Blizzardのライブゲーム開発責任者が、Overwatchにおける中国限定コンテンツに対するファンの懸念について言及した。ウォルター・コン氏は、これらの限定イベントがNetEaseとのパートナーシップに起因するものであると認めた。このコメントは、同ゲームの10周年記念祝賀イベント中に行われた。
Blizzardのライブゲームおよびモバイル部門の開発責任者であるウォルター・コン氏は、IGNの取材に対し、Overwatchで継続的に実施されている中国限定のイベントやアイテムについて語った。同氏は、こうした提供物が、2022年の分裂を経て2024年に再開されたNetEaseとのパブリッシング契約に直接関係していると説明した。コン氏によると、NetEaseは中国でのパブリッシングを担当しており、同地域のプレイヤーが大切にされていると感じられるよう、市場に合わせた活動を企画しているという。
X上のユーザーたちは、Overwatchの中国限定コンテンツはBlizzardとは別に結ばれたNetEaseのパブリッシング契約によるものであり、NetEaseがスキンやイベント、報酬に関する裁量権を持っていると説明している。多くのユーザーは、苦情の矛先はBlizzardではなくNetEaseに向けるべきだと指摘した。一方で、周年イベント期間中にこれらの限定コンテンツを入手できないことに不満を抱く声もある。また、こうした取引は、地域限定のコラボレーションを可能にした過去のライセンス交渉に端を発しているとの意見も見られた。
Overwatch in China is operated by NetEase under a separate publishing agreement. Because of that, China can have different skins, rewards and events than the rest of the world. You can complain to Blizzard all you want, but these decisions are largely up to NetEase, not Blizzard.
— Saar (@froppygg) 2026年5月16日
So, ya know how overwatch wasn't in china for like a year because bobby kotick was such a dick they left the negotiation table?
— Unofficial Soldier's Heavy Pulse Rifle (@pulse_rifle) 2026年2月10日
One of the benefits netease got when they got blizzard games back to china was that they can have exclusive collabs without blizzard really interfering-
bc they already had events where they got everything they missed right after overwatch came back to them. Plus now china has been getting exclusive skins and rewards as well. None of this is because they didnt have overwatch , it’s because netease operates overwatch china.
— Kymbeees (@Kymbeely) 2026年5月8日
there have been china exclusive skins- its part of the deal blizzard made to allow china exclusive skins when they brought overwatch back to china because it was unavailable on chinese servers for a while
— pixi ♡ (@pixifroot) 2026年4月14日
Well its not blizzards choice. Netease publishes all the exclusive stuff in China since they have control over overwatch in their country. Everyone acts like its life or death that we miss a few skins and some namecards
— xuaoi (@xunaoi) 2026年4月10日
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