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"Overwatch 2 reaches 67k peak since its release day 75k peak, reviews still mostly negative on Steam"
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Oh cool, can't wait for that to petter out like last time.
What happened?
The stats in OP suggest that it was more or less overnight.
They renamed Overwatch 2 to Overwatch, which drew major attention back to the game for the first time in years.
No it's still Overwatch 2
Right, which is in the future. Which doesn't explain the present.
They publicly announced the rename, which was the first time most people heard any Overwatch-related news in years. People remembered the game existed and went to check it out; turns out a lot had changed and word of mouth spread, bringing even more players.
Explain people expecting things to come from future, aka marketing PR.