Owners of the originalOverwatchdisc are doing strange things with it now that it no longer functions, like using it as a pizza cutter and a drink coaster. Blizzard recently launchedOverwatch 2to the masses as a free-to-play game, completely replacing the first game. This has effectively made existingOverwatch 1discs pointless, as gamers no longer need the disc to boot up the hero-shooter game.
Blizzard’s decision to overwriteOverwatch 1withOverwatch 2has been met with mixed reactions by the community.Overwatch 2makes rather drastic changes to the experience, like dropping the number of heroes per team from six to five, and completely changing how monetization works. There are those who prefer these changes, but there are others who wish that they could still go back to the wayOverwatchwas before.
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Regardless, the fact of the matter is thatOverwatch 1discs are useless nowbeyond collector’s items. As a result, some gamers have been doing weird things with their copies of the game, like Reddit user Blast_Typhon, for instance. They uploaded an image of themselves using theOverwatch 1disc to slice pizza. The post has received 3.6 thousand upvotes at the time of this writing.
Reddit user ramavalos90 came up with another way to put their copy of theoriginalOverwatchgameto use. Instead of using theOverwatch 1disc as a pizza cutter like Blast_Typhon, they decided to use it as a coaster for their drink. Their post has amassed over 11,000 upvotes so far, so it seems many in the community agree that this is an acceptable way to use the disc in the wake ofOverwatch 2’s launch.
Retailer GameStop has its own methods of dealing with remainingOverwatch 1discs. A GameStop employee uploaded a video showing that the company has ordered its stores todestroy remaining copies ofOverwatch. This is a fairly standard practice when something like this happens, though some fans may be able to get a copy ofOverwatch 1from their local GameStop for pennies or even free since the stores are going to destroy them anyway. That’s what happened withBablyon’s Fallat least, a failed live service game from PlatinumGames and Square Enix that’s shutting down next year.
Those who have played the originalOverwatchregularly these past six years may be sad to see the discs being destroyed or used as a pizza cutter. After all,Overwatchwas hugely popular when it first launched, and so there may be some sentimental value there. Fans may no longer need their discs to access thefree-to-playOverwatch 2, but they still may want to hold on to it as a keepsake.
Overwatchwas available for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One.
