The partnership between Overwatch 2 and K-pop group Le Sserafim is now available, and it includes a limited-time game mode, cosmetics for select heroes, and an animated music video portraying characters attending the group’s concert.
However, now that the skins, emotes, and other cosmetics are available, fans are divided on how much the entire cooperation costs. Let’s break it down and see why the costs are both contentious and, in some ways, reassuring to Overwatch 2 gamers.
What is the Most Affordable Way to Purchase the Overwatch 2 X Le Sserafim Cosmetics?
Five of the game’s heroes will receive new skins, emotes, victory postures, and name cards as part of the event. Tracer, Sombra, Kiriko, Brigitte, and D.Va all have individual packages that cost 2500 premium coins ($25).
Kiriko, who is still Blizzard’s favorite, also receives a weapon charm, but her bundle isn’t any more expensive than the others.
Each would cost $125 if purchased separately. However, they are all packed together for 6800 coins ($68), which is roughly half the à la carte price. There’s also a limited-time discount on 7500 coins, which would typically cost $75 but are currently on sale for $50.
This means that if you press the appropriate buttons, you can get everything sold throughout the cooperation for $50.
If you haven’t spent a single coin earned through weekly challenges, you might be able to afford one of these packages without opening your wallet, but because Overwatch 2 is free-to-play and based on the grind, you’re going to have to spend some money.
This event differs from past Overwatch 2 bundles in one significant way: you may buy individual components through the Heroes menu rather than having to pay for larger packages and receive unnecessary rubbish along with the item you truly want.
If I felt inclined, I could get Sombra’s skin without having to spend the extra money that would get me everything else. The skin will still cost you 1900 coins ($19, which is basically $20 because you can’t buy coins in exact quantities), but if you want to be more precise with your spending, that is an option.
Overwatch 2 Fans Are Divided on the Price
While some fans on Reddit are relieved that this isn’t a $100 package, others point out that even if it circumvents the regular Overwatch 2 store limits, $50 is still a lot of fucking money to change your character’s outfits and have them dance.
“Hey guys, five cosmetics are ONLY as much as a full-sized video game entirely,” Redditor Browsersinsidestory pointed out.
Spending money on microtransactions (or anything else) is inevitably about how you value your own money in comparison to the item you’re purchasing.
Attempting to impose a common standard for how much anything “should” cost will eventually result in internet rage and scorn, and there’s already plenty of name-calling going on about the Overwatch 2 X Le Sserafim collaboration. However, when compared to other live service games, the math works for some.
“I have issues with the pricing, don’t get me wrong, but this, alongside the coin bundle bonus, actually seems fine,” Reddit user Funny Postman remarked.
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“If you tried to get five Fortnite collab sets (using the Dragon Ball collab as an example), it would cost you 12.2k (which means you’d have to get the highest-priced bundle, bonuses included).” Given that the standard in modern live-service monetization conversations is to compare it to Fortnite, I’d say this is actually rather good.”
Some may argue that the price is reasonable because paying $50 for all five heroes’ cosmetics makes each bundle $10, but that doesn’t change the fact that you can’t pay $10 for a single bundle, so pricing exists only for people willing and able to pay $50.
It also largely depends on how much value people place on cosmetics in a game they can play for free multiple times.
“To each their own.” Reddit user Mundozeo commented. “I understand that some people have so much money that they don’t care where they dump it. I’m just really realistic in terms of what I get out of it. I’d rather buy a game or a month of [Game Pass] and play it than a skin.”
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