream of new content . They need a constant revenue stream to enable them to keep making content . that is why they added microtransactions . if the game was F 2 P , so may more people would be playing it . That would reduce queue times significantly and improve matchmaking as well .